Olivia Bensimon

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Outdoor Dining Is Back in New York City. Sort Of.

1 week 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

1 week 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

1 week 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.
Nadine and Bob Menendez Were 'Partners in Crime,' Prosecutor Says

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully |Olivia Bensimon

Mr. Menendez and his wife were charged together in 2023 with taking bribes of gold bars, hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and a Mercedes-Benz convertible in exchange for the senator's efforts to steer military aid to Egypt and scuttle criminal cases that threatened his allies in New Jersey. After a lengthy trial in Manhattan, he was convicted of taking bribes and acting as an agent of a foreign government and is expected to begin serving an 11-year prison sentence in June.
SoHo-based startup helps a new generation put down the nicotine

1 month ago | crainsnewyork.com | Olivia Bensimon

The upstart: JonesThis past fall, a few months after he had quit vaping, Sean Medlin came across a friend’s vape while looking for a set of keys in a pants pocket. “ It wasn't just a vape; it was the vape I was stuck on, same flavor and everything,” he said.
'Fight Nazis, Not Students'

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Olivia Bensimon |Alyce McFadden

Since news of Mr. Khalil's arrest on Saturday became public, New Yorkers have taken to the streets, marching in Lower Manhattan and gathering on Columbia's campus uptown. Free speech advocates and immigrant rights groups have questioned the legality of arresting Mr. Khalil, 30, who has a green card, was born and raised in Syria and is married to an American citizen. His lawyers are challenging his arrest in court.
Crypto firm pleads guilty to operating illegally in US

1 month ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Matthew Goldstein |Olivia Bensimon

By Matthew Goldstein and Olivia BensimonAn offshore cryptocurrency trading firm pleaded guilty last week in U.S. District Court in New York City to a charge of operating as an unlicensed money transmitting business in the United States while seeking customers in New York and other states. In pleading guilty, the Seychelles-based company that operates OKX, which the government described as one of the world’s largest crypto firms, also agreed to pay $504 million in fines and penalties.
Digital banking service appeals to recent, Spanish-speaking immigrants

Jan 17, 2025 | crainsnewyork.com | Olivia Bensimon

One of the biggest obstacles Andres Santos faced upon moving to the United States from Mexico for graduate school was signing up for a bank account. He tried to do it online but kept getting rejected, and when he visited a bank branch in person, he was asked to provide paperwork he didn’t have. The process took weeks, and when he finally obtained an account, he was required to keep $1,500 in it at all times or risk a $14 monthly fee. “That's hard to go through,” he said.
The Adams Administration Is Sending Scores of Migrants to the Randall's Island Tent Complex They Promised to Close

Jan 9, 2025 | hellgatenyc.com | Olivia Bensimon

Migrant men staying at a shelter on Jefferson Street were brought to Randall’s Island by school bus on Saturday morning (Hell Gate) The Adams Administration Is Sending Scores of Migrants to the Randall's Island Tent Complex They Promised to Close 1:55 PM EDT on January 09, 2025 Give us your email to read the full story Sign up now for our free newsletters. Sign up Great! You’ve successfully signed up. Welcome back! You've successfully signed in.
How a stowaway at JFK airport made it all the way to Paris - The Boston Globe

Dec 7, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Patrick McGeehan |Olivia Bensimon

NEW YORK — A woman who stowed away on a flight from New York City to France last week managed to do so without a passport, much less a boarding pass, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Svetlana Dali, 57, exploited weaknesses in the security system at John F. Kennedy International Airport during the busiest period of the year for air travel by blending in with crowds of boarding travelers, prosecutors said. First, she infiltrated a flight crew and passed through a checkpoint with them.