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☆ Urologist Who Sexually Abused Patients Is Sentenced to Life in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | More About Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Wednesday, his sentence was handed down by Judge Ronnie Abrams in federal court in Manhattan. Dr. Paduch, of North Bergen, N.J., was arrested last April. During appointments, the indictment said, Dr. Paduch told patients to masturbate in front of him, sometimes groping them or showing them pornography. During the course of the trial, 11 victims testified about abuse they had suffered under Dr. Paduch’s care, and dozens more wrote impact statements before he was sentenced Wednesday. Mallory Allen, a lawyer for a firm that represents 140 former patients who have filed civil suits against him, said in a statement that the sentence affirms that “heinous sexual abuse will not be overlooked.”

Persons: Ronnie Abrams, Paduch, Michael Baldassare, ”, Paduch’s, Mallory Allen Organizations: Presbyterian Hospital and Weill, Cornell Medical Center, Northwell Locations: Manhattan, North Bergen, N.J, New York, NewYork, Long

☆ Justin Timberlake, on Tour, Beams Into Sag Harbor to Plead Not Guilty
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Justin Timberlake’s world tour detoured to Sag Harbor, N.Y., on Friday, when a judge suspended his driving privileges in New York while he fights a drunken-driving charge. Appearing in local court by video conference, the pop singer pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor for a second time. Instead, prosecutors refiled the paperwork, and Mr. Timberlake was arraigned again. The celebrity saga has brought crowds to Sag Harbor. Mr. Timberlake is scheduled to perform in Antwerp, Belgium, on Saturday.

Persons: Justin Timberlake’s, Timberlake, Carl Irace Locations: Sag Harbor, N.Y, New York, Antwerp, Belgium

Many Elected Democrats Quickly Endorsed Kamala Harris. A majority of Democrats in Congress and nearly half of the country’s Democratic governors announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket in the hours after President Biden stepped out of the race on Sunday. Support for Kamala Harris among elected Democrats as the party’s nominee Reps. 155 Publicly supported 45 Did not specify Sens. 11 12Most Democrats were quick to issue statements commending Mr. Biden for his years of service after he announced he was dropping his re-election bid. Many offered their support for Ms. Harris to be the party’s nominee, though several key leaders did not immediately back her.

Persons: Quickly, Kamala Harris, Biden, Mr, Harris Organizations: Democratic Locations: Sens

☆ Coney Island Drownings Fail to Deter New Yorkers as City Swelters
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | Julian Roberts-Grmela | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The scene at Coney Island on Saturday was typical for a humid and hot weekend in July: colorful towels, tents and umbrellas packed into the strip of sand. Along the famed boardwalk in Brooklyn, signs warned visitors of the potential dangers posed by lightning or strong currents, and delineated where and when it was safe to swim. Yet in one area, closed off by small red flags staked into the sand, a handful of people ventured into the water with no lifeguards present. To the east, where two teenage sisters drowned in the water the night before, swimmers splashed around, unaware or undeterred, enjoying an escape from the city’s heat as temperatures peaked just below 90 degrees.

Locations: Coney, Brooklyn

☆ Where to Watch July 4 Fireworks Around New York City
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Members of the public can watch free of charge from spots along Hudson River and areas of New Jersey. Other fireworks shows will take place on Staten Island, in Coney Island, in Westchester County and at Jones Beach on Long Island. The Macy’s fireworks will be launched from barges positioned on the river between West 14th and West 34th Streets. The best spots to watch from will be in Manhattan along the West Side Highway between those streets, or across the river near the New Jersey waterfront in Hoboken, Weehawken and Jersey City. There are five places where the public can enter the West Side Highway to watch the show.

