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Hochul nominates Mosley for secretary of state

ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul has nominated a new secretary of state, a position that holds responsibility for a wide range of business regulations, grant programs and state agencies in New York. On Wednesday, Hochul announced she was nominating Walter T. Mosley III, a Brooklyn native and ...

A fight for freedom in New York

A new program titled “Celebrating the Enslaved Heroine of the Lemmon Slave Case: A High-water Mark for the New York Courts,” is livestreaming Tuesday, May 21 at 6 p.m. This event, free to attend, is presented by the Historical Society of the New York Courts, the New York state Supreme ...

Trump held in contempt in hush money trial

NEW YORK — Donald Trump was held in contempt of court Tuesday and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case. And if he does it again, the judge warned, he ...

Weinstein hospitalized after his return to NYC

NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue ...