nina pullano
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editor at amNewYork Law | prev: @courthousenews.bsky.social
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A federal judge today sharply questioned Trump admin lawyers on their case for killing congestion pricing — specifically the idea that the president, via his transpo sec, has the power to void a contract approved by the previous admin.
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Congestion pricing: Judge grills Trump administration lawyers at hearing over fate of Manhattan toll and traffic program – amNewYork
A federal judge on Wednesday sharply questioned Trump administration lawyers on their legal arguments for killing the city’s congestion pricing program —
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January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
A federal judge today sharply questioned Trump admin lawyers on their case for killing congestion pricing — specifically the idea that the president, via his transpo sec, has the power to void a contract approved by the previous admin.
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I hate to be that guy, but the NY Daily News broke this story more than four hours before this Times piece sauntered along to get everyone’s eyeballs.
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
January 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
I hate to be that guy, but the NY Daily News broke this story more than four hours before this Times piece sauntered along to get everyone’s eyeballs.
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
Here’s a gift link.
www.nydailynews.com/2026/01/26/a...
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Our updated story should be up soon, but here's one detail I had to share -- on a street corner outside the courthouse, two vendors were selling Venezuelan flags, $5 a piece. We asked one of them if he supported Maduro, and he said, "No."
Then he politely declined to be interviewed for a story.
Then he politely declined to be interviewed for a story.
MADURO in court, via @johnannese.bsky.social: “I am innocent, I am not guilty, I am a decent man. I am still president of my country”
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Our updated story should be up soon, but here's one detail I had to share -- on a street corner outside the courthouse, two vendors were selling Venezuelan flags, $5 a piece. We asked one of them if he supported Maduro, and he said, "No."
Then he politely declined to be interviewed for a story.
Then he politely declined to be interviewed for a story.
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President Donald Trump on Friday said he commuted the prison term of famed fabulist and former U.S. Representative George Santos, letting him out of a seven-year prison sentence that began in July. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-george...
Trump: George Santos sentence commuted
The president wrote on social media:
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October 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
President Donald Trump on Friday said he commuted the prison term of famed fabulist and former U.S. Representative George Santos, letting him out of a seven-year prison sentence that began in July. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-george...
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Thwarting the Trump administration’s attempt to slash nearly $34 million in anti-terrorism funds for New York City, a judge on Thursday ordered the federal government to “promptly disperse” the grant. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nyc-judge-st...
NYC judge stops Trump cuts to anti-terrorism funding
Anti-terrorism funds must be awarded based on risk, said a federal judge who sits on the bench blocks away from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thwarting the Trump administration’s attempt to slash nearly $34 million in anti-terrorism funds for New York City, a judge on Thursday ordered the federal government to “promptly disperse” the grant. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nyc-judge-st...
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New from me today:
Longtime Federal Defenders attorney Deirdre von Dornum is making the move to a private firm to take on the Trump administration in immigration and First Amendment cases.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/l...
Longtime Federal Defenders attorney Deirdre von Dornum is making the move to a private firm to take on the Trump administration in immigration and First Amendment cases.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/l...
Lauded N.Y. public defender leaving job to fight Trump admin. on immigration, First Amendment
Longtime public defender Deirdre von Dornum is making the move to a Manhattan-based law firm to fight the Trump administration over immigration and First Amendment cases.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New from me today:
Longtime Federal Defenders attorney Deirdre von Dornum is making the move to a private firm to take on the Trump administration in immigration and First Amendment cases.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/l...
Longtime Federal Defenders attorney Deirdre von Dornum is making the move to a private firm to take on the Trump administration in immigration and First Amendment cases.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/12/l...
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@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview.
I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.
Well, yeah, we're suing ICE.
This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.
May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.
This wasn't really a hard decision. As little faith as we have in institutions, we recognize the value of drawing visible lines in the sand. We drew ours personally a while ago, but better late than never.
May every protester be freed and may this occupation end.
October 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@unraveledpress.com & other press have been threatened, shot with less-lethals and arrested while reporting on federal immigration activities in Chicagoland and on the resulting protests at Broadview.
I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.
I'm now at a hearing asking the federal court to rein ICE & co in. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Harvard University will face claims filed by relatives of deceased people whose cadavers were donated to its medical school, then potentially mishandled or sold by a former employee, a Massachusetts Supreme Court panel ruled Monday. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/massachusett...
