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By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/29/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / Justice Reform / Youth Justice / Court Administration NEW YORK CITY, NY – An Erie County judge has ordered a 17-year-old's gun-possession case transferred out of criminal court after prosecutors failed to prove the extraordinary circumstances required to…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/29/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / Wrongful Convictions / Justice Reform / DNA Evidence NEW YORK CITY, NY – A New York appeals court has reopened a critical path for modern DNA analysis in the case of Michael Mosley, who is serving life without…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/28/2026 Category: Sentencing Reform / Domestic Violence / Survivor Justice / New York State NEW YORK CITY, NY – A New York appeals court has denied resentencing to a man who documented childhood abuse, ruling that the Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act requires…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/28/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / Appeals / Self-Defense / New York State NEW YORK CITY, NY – A New York appeals court has vacated a manslaughter conviction after concluding that prosecutors failed to disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt in a chaotic shootout…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/27/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / Right to Counsel / Court Accountability / Civil Rights NEW YORK CITY, NY – A Manhattan drug conviction and seven-year prison term have been reversed because a trial judge shut down a defendant’s request for new counsel without…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/27/2026 Category: New York State Prisons / DOCCS / Sentencing Reform / Court Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – A New York appeals court has drawn a firm line around the power of the state prison system: when a sentencing judge issues a…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/26/2026 Category: Public Safety / Environmental Justice / Transportation / Government Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City’s long-running fight over helicopter noise is landing on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s desk, as residents and advocates press the administration to use every available…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/26/2026 Category: Public Safety / Taxi Drivers / Worker Protection / NYPD Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – Two working cab drivers were shot in the face in separate Brooklyn attacks less than two weeks apart, putting renewed pressure on city leaders to…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/25/2026 Category: Housing / Tenant Rights / Consumer Protection / Government Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York Attorney General Letitia James says a property manager responsible for more than 3,000 apartments illegally locked lawful occupants out of their homes, leaving some…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/25/2026 Category: Corrections / NYC Department of Correction / Criminal Courts / Public Safety NEW YORK CITY, NY – Julian Pagan, 29, died after being found unresponsive in a Bronx courthouse holding cell following his arraignment, adding another death to New York City’s…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/24/2026 Category: Government Audits / Education / Disability / Taxpayer Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City Public Schools failed to collect up to $431.6 million in federal Medicaid reimbursements for special-education services over three fiscal years, according to a follow-up…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/24/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / NYPD Accountability / Police Misconduct / Public Safety NEW YORK CITY, NY – The first criminal trial of an NYPD officer charged under New York City’s police chokehold law is set to begin in the Bronx, putting a…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/23/2026 Category: Courts / Immigration / Due Process / Civil Rights NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City’s immigration courts issued 4,447 removal orders in June to people who did not appear for their hearings, more than double the 2,189 recorded in…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/23/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / NYPD Accountability / Public Safety / Custody Deaths NEW YORK CITY, NY – Three people died this year while waiting for arraignment inside New York Police Department booking facilities. The latest medical findings answer one question about how…

New York is packed with ways to get outside, meet people and enjoy the city this week. This guide mixes free waterfront activities, neighborhood celebrations, fitness, culture, games and live music happening from Thursday, July 23 through Wednesday, July 29. 🏆 Editor’s Choice: City of Water Day Saturday, July 25…

By Michele Evans The debate over the word inmate is back in the headlines after New York City’s Board of Correction proposed removing the term from its rules in favor of phrases like person in custody. Supporters argue that person-first language is more respectful and less stigmatizing. The proposal continues…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/22/2026 Category: Transit / Government Accountability / Environment / Taxpayer Waste NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City Transit asked workers to separate recyclables, then failed to make sure the material stayed out of the trash. A July 21 audit from the…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/22/2026 Category: Courts / Family Justice / Child Support / Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City parents seeking child support are waiting far longer than families elsewhere in the state, according to a new Her Justice analysis of court records.…

By Michele EvansJuly 21, 2026 Some people wait patiently. Apparently, I am not one of them. The moment I received the email approving my New York City Standard Press Credential, I booked the very first appointment available to pick it up. There was no way I was waiting any longer…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/21/2026 Category: Courts / Government Accountability / Child Care / Civil Rights NEW YORK CITY, NY – A new federal lawsuit is asking a basic accountability question with enormous consequences for working families: What records did the U.S. Department of Health and Human…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/21/2026 Category: Corrections / Prison Safety / Government Accountability NAPANOCH, NY – A 35-year-old Bronx man died after a fire broke out inside his locked cell at Eastern New York Correctional Facility. New York has confirmed the death. It has not explained how…

