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Samantha Max

Public Safety Reporter at Gothamist

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    Recent Articles

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    First NYPD officer convicted under city’s ban on police chokeholds

    Omar Habib was the first NYPD officer prosecuted under a city law that banned chokeholds.
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    NYPD vehicle hits man lying in Bronx street after another car ran h...

    The man died, and police are not sharing his name until they contact his family.
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    The 'Blue Wall' won’t protect NYPD officer on trial for chokehold, ...

    Omar Habib is the first NYPD officer to be prosecuted under a 2020 New York City law banning chokeholds.
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    Queens public defender cofounder gets prison for looting nonprofit

    The former director and her ex-husband spent the organization’s money on a 85-inch TV, a penthouse apartment and other luxury items.
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    Mayor Mamdani taps veteran Black leader to head NYPD watchdog

    The appointment of Jennifer Jones Austin comes as Mamdani faces pressure from the left for not reforming policing.
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    First NYPD officer charged under George Floyd-inspired chokehold la...

    Prosecutors say Omar Habib placed a man in a chokehold so tight that he temporarily lost consciousness.
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    NYC man accused of setting fire outside immigration court charged w...

    Prosecutors say Andrew Arrabaca, 43, targeted the federal building where many immigrants attend court appointments.
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    Luigi Mangione drops mental health defense after one day in Manhatt...

    Court records that were set to be unsealed will now remain sealed.
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    NYPD union sues police watchdog for allegedly publishing unproven '...

    The union representing rank-and-file officers says the Civilian Complaint Review Board has damaged officers' reputation with allegations of sexual misconduct, bias and dishonesty.
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    Man pretended to be heir to Harlem brownstone, then stole it, Manha...

    Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the defendants spent several years hatching a plan to steal the building for their own benefit.
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    Ex-Brooklyn judge, real estate developer accused of scamming invest...

    Prosecutors say Edward Harold King and Sam Sprei lied to investors in a sham real estate venture.
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    SantaCon NYC organizer charged with using charity money on personal...

    A Gothamist investigation found only a fraction of the organization’s proceeds were donated to registered nonprofits.
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    Chinese American citizen convicted of running covert 'police statio...

    Prosecutors said the unofficial station occupied part of an office building in Lower Manhattan.
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    New York City's greatest pranks, from fantastical parades to a phon...

    A parade, a pitcher, an artist and a romance novel walk into a bar.
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    Man who killed 4 homeless people in Manhattan convicted of murder

    Defense attorneys argued at trial that Randy Santos shouldn’t be held responsible because of severe mental illness.
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    NYPD says it's tracking online radicalization after failed Gracie M...

    Prosecutors say both teens arrested professed support for Islamic State and one told police he watched propaganda on his phone.
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    NY won't ask gun permit applicants for social media under court set...

    The attorney general’s office has agreed not to enforce a controversial portion of the state’s 2022 gun permitting law.
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    Queens mother sues New York City over removal of baby without court...

    The baby was one of the more than 1,300 children the city separates from their parents without a court order each year, according to the agency’s data.
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    Violence against homeless New Yorkers persists years after deadly C...

    Randy Santos’ conviction offers some closure in a case that took nearly seven years to go to trial.
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    ‘This looks like Narnia’: New Yorkers hit streets to enjoy powdery ...

    Cross-country skiing, sheet-pan sleds, kids and dogs running wild: There’s no day like a New York City snow day.
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    A historic Brooklyn synagogue could be torn down to build new affor...

    The case highlights New York City’s struggle to balance the preservation of cherished community spaces with the dire need for more affordable housing.