Massachusetts Supreme Court resurrects Harvard cadaver case
Harvard administrators failed to act on red flags like an employee's
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October 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Harvard University will face claims filed by relatives of deceased people whose cadavers were donated to its medical school, then potentially mishandled or sold by a former employee, a Massachusetts Supreme Court panel ruled Monday. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/massachusett...
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Feds say Wall Street millionaire trafficked women to soundproof 'sex dungeon' @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/feds-say-wal...
Feds say Wall Street millionaire trafficked women to soundproof ‘sex dungeon’
The former Bear Stearns trader and Soros adviser
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September 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Feds say Wall Street millionaire trafficked women to soundproof 'sex dungeon' @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/feds-say-wal...
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Diddy, staring down sentencing, pushes for new trial @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/diddy-starin...
Diddy, staring down sentencing, pushes for new trial
The producer argues his notorious sex parties were a vision of adult entertainment, whether or not they were filmed.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Diddy, staring down sentencing, pushes for new trial @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/diddy-starin...
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Luigi Mangione slams 'Marvel movie' perp walk in bid to block death penalty @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/luigi-mangio...
Luigi Mangione slams 'Marvel movie' perp walk in bid to block death penalty
Mangione accused federal and local officials of staging a scene for political benefit, not public safety, in the aftermath of his arrest.
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September 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Luigi Mangione slams 'Marvel movie' perp walk in bid to block death penalty @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/luigi-mangio...
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#BREAKING: Trump can't escape $83.3 million defamation penalty in Carroll sex assault case @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-cant-e...
Trump can't escape $83.3 million defamation penalty in Carroll sex assault case
The Second Circuit upheld the hefty jury verdict, marking a second appellate win for E. Jean Carroll.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#BREAKING: Trump can't escape $83.3 million defamation penalty in Carroll sex assault case @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-cant-e...
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A federal judge on Monday denied a bid to overturn the forced labor conspiracy conviction against two leaders of OneTaste, a Bay Area company that sold ritualized sex acts as a form of meditation. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/forced-labor...
Forced labor verdict sticks in sex cult leader case
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August 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A federal judge on Monday denied a bid to overturn the forced labor conspiracy conviction against two leaders of OneTaste, a Bay Area company that sold ritualized sex acts as a form of meditation. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/forced-labor...
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Three members of Congress said a masked ICE agent who refused to provide his name locked both the doors to the building and the gate enclosing the facility, trapping the lawmakers for about 45 minutes. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/lawmakers-bl...
Lawmakers blocked from ‘notorious’ Brooklyn jail where ICE is holding immigrants
Visiting Congress members said a masked ICE agent who refused to provide his name locked both the doors to the building and the gate enclosing the facility, trapping the lawmakers for about 45 minutes...
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August 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Three members of Congress said a masked ICE agent who refused to provide his name locked both the doors to the building and the gate enclosing the facility, trapping the lawmakers for about 45 minutes. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/lawmakers-bl...
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Outside the MDC Brooklyn federal jail today, where there’s a car parked across the street with veteran plates, a child seat and an air freshener of Jeffrey Epstein that reads, “This Air Freshener Didn’t Hang Itself.”
August 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Outside the MDC Brooklyn federal jail today, where there’s a car parked across the street with veteran plates, a child seat and an air freshener of Jeffrey Epstein that reads, “This Air Freshener Didn’t Hang Itself.”
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NY Reps @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co @repespaillat.bsky.social @velazquez.house.gov visit Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which is holding ICE detainees, for an unannounced oversight visit.
Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?”
The officer refused.
Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?”
The officer refused.
August 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
NY Reps @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co @repespaillat.bsky.social @velazquez.house.gov visit Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, which is holding ICE detainees, for an unannounced oversight visit.
Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?”
The officer refused.
Espaillat asked a masked federal officer, “Can I see your face?”
The officer refused.
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New from me today:
The DOJ will not seek the death penalty against three Mexican drug lords awaiting federal trial in Brooklyn. DOJ and Bondi had teased the idea of death sentences when RCQ and Vicente Castillo Fuentes were expelled from Mexico in February.
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The DOJ will not seek the death penalty against three Mexican drug lords awaiting federal trial in Brooklyn. DOJ and Bondi had teased the idea of death sentences when RCQ and Vicente Castillo Fuentes were expelled from Mexico in February.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/n...
