Yoav Gonen

1 week ago | thecity.nyc | Yoav Gonen

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Thursday that the department is not reconsidering its cooperation with federal law enforcement entities on criminal investigations as the Trump administration radically amps up immigration enforcement inside of New York City.

3 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Yoav Gonen |Gwynne Hogan |Paz Radovic

This story was produced in collaboration with Documented. The detention and deportation of 19-year-old Merwil Gutiérrez Flores to a megaprison in El Salvador earlier this year set off a huge firestorm when it was first reported by Documented because the Venezuelan had no criminal record and a pending asylum application. But a previously unreported interaction that took place prior to that chain of events is raising further questions: He was arrested by the NYPD on Feb.

4 weeks ago | thecity.nyc | Greg Smith |Yoav Gonen |Katie Honan

A trove of documents from Mayor Eric Adams’ now-defunct criminal case released late Friday reveals extraordinary steps the mayor and his aides took to keep their communications secret — prompting the FBI to seek approval to unlock his many electronic devices by pressing the mayor’s fingers to devices or holding his head in front of them if needed to gain access.

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Yoav Gonen

At 8:38 p.m. on April 26, the St. John’s County Sheriff’s office near Jacksonville, Fla. received a call from the NYPD about online threats that were made to a retired NYPD lieutenant who now lives in the area. The threats involved images of a map with a route drawn to Florida, a picture of a man’s arm holding a gun and posts with text written over stock images about harming the victim’s children.

1 month ago | thecity.nyc | Yoav Gonen

The fund that Mayor Eric Adams set up to help pay for his legal defense in his recently dismissed federal corruption case has not raised a single dollar in the last three months and is $3.2 million in the red, the latest filings show. The previous report in mid-January showed a deficit of close to $1 million, as Adams struggled to raise money from donors in the face of mounting legal bills.