Weather: ⛅ A chance of showers this morning, then mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s.
It's Monday in New York City, where George Bell, Rohan Bolt and Gary Johnson each spent 24 years in prison for two 1996 murders they didn't commit.
When the three men were finally exonerated, in 2021, Queens Supreme Court Judge Joseph Zayas admonished the prosecution in the case for "completely abdicated its truth-seeking role" by "[hiding] evidence" that implicated other suspects.
But now, five years later, a disciplinary committee has concluded that there's "insufficient evidence" the prosecutors violated any rules, according to a five-sentence letter obtained by Gothamist.
A Bronx man faces 14 charges, including four counts of assault as a hate crime, after he disrupted Friday night services at Central Synagogue in Midtown, struck a congregant and headbutted a member of the temple’s security team, according to police.
The family of an 18-year-old tourist killed in a runaway horse carriage accident in Central Park alleges stray electrical voltage may have contributed to the horse becoming agitated and bolting.
Suffolk County police arrested 15 people and impounded seven vehicles after what they described as a street takeover in Medford last Friday night.
The bill to legalize gay bathhouses would direct the state health department to “consult” with public health experts before writing new rules governing how the businesses are licensed and operated.
“We have to get Bruce [Blakeman] into office,” President Donald Trump said. “Nowhere is the communist attack on American society more clear than in New York state. The radical-left Gov. Kathy Hochul has been very, very bad on crime.”
Gothamist clocked sweltering 92-degree temperatures on the station’s mezzanine last Tuesday when it was 80 degrees outside. Meanwhile, temperatures reached a steamy 98 degrees on the platform, where waiting riders were blanketed in hot air as a 5 train pulled into the station.
A bill that would restrict private businesses in New York City from using facial recognition on customers has won the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration and a majority of the City Council, sponsors and supporters said.
