A Manhattan federal judge on Friday banned Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from regaining access to the U.S. Treasury Department’s most sensitive payment and data systems until the conclusion of a lawsuit that claims the group’s access is unlawful. The judge overseeing the case, Jeannette A. Vargas, ruled that members of the so-called Department of Government … Read more
The Trump administration has reversed itself on making funding and staff cuts to a federal health program for survivors of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after bipartisan criticism of the moves. In a statement on Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which oversees the World Trade Center Health Program, said it had … Read more
Patsy Grimaldi, a restaurateur whose coal-oven pizzeria in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge won new fans for New York City’s oldest pizza style with carefully made pies that helped start a national movement toward artisan pizza, died on Feb. 13 in Queens. He was 93. His nephew Frederick Grimaldi confirmed the death, at NewYork-Presbyterian … Read more
Paul D. Clement, tapped by a federal judge to present independent arguments about whether to drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, is a conservative attorney who has argued more than 100 cases before the Supreme Court. Mr. Clement, 58, was a solicitor general, the federal government’s top appellate lawyer, … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced on Thursday that she would not exercise her authority to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office for now, but would seek to impose strict new guardrails on his administration of New York City. While Ms. Hochul’s actions, if enacted by state and city legislators, would fall far short … Read more
Six New York corrections officers were charged with murder and other crimes on Thursday in the killing of a state prison inmate, whom they are accused of beating to death while he was handcuffed in an assault captured by officers’ body-worn cameras. Three other corrections officers were charged with manslaughter for failing to halt the … Read more
Emil Williams spent his days caring for patients at a nonprofit in the Bronx. He was a kind neighbor and friendly face on his street in Great Neck, on Long Island. Next month, he would have celebrated his 80th birthday. But he had been reported missing in Nassau County on Tuesday, and that evening the … Read more
Restrictions on solitary confinement in New York State prisons were suspended Thursday and visits were canceled as corrections officers continued wildcat strikes despite a judge’s order. The walkouts had spread to 41 of the state’s 42 prisons by Thursday afternoon. News cameras captured images of National Guard troops descending in helicopters and Humvees to replace … Read more
Disposable e-cigarettes with names such as Baja Slushie, OMG Blow Pop and Cotton Candy are intentionally and illegally marketed to children and teenagers, New York’s attorney general argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Selling flavored nicotine vapes has been illegal in New York State since 2020, but they are still a near-ubiquitous presence in corner … Read more
The New York stage has some notable nostalgia this year: More than a half-dozen performers in significant roles made their Broadway debuts as children. Some were in hits and some were in flops; they experienced joy and (in one case) trauma. A few have appeared onstage with regularity, while others pursued music or film and … Read more