NEW YORK—A former doctor was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including children, over the span of years in the New York area. Darius A. Paduch, a former urologist, was found guilty in May following a trial where 11 victims testified about being abused by Paduch and […]
A man from Coral Springs, Florida, was arrested on Nov. 20 for an alleged plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, was charged with attempting to use an improvised explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate or foreign commerce, according to court documents filed […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s attorneys argued on Nov. 19 that New York Justice Juan Merchan should dismiss the ongoing case against their client, arguing that doing so was required by federal law and the U.S. Constitution. “Immediate dismissal of this case is mandated by the federal Constitution, the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, and the interests […]
NEW YORK—A man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of three people in a string of random attacks across Manhattan, police said Tuesday. Ramon Rivera, 51, was taken into custody after he was found with blood on his clothes and the two kitchen knives, authorities said. “Three New […]
NEW YORK—Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging in “outrageous government conduct” by using materials seized from his jail cell to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial. They said information gathered in a raid on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were cited in papers […]
NEW YORK CITY—After months of legal wrangling over the issue, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Nov. 14 that she has decided to remove the pause she placed on congestion pricing in New York City and that implementation of the program, with $9 tolls instead of the $15 originally envisioned, will begin on Jan. […]
A social media-famous squirrel seized from its owner and euthanized by New York authorities tested negative for rabies, local officials said Tuesday. Peanut, the furry social media sensation, along with a raccoon named Fred were seized by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Chemung County Department of Health on Oct. 30. The pair […]
The Supreme Court declined on Nov. 12 to take up a challenge to New York’s rent control law, which grants a building’s tenants veto power over condominium conversions. The decision came in the form of an unsigned order regarding the petition filed in G-Max Management Inc. v. State of New York. The court did not […]
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is expected to appear for a pretrial conference in his New York criminal fraud case stemming from a fundraising effort to build a border wall. Bannon is currently slated to face trial on Dec. 9. Schedule: 1:00 p.m. ET – Monitor for arrivals 2:15 p.m. ET – Start of court […]
NEW YORK—Former Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress following a tax fraud conviction, is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament, according to friends who are raising funds to pay for the ex-lawmaker’s medical care. Grimm, 54, suffered the devastating injury in […]
NEW YORK—Audience members who attended a weekend screening of a documentary about forced organ harvesting said more people should learn about the sinister state crime that’s happening in China. Nabil Hamati, a Brooklyn resident working in the medical field, told The Epoch Times that the film, which played on Nov. 9 at Village East by […]
POMPTON LAKES, N.J.—A New York parks employee died battling one of a number of wildfires in New Jersey and New York amid dry conditions that have prompted air quality warnings in both states, authorities said Sunday. The worker died when a tree fell on him Saturday afternoon as he battled a major brush fire along […]
NEW YORK—A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said. Cory Martin, 37, was also sentenced by a federal judge in Brooklyn to a concurrent […]
NTD’s Steve Lance and Tiffany Meier speak to Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) about former President Donald Trump’s chances of flipping New York red, the issues that are driving New Yorkers to the polls, and how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election will affect China.
A New York law requiring the counting of mail-in ballots even if there’s some doubt as to their validity is constitutional, the state’s top court ruled on Oct. 31. “We hold that the statute does not violate the constitutional principles of separation of powers or of judicial review,” the State of New York Court of […]
A New York man who turned a rescued squirrel into a social media star called Peanut is pleading with state authorities to return his beloved pet after they seized it during a raid that also yielded a raccoon named Fred. Multiple anonymous complaints about Peanut—also spelled P’Nut or PNUT—brought at least six officers from the […]
New York City has officially legalized jaywalking, allowing pedestrians to cross streets outside designated crosswalks and against traffic lights. The new law went into effect Oct. 28 after Mayor Eric Adams allowed the legislation to pass without his signature or veto, following the required 30-day waiting period. The law was spearheaded by Council Member Mercedes […]
Former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held a massive rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday. During the event, he addressed immigration, inflation, and the economy. NTD discusses the rally and Trump’s strategy behind it with Armen Kurdian, a political strategist and policy analyst.
Former President Donald Trump drew a big crowd to his rally in New York City on Sunday, while former President Barack Obama continued his praise of Vice President Kamala Harris as he continues to campaign for the Democratic nominee. To discuss the latest developments in the Trump and Harris campaigns, NTD was joined by attorney […]
