For more than three and a half years, officials said, the men used the Johnson Houses as “an open drug market” to sell crack cocaine and fentanyl. Source: New York Times
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Trump’s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist’s Triumph
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2025
Emil Bove III’s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the former Honduran leader whom President Trump freed this week. Source: New York Times
Representative Jeff Van Drew’s Aide Faked Anti-Trump Slashing Attack, U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2025
Natalie Greene, 26, who worked for Representative Jeff Van Drew, a Republican, falsely claimed she was attacked at a nature reserve, the authorities said. 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
New York Is the Center of Basketball. And Basketball Betting Scandals.
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2025
Point shaving. Gambling rings. Illegal poker games. Prosecutors in New York have seen it all. 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
What to Know About the Federal Indictment Against Letitia James
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Ms. James, a Democrat and New York’s attorney general, is a longtime nemesis of President Trump, She is charged with committing bank fraud to obtain favorable loan terms. Source: New York Times
James Indictment Mirrors Her Civil Case Against Trump in Miniature
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
The president and New York’s attorney general accused each other of real estate fraud. But the sum involved in her case is $18,933, while millions were at stake in his. Source: New York Times
Despite Trump’s Pressure on Justice Dept., Certain Safeguards Are Beyond His Reach
By Gotham Rex on September 23, 2025
The criminal justice system has protections that could ultimately give pause to some of President Trump’s moves for revenge. Source: New York Times
Halligan, Trump’s Chosen Prosecutor, Takes Over Comey and James Cases
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2025
The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted. Source: New York Times
Repeat Offender Charged With Threatening the Lives of Female Judges
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2025
Anthony Salvatore Perri threatened to kill two jurists and said others were targets, prosecutors say. The charges against him come as the nation is seeing a wave of threats against judges. Source: New York Times
How a Cyberattack Plunged a Long Island County Into the 1990s
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
Suffolk County officials had to return to the days of paper checks and faxes after an episode that exposed government weaknesses. Source: New York Times
China and Iran Use Private Detectives to Reach Dissidents in America
By Gotham Rex on November 13, 2022
The U.S. investigators are hired under false pretenses by authoritarian governments to do their “dirty work,” the F.B.I. says. Source: New York Times
Three NYC Corrections Officers Accused of Faking Sick Leave
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
As New York City’s jails faced a staffing crisis, federal prosecutors said the officers used falsified sick notes and lied about trips to the doctor to avoid going to work. Source: New York Times
New Jersey Man Arrested in Connection With Threat to Synagogues
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2022
An 18-year-old man was charged with sending a threat over social media. He is expected to appear in court on Thursday afternoon. Source: New York Times