Month: February 2020

By ELIJAH HAMILTON A coalition of community activists urged Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council on Thursday to take the money …[read more]

By SAMANTHA CASTRO A group of influential African-American New Yorkers on Thursday voiced strong opposition to Mike Bloomberg’s presidential candidacy, contending that his policies as …[read more]

By ALLISON RAPP “Fashion is an ambassador for world peace,” said Carmen Muhammed in a video viewed at a press preview Thursday at Contemporary Muslim …[read more]

BY SAMANTHA CASTRO & ALLISON RAPP The Manhattan jury deciding the fate of disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein ended its third day of deliberations Thursday …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ Chants of  “ Fix not Fine’ from small business owners echoed through the gymnasium of Edward Bush Magnet School in Brooklyn on …[read more]

By ELIJAH HAMILTON Staten Island native and reputed mobster Benjamin Bifalco pleaded guilty on Thursday of attempting to bribe unnamed NCAA Division I  college basketball …[read more]

By SAMANTHA CASTRO & ALLISON RAPP Accused rapist and disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s chief defense attorney, Donna Rotunno, gave her closing argument Thursday, encouraging …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ A second man was arraigned Thursday in Brooklyn Supreme Court on charges of killing a young video game developer in November. Damian …[read more]

By SAMANTHA CASTRO & ALLISON RAPP A producer and friend of Harvey Weinstein ruefully told jurors in the media mogul’s Manhattan rape trial that he …[read more]

By KWAME PEREZ A young struggling artist was found guilty on Thursday of second-degree manslaughter in the brutal killing of  his college roommate in September …[read more]