By Michele EvansJuly 20, 2026 There are moments in journalism you never forget. This is one of them. After months of paperwork, documentation, questions, additional information, waiting and more than a few moments wondering whether the email would ever arrive, it finally appeared: “Congratulations, your application for a Standard Press…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/20/2026 NEW YORK, NY – A company built around the promise of personal genetic discovery is paying for a failure to protect some of the most sensitive information a person can surrender: DNA-linked data. New York Attorney General Letitia James joined 41 other…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/20/2026 SYRACUSE, NY – New York’s attorney general and the City of Syracuse are taking the owners and managers of Nob Hill Apartments to court, alleging years of dangerous conditions, tenant-rights violations and illegal business practices at a complex where two people died…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/19/2026 Category: Civil Rights / Immigration / Courts NEW YORK CITY, NY – Mahmoud Khalil spent 104 days in federal immigration detention, missed the birth of his son and still faces deportation proceedings. Now the former Columbia University student is accusing senior federal…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/19/2026 Category: Government Accountability / Medicaid / Home Care NEW YORK CITY, NY – A $10 billion program designed to let disabled and chronically ill New Yorkers receive care at home is now at the center of a federal fraud lawsuit, and the…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/18/2026 Category: Consumer Protection / Health Care / Government Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – Generic medicine is supposed to be the affordable option. New York’s attorney general says a long-running corporate scheme turned that promise on its head, coordinating prices on essential…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/18/2026 Category: Public Safety / Infrastructure Accountability / Courts NEW YORK CITY, NY – A 56-year-old grandmother stepped out of a vehicle on Fifth Avenue and disappeared into an open, superheated utility vault. Two months later, Donike Gocaj’s family is asking a court…

By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 17, 2026 A powerful documentary examining the lasting impact of New York City’s jail system on the Browder family is returning to the big screen before making its national television debut. “For Venida, For Kalief” will screen for a one-week theatrical run at…

By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 17, 2026 There were no emotional outbursts. No dramatic arguments. No words from the man accused of leaving two fathers dead and three other people injured on an Upper West Side street. Only silence. When 61-year-old Elvin Suarez appeared before Judge Gregory Carro…

By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 17, 2026 A man accused of hunting for NBC personalities inside Rockefeller Center allegedly reached the backstage area of the “Today” show, hurled a racial slur at anchor Craig Melvin and lunged toward him before police intervened. Now, a security guard has reportedly…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/17/2026 Category: Government Accountability / Public Corruption / Investigations NEW YORK CITY, NY – Federal agents executed a search warrant at former New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda’s Queens home on July 16 and seized a personal electronic device in Puerto Rico, escalating…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/17/2026 Category: Courts / Court Administration / Judicial Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – Forty-nine New York Supreme Court justices are asking to remain on the bench beyond the state’s mandatory retirement age of 70, placing a powerful and largely private court-review process…

By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 16, 2026 Thousands of New Yorkers who rely on public defenders in Brooklyn and Queens may notice changes at the courthouse today after unionized employees at Brooklyn Defender Services officially walked off the job. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, members of the ALAA-UAW…

By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 16, 2026 Sometimes, one conversation can change a life. That was the goal when rapper and radio personality Maino visited the George R. Vierno Center (GRVC) on Rikers Island, where he met with incarcerated individuals to talk about second chances, careers, and building…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/16/2026 Category: Rikers Island / Corrections / Court Oversight NEW YORK CITY, NY – A court-appointed manager has put dates on New York City’s promises to fix Rikers Island, turning years of warnings about violence, broken security and failed accountability into a one-year…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/16/2026 Category: Corrections / Civil Rights / Prison Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – A federal correctional officer has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate in his custody at FCI Otisville, raising new questions about whether the prison’s safeguards could detect misconduct by…

By Michele Evans | Michele Evans News | July 16, 2026 New York City is packed with free and low-cost ways to get outside, meet people, hear live music and experience something unexpected this week. Here are this week’s standout picks, pulled from trusted local event newsletters and community listings.…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/15/2026 Category: Criminal Justice / Courts / Public Defense NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York City’s court system is hours away from a labor deadline that could disrupt legal representation for thousands of low-income New Yorkers. About 500 unionized Brooklyn Defender Services…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/15/2026 Category: Public Safety / NYPD Accountability / Courts NEW YORK CITY, NY – A survivor of the deadly Midtown office-tower shooting is asking a court to decide whether New York City and the NYPD failed him before the first bullets reached the…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/14/2026 Category: Education / Government Accountability / Public Spending NEW YORK CITY, NY – A showdown over public records at the nation’s largest school system is moving toward a subpoena deadline. New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin has accused the Department of…

By Michele Evans / NYweeklyRecord.com / Date: 7/14/2026 Category: Criminal Courts / NYPD Accountability / Civil Rights / Government Transparency NEW YORK CITY, NY – New York’s highest court has drawn a hard line around a place where police power is often at its most concentrated: the stationhouse lobby. In…

Trump Pays $5.6 Million to E. Jean Carroll After Supreme Court Lets Verdict Stand By Michele Evans | NYWeeklyRecord.com | July 14, 2026 Years of legal fighting have finally turned into a check worth more than $5.6 million—and the impact could reach far beyond one case. President Donald Trump has…

By Michele Evans New York City, New York Date: 7/14/2026 Category: Public Health / Food Safety / Consumer Protection / Accountability NEW YORK CITY, NY – Nearly 400 New Yorkers have been diagnosed with cyclosporiasis since May, yet health investigators still have not identified the food or supplier responsible for…