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☆ Jamaal Bowman may be the most endangered Squad member. He doesn't seem alarmed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Advertisement"He was recruited by AIPAC to run against us because we called for a permanent cease-fire," Bowman said of Latimer. In January, Bowman lost the support of the liberal pro-Israel group J Street over his rhetoric on Israel. Like Bowman, Latimer has a blunt and direct speaking style that sometimes leades to gaffes, such as his invocation of the racist lynching of Emmett Till when commenting on the sexual misconduct allegations against then-Gov. When asked about Bowman's charge of racism, Latimer pointed to his appointment of Ken Jenkins, a Black man, as his deputy county executive. Bowman and Latimer have known each other for nearly four years, first meeting for coffee after the congressman's 2020 primary victory.

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☆ Prosecutors want to take Harvey Weinstein to trial again in September as his lawyers fight Los Angeles conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Harvey Weinstein had his first court appearance since New York's highest court overturned his conviction. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementHarvey Weinstein appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since last week's explosive ruling overturning his New York rape conviction. At the hearing Wednesday afternoon, trial judge Curtis Farber set a new trial date for "after Labor Day" of this year. New York state's highest court overturned the former film mogul's 2020 conviction.

Persons: Harvey Weinstein, Weinstein's, —, Curtis Farber, Prosecutors, James Burke, Weinstein, Burke Organizations: New, Service, Labor, New York, Business Locations: Los Angeles, York, New

☆ There is no loneliness epidemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

With the report, a steady trickle of headlines about the epidemic turned into a firehose: "Loneliness is at epidemic levels and it's killing Americans" (USA Today); "This Epidemic of Isolation Is as Harmful as Smoking" (Bloomberg); "America's Loneliness Epidemic Comes for the Restaurant" (The Atlantic). There's one problem: The loneliness epidemic doesn't exist. Even the authors caution in their meta-analysis that "the frequently used term 'loneliness epidemic' seems exaggerated." Calling it a "loneliness epidemic," then, may be a bit like calling COVID a "sneezing pandemic." "There are many, many surveys that are just making up questions about loneliness and are not using the UCLA Loneliness Scale or some other validated loneliness scale," she says.

Persons: Vivek Murthy, Murthy, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Sen, Chris Murphy, Ruth, University of Michigan —, Eric Klinenberg, Julianne Holt, it's, Dave Sbarra, Holt, David Riesman, Lunstad, I've, —, Sbarra, Klinenberg, Adam Mastroianni, " Mastroianni, Mastroianni, Biden, isn't, Jill Lepore, voicemails, There's, Jerome Adams Organizations: Bloomberg, Business, York, Gallup, University of Michigan, New York University, Brigham Young University, University of Arizona, Bell, University of California Los, Commerce, UCLA, Republican, Democratic Locations: Connecticut, Brooklyn, University of California Los Angeles, America, Washington, DC, COVID

NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for a longtime advice columnist who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggested Monday that a new defamation lawsuit was possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally. “As we said after the last jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement that Donald Trump makes about our client, E. Jean Carroll,” Kaplan said. Photos You Should See View All 60 Images“This woman is not a believable person,” Trump said Saturday. The trial judge instructed the jury that it was only to determine what damages, if any, Trump owed as a result of his 2019 statements. That jury, in awarding Carroll $5 million, also found that Trump defamed her with statements made in October 2022.

Persons: Donald Trump, Roberta Kaplan, E, Jean Carroll, ” Kaplan, didn't, ”, Carroll, Trump, Goodman, ” Trump, Democrat Trump, he'd, Al Capone, Bergdorf Goodman ”, “, Jill Covin Organizations: Republican, Trump Tower, Democrat, Trump, Carroll, Associated Locations: Rome, Georgia, Manhattan, New York, Washington

☆ How America’s once great department stores became a dying breed
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

But department stores, focused on America’s middle class, are fading. The victims of shifting consumer tastes were not the department stores that anchored the local mall, it was the small, locally owned stores along downtown shopping districts that were closing their doors. And possibly even more than the big box competitors, department stores have suffered from consumers shifting to buying items online rather than in person. The steady closing of the department stores that once served as “anchors” of malls across suburban America has been another nail in the coffin of many malls, hurting the department stores that remained in hollowed-out malls with a fraction of their earlier traffic. Saunders said one of the primary problem for Macy’s is that its holding company, formerly known as Federated Department Stores, spent much of its resources on buying other department store brands, such May’s Department Stores, and Filene’s, rather than investing in the stores its held.

