Cyrus Vance

Where Was Cy?

Len Levitt | Posted 05.29.2012

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Why didn't Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance attend Police Commissioner Ray Kelly's momentous news conference last Thursday on the Etan Katz case?

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'The Dating Game Killer' To Face More Murder Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Charlotte Lamb, Ellen Hover, New York Crime, Crime News, Crime, Robin Samsoe, Cheryl Bradshaw, John Berger, Georgia Wixted, Slideexpand, California Crime, Cyrus Vance, Jill Parenteau, Video, Andrew Cuomo, Jill Barcomb, Jerry Brown, Cornelia Crilley, Marianne Connelly, Missing Persons, The Dating Game, Rodney Alcala, Peter Arian, Dating Game Killer, Serial Killers, Crime News

Rodney Alcala can be extradited to New York to face charges in two killings, California's highest court has ruled. The decision was handed down on ...

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Alleged 'Lone Wolf' Terrorist Pleads Not Guilty In NYC Plot

AP | By JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Nyc-Bomb-Plot, Ray Kelly, Jose Pimentel Pleads Not Guilty, Ny News, Jose Pimentel, Fbi, New York News, 'Lone Wolf' Terrorist, Pipe Bomb, Cyrus Vance, New York News

NEW YORK -- A man charged with plotting to attack police and soldiers with homemade bombs pleaded not guilty Tuesday to rarely used state-level terror...

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NYC's Anti-Profiling Law 'Not Worth The Paper It's Written On'

ProPublica | Justin Elliott | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Nypd, Nypd Muslim Surveillance, Ray Kelly, Eric Schneiderman, Religious Profiling, Mayor Bloomberg, Ny News, Anti-Profiling Law, Jumaane Williams, Nypd Spying, New York News, Cyrus Vance, Racial Profiling, New York News

In July 2004, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg presided over a celebratory signing ceremony at City Hall for a new law that banned the NYPD from r...

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'Reckless' Leaks Threaten Rape Probe of NYPD Commissioner's Son

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said Friday he had "no idea" who leaked information to the media suggesting that prosecutor...

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Rape Probe of NYPD Chief's Son Creates 'Ethical Minefield' for New York District Attorney

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 03.27.2012

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NEW YORK -- Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance may face pressure to tap an outside prosecutor to investigate rape allegations against the son ...

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'Kings of Dust' PCP Ring Busted In Harlem

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Harlem, Angel Dust, PCP Harlem, New York Crime, Ray Kelly, Harlem Angel Dust, Kings of Dust, Manhattan District Attorney, Pcp, Drug Dealers, Cyrus Vance, Crime News

NEW YORK -- A drug ring in Harlem that specialized in the sale of PCP and used an 8-year-old boy as a lookout has been busted, New York City police an...

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Cy Vance Speaks On Why He Dropped DSK Case

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Manhattan, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Video, Dsk Scandal, Ny News, Dsk, Cyrus Vance, Cy Vance, New York News

NEW YORK — The prosecutor who charged Dominique Strauss-Kahn with sexually assaulting a hotel maid said Wednesday he dropped the case because he...

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When Women Are Abused: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Shadow of Shame

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Nafissatou Diallo, Shame, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Humiliation, Anne Sinclair, Cyrus Vance, Sexual Abuse, Tristane Banon, Women News

Hundreds of thousands of dollars later Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his wife Anne Sinclair, and his lawyers are rejoicing at what an August 24th New York T...

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DSK May File Civil Charges Against Maid

AP | By JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rape Case, NY Crime, NY District Attorney, Dsk, Nafissatou Diallo, Cyrus Vance, Video, World News

NEW YORK -- Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn might take legal action in civil court against the hotel maid who accused...

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Prosecutors In DSK Case Recommend Dismissal Of Sexual Assault Charges

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ and TOM HAYS | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Video, Dominique-Strauss-Kahn, Dsk Case, Dsk, International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Kenneth Thompson, Imf, New York, Nafissatou Diallo, Cyrus Vance, World News

NEW YORK — Prosecutors sought on Monday to dismiss the criminal charges in a sexual-assault case against former International Monetary Fund lead...

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The Case for Prosecuting Strauss-Kahn: Or Should Prosecutors Play God?

Bennett L. Gershman | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DSK Trial, Nafissatou Diallo, Dsk Lawsuit, Dsk, Cyrus Vance, Dominique Strauss-Kahn Sex Scandal, Crime News

Will New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance allow the DSK case to proceed to trial and allow a jury to render a verdict? Or will he play God and decide the case himself? He makes his decision on Tuesday.

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Strauss-Kahn Fallout: NY DA Takes Five Steps Backwards For Rape Accusers

Shelley Ross | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Lisa Friel, Kenneth P. Thompson, Asylum Application, Sexual Assault Charges, Dominque Strauss-Kahn, False Statements, Guinea, Case Implosion, Sex Crimes Unit, Jr., Sexual Assault, Cyrus Vance, Crime News

Some people have all the luck and Dominique Strauss-Kahn is one of them. He's had good political fortune. He married a billionairess. Now, it turns o...

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Attorney Charged In Child-Porn Sweep Found Dead In Mexico

Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Mexico City, New York Crime, District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Crime, Moshe Gerstein, Cy Vance, Child Porn Case, Mexico, Cyrus Vance, New York News

A former attorney at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher who was charged along with at least two dozen others in a child-pornography sweep died in M...

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Another Take on Terror

Len Levitt | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Joint Terrorism Task Force, Nypd, Ray Kelly, War on Terror, Ahmed Ferhani, Michael Bloomberg, Terrorism, Shahawar Matin Siraj, Mohamed Mamdouh, Fbi, Elizabeth Fink, James Elshafay, Cyrus Vance, New York News

Another full-court press conference on terror. Another terrorism air ball. That's the tale of the tape in last week's indictments of Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh, two alleged "lone wolf" terrorists.

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New DA Promises 'Humility'

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Morgenthau, Cy Vance Jr., District Attorney, Cy Vance, Cyrus Vance, Manhattan DA, New York News

NEW YORK — Manhattan's first new district attorney in 35 years says he'll balance public safety with fairness as he takes over one of the nation...

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After 34 Years, Who Will Replace Morgenthau?

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leslie Crocker Snyder, Manhattan District Attorney, Manhattan DA, Richard Aborn, Cy Vance, Robert Morgenthau, Manhattan District Attorney Primary, New York, Cyrus Vance, New York News

NEW YORK — One is a former hard-nosed judge so known for her stiff sentences that drug dealers named a brand of heroin after her. Another enjoys...

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Which Manhattan D.A. Candidate Will Win The New York Times Endorsement ?

New York Magazine | By Geoffrey Gray | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney, Leslie Crocker Snyder, Cyrus Vance, Cy Vance, Richard Aborn, New York News

In races where no voter seems to know any of the candidates, and what the candidates stand for all sounds the same, the endorsement of the New York Ti...

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Morgenthau Endorses Cyrus Vance Jr. For District Attorney

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who is retiring, is endorsing a former deputy in the race to replace him. Cyrus Vance...

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Trouble Buying That Illinois Senate Seat? (A Cheaper Alternative for Holiday Gift-Giving)

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

I cannot be bought. Not for less than 20 bucks. So there's no need to worry that my judgment has been tainted by the fact that a publisher sent me a ...

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