Organizations: Jones, West, . Police Locations: Hudson, New Jersey, Staten Island, Coney Island, Westchester County, Long, West, Manhattan, Hoboken, Weehawken, Jersey City, Washington, Christopher

☆ 4 Killed After Minivan Crashes Into Long Island Nail Salon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Four people were killed and nine were injured after a minivan crashed into a nail salon on Long Island Friday afternoon, the authorities said. Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a minivan crashed into Hawaii Nail and Spa on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park, a hamlet in the town of Babylon, N.Y., according to according to Mark Stone, the public information officer for the Deer Park Fire Department. One injured person was in serious condition Friday evening and was transported by helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital, he said. The others sustained “significant injuries,” Mr. Stone said, and were taken to local hospitals. Nine agencies responded to the crash, including fire departments from surrounding towns, and there were 150 firefighters and emergency medical responders on the scene, Mr. Stone said.

Persons: Mark Stone, ”, Stone Organizations: Hawaii, Fire Department, Stony Brook University Hospital, Suffolk County Police Department Locations: Deer, Babylon, Stony, Suffolk

☆ Gunshot Detection System Wastes N.Y.P.D. Officers’ Time, Audit Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

ShotSpotter, a system the Police Department uses to detect gunfire, is overwhelmingly inaccurate and leads officers to spend hundreds of hours each month investigating nonexistent shots, according to an audit the New York City comptroller released Thursday. The Police Department has spent more than $45 million on ShotSpotter since it started using it in 2015, even as cities around the country have stopped using the system. New York must decide before December whether to renew its contract with SoundThinking, the California company that owns the system, and the audit advises officials to decline until the system can be fully evaluated. Of the 940 alerts officers responded to last June, only 13 percent corresponded to confirmed shootings. And in 2022, the audit found, the system also failed to detect more than 200 real incidents of gunfire in Manhattan.

Organizations: Police Department, New, The Police Department, SoundThinking Locations: New York City, New York, California, Manhattan

☆ What to Know About This Week’s Heat Wave in New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Shayla Colon | Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Follow our updates for the latest on the heat wave across the U.S. Millions of Americans are in store for a major heat wave this week as temperatures climb in the Northeast and other regions of the country, marking the kickoff to a summer that will be hotter than usual. In New York City, temperatures will be in the high 90s. Prolonged exposure to hot temperatures can cause severe health consequences and even death. How hot will it get in New York City?

Locations: New York City

Layla Elabed, campaign manager for Listen to Michigan, which spearheaded the protest vote against President Biden last week in Michigan. “Elections have a certain amount of momentum,” said Keith Ellison, Minnesota’s Democratic attorney general, who voted for Mr. Biden. Uncommitted Minnesota said it spent about $20,000 on the campaign since beginning last Monday. In Washington, organizers are pushing similar efforts to vote “uncommitted” in the state’s primary next week. It was not our first choice, but we have to let President Biden know that our votes are not to be taken for granted.”Nicholas Nehamas contributed reporting from Minneapolis.

Persons: Layla Elabed, Biden, Israel —, Mr, Uncommitted, Rashida Tlaib, Donald J, Donald Trump, ”, Elianne Farhat, Kamala Harris, “, Lauren Hitt, Cole Harrison, Trump, Keith Ellison, Ellison, Biden’s, Joe Biden, Abdullah Elagha, Harrison, Ilhan Omar, Rania Masri, —, uncommitted, Rami Al, ” Nicholas Nehamas Organizations: Democratic, Democratic National Convention, Somali, Trump, Uncommitted Minnesota, Hamas, Massachusetts Peace, Mr, “, Democratic Party, Colorado Palestine Coalition, Abandon Biden, Republican Party Locations: Michigan, Israel, Gaza, Colorado, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Colorado , Massachusetts, North Carolina, United States, American, Uncommitted Minnesota, In Minnesota, Georgia, Washington, Bothell, Minneapolis