Persons: New York CNN —, Neil Sauders, ”, JC Penney, It’s, “, Neil Saunders, Shannon Stapleton, Saunders, ” Saunders, Al Bello, Sunny Zheng, Macy’s, Tony Spring, Taylor, Brian Snyder, Eddie Lambert, Michael Brown, Kearney, ” Brown, Mike Segar, Richard W, Sears, Alvah Roebuck, Sears Roebuck, Bettmann, PhotoQuest, Jack Manning, Frank Scherschel, Owen, Lucille Jagusch, Arlene Hardt, Martin Luther King Jr, Michael Ochs, Ron Frehm, Ralf, Finn Hestoft, Mark Peterson, Seth Meyers, Hugh Jackman, NBCUniversal, Kaylin Wilson, Jim Cole, Rene Johnston, Maria Alejandra Cardona, Scott Olson, Cesar Villasenor, Mel Melcon, Sarah Blesener, Paul Hennessy, Patti Naleck, Naleck, Stacey Wescott, Brown Organizations: New, New York CNN, American, Walmart, Company, Department, Sears, Target, GlobalData, JCPenney, Research, RadioShack, Reuters Sears, Federated Department Stores, May’s, Reuters, Chicago History, Sears Roebuck, Roebuck, Hulton, AP, AP Soldiers, Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, Bettmann, Kmart, Bloomberg, Toronto Star, Reuters Residents, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Tribune, Service Locations: New York, GlobalData, America, Nanuet , New York, North Redwood , Minnesota, Chicago, El Paso , Texas, Jackson , Mississippi, Tucson , Arizona, Caracas, Venezuela, Niles , Illinois, Morton Grove , Illinois, Baltimore, White Plains , New York, Woodfield , Illinois, Hicksville , New York, Nashua , New Hampshire, Mentor , Ohio, Mississauga , Ontario, Hialeah , Florida, Janesville , Wisconsin, Santa Monica , California, Rockaway , New Jersey, Leesburg , Florida, Schaumburg , Illinois

☆ Nicki Minaj fans say they're losing respect for the rapper amid her 'embarrassing' attacks on Megan Thee Stallion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Nicki Minaj recently released a new diss track, "Big Foot," aimed at Megan Thee Stallion. lied on yo DEAD @theestallion — Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 28, 2024Minaj has continued to post incessantly about Megan on X (formerly Twitter). "Big foot but you still a small fry / Swearing on your dead mother when you lie," she raps. "There are myriad of ways that Nicki Minaj has come for other women, just point-blank period," the TikToker said. Nicki Minaj allowed her own bitter jealousy to take her crown."

Persons: Nicki Minaj, Megan Thee Stallion, —, Megan Thee, Megan, Megan didn't, Minaj, Kenneth Petty, Petty, Tory Lanez, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Cardi, it's, Pardison, Fontaine, who's, Pardi, Minaj's, she's, @lawyerbae, Gerrick Kennedy, Piggy ”, — Gerrick Kennedy, @GerrickKennedy, Piggy, Kennedy, nicki, meg rn pic.twitter.com, megan, QmThqEbkOC Organizations: Service, Megan's, Houston Locations: New York

☆ Judge puts tight leash on Trump on first day of E. Jean Carroll defamation trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The judge overseeing E. Jean Carroll's second trial against Donald Trump is making sure it doesn't get out of hand. AdvertisementBefore jury selection even got underway in E. Jean Carroll's second trial against Donald Trump on Tuesday, the judge put a tight muzzle on the former president. The judge also ensured that Trump couldn't create a dramatic scene by yelling "I object" in the middle of the trial. Carroll took Trump to trial last spring — although he didn't show up to court in that case — for a similar set of claims. When Trump testified in the trial and hurled personal insults, the judge struck his comments.

