New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office is pushing back against former President Trump’s claim that securing a bond in his civil case is a “practical impossibility.” In a document filed by Senior Assistant Solicitor General Dennis Fan, the attorney general urged the court to disregard Trump’s request for a stay on his $464 million civil fraud judgment, calling his …
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I wonder if this was the plan all along: trying to bankrupt Donald Trump? The way things are going, it certainly looks that way. The case brought by New York’s Democratic attorney general, Letitia James – who ran on a platform of investigating Trump – has spun out of control. Even if he did all the things she charged in …
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NEW YORK – A Manhattan judge has scheduled an Oct. 8 trial for Daniel Penny, the Marine Corps veteran and college student charged with manslaughter in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, who stormed onto a subway train and threatened passengers in May. The trial is expected to take four to six weeks, attorneys said in court Wednesday. Penny’s next …
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday that would expand the state’s existing fracking ban by blocking natural gas drilling companies from using an extraction method that involves injecting huge amounts of liquid carbon dioxide into the ground. The state Senate approved the legislation with some opposition from Republican lawmakers. It will now go to Democratic …
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A crazed man slashed a subway conductor in the neck; a jilted lover shoved his ex-girlfriend in front of a moving car, maiming her; a belligerent shot in the head with his own gun; and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent in National Guard troops and state police to help restore order to New York City’s public transportation system. And …
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A woman is deeming herself “boy sober” after experiencing a tough few years in the New York dating scene, she said. Carly Galluzzo, 28, is from Long Island, New York, and has recently given up on dating. Galluzzo said she went on four dates a month last year and realized she was trying to find a boyfriend “out of fear,” …
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“F*** you Mayor Adams!” Those are the defiant words of conservative artist and activist Scott LoBaido seconds before he was driven away in a police van after being cuffed for protesting new pizza-making rules in New York City. Seconds earlier, LoBaido had hurled several pizza slices over a fence and into the grounds of New York City Hall to protest …
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TV personality and “Shark Tank” host Kevin O’Leary battled with a CNN anchor after a New York judge ruled against former President Trump in a case over his finances and assets. “What a great message to send out all around the world,” O’Leary said of the $464 million bond that Trump is appealing in court. The former president’s lawyers wrote …
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke Tuesday about a new lawsuit alleging that, during his time on the police force in the ’90s, he demanded sexual favors from a colleague in exchange for help with a job issue, saying the events described “did not happen.” In the lawsuit, Adams’ accuser, Lorna Beach-Mathura, said she had been repeatedly passed over …
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A property owner in New York City was arrested after a standoff with a group of squatters who allegedly took over the woman’s property following her parents’ deaths. “It’s enraging,” Adele Andaloro told ABC 7. “It’s not fair that I, as the homeowner, have to be going through this.” Andaloro was recently arrested on her property in Flushing, Queens, after …
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