If You Buy This 359-Year-Old Deed, Would You Own Manhattan?
The document, the charter from when the British seized New York from the Dutch, is on the auction block with two others. Together they could go for as much as $900,000.
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A Deadly Epidural, Delivered by a Doctor With a History of Mistakes
Dr. Dmitry Shelchkov, an anesthesiologist at a public hospital in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Brooklyn, would later say that his job was “straightforward” with “not a lot required.” But when it came time to give an epidural to Sha-Asia …
Former Top F.B.I. Official in New York Charged in Money Laundering
Prosecutors say Charles McGonigal, who was chief of counterintelligence in the city, took payments from Oleg Deripaska to investigate a rival Russian oligarch.
As Thousands Fall Behind on Rent, Public Housing Faces ‘Disaster’
The New York City Housing Authority collected just 65 percent of the rent it charged in the 12 months leading up to December, the lowest percentage in the agency’s history.