Aaron Mostofsky, 34, is the son of Kings County Supreme Court Judge Steven Mostofsky, who also goes by Shlomo. He and his father are registered Democrats, according to New York State election records.
Here is the full text of the resignation letter by prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who had investigated former President Donald Trump, but left after the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, halted an effort to seek an indictment. nyti.ms/3Nrd6U2
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) has had the uncanny ability for a first-term member of Congress to push the debate inside the Democratic Party sharply to the left. Here's why. nyti.ms/2FtJt3K
In a stunning upset, Rep. Joseph Crowley lost the Democratic primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old former organizer for Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign
Malaysia Goodson, 22, of Stamford, Conn., died when she fell down a flight of subway stairs in Midtown Manhattan while carrying her baby daughter in a stroller, the police said. nyti.ms/2G7AJAB
Free and formerly enslaved black people made their way to the thriving hamlet that offered a school, a church and a newspaper that published the alphabet, reading lessons and prayers. The community produced doctors, journalists and educators.
Sesame Street addresses homelessness: Lily, a character introduced seven years ago to address child hunger, returns. This time her family does not have a place to live.
Rebecca Luker, the actress and singer who in a lauded three-decade career on the New York stage embodied the essence of the Broadway musical ingénue in hit revivals of “Show Boat,” “The Sound of Music” and “The Music Man,” has died