Catched from the NYtimes

New York is a city of hustlers, of odds makers and shot takers. For 54 years, Jimmy’s Corner has been their bar.

Virginia Cranwell, 82, died in a fire in her New Jersey home this summer. Her neighbor, who claimed he had tried to save her, now faces murder and arson charges.

As the owners intentionally understaffed two New Jersey facilities and diverted Medicaid money for their own use, residents in the homes “suffered unnecessarily,” the state comptroller said.

Gregory Fleetwood, 69, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday in the killing of 36-year-old Jasmine Porter. He is expected to be sentenced to 12 years in prison.

A grass-roots coalition is trying to push New York State to use eminent domain to buy out Central Hudson Gas & Electric and replace it with a public authority.

“The public deserves to know how the Trump administration has justified the outright murder of civilians as lawful,” the organizations said in their lawsuit.

A case against the Long Island-based cannabis company Omnium Health was halted on the eve of trial. A judge on Tuesday held off on dropping the matter.

Weeks after the shooting, Frederick Green, 20, was taken into custody near Buffalo and brought back to Manhattan, the police said.

Prosecutors showed body camera footage as they argued that some evidence the police said they collected from Luigi Mangione’s backpack when he was arrested should be admitted at trial.

Ms. Garcia, who ran for mayor of New York in 2021 after serving as the city’s sanitation commissioner, would succeed Rick Cotton, who is retiring.