Molly Crane-Newman
@mollycranenewman.bsky.social
SDNY and NYSS courts reporter, New York Daily News. Irishwoman. https://mollycranenewman.com/About
Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
Asked if he sells the paper, Windsor Terrace bodega clerk informs: “No, the phones. Nobody’s buying anymore”
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Asked if he sells the paper, Windsor Terrace bodega clerk informs: “No, the phones. Nobody’s buying anymore”
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
Judge Rakoff just set back-to-back trials in the cases brought by Epstein victims against Bank of America and BNY, starting on 5/11. He’s hoping they won’t settle.
“I’m much more selfish, and I would love to see two very good trials, so I just mention that for what it's worth.”
“I’m much more selfish, and I would love to see two very good trials, so I just mention that for what it's worth.”
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Judge Rakoff just set back-to-back trials in the cases brought by Epstein victims against Bank of America and BNY, starting on 5/11. He’s hoping they won’t settle.
“I’m much more selfish, and I would love to see two very good trials, so I just mention that for what it's worth.”
“I’m much more selfish, and I would love to see two very good trials, so I just mention that for what it's worth.”
After pleading not guilty to fraud charges this AM, AG James asks Judge Walker to dismiss the case, arguing Lindsey Halligan’s “invalid and unlawful” appointment as US attorney “fundamentally tainted the structural integrity of the grand jury process” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
After pleading not guilty to fraud charges this AM, AG James asks Judge Walker to dismiss the case, arguing Lindsey Halligan’s “invalid and unlawful” appointment as US attorney “fundamentally tainted the structural integrity of the grand jury process” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Daily News coverage of Canal St vendors in 1985: “Lower Manhattan merchants who display their wares on sidewalks … contend that their sales methods are as much a part of New York's history and culture as carriage rides in Central Park”
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Daily News coverage of Canal St vendors in 1985: “Lower Manhattan merchants who display their wares on sidewalks … contend that their sales methods are as much a part of New York's history and culture as carriage rides in Central Park”
@repdangoldman.bsky.social, addressing reporters about 4 US citizens held overnight at 26 Federal Plaza, says the NYPD should arrest ICE agents for excessive force. He also announced a new task force, but no details on who will be on it or how it will meaningfully assist people targeted by ICE
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@repdangoldman.bsky.social, addressing reporters about 4 US citizens held overnight at 26 Federal Plaza, says the NYPD should arrest ICE agents for excessive force. He also announced a new task force, but no details on who will be on it or how it will meaningfully assist people targeted by ICE
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In 2018, her office was given power to probe all police deaths in New York State. Zero convictions.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In 2018, her office was given power to probe all police deaths in New York State. Zero convictions.
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New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
A 3rd circuit judge was skeptical this AM of the gov’s arg that NJ shouldn’t have jurisdiction over Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas petition as he was in Louisiana when it was filed (unbeknownst to his attys)
“What else do they do, unless we're creating a black hole of no jurisdiction?”
“What else do they do, unless we're creating a black hole of no jurisdiction?”
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A 3rd circuit judge was skeptical this AM of the gov’s arg that NJ shouldn’t have jurisdiction over Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas petition as he was in Louisiana when it was filed (unbeknownst to his attys)
“What else do they do, unless we're creating a black hole of no jurisdiction?”
“What else do they do, unless we're creating a black hole of no jurisdiction?”
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ICE detainees in New York jails are struggling to access to legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.
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ICE Detainees in New York Jails Can’t Talk to Their Lawyers
Some immigrants held in county jails are struggling to access legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ICE detainees in New York jails are struggling to access to legal advice, phone calls, and even their own court hearings.
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Breaking: SDNY Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered the Trump administration to disburse $33.8M in antiterrorism funds to the MTA, which FEMA/DHS has denied based on NYC’s sanctuary status
October 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Breaking: SDNY Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered the Trump administration to disburse $33.8M in antiterrorism funds to the MTA, which FEMA/DHS has denied based on NYC’s sanctuary status
Just in -- SDNY Judge Lew Kaplan has extended a TRO blocking the Trump administration from giving anti-terrorism funds requested by the MTA to other states b/c of NYC's sanctuary status. He consolidated the NYAG’s motion for a preliminary injunction with the trial on the merits.
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just in -- SDNY Judge Lew Kaplan has extended a TRO blocking the Trump administration from giving anti-terrorism funds requested by the MTA to other states b/c of NYC's sanctuary status. He consolidated the NYAG’s motion for a preliminary injunction with the trial on the merits.
Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein have sued Bank of America, alleging it “showed absolute loyalty to Epstein, including a willingness to violate banking laws, ignore multiple red flags of criminality, and participate directly in sex trafficking to enable Epstein to fulfill his abusive sexual appetite”
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Women abused by Jeffrey Epstein have sued Bank of America, alleging it “showed absolute loyalty to Epstein, including a willingness to violate banking laws, ignore multiple red flags of criminality, and participate directly in sex trafficking to enable Epstein to fulfill his abusive sexual appetite”
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social just held a presser outside the courthouse where AG James took Trump to trial to condemn the charges against her. Asked how he’ll keep the city running, if elected, when the admin withholds funds, he said he’d ensure cash is set aside for the most in need New Yorkers
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social just held a presser outside the courthouse where AG James took Trump to trial to condemn the charges against her. Asked how he’ll keep the city running, if elected, when the admin withholds funds, he said he’d ensure cash is set aside for the most in need New Yorkers
New York AG Tish James says the charges filed against her by Trump’s DOJ “are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”
“The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order…”
“The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order…”
October 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New York AG Tish James says the charges filed against her by Trump’s DOJ “are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost.”
