By VANESSA WALKER & DINA EXIL The trial of a mentally ill man who hacked a psychotherapist to death with a meat cleaver resumed on Tuesday with the testimony of…
The Face of Immigration Reform
By SEAN QUIGLEY An immigration advocacy bus tour on Tuesday embarked on the last leg of their trip to Washington to meet with a bipartisan group of senators and press…
Art Thief Painted as Immigration Offender
BY CLAUDIO MARTINO A Manhattan Supreme Court judge on Tuesday sentenced the European fashion publicist turned art thief to no jail time but his immigration status kept him in lock-up…
Jury Cooks Goose of ‘Cannibal Cop’
By JULIA JOHN-SCHEDER A disappointed defense team said Tuesday they were “heartbroken” over the guilty verdict that might send their client, the so-called ‘cannibal cop’, to prison for the rest…
Martha Stewart Takes the Stand in Contracts Case
By LORETTA CHIN Martha Stewart took the stand in Manhattan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday and testified before a packed court room to defend her namesake company against charges that she…
Suffolk County Passes Law Triggering Cross-Reference of Psychiatric Admissions and Gun Licenses
By Sean Quigley The Suffolk County Legislature unanimously passed a law Tuesday to cross-reference persons involuntarily admitted to psychiatric hospitals with local pistol permit registries, hoping to serve as a…
Advocates Blame Bloomberg for Spike in Homelessness
By JANURIE ULETT Advocates for the homeless on Tuesday blamed the Bloomberg Administration”s housing policies for a steep 73 percent increase in homeless families in New York City. Statiistics provided…
Hit-and-Run Suspect Ready to Give Himself Up
BY RACHEL SILBERSTEIN The repeat offender suspected of killing a young Hasidic couple and their unborn child in a hit-and-run accident was poised on Tuesday to turn himself in to…
Brooklyn Detective Testifies on Arsonist’s Alleged Confession
By JERMECIA EDWARDS & VANESSA WALKER A Brooklyn Detective testified at the trial of Guatemalan ex-con on Tuesday that the accused arsonist in his statements to police first lied about…
Web Fetish Host Testifies It’s Just Role-play
By jULIA JOHN-SCHEDER & CLAUDIO MARTINO The Russian owner of a fetish website used by the New York City police officer accused of conspiring with others interested in cooking women…