NEW YORK - Politically pedigreed trial lawyer Cy Vance has been elected as Manhattan's first new district attorney in 35 years. The Democrat had 92...
The New York Law Journal | Noeleen G. Walder | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York
Despite low voter turnout in Tuesday's Democratic primary, Cyrus R. Vance Jr. bested his two opponents in the race for Manhattan district attorney wit...
Dan Collins | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York
Imagine how surprised and delighted New Yorkers must have been when they awoke to find the city is embarking on a Democratic runoff -- a two-week political steel cage match to decide the nominations for public advocate and comptroller.
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.15.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Defense lawyer and political scion Cy Vance is poised to become Manhattan's first new district attorney in 35 years after winning Tue...
Linda Fairstein | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York
Leslie Crocker Snyder's vitriolic pandering is done with blatant disregard of the bedrock principles of our criminal justice system: the right of the accused to competent counsel and a vigorous defense.
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York
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...
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
The text of Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau's September 9 Wall Street Journal op-ed, with rebuttals for 21 incorrect statements in the text.
New York Magazine | By Geoffrey Gray | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York
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...
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York
NEW YORK — Manhattan's district attorney says he wants former Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress to serve time in prison, the New York Post re...
AP | Samuel Maull | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twenty-five people, including lawyers, bankers, mortgage brokers and appraisers, and a mortgage company have been charged with commit...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York
Some, if any, will remember Stratton as the dean of the New York congressional delegation about two decades ago. But in the early 1960s, he and Ms. Gillibrand had a lot in common.
Glyn Vincent | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York
Ken Burns is set to produce documentary on the five young men wrongly convicted in the rape of the Central Park jogger.
AP | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York
NEW YORK (AP) -- Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who is retiring, is endorsing a former deputy in the race to replace him. Cyrus Vance...
New York Magazine | Geoffrey Gray | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York
He does not mention her by name. In private, she is That Woman. Or she is Blondie. Say the poisonous syllables out loud--"Leslie Crocker Snyder"--loud...
The New York Times | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics
A New York City police officer accused of raping an intoxicated woman after helping her home "had sexual intercourse with the physically helpless vict...
Fox News | David Asman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Citigroup is rejoicing at its $7.5 billion capital injection from Abu Dhabi, though Meredith Whitney told Scoreboard that wouldn't be nearly enough to...
AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York