“The RNC MUST be a good partner in the presidential election,” Mr. Trump wrote in his statement. “Lara is an extremely talented communicator and is dedicated to all that MAGA stands for,” Mr. Trump said of his daughter-in-law, who is married to his middle son, Eric. The Times had previously reported that Mr. Trump wanted Mr. Whatley — a supporter of his false claims about widespread voter fraud — as the next R.N.C. An election must be called to replace Ms. McDaniel when she ultimately decides to step down. But Ms. Haley is trailing Mr. Trump in South Carolina, her home state, as well as in Super Tuesday states.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Ronna McDaniel, Lara Trump, ” Mr, ” Michael Whatley, “ Lara, MAGA, Eric, “, Ms, Whatley —, McDaniel, Whatley, Chris LaCivita, Mr, ” Ms, Trump’s, Nikki Haley, Haley Organizations: Republican National Committee, national Party, North Carolina Republican Party, ”, New York Times, The Times, U.S . Senate, Trump, South Carolina, Republican National Convention, United Nations, Mr Locations: North Carolina, South Carolina, Super, New Hampshire

She will technically win the contest anyway, as state election law says that “only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted.” But the confounding result denied her even a symbolic victory. Mr. Trump needled Ms. Haley for her performance on social media, calling the result a “bad night” for her. In a Trump campaign email, Steven Cheung, a spokesman, called it “brutal” and contended that the Haley campaign acknowledged it had “intentionally disrespected the people of Nevada” by refusing to campaign there. Ms. Haley cast her party as mired in the same disorder that surrounds the man who has remade it in his image. Nevertheless, onstage in Los Angeles, Ms. Haley told the audience she wasn’t going anywhere.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald J, Trump, “, — he’s, ” Ms, Haley, ”, Ms, —, you’re, “ we’ve, Haley’s, Steven Cheung, Ronna McDaniel, Mr, Trump’s, “ Donald Trump Organizations: Republican, Hollywood Post, American Legion, United Nations, ”, Trump, Republican National Committee, Mr Locations: Los Angeles, Nevada’s, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, California

☆ How to Vote in South Carolina’s Democratic Primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

South Carolina holds open primaries, so anyone registered to vote in the state can head to the polls on Saturday to participate in the first official Democratic primary of the year. Registered Republican and independent voters who choose to vote on Saturday won’t have to change their party affiliations, but they won’t be able to vote in the Republican primary, which will take place on Feb. 24. It’s too late for new voters to register for the primary, though. Residents can check their registration status online by entering some personal information on the election commission’s website. When to votePolls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the state, and anyone still in line at 7 p.m. will be able to vote.

Persons: It’s Organizations: Democratic, Republican Locations: Carolina

☆ We Talked to the Dixville 6, the Midnight Voters Who All Went for Haley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Alyce Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The first votes in the New Hampshire primary have been cast in the township of Dixville Notch. Nikki Haley took 100 percent of the vote, with 100 percent turnout. The polls — or poll, in this case — opened just after the clock struck midnight, as they have here for 64 years, to great fanfare. And 10 minutes later, the voting was done. Ms. Haley’s unanimous victory came as something of a surprise to a first-time Dixville Notch voter, Valerie Maxwell, 54, who works for the resort where the voting was held.

Persons: Nikki Haley, —, Haley’s, Valerie Maxwell Locations: New Hampshire, Dixville

It was also a rare moment for Ms. Haley on the trail. Ms. Haley, 51, the former governor of South Carolina and a United Nations ambassador under Mr. Trump, has run a tightly controlled campaign. Several wondered whether the decision came after the wave of negative press Ms. Haley received in December when a voter asked her to explain the causes of the Civil War and she failed to mention slavery. “Then she was there forever taking pictures with people,” she said of Ms. Haley. But asked whether Mr. Trump would still be qualified to be president if he were convicted, she dodged.

