Randy Rodriguez Santos faces four murder charges for the beating deaths of homeless men in Manhattan’s Chinatown in 2019. The killings left the city’s homeless population on edge.
The builders of the Gateway project, a critical rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, warned that construction cannot continue without the withheld federal money.
Prosecutors say the three men used their money, power and status to sexually assault women, including two underage girls. The men have denied the charges.
The trial for Oren, Tal and Alon Alexander is set to start on Tuesday. The brothers have been accused of running a sex-trafficking conspiracy in Miami and Manhattan.
The Alexander brothers, once titans of the New York party scene, have retained a high-stakes public relations strategist, Juda Engelmayer, whose clients include Harvey Weinstein.
The weather underscored how vulnerable people are when they do not have a safe place to shelter. At least 10 people have died, including several who had a history with the city’s shelter system.
Temperatures in New York City dropped into the teens and single digits in recent days, creating dangerous conditions for homeless people who live outdoors.
As a snowstorm arrived, Mayor Zohran Mamdani reminded New Yorkers that they could access the romance series that inspired the TV show through their public library.
At a Sunday news conference, Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned the New York Public Library’s promotion of “Heated Rivalry,” the romance novel that was adapted into a wildly popular TV show.
The storm deaths were reported in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Kansas, Texas, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kentucky and New Jersey, and other deaths were under investigation.
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