Editor's note: On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein died in an . For more information, see The Daily Beast's reporting .Billionaire pedophile was arrested for allegedly dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday, according to three law enforcement sources. Epstein, who owns a New York City mansion and an island in the Caribbean, was being held at the federal lockup in Manhattan ahead of his court date.Saturday’s arrest by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force comes about 12 years after the 66-year-old financier...…Editor's note: On August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein died in an . For more information, see The Daily Beast's reporting .Billionaire pedophile was arrested for allegedly dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, and will appear in court in New York on Monday, according to three law enforcement sources. Epstein, who owns a New York City mansion and an island in the Caribbean, was being held at the federal lockup in Manhattan ahead of his court date.Saturday’s arrest by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force comes about 12 years after the 66-year-old financier...WW…

As protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody boiled over in New York City on Saturday and video of sparked outrage, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not “blame” police officers facing such an “impossible situation.” “If those protesters had just gotten out of the way and not created an attempt to surround that vehicle, we would not be talking about this,” de Blasio in a call-in appearance on NY1 just before a hastily scheduled late-night press conference.That was his first live appearance in over two nights of nationwide chaos, more than 24 hours after City Council...…As protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody boiled over in New York City on Saturday and video of sparked outrage, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not “blame” police officers facing such an “impossible situation.” “If those protesters had just gotten out of the way and not created an attempt to surround that vehicle, we would not be talking about this,” de Blasio in a call-in appearance on NY1 just before a hastily scheduled late-night press conference.That was his first live appearance in over two nights of nationwide chaos, more than 24 hours after City Council...WW…

Attorney General William Barr announced late Friday evening that he had nominated a Trump appointee to replace the Manhattan U.S. Attorney who had investigated and convicted some of President Donald Trump’s closest associates. It was a shocking announcement even to the prosecutor he intended to replace, Geoffrey Berman.“I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney,” Berman said . “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States...…Attorney General William Barr announced late Friday evening that he had nominated a Trump appointee to replace the Manhattan U.S. Attorney who had investigated and convicted some of President Donald Trump’s closest associates. It was a shocking announcement even to the prosecutor he intended to replace, Geoffrey Berman.“I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney,” Berman said . “I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 31, 2021 at 5:00 amA couple of weeks ago, a half-baked memo from City Hall landed on the desks of the NYPD’s top brass.It opened with the baffling “Top line: Gun violence is different from crime and, as a data [sic] shows, many incidents involve interpersonal conflicts that, combined with the wide availability of guns, result in changes in shooting dynamics. We offer our recommended plan for a new under 800 shootings/300 murders/year plan for CY2021.”AdvertisementSomewhere in that word salad is the idea of getting gun violence back down to pre-2020...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 31, 2021 at 5:00 amA couple of weeks ago, a half-baked memo from City Hall landed on the desks of the NYPD’s top brass.It opened with the baffling “Top line: Gun violence is different from crime and, as a data [sic] shows, many incidents involve interpersonal conflicts that, combined with the wide availability of guns, result in changes in shooting dynamics. We offer our recommended plan for a new under 800 shootings/300 murders/year plan for CY2021.”AdvertisementSomewhere in that word salad is the idea of getting gun violence back down to pre-2020...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 17, 2021 at 5:00 amTurn away for a moment from Washington D.C.’s Trump-loving, cop-assaulting “protesters” to read New York Attorney General Letitia James’ about the NYPD’s summer beating up and arresting lawful and peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters on the watch of a mayor who won that office on a pledge to reform the police but who’s ended up as a hostage to his own department.People of the State of New York vs. The City of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea and Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan is an...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJan 17, 2021 at 5:00 amTurn away for a moment from Washington D.C.’s Trump-loving, cop-assaulting “protesters” to read New York Attorney General Letitia James’ about the NYPD’s summer beating up and arresting lawful and peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters on the watch of a mayor who won that office on a pledge to reform the police but who’s ended up as a hostage to his own department.People of the State of New York vs. The City of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner Dermot F. Shea and Chief of Department Terence A. Monahan is an...WW…

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 27, 2020 at 5:00 amWith New York staring into the void of a massive budget hole amid skyrocketing crime and unemployment numbers, a relative handful of Democratic voters are poised in less than six months to effectively decide on the city’s next mayor and our course over the next eight years in New Yorkers are barely starting to pay attention to a race, only open to registered Democrats, that’s despite the sky-high stakes as top candidates have largely avoided direct confrontations because the primary field is so crowded that none of them see much...…AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsDec 27, 2020 at 5:00 amWith New York staring into the void of a massive budget hole amid skyrocketing crime and unemployment numbers, a relative handful of Democratic voters are poised in less than six months to effectively decide on the city’s next mayor and our course over the next eight years in New Yorkers are barely starting to pay attention to a race, only open to registered Democrats, that’s despite the sky-high stakes as top candidates have largely avoided direct confrontations because the primary field is so crowded that none of them see much...WW…