Persons: ” Nikki Haley, N.H, Nikki Haley, Donald J, Trump, Ron DeSantis, ”, Trump’s, Haley, Who, Donald Trump, “ gaggles, DeSantis, Andrew Romeo, Hugh Hewitt, “, won’t, Haley won’t, Nelia, Ms, Ajit Singh Randhawa, Haley’s, Chris Sununu, selfies, ” “, ’ Organizations: Republican Party, CNN, New, United Nations, Mr, ”, Center, “, Republicans, Trump Locations: Hollis, N.H, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa , New Hampshire, ”, Iowa, Center Conway, Bretton Woods, Rochester

Mr. Trump is the first former president in the modern era who has sought to return to the White House. Regardless of what comes next, Mr. Trump’s Iowa victory amounts to a remarkable resurrection of a political career that had once appeared in tatters. Image Mr. Trump greeted supporters after a Fox News town hall in Des Moines. If Mr. Trump does become the nominee, the 2024 campaign will have few modern parallels. A different case making its way through the federal courts will test Mr. Trump’s claim that he should be immune from prosecution.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis, Haley, Biden, “, ” Mr, Vivek Ramaswamy, Maansi Srivastava, Mr, “ We’ve, Haley’s, —, Hilary Swift, ”, Mike Pence, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Ramaswamy, Long, Haiyun Jiang, Jack Smith Organizations: The Associated Press, Republican, United Nations, Capitol, Senate, clapped, Horizon, New York Times, American, Republicans, PAC, National Weather Service, Mr, Trump, The New York Times, Service, Gov, Fox News, Des Moines . Credit, Justice Department, Biden, “ Locations: Clive , Iowa, Iowa, Florida, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Trump’s Iowa, tatters, “ Iowa, New Hampshire , Nevada, state’s, New York, North Dakota, Des Moines, Georgia, “ America

Over the past several months, Mr. Trump has kept a close watch on House Republicans’ momentum toward impeaching Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump has talked regularly by phone with members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus and other congressional Republicans who pushed for impeachment, according to a person close to Mr. Trump who was not authorized to publicly discuss the conversations. Mr. Trump has encouraged the effort both privately and publicly. House Republicans are proceeding with the impeachment inquiry without proof that Mr. Biden took official actions as vice president to benefit his son’s financial interests or that he directly profited from his son’s foreign deals. During those conversations, Ms. Stefanik also briefed Mr. Trump on the impeachment inquiry strategy, this person said.

Persons: Trump, Mr, Biden, Greene, Joe Biden, ”, “, Biden’s, Hunter, Elise Stefanik, Stefanik Organizations: Republicans, Caucus, White House, of Justice, Republican Locations: New York

The satisfaction is nearly universal, but comes with a queasy aftertaste: Democrats are relishing the possibility that Donald J. Trump will get his comeuppance at last. But when the mocking laughter fades, in its place remains a much more lasting anxiety. What will this do to the country? “I don’t want to see this chaos machine do any more damage to the country, to hurt any more people,” Representative Greg Landsman of Ohio, a moderate freshman from Cincinnati, said in an interview Tuesday, referring to the former president. “Democrats, Republicans, independents, everyone has to sort of take a disposition of seriousness.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Trump’s, Greg Landsman Organizations: White, Democratic, Democrats, Republicans Locations: Ohio, Cincinnati

Mr. Kennedy said he now had “about 50 people” working for his campaign. Instead, he has used his campaign platform — and his famous name — to promote misinformation and ideas that have little traction in his party. Asked during the discussion by David Sacks, a top DeSantis donor who is also close to Mr. Musk, “what happened to the Democratic Party,” Mr. Kennedy spent nine uninterrupted minutes attacking Mr. Biden as a warmonger and claimed that their party was under the control of the pharmaceutical industry. “I think the Democratic Party became the party of war,” Mr. Kennedy said. “I attribute that directly to President Biden.” He added, “He has always been in favor of very bellicose, pugnacious and aggressive foreign policy, and he believes that violence is a legitimate political tool for achieving America’s objectives abroad.”

Persons: “, ”, we’ve, Kennedy, Marianne Williamson, Biden, renominating, David Sacks, ” Mr, Mr Organizations: Democratic, Democratic Party Locations: Mexican, Ukraine, America

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