Persons: Jean Carroll's, Donald Trump, Trump, hasn't, —, Carroll, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, defaming Carroll, Letitia James, Michael Madaio, Madaio, Anderson Cooper, Kaplan shouldn't Organizations: Trump, Service, Republican, New York Locations: E, Manhattan, Iowa, New, New York

☆ Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of 1991 sexual assault in second suit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala - Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between - Arrivals - New York City, U.S. - 01/05/17 - Sean "Diddy" Combs. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 23 (Reuters) - Sean "Diddy" Combs has been accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a university student in 1991 in a lawsuit filed in a New York court on Thursday, the second suit of its kind filed against the hip hop mogul in the past week. The lawsuit alleges Combs intentionally drugged and sexually assaulted Joi Dickerson-Neal, who was a Syracuse University student visiting New York City at the time of the alleged incident in January 1991. Combs is also accused of videotaping the alleged crime and distributing the tape to others in the music industry. A spokesperson for Combs said Dickerson-Neal's story is "made up and not credible," and that the rapper never assaulted her.

Persons: Rei Kawakubo, Sean, Diddy, Combs, Lucas Jackson, drugging, Joi Dickerson, Neal, videotaping, Dickerson, Cassandra Ventura, Sean John, Ismail Shakil, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Metropolitan Museum of Art, REUTERS, New York, Syracuse University, New, Bad Boy Records, Thomson Locations: York City, U.S, New York, New, New York City, Ottawa

☆ New York Mayor Eric Adams accused of sexual assault in 1993
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 23 (Reuters) - A woman on Wednesday accused New York Mayor Eric Adams of sexual assault and other offenses in a court filing, alleging they occurred in 1993 while both of them worked for the city of New York. A spokesperson for Adams denied the claim and said the mayor does not know the accuser and does not recall meeting her. New York City Mayor Eric Adams reacts during his visit to Colombia in Bogota, Colombia October 7, 2023. "The mayor does not know who this person is. Adams' lawyer said that the mayor was cooperating with an investigation but did not say what it was about.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Luisa Gonzalez, Daniel Trotta, Kanishka Singh, Ross Colvin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: New York, York City, REUTERS, Reuters, New York Police, department's Guardians Association, Black, Guardians Association, FBI, New York Times, Thomson Locations: New York, New, York, Colombia, Bogota, Turkish

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland's licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that expanded gun rights. "Maryland has not shown that this regime is consistent with our nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation," U.S. Richardson called the Maryland law an "additional, preliminary step" that subjected law-abiding people to a 30-day waiting period before they could begin the usual process to acquire a firearm through a separate background check system. A spokesperson for Maryland Attorney General Andrew Brown, a Democrat who is defending the law in court, said his office was "weighing options for next steps in this case." Maryland had said its law mirrored historical limitations on "dangerous" people owning firearms.

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Julius Richardson, Donald Trump, Richardson, Andrew Brown, preemptively, Barbara Milano Keenan, Barack Obama, Nate Raymond, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: White, REUTERS, Supreme, Circuit, U.S, New York, Republican, Maryland, Democrat, Democratic, Thomson Locations: Montgomery County , Maryland, Washington , U.S, U.S, Richmond , Virginia, Maryland, New York, Boston

☆ Maryland Handgun Licensure Law Is Unconstitutional, US Court Rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Nate Raymond(Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday declared that Maryland's licensing requirements for people seeking to buy handguns were unconstitutional, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that expanded gun rights. "Maryland has not shown that this regime is consistent with our nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation," U.S. A gun rights group called Maryland Shall Issue sued in 2016 along with two individuals and a gun store, arguing that the restrictions violated the Second Amendment. Richardson on Tuesday said the Supreme Court in 2022 "effected a sea change in Second Amendment law" when it struck down New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. Maryland had said its law mirrored historical limitations on "dangerous" people owning firearms.

