Investigations

Prosecutors said Nadine Menendez was a partner in her husband’s crimes, helping to collect payoffs from three New Jersey businessmen in a wide-ranging scheme. The defense argued some of the gold she received was not bribes, but rather were passed down from her family or were gifts from businessmen who were longtime friends. NBC New York&#8217...

The top federal prosecutor in New Jersey is launching a controversial investigation into Gov. Phil Murphy and Matthew Platkin, the state attorney general. In an announcement made during a TV interview, Alina Habba, who was recently appointed by President Donald Trump, accused Murphy of refusing to comply with the Trump administration’s immigr...

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by the NBC New York I-Team shows an unmarked NYPD car crashing into a gun suspect, just as the suspect appeared to raise his hands in surrender.  The collision took place in May 2024, after 29-year-old Giovannie Mayo sprinted down the sidewalk, attempting to elude police who said they suspected he had a firea...

Surveillance video obtained exclusively by the NBC New York I-Team shows an unmarked NYPD car crashing into a gun suspect, just as the suspect appeared to raise his hands in surrender. Chris Glorioso reports. 

The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning the criminal charges against Mayor Adams can never be refiled. The judge did not take a position if Adams was innocent or guilty, or if the evidence was strong or weak. While the mayor voiced satisfaction, the judge was critical of the Justice Department and its reasons for dropping the corruptio...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing the New York State Comptroller’s office to get taxpayers to pay his legal bills for yet another lawsuit Cuomo filed against the office of his political nemesis, State Attorney General Letitia James.

Who was the father: Her fiancé, or the man with whom she had a brief fling? In Oct. 2024, that was the urgent question for a New York City woman.  She thought she got her answer when a paternity test showed there was a 99.9% probability her unborn baby was the product of that short-lived fling. The results, she says, prompted…

Chris Glorioso shares the exclusive details for NBC New York’s I-Team. 

Though parents might assume cannabis shops operate like liquor stores, using routine ID checks to block underage purchases, that’s not what a study found in New York City’s patchwork of unlicensed pot shops.

To test cannabis retailers for the study, research assistant Peter Menzi, 22, helped map more than 800 cannabis shops operating in the five boroughs. I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports for News 4. 

A murder-for-hire trial got underway Monday for two men accused of plotting to kill a human rights activist and well-known critic of the Iranian regime.

Independent legal expert Paul Clement argued that nothing authorizes a judge to force prosecutors “to continue a prosecution against its will, or appoint a private party to take it over.” Clement said there are two options: Either dismiss the case permanently, or dismiss without prejudice, which means the DOJ could refile charges at a l...

An attorney appointed by the judge overseeing the criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams recommended the case not only be dismissed, but the judge should do so with prejudice — which would end the prosecution entirely.