ALBANY — Tayden Townsley, 47, is seeking clemency from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul after serving nearly three decades in prison for a 1994 murder he committed at age 19. Townsley’s clemency application is one of at least 1,500 that Hochul has received from state prisoners this year, though the governor’s granting of clemency has…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to cap out-of-pocket costs for EpiPens, making them more affordable for residents. The new law limits the cost to $25 for a 30-day supply of epinephrine auto-injectors, effective January 1, 2025. This initiative aims to alleviate the financial burden on individuals with severe allergies who rely on…
NYC — Sebastián Zapeta, 33, has been indicted by a Brooklyn grand jury on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and first-degree arson in connection with the death of a woman on a New York City subway. The incident occurred on December 22, at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station, where Zapeta allegedly set the sleeping…
When Yuxiu Zhou crossed the U.S. and Mexico border with his teenage son last October after a month-long zigzagging trip from China, he believed all his nightmares were behind him. The corrupt local government officials in his home village in the Southern Zhejiang Province in China who destroyed his dream of being an entrepreneur, and…
The office of New York State Attorney General Letitia James announced late Friday that it won’t bring criminal charges against an NYPD officer who, responding to an emergency in October 2020, sped through a red light at 60 mph and fatally struck a young woman crossing a street in The Bronx. The Office of Special…
This article was co-published with Documented. For nearly a decade, Jean Xie recalled making it a habit to search online for two things: “Fresh Meadows Hotel” and “New York City.” A resident of Shenzhen in China, Xie had become an investor in the Mayflower International Hotel Group’s Fresh Meadows Hotel EB-5 program which allowed foreign…
Federal prosecutors on Friday pushed back forcefully on a motion by Mayor Eric Adams to dismiss a key bribery count against him. In fighting his indictment by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count by insisting he was not doing favors for the Turkish government. Adams was merely performing routine…
City-funded shelter providers collecting millions of dollars to provide shelter to a near-record number of homeless New Yorkers are rife with nepotism, bloated executive pay and double-dipping, according to an extensive report released by the city’s Department of Investigation on Thursday.
This article originally appeared in Documented. Ahsan Chughtai sat on a gilded chair, wearing a garland and clutching a small water bottle as a group of businessmen paid their respects to him. Prominent members of New York’s Pakistani community had gathered to celebrate his appointment as Mayor Eric Adams’ Senior Advisor on South Asia and Muslim Affairs…
Wall Street is holding its own in New York, with employment in the financial industries near its highest level since 2000, average wages that tower of any other sector and soaring profits this year that will translate into a much needed tax revenue windfall next year. While other industries like tech have become much more…