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February 22, 2026
Will Threat of Prison Make One of New York’s ‘Worst Landlords’ Change?
Tenants said one of the city’s most notorious landlords let rats run free and left them cold during the winter. Now, charged with harassment, he’s facing up to four years in prison.
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February 21, 2026
Police Chief Placed Millions in Bets as He Embezzled, Investigators Say
Karl R. Jacobson was arrested and accused of stealing from city coffers as he placed $4.5 million in online bets. He resigned in January, when the accusations first surfaced.
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February 19, 2026
Man Convicted of Murder in Fatal Beatings of 4 Homeless Men
Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in New York City in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.
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February 13, 2026
Former N.Y.P.D. Official Is Charged With Soliciting Bribes
Kevin Taylor, who ran the School Safety Division, received cash, luxury hotel lodging and a helicopter ride for promising to help steer city contracts to a Florida businessman, prosecutors said.
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February 6, 2026
Mangione State Trial Will Start in June, Manhattan Judge Says
Justice Gregory Carro of State Supreme Court in Manhattan said the start date would only be changed if a federal case against Luigi Mangione was moved up.
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January 27, 2026
Man Went on ‘Trial Run’ Before Killing 4 Homeless Men, Prosecutors Say
Randy Rodriguez Santos faces four murder charges for the beating deaths of homeless men in Manhattan’s Chinatown in 2019. The killings left the city’s homeless population on edge.
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January 21, 2026
Parents Sue Residential Home Over Abuse of Their Autistic Son
Anil and Shalini Babbar said they would not have known about the abuse their teenager was enduring at the home in upstate New York if a whistle-blower had not sent footage of an assault.
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January 13, 2026
New York Punishes 12-Year-Olds With Solitary Confinement, Lawsuit Claims
The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Manhattan, claims that state officials use solitary confinement for minor misbehavior and as a way to mitigate low staffing.
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January 8, 2026
Judge Sets Date for Harvey Weinstein’s Third Trial for Same Rape Charge
Harvey Weinstein said he felt like he was on “a slow march to my death” as prosecutors continued to pursue the case after an aspiring actress accused him of raping her in 2013.
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January 7, 2026
Mamdani Issues Executive Orders on Homeless Shelters and City Jails
Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.
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January 5, 2026
Maduro Says He Is a Prisoner of War, Not a Defendant. The Words Matter.
His simple statement in federal court was aimed directly at contradictions in the Trump administration’s actions in the Caribbean.
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December 20, 2025
Mangione’s Lawyers Take Issue With Bondi’s Ties to UnitedHealthcare
Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, say Attorney General Pam Bondi should have recused herself from the case.
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December 19, 2025
Brooklyn Man Accused of Stealing $16 Million in Crypto From Victims
From a house in Sheepshead Bay, Ronald Spektor bilked about 100 people across the United States, prosecutors say. Then, he went online to brag.
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December 1, 2025
What to Know About Luigi Mangione’s Court Hearing This Week
Lawyers for Mr. Mangione, accused of killing a health insurance executive in Manhattan, will ask a judge to throw out evidence gathered when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.
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