Linda Sun was accused by federal prosecutors of selling her allegiance and being rewarded handsomely for influence peddling. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Brooklyn (NYC)”
Up All Night in New York, Selling Christmas Trees
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2025
Before Santa comes to town, the tree sellers do, packing themselves into trailers and vans across New York City to claim a slice of the competitive tree market. Source: New York Times
For Tekashi69, Drugs and Fight Add Up to Three More Months in Prison
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2025
The rapper, who was sentenced to two years in prison after testifying for the government at a gang trial, was ordered incarcerated for probation violations. Source: New York Times
Mel Leipzig, Painter Called the ‘Chekhov of Trenton,’ Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2025
He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the “mysterious emotional tensions” in his pictures of ordinary people. Source: New York Times
Chauncey Billups, N.B.A. Coach in Gambling Case, Pleads Not Guilty
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2025
A hearing in Brooklyn was packed as Mr. Billups and 30 other defendants answered charges in a sweeping federal indictment involving rigged poker games. Source: New York Times
Orthodox Jewish Man Sentenced to 103 Years for Sex Abuse May Go Free
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2025
Nechemya Weberman, convicted of molesting a 12-year-old girl in a politically charged case, is seeking a new, shorter sentence with the Brooklyn district attorney’s support. Source: New York Times
‘Everyone’s in Sync’: Phone Ban on NYC Dance Floors Is Getting Rave Reviews
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2025
In the TikTok era, people were filming rather than dancing. “I’d rather live in the moment and feel the joy,” one reveler said. Source: New York Times
3 Charged With Trying to Bribe Juror in Boxer’s Drug Smuggling Case
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2025
The defendants contacted a man on the jury and arranged to meet him on Staten Island, where they offered $100,000 for an acquittal, prosecutors say. A new jury will be anonymous. Source: New York Times
‘Commander Butcher’ Admits Trying to Spur Hate Attack in New York
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2025
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian man, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn on Monday. He led the Maniac Murder Cult, an online neo-Nazi group blamed for eruptions of violence around the world. Source: New York Times
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, Two MLB Pitchers, Charged in Gambling Investigation
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2025
Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians, were charged with sharing inside information about their pitches with bettors. Mr. Ortiz was arrested Sunday. Source: New York Times
The NYC Transportation Crew Helping Preserve Its Cobblestone Streets
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2025
Meet the specialty bricklayers helping to preserve a quaint remnant of New York City’s early days. Source: New York Times
In N.B.A. Betting Scandal, Influencers Played an Old Game in a New Form
By Gotham Rex on November 7, 2025
A Supreme Court decision created a sports gambling industry now worth $14 billion. Many are angling for a cut. Source: New York Times
It’s Halloween Night, and New York Is Decked Out in All Its Gory Glory
By Gotham Rex on October 31, 2025
The spooky season comes to end with what is billed as the world’s largest Halloween parade. Source: New York Times
Guard Is Convicted of Pursuing Jail Smugglers and Firing at Them
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2025
Leon Wilson, a veteran correctional officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, chased the people from the lockup’s parking lot to the Brooklyn Bridge. Source: New York Times
Gambinos and Other NYC Mob Families Are Still in Business
By Gotham Rex on October 23, 2025
Four of the city’s five Mafia families were part of a high-tech scheme that netted $7 million, prosecutors said, by fleecing high rollers at illegal poker games. Source: New York Times