If Stuart Seldowitz completes the program, the charges he faces for berating a food truck vendor would be dropped, prosecutors said. A Muslim group called it a “sweetheart deal.” Source: New York Times
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Buffalo Gunman Pleads Guilty to All Charges in Racist Attack
By Gotham Rex on November 28, 2022
The man, who was accused of killing 10 Black people in June, was charged on 25 counts, including murder, domestic terrorism and hate crimes. Source: New York Times
New York Man Accused of Antisemitic Attacks Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Charge
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2022
Prosecutors say Saadah Masoud assaulted three Jewish men in 2021 and 2022, one of whom he dragged across the sidewalk during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manhattan. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Breaking Window Repeatedly at Manhattan Gay Bar
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2022
The attacks, four within a month, had created a deep sense of anxiety in Hell’s Kitchen — a feeling compounded on Saturday by a deadly assault on a gay bar in Colorado. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Shooting Suspect Expected to Plead Guilty in Massacre
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2022
The accused gunman in a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket earlier this year has agreed to plead guilty in the deaths of 10 people. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Threatening Racist Violence Against Buffalo Supermarket
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2022
The arrest of the man, in Washington State, came a week after the reopening of a different Buffalo grocery store where a gunman killed 10 Black people in May. Source: New York Times
3 Charged With Hate Crimes After Racist Tracts Flood Small New York City
By Gotham Rex on July 13, 2022
A white supremacist leaflet was reported to the Hornell police early Sunday. Before long, similar material was found all over town. Source: New York Times
New York City Pulls Plug on Second Homeless Shelter in Chinatown
By Gotham Rex on May 2, 2022
The Adams administration backtracked on the second shelter, one of three that had been proposed for the neighborhood, after protests from the community. Source: New York Times
Fatal Shooting of Deliveryman Stuns a Queens Neighborhood
By Gotham Rex on May 1, 2022
Zhiwen Yan, who delivered Chinese food in Forest Hills, had a signature greeting for customers: “Hello, my friend!” He was killed on his scooter at a stoplight. Source: New York Times
Shelter in Chinatown Is Canceled After Community Protests
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2022
The shelter in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge would have housed 49 men and is one of three that New York City planned for the area. Source: New York Times
Court Tosses Out Maps That Favored Democrats
By Gotham Rex on April 28, 2022
Primaries for Congress and the State Senate are likely to be delayed after New York’s highest court ruled that new districts were unconstitutional. Source: New York Times
Man Charged With Hate Crimes After Violent Attacks on Four Jews
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
The episode, which included a carjacking, took place in and around Lakewood, N.J., which has a significant Orthodox Jewish community. Source: New York Times
A Daring Dream and a Lifelong Love, Dashed in a Moment of Violence
By Gotham Rex on April 19, 2022
GuiYing Ma built a modest life of service in New York until a shocking attack tore her from her devoted husband. Source: New York Times
Three Sikhs Were Attacked on the Same N.Y.C. Block
By Gotham Rex on April 16, 2022
Residents are fearful in a quiet Queens neighborhood, where younger Sikhs have begun to escort their elders to the temple. Source: New York Times
Miya Ponsetto Pleads Guilty to Tackling Black Teen at SoHo Hotel
By Gotham Rex on April 11, 2022
Miya Ponsetto admitted to committing a hate crime in the 2020 episode. That element of the charge will be dropped if she abides by the law for two years. Source: New York Times