“The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order…”
“The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order…”
BREAKING: Judge Subramanian announces he will sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months in federal prison (~4 years) for transporting women and male escorts across the U.S. to engage in morbidly relentless sexual performances marred by violence and drug use for more than a decade.
October 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: Judge Subramanian announces he will sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs to 50 months in federal prison (~4 years) for transporting women and male escorts across the U.S. to engage in morbidly relentless sexual performances marred by violence and drug use for more than a decade.
Judge Arun Subramanian, set to sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs within the hour, says the mogul’s claim that escorts were paid for their time and not sex is “flatly inconsistent with reality and any acceptance of responsibility.”
October 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Judge Arun Subramanian, set to sentence Sean “Diddy” Combs within the hour, says the mogul’s claim that escorts were paid for their time and not sex is “flatly inconsistent with reality and any acceptance of responsibility.”
Hitting the docket with less than 12 hours until Sean “Diddy” Combs is sentenced is this 11-minute, campaign launch-style video he wants to play in court. Unclear if the judge has OK’d it
Prosecutors have requested 135 months; Combs has asked for an effective term of time served
Prosecutors have requested 135 months; Combs has asked for an effective term of time served
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Hitting the docket with less than 12 hours until Sean “Diddy” Combs is sentenced is this 11-minute, campaign launch-style video he wants to play in court. Unclear if the judge has OK’d it
Prosecutors have requested 135 months; Combs has asked for an effective term of time served
Prosecutors have requested 135 months; Combs has asked for an effective term of time served
Judge Kaplan has GRANTED the NYAG’s motion for a TRO blocking DHS from withholding funds to protect against terrorist attacks in the subway system, noting the critical program was created in the wake of 9/11, “in which 3,000 people died within sight of this courthouse”
October 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Judge Kaplan has GRANTED the NYAG’s motion for a TRO blocking DHS from withholding funds to protect against terrorist attacks in the subway system, noting the critical program was created in the wake of 9/11, “in which 3,000 people died within sight of this courthouse”
“Women can’t ride the subway without worrying that a hoodlum will shove them onto the train tracks,” Trump said in March
Today, his admin is cutting 100% of federal funds meant to protect riders from terrorist attacks
Args on the AG's TRO request at 2
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/01/n...
Today, his admin is cutting 100% of federal funds meant to protect riders from terrorist attacks
Args on the AG's TRO request at 2
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/01/n...
NY files emergency motion to block Trump from defunding counter-terrorism units on NYC subways
The state attorney general’s office is slated to fight the Trump administration’s decision to slash tens of millions of dollars in funding meant to protect New York’s subway rider…
www.nydailynews.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
“Women can’t ride the subway without worrying that a hoodlum will shove them onto the train tracks,” Trump said in March
Today, his admin is cutting 100% of federal funds meant to protect riders from terrorist attacks
Args on the AG's TRO request at 2
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/01/n...
Today, his admin is cutting 100% of federal funds meant to protect riders from terrorist attacks
Args on the AG's TRO request at 2
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/01/n...
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@nyc.streetsblog.org’s @davecolon.bsky.social and @dmey.bsky.social and their big scoop today on the DHS zeroing out the MTA’s security grants is on page two of the filing — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/t...
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
@nyc.streetsblog.org’s @davecolon.bsky.social and @dmey.bsky.social and their big scoop today on the DHS zeroing out the MTA’s security grants is on page two of the filing — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/30/t...
In an eleventh-hour filing, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social filed a TRO seeking to stop DHS from withholding funds requested by the MTA for protecting tunnels from terrorist attacks and other large-scale emergencies before midnight. No order has hit the docket storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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October 1, 2025 at 4:10 AM
In an eleventh-hour filing, @newyorkstateag.bsky.social filed a TRO seeking to stop DHS from withholding funds requested by the MTA for protecting tunnels from terrorist attacks and other large-scale emergencies before midnight. No order has hit the docket storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Story by New York Daily News' @mollycranenewman.bsky.social.
Photography and video by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images. Steffi Keith is one of the toughest, sharpest photojournalists in NYC. She shot stills and video simultaneously and got the best images of anyone at the scene.
Photography and video by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images. Steffi Keith is one of the toughest, sharpest photojournalists in NYC. She shot stills and video simultaneously and got the best images of anyone at the scene.
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
Photojournalist hospitalized after chaotic incident with ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC
A photojournalist on assignment at 26 Federal Plaza was hospitalized Tuesday following a chaotic incident with federal immigration enforcement agents, according to video footage and witnesses who s…
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September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Story by New York Daily News' @mollycranenewman.bsky.social.
Photography and video by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images. Steffi Keith is one of the toughest, sharpest photojournalists in NYC. She shot stills and video simultaneously and got the best images of anyone at the scene.
Photography and video by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images. Steffi Keith is one of the toughest, sharpest photojournalists in NYC. She shot stills and video simultaneously and got the best images of anyone at the scene.