By: Esther Claudette Gittens | Editorial credit: Melnikov Dmitriy / Shutterstock.com A recent flurry of documents has added new chapters to the high-stakes political and legal battle over Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. The core issue: whether she misrepresented her housing status—listing homes as primary residences or “vacation/second homes”—in mortgage or government disclosure forms. These […]
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY | Editorial credit: lev radin / shutterstock.com Judge Dale Ho ordered the emails and texts released after the Department of Justice surfaced snippets to bolster its claim Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams acted to further his ambitions. Manhattan federal prosecutors worked for weeks behind the scenes to push back […]
By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY State Attorney General Letitia James and counterparts sue to ensure Medicaid and other dollars continue to flow. An order from President Donald Trump’s budget office to freeze grant funding to states has already sown confusion and spurred pushback in New York. The state’s Attorney General, Letitia James, and five other […]