Courts Reporter

Molly Crane-Newman

Molly Crane-Newman covers the state and federal courts in Manhattan for the Daily News, reporting on criminal and civil justice procedures impacting the lives and safety of all New Yorkers. She follows former President Donald Trump's New York cases and documented gavel-to-gavel the high-stakes trials of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Harvey Weinstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell. She joined The News in 2015 after moving to the city from her native Dublin, Ireland.

Newly released body camera footage of the chaotic melee between NYPD officers and a group of asylum seekers appears to contradict some of the claims by law enforcement about what ignited the incident that sparked nationwide coverage of migrants attacking the cops in Times Square.

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Body-cam video appears to contradict NYPD version of what led to migrants beating cops in Times Square

February 9, 2024 at 9:03 p.m.

Newly released body camera footage of the chaotic melee between NYPD officers and a group of asylum seekers appears to contradict some of the claims by law enforcement about what...

Mayor Adams praised Bragg and the Police Department's sophisticated handling of the case and urged New Yorkers to respect the legal process.

Crime and Public Safety |
Seven indicted in Times Square migrant-NYPD brawl; DA Alvin Bragg denies reported out-of-state busts in case

February 8, 2024 at 10:32 p.m.

Mayor Adams praised Bragg and the Police Department's sophisticated handling of the case and urged New Yorkers to respect the legal process.

Two days after the Guardian Angels roughed up a Bronx man in Times Square, the group's leader, Curtis Sliwa, came under fire Thursday from a broad swath of elected officials and everyday New Yorkers.

New York Politics |
Curtis Sliwa faces torrent of outrage after Guardian Angels’ Times Square ‘migrant’ fiasco

February 9, 2024 at 2:52 p.m.

Two days after the Guardian Angels roughed up a Bronx man in Times Square, the group's leader, Curtis Sliwa, came under fire Thursday from a broad swath of elected officials...

Former CFO Allen Weisselberg leaves the courtroom during a trial at the New York Supreme Court on Nov. 17, 2022, in New York City.

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Is ex-Trump Org. CFO pleading to perjury? Lawyers say they don’t know

February 7, 2024 at 8:56 p.m.

Lawyers for the New York attorney general, Donald Trump and his former top executives said Wednesday they didn’t know anything about the ex-president’s one-time finance chief Allen Weisselberg being in...

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Body-cam video appears to contradict NYPD version of what led to migrants beating cops in Times Square

Crime and Public Safety |
Seven indicted in Times Square migrant-NYPD brawl; DA Alvin Bragg denies reported out-of-state busts in case

New York Politics |
Curtis Sliwa faces torrent of outrage after Guardian Angels’ Times Square ‘migrant’ fiasco

National News |
Is ex-Trump Org. CFO pleading to perjury? Lawyers say they don’t know

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New York News |
Rudy Giuliani bares his financial woes at NYC meeting with creditors in bankruptcy case

Crime and Public Safety |
Jonathan Majors’ sentencing in domestic violence case delayed

Crime and Public Safety |
Trump fraud trial’s Judge Engoron eyeing whether CFO Allen Weisselberg lied on stand

Crime and Public Safety |
70 NYCHA supers busted in NYC corruption raid, DOJ’s largest one-day bribery nab

Politics |
Ringleader in 2021 straw donor scheme tied to Mayor Adams’ campaign pleads guilty

NYC jury finds Trump owes E. Jean Carroll $83.3M for defaming her