Persons: Nate Raymond, Julius Richardson, Donald Trump, Richardson, Randy Kozuch, Andrew Brown, preemptively, Barbara Milano Keenan, Barack Obama, Will Dunham, Alexia Garamfalvi Organizations: Reuters, Supreme, Circuit, U.S, New York, Republican, Rifle Association's, Legal, NRA, Maryland, Democrat, Democratic Locations: U.S, Richmond , Virginia, Maryland, New York, Boston

☆ Massive surge in the buying of Israel Bonds from the United States
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Jason Gewirtz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

It also makes 2023 a record year for Israel Bonds. Two counties in Florida, Broward and Palm Beach, also bought Israel Bonds in the last four weeks, as did Ohio's Franklin County. A spokesperson for the bank called the sales part of "a more than 35 year relationship with Israel Bonds." Celal Gunes | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesExecutives at Israel Bonds said about $250 million of the total raised in the last month came from individual investors, large and small, throughout the United States, who purchased the bonds directly. Naveh, the CEO of Israel Bonds, lives in the town of Savyon, just east of Tel Aviv.

Persons: Jack Guez, Israel Bonds, Celal, Dani Naveh, Nir Elias, Thomas DiNapoli, Ilan Rosenberg Organizations: Development Corporation, Israel, Palestinian, Afp, Getty, Finance, Bonds, Israel Bond, Bank, Cleveland, Key Bank, of American University, Washington , D.C, Anadolu Agency, CNBC, Gaza, Reuters, Hamas, Gaza Ministry, Health, New York State, New York Locations: United States, Palestinian, Tel Aviv, Israel, Florida , New York , Alabama, Arizona , Ohio , Illinois , Texas, Georgia , Oklahoma , Nevada , Louisiana, South Carolina , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Florida , Broward, Palm, Franklin County, New Jersey, Gaza, Washington ,, Petah Tikva, Savyon, Kibbutz Be'eri

☆ US appeals court upholds Illinois assault weapons ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Steve Gorman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Cheney Orr/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 3 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld an Illinois state ban on assault-style weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a 2022 mass shooting in Chicago's Highland Park suburb that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded. The Democratic-backed state measure bans the sale and distribution of many kinds of high-powered semiautomatic "assault weapons," including AK-47 and AR-15 rifles, and large-capacity magazines. In one notable aspect of its reasoning in upholding the Illinois law, the appellate panel cited a U.S. Supreme Court opinion last year that struck down New York state's limits on carrying concealed handguns outside the home. In August, a divided Illinois Supreme Court upheld the assault weapons ban in a separate case brought at the state court level, rejecting arguments that the law violated the state constitution by not applying the ban equally to all citizens. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's assault weapons ban would remain in force while the state attorney general appealed a lower-court decision declaring that 30-year-old measure unconstitutional.

Persons: Cheney Orr, Diane Wood, Bill Clinton, Wood, Judge Frank Easterbook, Ronald Reagan, Michael Brennan, Donald Trump, Steve Gorman, Nate Raymond, Jamie Freed Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, Democratic, AK, District of Columbia, Appeals, Thomson Locations: Chicago, Highland Park , Illinois, U.S, Illinois, Highland, New York, District, Los Angeles, Boston

☆ New York judge widens Trump case gag order; limits in criminal case lifted
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | October | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The judge has fined Trump $15,000 for twice violating that gag order. A three-judge panel, all appointed by Democratic presidents, scheduled oral arguments on Trump's appeal of the gag order for Nov. 20. Trump's lawyers have argued the order violates his free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. In the New York case, Engoron said on Friday he has an "unfettered right" to consult with his staff members throughout the trial, and that the gag order was intended to protect their safety. Failure to honor the gag order, the judge said, "shall result in serious sanctions."

