New York’s legislature has approved an elections bill modeled on legislation that failed to pass in the United States Congress. “We have passed the most powerful and most comprehensive voting rights protections in America,” Assemblywoman Latrice Walker, a Democrat, said in a statement. The bill, S1046E, amends election law in New York in order to…
Buffalo Shooter Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Terror Charge
June 3, 2022
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BUFFALO, N.Y.—The shooter who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket pleaded not guilty Thursday to hate-motivated domestic terrorism and other charges. A lawyer entered the plea for Payton Gendron, 18, in the first case to make use of New York’s domestic terrorism hate crime law. Gendron didn’t speak during the brief hearing with a…
New York Passes Bill Halting New Bitcoin Mining Projects
June 3, 2022
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The New York State Senate passed a bill early Friday that seeks to ban new cryptocurrency mining projects in a bid to tackle some of the environmental issues associated with the use of proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions, such as bitcoin. The bill, which still needs Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law,…
NY State Legislature Tightens Gun Laws, Raises Age to Buy, Possess Semi-Automatic Rifles
New York’s legislature on Thursday voted to pass a number of bills as part of its “comprehensive package” of gun safety laws following a string of mass shootings across the United States, including one that changes the age at which semi-automatic rifles can be purchased or possessed in the state. The Democratic-controlled legislature passed a string of…
New York Subway Shooting Survivor Sues Gun Manufacturer Glock
NEW YORK—A New York woman who was injured during the April 12 mass shooting aboard a New York City subway car has sued Glock Inc, arguing the gun manufacturer should have known its weapons could be purchased by people with criminal intent. Brooklyn resident Ilene Steur, 49, is seeking to have the Georgia-based company and…
Michael Avenatti Sentenced to Prison for Scamming Client out of Book Deal Money
Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who made headlines for his anti-Donald Trump stance, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday for cheating his former client out of $300,000 in cash from a book deal. Avenatti was convicted of aggravated identity fraud and wire fraud in a New York federal court earlier in 2022. He could have…
Six-Month Gas Tax Holiday Begins in New York as Price at Pump Continues to Surge
Drivers in New York will get a six-month gas tax holiday as of June 1 amid record-high gas prices across the United States. The move to provide drivers some relief at the pump was proposed earlier this year when inflation and the war in Ukraine sent gas prices soaring. Under the relief program, excise tax, repaid sales tax, and…
Former OpenSea Executive Arrested, Charged in First-Ever NFT ‘Insider Trading’ Case
A former executive at the largest online marketplace for buying and selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has been charged with insider trading in a first-of-its-kind case for the Justice Department (DOJ). Nate Chastain, a former product manager at New York-based OpenSea, was apprehended in New York on Wednesday before appearing in the U.S. court for the Southern District of New York,…
New York Suspends Gas Tax for Rest of 2022
New York cut the state’s gas taxes by 16 cents a gallon on Wednesday. The tax cut is aimed to give New Yorkers a little break as gas prices hit record highs around the country. The reprieve will last until the end of the year Gov. Kathy Hochul said, with the state is asking counties to…
Union Sues NYC to Stop Unvaccinated NYPD Detectives From Being Terminated
A detectives union has sued the city of New York to prevent unvaccinated NYPD detectives from being fired from their jobs, citing concerns over an increase in crime. The Detectives’ Endowment Association filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday seeking to block the city from terminating over 30 NPYD detectives on June 3 after they failed…
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