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Sarah Maslin Nir

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Kenya The New York Times world
18 Aug 2024
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — On one side of City Hall, Richard Thomas, the former and possibly still-current mayor of Mount Vernon was in his office Tuesday, the door guarded by two police officers.
Who Is True Mayor of Mount Vernon? No One Knows
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s argument that the Constitution makes him immune from state lawsuits, clearing the way for a defamation suit from a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who has said Trump groped her.
Trump Can Be Sued for Defamation by 'Apprentice' Contestant, Court Rules
Kenya The New York Times world
17 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — When Donald Trump purchased the muddy stretch of abandoned rail yards alongside the Hudson River in 1985, he envisioned building a complex called “Trump City” on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The deal didn’t quite come together, but nevertheless, in the scaled-back version that rose between West 72nd and West 59th streets, the word “Trump” was splashed in gold on six apartment towers.
More Trump Names on Buildings Are Coming Down
Kenya The New York Times world
26 May 2024
NEW YORK — On a spring afternoon in 2000, Mayor Rudy Giuliani used a news conference in Bryant Park to drop a personal bombshell: He was separating from his wife. That was news not only to New York City but also to Donna Hanover, the woman he was married to at the time.
Divorce, Giuliani Style: An Ugly Court Battle Unspools for America
Kenya The New York Times world
15 Jul 2019
The power failure, apparently caused by a malfunctioning substation, disrupted life for hundreds of thousands of people in Manhattan for several hours on a warm summertime weekend evening.
How Some New Yorkers Found Bliss in the Blackout
Kenya The New York Times world
29 Apr 2019
It takes eight minutes by ferry to cross the Peconic River, the body of water that separates Shelter Island and the South Fork of Long Island, but the distance in temperament between the two areas could not be more pronounced.
On Shelter Island, Keeping the Party, and Airbnb, at Bay
Kenya The New York Times world
16 Apr 2019
With about two months left in the bruising 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump — the president-to-be who took on Gold Star parents and a federal judge, and seemed emboldened by the skirmishes — agreed to pause his campaign on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Trump's history of using 9/11 for political attacks
Kenya The New York Times world
1 Mar 2019
On Wednesday, Cohen specifically identified Weisselberg as helping mastermind a strategy to mask reimbursements to Cohen for his payment to Stormy Daniels, the pornographic film actress who said she had an affair with Trump.
Why Allen Weisselberg, Trump's Money Man, Could Face Scrutiny Next