No death penalty for ‘Narco of Narcos,’ other Mexican cartel bosses facing trial: DOJ
Federal prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty for three top Mexican cartel leaders, including Rafael Caro Quintero, accused of masterminding the torture killing of a DEA agent.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
New from me today:
The DOJ will not seek the death penalty against three Mexican drug lords awaiting federal trial in Brooklyn. DOJ and Bondi had teased the idea of death sentences when RCQ and Vicente Castillo Fuentes were expelled from Mexico in February.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/n...
The DOJ will not seek the death penalty against three Mexican drug lords awaiting federal trial in Brooklyn. DOJ and Bondi had teased the idea of death sentences when RCQ and Vicente Castillo Fuentes were expelled from Mexico in February.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/08/05/n...
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Trump sues NYC over sanctuary city laws
The federal government accused Big Apple officials of intentionally obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration law.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Developing story: www.courthousenews.com/trump-sues-n...
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The two men accused of kidnapping an Italian tourist and torturing him for weeks inside a luxury New York City townhouse in pursuit of his cryptocurrency funds are set to be released on a pair of million-dollar bond packages. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/cryptocurren...
Cryptocurrency kidnapping suspects win release on $1 million bail
At a “frat house with essentially unlimited funds,” drug-fueled orgies and hazing rituals were all part of the lifestyle, defense attorneys said.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The two men accused of kidnapping an Italian tourist and torturing him for weeks inside a luxury New York City townhouse in pursuit of his cryptocurrency funds are set to be released on a pair of million-dollar bond packages. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/cryptocurren...
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After escaping from prison twice and facing extradition to the United States, the leader of what prosecutors called “Ecuador’s most violent and powerful transnational criminal organization” was arraigned Monday in federal court. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ecuadorian-d...
Ecuadorian drug lord extradited, pleads not guilty after prison escape
Authorities found 45-year-old
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July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
After escaping from prison twice and facing extradition to the United States, the leader of what prosecutors called “Ecuador’s most violent and powerful transnational criminal organization” was arraigned Monday in federal court. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ecuadorian-d...
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche files motion to unseal documents in the long dormant SDNY Jeffrey Epstein case.
July 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche files motion to unseal documents in the long dormant SDNY Jeffrey Epstein case.
In addition to deportation protections, the now-scrapped policy allowed youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile status to work legally in the U.S. while waiting out a lengthy backlog to apply for a green card
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Abandoned immigrant kids seek to restore deportation safeguards scrapped by Trump
In addition to deportation protections, a 2022 policy allowed youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile status to work legally in the U.S. while waiting in a lengthy backlog to apply for a green card.
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July 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In addition to deportation protections, the now-scrapped policy allowed youth with Special Immigrant Juvenile status to work legally in the U.S. while waiting out a lengthy backlog to apply for a green card
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A federal judge in New York on Wednesday rebuked the government’s request to seal its motion to dismiss charges against a purported MS-13 leader. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-slams-...
Judge slams DOJ bid to hide motion to drop El Salvador gang leader charges
Explaining her decision to unseal filings, the federal judge said a
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July 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A federal judge in New York on Wednesday rebuked the government’s request to seal its motion to dismiss charges against a purported MS-13 leader. @ninapullano.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/judge-slams-...
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A pro se defendant has sued Andrew Cuomo in Brooklyn Federal Court for "nine thousand, eight-fifty 'sextillion' for "brain spying to ruin my life because of their envy and sexual jealous feelings."
July 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A pro se defendant has sued Andrew Cuomo in Brooklyn Federal Court for "nine thousand, eight-fifty 'sextillion' for "brain spying to ruin my life because of their envy and sexual jealous feelings."
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New: NYC jail oversight board rejects a DOC request to add more beds to overcrowded Rikers Island dorms — despite no spots for 130 in custody w/o it. The population has swelled to 7,645 in part due to people stuck in city custody awaiting state prison transfer.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/r...
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As Rikers Population Surges, Correction Department Bid to Add Beds Stalls
Despite a growing number of detainees, the city’s jail oversight board rejected a request to expand dorm capacity — leaving officials scrambling for alternatives.
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July 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
New: NYC jail oversight board rejects a DOC request to add more beds to overcrowded Rikers Island dorms — despite no spots for 130 in custody w/o it. The population has swelled to 7,645 in part due to people stuck in city custody awaiting state prison transfer.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/r...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/r...