Persons: Arthur Engoron, Donald Trump’s, Jeenah, Donald Trump, Justice Arthur Engoron, Trump, Engoron, Chuck Schumer, Christopher Kise, Tanya Chutkan's, Jack Smith, Smith, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Jonathan Stempel, Susan Heavey, Will Dunham, Caitlin Webber Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, U.S, Democrat, Trump, U.S ., Appeals, District, Columbia Circuit, Democratic, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Washington, Manhattan, York

As token prices plummeted last year, the sector saw other stunning meltdowns that put several industry moguls into authorities' crosshairs. Changpeng "CZ" ZhaoThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Binance and its CEO Zhao in June for allegedly operating "a web of deception." Kwon faces multiple charges of fraud in the U.S. and was arrested in Montenegro earlier this year for allegedly forging documents, authorities said. He has pleaded not guilty to U.S. fraud charges that he misled customers and artificially inflated the value of his company's proprietary crypto token. Barry SilbertSilbert is the boss of crypto group Digital Currency Group whose subsidiary Genesis Global Capital filed for bankruptcy in January.

Persons: Zhao Changpeng, Binance, Costas Baltas, Sam Bankman, Fried, he's, Zhao, Kwon, Luna, Terraform, Alex Mashinsky, Mashinsky, Barry Silbert Silbert, Letitia James, Silbert, Stephen Ehrlich Stephen Ehrlich's, Ehrlich, Justin Sun, Sun, Niket Nishant, Hannah Lang, Michelle Price, Anil D'Silva Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Zhao, U.S . Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, U.S . Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Korean, Terraform Labs, Montenegrin, Mashinsky, CFTC, U.S . Federal Trade Commission, Digital Currency Group, Genesis Global Capital, New York, FTC, Tron Foundation, Thomson Locations: Athens, Greece, China, Canada, U.S, Montenegro, New York

☆ US Supreme Court to hear NRA free speech case against New York official
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( John Kruzel | Companies Need To Integrate Climate Reporting Across Functions To Comply With California S New Law | Henry Engler | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

It represents the latest case to come before the Supreme Court involving the NRA, a group closely aligned with Republicans that has opposed gun control measures and backed pivotal lawsuits that have widened U.S. gun rights. The NRA was founded in New York in 1871 and was incorporated as a non-profit in the state. At issue was whether Vullo wielded her regulatory power to coerce New York financial institutions into cutting ties with the NRA in violation of its free speech rights under the First Amendment. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2022 said those also should have been dismissed, prompting the NRA's appeal to the Supreme Court. The NRA has been engaged in an extensive legal fight with the state of New York separate from the case involving Vullo.

Persons: Maria Vullo, Vullo, Lloyd's, Andrew Cuomo, Democrat Letitia James, James, John Kruzel, Andrew Chung, Will Dunham Organizations: U.S, Supreme, National Rifle Association, New York's Department of Financial Services, NRA, Republicans, New, Democratic, U.S . Congress, Parkland, Vullo, Circuit, Democrat, Republican, Thomson Locations: New York, Parkland , Florida, London, York, United States, Manhattan, . New York, Texas, Washington

[1/4] Members of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Counterterrorism unit patrol in Times Square, as the city takes security precautions ahead of planned demonstrations, in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023. Adams said extra police patrols were being deployed in Jewish and Muslim communities alike. Former Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal called for protests across the Muslim world on Friday in support of Palestinians. TIMES SQUARE PROTEST EXPECTEDNew York City officials said they were bracing for at least one major demonstration planned for Times Square on Friday. He said the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other federal authorities had held online security sessions with Jewish institutions around the country.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams, Adams, Khaled Meshaal, John Chell, Hochul, Montgomery, Abed Ayoub, Rabbi Yoni Fein, Fein, Biden, John Kirby, Kirby, Dan Whitcomb, Steve Gorman, Kanishka Singh, Patricia Zengerle, Brendan O'Brien, Lincoln, Jonathan Oatis, Alistair Bell Organizations: New York City Police Department, NYPD, Counterterrorism, REUTERS, Police, New, . New, . New York City, Hamas, Times, New York Police Department, National Guard, Los Angeles Police Department, Tourists, Facebook, Jewish Community Relations, Greater, The Jewish Federation of, U.S . Park Police, Montgomery Blair High, FBI, Palestinian, ICE, Maimonides Academy, Department of Homeland Security, CNN, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, New York, Los Angeles, . New York, Jewish, Gaza, Israel, Washington, American, Greater Washington, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Four Corners , Maryland, United States, Fort Lauderdale , Florida

