Diego Morello, reporting on the influence of Occupy Wall Street on New York City politics.
Ugly Is in Eye of Beholder
By CADITA ROUSSEAU ‘Tis the season to be ugly. If you're a sweater, that is. That seemed to be the motto of residents and business owners of Manhattan’s Flatiron District…
‘You Keep Me Waitin’ Till It’s Gettin’ Aggravatin’, You’re a Slowpoke…’
By Yvonne Juris If you want to go crosstown on two Midtown streets, you might reach your destination more quickly by riding in a bumper car. At least that was…
Subway Shover ‘Was Defending Himself’, Says Lawyer
Bby RYAN SIT The homeless man accused of fatally shoving a Queens resident onto the subway tracks appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, where his lawyer said he was…
HSBC Slammed with $1.9 Billion Penalty for Money Laundering
By AVRIL REGIS & CONOR FEBO Europe’s largest bank, HSBC Holdings Plc, agreed to a record $ billion settlement with Federal and State authorities Tuesday to settle probes of money…
Nomad’s Route from Desert to Israeli Diplomacy
By MELANIE GOLDBERG Ishmael Khaldi, the brown-skinned man who represents the face of Israel on college campuses is not Jewish and is not telling a story of oppression, but is…
Closing Arguments in Slay Trial Sparked by Dogfight
By NAKIA COPELAND & STEPHANIE BERZON The ex-con had no intent to kill a former martial arts instructor over a dogfight at the Prospect Heights bar, but used a knife…
Murder Defendant Takes Stand to Deny Guilt
By SIGOURNEY SEALEY & CONOR FEBOS The Brooklyn man accused of murdering a Pace University student during a drug deal that went awry, told the jury Tuesday that his co-defendant…
Teen Accusing Hasid of Sex Abuse ‘Traumatized,’ Witness Testifies
By RYAN SIT & YVONNE JURIS The social worker who went to the police with the teen to report the alleged sexual abuse from a Satmar Hasidic counselor, told the…
Big Plans for Hudson Yards Unveiled
By STEPHANIE BERZON City officials and big builders on Tuesday unveiled a massive multi-billion dollar plan to develop the Hudson Yards site on the far west side of Manhattan that…