Olivia Bensimon

New York

(street) Reporter / stringing @nytmetro / words in @CrainsNewYork @CityLimitsNews @HellGateNY +, @newmarkjschool ‘21 / thoughts = my own (known article pusher)

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Articles

Talk Mayor to Me: Houses of Worship Edition

5 days ago | hellgatenyc.com | Olivia Bensimon

Primary Day is tomorrow, and Hell Gate is still hitting the streets to hear from New Yorkers about the issues that are most important to them, and who they like (and don't like) in the Democratic mayoral primary race. Read our other installments in this series here.
Talk Mayor to Me: Staten Island Ferry and the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street Station

1 week ago | hellgatenyc.com | Olivia Bensimon

With early voting rolling and Primary Day less than one week away, Hell Gate is hitting the streets to hear from New Yorkers about the issues that are most important to them, and who they like (and don't like) in the Democratic mayoral primary race. Read our other editions in this series here.
Ye Briefly Arrives at Sean Combs Trial in Support of Music Mogul

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Olivia Bensimon

Any illusion about Scott Wolf’s amicable divorce news just came crashing down -- his wife appears to have been arrested ... and some of it was caught …
Weinstein Juror Complains to Judge About 'Playground Stuff' by Others

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Hurubie Meko |Olivia Bensimon

A member of the jury at Harvey Weinstein's Manhattan retrial on sex crime charges said that another had become the subject of a "bit of a shunning" during deliberations. As the Manhattan jurors deciding Harvey Weinstein's fate were about to begin their second day of deliberations on Friday, a note was delivered to the judge. One of the 12 had a concern. The juror, a young man, was summoned to the courtroom. He sat in the jury box and began to vent his frustrations.
Talk Mayor to Me: Eric Adams’s Bed-Stuy and Andrew Cuomo’s Sutton Place

3 weeks ago | hellgatenyc.com | Olivia Bensimon

With the Democratic mayoral primary less than three weeks away, Hell Gate is hitting the streets to hear from New Yorkers about the issues that are most important to them, and who they like (and don't like) in the race.
Judge delays Combs jury selection, concerned about 'cold feet'

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Julia Jacobs |Olivia Bensimon

NEW YORK — Jury selection for Sean Combs’ racketeering and sex-trafficking trial was delayed on Friday over worries that some jurors might get “cold feet” before the start of the high-profile case. Judge Arun Subramanian, who is overseeing the case, expressed concern that if jurors were selected before the weekend, they could grow uneasy and drop off the panel before the trial begins Monday.
‘I’m a Little Nervous Today’: Jury Selection in Sean Combs Trial Begins

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Julia Jacobs |Olivia Bensimon

1 hour agoIn the criminal indictment for this week’s sex trafficking trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, the document lists many of the hip-hop mogul’s aliases. Most people, especially music fans, probably already know them. From “Puff Daddy” to “P. Diddy” and even the obscure “Brother Love,” here’s a look back at …
Outdoor Dining Is Back in New York City. Sort Of.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Olivia Bensimon

Only a small portion of the city's restaurants have applied for permits to set up dining structures under new regulations. Owners say the process is complex and expensive. When New York City announced new rules to formalize and standardize its outdoor dining program, Megan Rickerson, the owner of Someday Bar in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, wanted to do everything right.
How a Private Health Crisis Has Loomed Over 2 Very Public Trials

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Olivia Bensimon

Nadine Menendez's breast cancer diagnosis has held a powerful grip on the government's bribery case against her and her husband, Robert Menendez, New Jersey's disgraced former senator. Her trial had just resumed after being suspended for three days. And Nadine Menendez, charged by federal prosecutors with orchestrating a complex international bribery scheme, had something to say. It involved a lapel pin.
The Last Flight of Helicopter N216MH

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Michael Wilson |Andy Newman |Maia Coleman |Olivia Bensimon

The aircraft had flown tourists in New York City thousands of times before crashing Thursday with a Spanish family aboard. Passengers who had flown earlier that day are processing the shock. Lionel Carles and his wife and young son arrived from Nice, France, on Wednesday with a list of things to see and do in New York City: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock, Fifth Avenue. And, an exciting highlight - a helicopter tour of the skyline.