Josh Saul
The Archive
NFL: Deflategate judge 'vastly exceeded' his authority
The federal judge who decided the Deflategate court battle in Tom Brady’s favor last month “vastly exceeded” his authority and his decision should be overturned, the NFL said in new...
UN official could face more charges in alleged bribery scheme
The disgraced United Nations official who was arrested earlier this month in a bribery scheme — accused of pocketing $1.3 million and spending the cash on luxury items like Rolex...
Mountain of evidence will bury Silver, experts say
Disgraced ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing a mountain of “very damning” evidence that could make the federal corruption case against him a slam dunk and put him behind bars...
Residents support porter whose legs were chopped off by subway
A man who lost both his legs when he was hit by a subway train earlier this month is finding out he was more than just another employee at the...
Adam Skelos used dad's power to try to bribe diners: court papers
Adam Skelos told a representative for an association of Greek diner owners that if they’d buy energy services from his employer, in return his dad, then one of the state’s...
Silver subpoenas 'corrupt' doctor's grant documents
Ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has subpoenaed key documents from a doctor who allegedly took $500,000 worth of state cancer-research grants in exchange for referring patients to Silver’s law firm, new...
Disgraced UN official wants out of jail to watch son play football
The disgraced United Nations big who was busted for accepting $1.3 million in bribes to buy Rolex watches and build a basketball court at his home now wants his bail...
Judge approves landmark Rikers Island reforms
A federal judge on Wednesday approved landmark reforms at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex that will resolve claims that guards regularly used unnecessary force against inmates. "The settlement provides...
Jury likely to hear 'corrupt' doc's damning testimony in Silver trial
A federal judge said she would likely allow the jury in Sheldon Silver’s corruption trial to hear evidence that a doctor at the center of kickback allegations disliked the desposed...
Perry Ellis boss is a racist homophobe, executive says
A new lawsuit claims the COO of Perry Ellis International is a racist homophobe who told underlings to make sure there are “no blacks in my ads” or “anyone who...
'I do not know how long I have to live': Thomas Libous begs for mercy from judge
The former -No. 2 man in the state Senate was begging a federal judge to have “mercy” and not send him to prison when he’s sentenced on a corruption rap...
Preet Bharara's office investigates fantasy-sports sites
Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara’s office is probing whether the business model used by fantasy sports websites is legal, a report said Wednesday. The investigation into sites like DraftKings and...
Skelos strikes out in bid to toss corruption charges
A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors...
Union heads stole funds for iPads and vacations, authorities say
Two Hudson Valley union presidents were busted for allegedly looting their unions’ coffers and blowing the cash on everything from cigarettes to iPads to Florida vacations, according to federal authorities....
Sheldon Silver's cronies 'afraid of him'
Disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver told officials at a powerful real-estate firm that there was no problem with him taking fees from a law firm to which they steered...
Man says cops arrested him for being a 'black man in a hoodie'
A Harlem man told police they had the wrong guy — even showing them his time card from his stock job at Macy’s for the perfect alibi — but cops...
'Corruption' doc set to deliver death blow to Sheldon Silver
The doctor at the center of the corruption charges against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver “disapproved” of him and his law firm and referred cancer patients there only as long...
Sandy Hook assault-weapon bans survive court challenge
A federal appeals court on Monday upheld New York and Connecticut assault-weapon bans passed in the wake of the 2012 mass murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn....
I was demoted because I'm a lesbian: school teacher
A longtime city public-school teacher says her supervisors made her life a living hell by hurling anti-gay slurs at her and calling her son an “abomination against God” because she’s...
Witnesses subpoenaed in Charles Hynes’ shady-spending case
The criminal probe of former Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes — over allegations he used crime-fighting cash to pay a political consultant — is heating up, with authorities subpoenaing multiple...