People took to the streets on Saturday as the New York City Department of Transportation kicked off and celebrated its annual "Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day" event.
Migrants flooded a meeting in New York City with complaints that the free food and free housing they are being given are not good enough.
The New York Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the sex crimes conviction against Harvey Weinstein, the powerful Hollywood producer whose downfall stood as a symbol of the #MeToo movement. The court, by a 4-3 vote, ordered a new trial. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the ruling,...
WNYC / Gothamist Albany reporter Jon Campbell talks about what's in and what's out of the just-approved New York State budget, including housing incentives, zoning changes, limited tenant protections, mayoral control of the schools, and more.
(OSV News) — A New York state appeals court has found that an insurer for the Archdiocese of New York is not required to cover costs for settling hundreds of sex abuse claims — a ruling the archdiocese has called “extremely disappointing” and “wrongly decided.” On April 23, five justices of the First Judicial Department […] The post New York appeals court rules insurer doesn’t have to pay out for Archdiocese of New York abuse claims first appeared on OSV News.
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New York's top court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for felony sex crimes on the grounds that he did not get a fair trial. In a 4-3 decision issued Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals determined that the judge who presided over the landmark #MeToo trial had erred in allowing prosecutors to call to the stand women whose accusations were not included in the charges against Weinstein, and to question Weinstein, if he'd decided to testify, about the decadeslong history of...
NEW YORK STATE (WETM) -- New Yorkers can help the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) choose the next species to be featured on its Habitat and Access Stamp. The DEC posted a poll on Facebook on April 23 that asks people to vote for the species that will be featured on its 2024-2025 Habitat and []
The New York Court of Appeals has overturned disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction for rape in an instantly-controversial and polarizing move. Weinstein had b
Convictions laid against Harvey Weinstein in the state of New York for rape and sexual assault have been overturned. Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years after he was found guilty in February 2020 of a criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree. The charges are connected to the alleged […] The post Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Sex Crime Convictions in New York Overturned first appeared on The Source.
The Washington Capitals are set to meet the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Game 1 of the first-round series is Sunday afternoon.
Taoiseach Simon Harris had criticised the party’s use of the phrase, deeming it “very worrying” and “very peculiar”.