Dr. Lorna Breen was unflappable — until she faced a new enemy. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Manhattan (NYC)”
After Trump’s Supreme Court Loss, D.A. Moves Closer to Getting Tax Records
By Gotham Rex on July 10, 2020
A lower-court judge swiftly scheduled a hearing for next week on the Manhattan prosecutor’s demand to see President Trump’s financial records. Source: New York Times
Michael Cohen Is Returned to Federal Custody Over Home-Confinement Rules
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2020
President Trump’s former personal lawyer balked at signing an agreement not to publish a book while serving his sentence at home, his legal adviser said. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Paints ‘Black Lives Matter’ in Front of Trump Tower
By Gotham Rex on July 9, 2020
The public art project was the latest battle in a feud between President Trump and Mayor Bill de Blasio. Source: New York Times
Margaret Morton, Photographer at Home With the Homeless, Dies at 71
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
For nearly two decades, she chronicled communities on the edge of society in elegant photographs that drew comparisons to the work of Jacob Riis. Source: New York Times
What the Coronavirus Has Done to New Development
By Gotham Rex on July 3, 2020
The pandemic paused residential construction and stalled sales. Now developers in Long Island City and Greenpoint are scrambling to bounce back. Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Ousted by Barr Will Testify Privately Before Congress
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
The interview with Geoffrey S. Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is part of Democrats’ inquiry into potential Justice Department politicization. Source: New York Times
Why Surviving Covid Might Come Down to Which NYC Hospital Admits You
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2020
In New York City’s poor neighborhoods, some patients have languished in understaffed hospitals, with substandard equipment. It was a different story in Manhattan’s private medical centers. Source: New York Times
More Space, Same Address
By Gotham Rex on June 30, 2020
As quarantining has made small apartments seem minuscule, some renters have been able to find larger places without leaving the building. Source: New York Times
These Are the Heartbreaking Belongings That Covid Victims Left Behind
By Gotham Rex on June 29, 2020
When virus patients died, New York hospitals were faced with a sensitive problem: What to do with thousands of personal items? Source: New York Times
Inside William Barr's Effort to Undermine N.Y. Prosecutors
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2020
The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump. Source: New York Times
Her Virus Test Came Back Positive. 3 Hours Later, She Had a Baby.
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2020
The pandemic has reshaped the experience of childbirth in New York hospitals, adding more tension into what is an already uncertain event. Source: New York Times
Met Museum Plans to Open in Late August
By Gotham Rex on June 23, 2020
If New York’s phased reopening goes according to plan, museums will be allowed to open as early as July 20. Source: New York Times
Ethan Melzer, American Soldier, Charged in Neo-Nazi Plot to Attack U.S. Troops
By Gotham Rex on June 22, 2020
The soldier, an Army private, confessed that he hoped to cause “the deaths of as many of his fellow service members as possible,” federal prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Trump Fired Her Boss. Now She’s Taking Cases That Incensed White House.
By Gotham Rex on June 21, 2020
Audrey Strauss has been a behind-the-scenes force in the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan as it pursued cases against people connected to President Trump. Source: New York Times