☆ Trump is turning his $250 million fraud trial into a presidential campaign event
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump has attacked the civil fraud case against him as political. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President — and 2024 Republican presidential frontrunner — Donald Trump has long complained that the legal cases against him are political. The New York Attorney General's $250 million civil fraud trial that began Monday morning, he says, is a "witch hunt." One of Trump's lawyers, Alina Habba, lambasted New York Attorney General Letitia James, an elected Democrat. The attorney general's lawsuit alleges that Trump, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and two other Trump Organization executives are liable for fraud for misrepresenting the values of the company's property in financial statements submitted to banks for loans.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, — Donald Trump, General's, Trump, Letitia James, Arthur Engoron, who's, Steven Cheung, Jason Miller, Alina Habba, Habba, James, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr, Bryan Woolston Kevin C, Wallace, didn't, Cheung, Miller, Engoron, Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Donald M, Middlebrooks, Seth Wenig Middlebrooks, Michael Cohen, Donald Bender Organizations: Service, Republican, The New York, New York, New, Trump Organization, Trump, AP, Democratic National Committee, Supreme Locations: Manhattan, New York, Florida, York

☆ The Supreme Court just rejected an effort to get rid of rent stabilization in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Supreme Court refused to hear a case challenging New York's rent stabilization law. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe US Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case challenging New York State's rent stabilization laws covering one million households in New York City. The plaintiffs — the Rent Stabilization Association, the Community Housing Improvement Program, and individual landlords — filed their suit in 2019 after New York reformed its 1969 law, adding new limits to how much landlords can raise rent. This is the second time since 2012 that the Supreme Court has refused to hear a case challenging New York's rent stabilization laws. And there's also Supreme Court precedent in support of tenants — specifically the 1992 case Yee v. City of Escondido in which the court upheld a California eviction restriction.

Persons: —, they've, there's, Yee Organizations: Service, New York, Rent Stabilization, Housing, Circuit, City of Locations: York, New, New York City, City, City of Escondido, California

☆ New York is cracking down on illegal weed stores as legal market struggles to take hold
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A pedestrian passes a smoke shop in New York City on June 16, 2023. New York authorities are cracking down on unlicensed smoke shops that are selling cannabis. Currently, there are just 23 legal dispensaries open across the state, with only nine in New York City. But its effort has only begun to chip away at the vendors, particularly in New York City. In addition to skirting the tax system, smoke shops operating illegally may also pose significant health risks.

Persons: Spencer Platt, We're, Daniel Haughney Organizations: New, Getty, New York, Office, of Cannabis Management, CNBC, New York state's, Cannabis Management, New York City, New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association, Cannabis Control Locations: New York City, New York, New

☆ New York says Trump inflated net worth by up to $3.6 billion; Trump seeks dismissal
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump departs from Trump Tower to give a deposition to New York Attorney General Letitia James who sued Trump and his Trump Organization, in New York City, U.S., April 13, 2023. In a filing with a New York state court in Manhattan, Attorney General Letitia James said her valuation and accounting experts believe Trump falsely boosted his net worth by between $1.9 billion and $3.6 billion a year over a decade. The attorney general wants a $250 million fine, and to bar Trump and his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump from leading their family business, the New York City-based Trump Organization. Citing her experts, James said Trump may have inflated his net worth by $3.5 billion to $3.6 billion every year from 2014 to 2019, the last three while Trump was in the White House. The New York civil case is New York v Trump et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No.

