Investigation into NYC's "notorious" deed thief Joseph Makhani

A jury found Joseph Makhani guilty of stealing the deeds of two Harlem brownstones with a combined value of nearly $4.7 million, the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Wednesday. The AG indicted Makhani, 63, twice — in

When the City sues illegal Airbnb operators, it often settles for a small fraction of the generated revenue.

Tenants say Clinton Towers suffers neglect, unpaid bills and oversight failures — and allege deep ties to Hell’s Kitchen’s Westies.

Sienky Lallemand manipulates his latest romantic conquest, spinning a web of identity theft, fraud and murder. Preview the episode: https://www.oxygen.com/killer-relationship-with-faith-jenkins/crime-news/sienky-lallemand-lisa-toney-convicted-in-m

It’s one of the most infamous crimes in American history – seven Chicagoans suddenly died after taking a popular over-the-counter pain reliever – Tylenol capsules that had been laced with cyanide. Who would commit such a heinous and random crime,

Netflix goes deep on this unsolved mystery. My research into suspect James Lewis appears in Episode 2. https://www.netflix.com/title/81757969

The three-part series also touches on another unsolved crime.

Featured in CNN's "How It Really Happened" episode 8 of season 8 about the unsolved 1982 Tylenol murders. Streaming on Max.

By Joy Bergmann Earlier this week, giddiness burst from residents of West 74th Street on the block between Broadway and West End Avenue. “Everyone is overjoyed,” a woman who’s lived on the block since 1978 told West Side Rag. “I’m ready to pop the…

After a week of pestering from Hell Gate, the Adams administration says that it will resume complying with the City law that requires the NYPD to publish its clearance rates on a quarterly basis. In a statement sent Tuesday evening and attributed…

By Joy Bergmann Judge Ruth Pickholz sentenced Anya Johnston to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday following Johnston’s second-degree murder conviction for the 2018 stabbing of her neighbor, Susan Trott. Johnston’s five years of pre-trial…

By Joy Bergmann On Tuesday, Jhonatan Cortes-Lopez, 21, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted rape in the first degree (a class C felony) and two counts of forcible touching (class A misdemeanors) after sexually assaulting three women in separate…

By Joy Bergmann On Tuesday, Tachiem Noubissi Luc received a sentence of 364 days in jail after agreeing to plead guilty to second-degree attempted robbery and third-degree sexual abuse for attacking a 32-year-old woman in Riverside Park South on July…

The 14-day trial revealed bizarre details about the crime and its culprit By Joy Bergmann On Monday, a Manhattan jury found Anya Johnston, 29, guilty of second-degree murder for the October 17, 2018, stabbing death of her neighbor Susan Trott,…

A Manhattan jury heard opening arguments Friday in the second-degree murder trial of Anya Johnston, 29, for the stabbing death of her Upper West Side neighbor Susan Trott, 70, on the evening of October 17, 2018. Defense attorney Jeremy Schneider left…

Darrell Johnson, 30, pleaded guilty Thursday to assaulting two women in two seemingly random attacks near West 79th Street and Broadway on the morning of December 2, 2021. At a hearing before Judge Michele Rodney in Manhattan Criminal Court, Johnson…

By Joy Bergmann Nods rippled around the room at a recent NYPD 20th Precinct Community Council meeting as an Upper West Sider decried the prevalence of red light running. “Every single day for the past several weeks, I have almost been hit by a…

By Joy Bergmann No one has to guess what to get Jamie Delson for Christmas. He’s wanted the same thing for 71 years: More toy soldiers. Since 1984, the former journalist and screenwriter has owned and operated The Toy Soldier Company, an online…

By Joy Bergmann Three teenagers allegedly robbed a 20-year-old man in Riverside Park around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday, an NYPD spokesperson told West Side Rag. The victim was walking northbound inside the park at West 99th Street when three male suspects…