Samantha Max
Public Safety Reporter at WNYC (New York, NY)
Public Safety Reporter at Gothamist
~ Bilingual reporter covering public safety for @WNYC @Gothamist ~ Past: @WPLN ~ @Report4America alum ~ @MedillSchool 2018 ~ Baltimore born and bred ~
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1 week ago |
gothamist.com | Samantha Max
A man stabbed and slashed at least two court officers inside a criminal courthouse in Lower Manhattan Monday morning, in what court officials said appeared to be a “targeted attack.”The man, who has not yet been publicly identified, attacked the officers in the lobby of 100 Centre St. shortly before 9:45 a.m., courts spokesperson Al Baker said in a statement.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Samantha Max
The NYPD has agreed to make major changes to the unit that investigates sex crimes as part of a million-dollar settlement with alleged sexual assault survivors who said the department mishandled their cases. Jennifer Welch Demski and Alison Turkos filed a lawsuit in 2019 accusing the NYPD of traumatizing them and other people who report sexual assaults to the police.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Samantha Max
A vacation to Bali. A steakhouse dinner. An 85-inch smart TV. These are some of the big-ticket purchases that executives at the Queens public defender organization made using funds that were supposed to go toward legal representation for low-income New Yorkers, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York.
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2 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Samantha Max
Christian and Emily Yarros celebrated their marriage in true New York fashion: by eating hot dogs from a cart outside the city clerk's office. Emily Yarros was dressed in an ankle-length, off-white dress with long sleeves and a turtleneck. She wore red lipstick held a bouquet of white roses. Her new husband, Christian Yarros, munched on a frankfurter with ketchup. “No mustard!” said Emily Yarros, a Bronx native. “Apparently no mustard in New York,” her husband agreed.
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3 weeks ago |
gothamist.com | Samantha Max
A federal judge is ordering the government not to arrest, detain or relocate a Columbia University student facing deportation for attending protests against the war in Gaza. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said at a hearing Thursday that Yunseo Chung should remain free while she pursues her case in Manhattan federal court.
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