Persons: Donald Trump, Letitia James, Trump, Mike Segar, James, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump, Arthur Engoron, Democrat Joe Biden, Engoron, Jonathan Stempel Organizations: U.S, Trump Tower, New York, Trump Organization, REUTERS, Trump, New, Lawyers, libeled, Democrat, TRUMP, Court, Thomson Locations: New, New York City, U.S, New York, Manhattan, Lago, Florida, midtown Manhattan, Court , New York County

[1/2] A BNY Mellon sign is seen on their headquarters in New York's financial district, January 19, 2011. A lawyer for BNY Mellon also declined to comment. They have long said their contracts shielded them from liability for RMBS losses, and that particularly sophisticated investors should have known the risks. In its December 2015 complaint, Commerzbank accused BNY Mellon of sitting "idly" as losses piled up, rather than force lenders to buy back and servicers to address troubled loans. The case is Commerzbank AG v. The Bank of New York Mellon et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Germany's, George Daniels, Commerzbank's, Dave Wollmuth, BNY Mellon, Commerzbank, Daniels, The Bank of New York Mellon, Jonathan Stempel, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of New York Mellon, District, BNY Mellon, Countrywide, NovaStar, BNY, New York, CDO, Commerzbank, The Bank of New York, Court, Southern District of, Thomson Locations: New, U.S, Manhattan, Barrington, Southern District, Southern District of New York, New York

☆ These states will pay you to build a tiny home in your backyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Kelsey Neubauer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Building backyard tiny homes can be expensive. There are three states that will help with the cost, by providing homeowners with grant money. These backyard homes, called accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are small housing units that homeowners can build on their property. In California, where most backyard homes are being built, ADU building permits cost anywhere from $450 to $15,000 — even before construction starts, according to Backyard Unlimited, a company that builds ADUs. Insider reached out to all 50 states to learn which pay homeowners to build ADUs.

Persons: you've, there's, Joyce Higashi's ADU, Kelsey Neubauer, Vermonters Organizations: Service, Backyard, Department, California Housing Finance, California Housing Finance Agency New, AMI, York State's Homes, York State Homes, Community Renewal, Champlain Housing Trust, Community Development, Windsor Housing Trust, Vermont Housing, of Housing, Community Locations: Wall, Silicon, California, California Housing Finance Agency New York, Monroe , New York, Hudson, New York City, Onondaga County, Syracuse, York, Community Renewal Vermont, Burlington , Vermont, Vermont, Champlain, Western Vermont, Windham, Windsor

☆ A 77-year-old talks to an AI-companion robot called ElliQ over a dozen times daily to combat her loneliness: 'It really is like having somebody else in here'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Priscilla O'Kesson uses AI-powered robot ElliQ to combat her loneliness, Spectrum News reported. The 77-year-old is one of 257 New Yorkers who received the ElliQ at no cost through New York State. The 77-year-old told Spectrum News that she talks to the robot about 12 to 15 times per day. "I enjoy her," O'Kesson told Spectrum News regarding the robot. In March 2023, aging departments in California and Washington announced new programs with Intuition Robotics that aims to provide elders across select counties in each state with the ElliQ robot.

Persons: Priscilla O'Kesson, O'Kesson, William Holmes, Greg Olsen, Olsen Organizations: Spectrum News, Yorkers, Morning, Yorker, Spectrum, Robotics, Intuition Robotics, NYS Aging Office, Washington Locations: New York State, Greene County, Catskill, California, she's, New York, York, Florida

☆ Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll even though he was found liable only for 'sexual abuse,' judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A jury found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll but not that he raped her. The judge says Trump "raped" Carroll "as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'" The jury did not, Trump's lawyers trumpeted at the time, find that Trump "raped" Carroll — the central part of her allegations. Caroll's lawsuit alleged that, in the mid-1990s, Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Carroll is taking Trump to court — againIn his opinion upholding the jury verdict, Kaplan took issue with the denials that Trump "raped" Carroll.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, Carroll, trumpeted, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Goodman, Carrol, Ms, —, Carroll I, E Jean Carroll, Carroll II, Roberta Kaplan, Carrol I Organizations: Service, Carroll, US, New York Penal, FBI, American Psychological Association, Trump, Justice Department Locations: Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, New York, Trump

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