NYC lawyer admits he gamed immigration system in plea that could force him to pay $16M in restitution
A Bronx immigration lawyer who charged asylum seekers up to $6,000 in order to illegally speed up their applications for legal status has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges and faces a 10-year prison sentence. Kofi Amankwah, 70, who trained immigrants to claim they were victims of domestic violence in order to exploit loopholes in […]
Inside notorious NYC jail where Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is locked up in sex-trafficking case
Sean “Diddy” Combs spent the night locked up at the notorious Brooklyn Federal Penitentiary, which has long been plagued by rumors of “barbaric” and “reprehensible” conditions for inmates, including notorious sexual abusers R. Kelly and Ghislaine Maxwell. Combs, 54, was ordered held without bail on sex trafficking and extortion charges and was transported to the […]
Trump NYC arrival guarded by Secret Service counter-sniper team and tent as he enters Trump tower
Donald Trump arrived at the heavily guarded Manhattan tower of his namesake on Tuesday night and was escorted inside behind a white tent and protected by Secret Service snipers amid heightened security for the former president's family during their stay in New York City. The Republican presidential candidate flew to New York to attend a […]
NYC woman, 81, punched in face by brute: video
An elderly woman was attacked by an assailant while walking her son's dog on the Upper West Side on Friday, leaving her unconscious and suffering a concussion, according to the victim and authorities. The 81-year-old longtime New York resident was on the sidewalk near her apartment at West 66th Street and Amsterdam Avenue when a […]
NYC woman, 81, feels ‘lucky’ to be alive after video shows man punches her in the face
An 81-year-old New York City woman says she won't stop walking her dog every day, despite being hit in the side of the head by a man on Friday, according to reports. FOX5 in New York City The woman, who only preferred to be known as Gloria, was reported to have said she felt “lucky” […]
NYC muggers throw 88-year-old woman to ground, leaving her with fractures and damaged teeth: cops
Police say two violent robbers on scooters tried to steal an elderly Brooklyn woman's purse in broad daylight this weekend, knocking her to the ground and hitting her in the face. According to police, the 88-year-old victim was walking on 50th Street near 5th Avenue in Sunset Park around 4pm on Sunday when she was […]
Famed NYC French bistro La Ripaille bids adieu after more than four decades
A famous West Village French restaurant will soon be serving its final appetizer — escargot — as its owner retires after more than 40 years in business, Side Dish has learned. La Ripaille, which has attracted celebrities and Francophiles since the 1980s, long before the neighborhood began to trend, is for sale along with the […]
Embattled NYC schools chief David Banks recites Nelson Mandela’s favorite poem
The city's embattled superintendent of education delivered a thin speech in his annual address on Tuesday that offered no metrics on student achievement, before bizarrely having the audience recite a poem that Nelson Mandela “recited every day during his incarceration.” The famous poem “Invictus,” written by English poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, includes lines […]
Teen migrant from NYC hotel shelter shot and wounded: sources
In fresh violence over asylum seekers in New York, a 13-year-old immigrant living in a city-funded Midtown hotel was shot and wounded by a group of assailants, officials said. According to law enforcement sources, officers responded to a 911 call just after 9 p.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting at 124 West 30th […]
NYC driver killed by stray bullet as car slams into woman out for a stroll: cops
An unwitting driver was killed Monday in Queens when he was struck by what appeared to be a stray bullet while driving an SUV that lost control and struck a female pedestrian, police said. Police said William Alcindor, 66, was driving a gray 2014 Nissan eastbound on Baisley Boulevard when he was struck in the […]