I-Team

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’s Jonathan Dienst...

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 firearm.  The chase…

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. 

New court documents offer a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how federal prosecutors built and then tried to salvage their criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the face of unprecedented pressure from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department. Text messages, emails and comments reflecting internal discussions among prosecutors were made public Tuesday as the mayor’s case teeters toward likely dismissal. The documents include...

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. 

The I-Team is uncovering evidence of systemic abuse by officers in various New York State prisons, including warnings by inmates and their families which went ignored until it was too late. One day before 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi died at Midstate Correctional Facility, inmate Chris Quiles says he was beaten by officers from the same unit, and is now sharing his...

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 later date. NBC New York’s Jonathan...

An attorney recommendation could spell a major win for NYC Mayor Eric Adams in getting the case dropped for good. While nothing in the filing goes to the merits of the prosecution, the legal expert appointed by the judge to review the law and the public interest at stake suggested the case be dismissed for good. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst...

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.

An independent attorney has recommended not only that the mayor’s case by dismissed, but that it be dismissed with prejudice so that it cannot be brought back at a later date. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports. 

The MTA is refunding one commuter after he was mistakenly charged the congestion pricing toll multiple times despite never leaving the zone in Manhattan. This small error could be a sign of a larger problems: Is there a gap in the way congestion cameras are tolling vehicles? And how do you know which camera captured your license plate? The I-Team’s...

A Manhattan man who often zips around city streets on a Vespa motorbike was charged congestion tolls on four separate days in January. But on those days, he said he was certain all the trips originated at a garage on West 30th Street — and terminated within the boundaries of the congestion zone. So why was he charged?

Convicted and disbarred Bronx immigration attorney Kofi Anankwaa faced a federal judge at a sentencing hearing in lower Manhattan. The disgraced attorney had promised he would do the right thing to help thousands of immigrants become legal citizens. Instead he wronged them and raked in millions of dollars in the process, while leaving many in limbo. NBC New York’s Sarah...

It was a day of reckoning for a convicted former Bronx attorney who admitted guilt in a multi-million dollar immigration fraud, who was exposed by an I-Team investigation.

Under his deal with the Justice Department, if the case against him were to be dropped, Mayor Eric Adams agreed that it could be re-filed, perhaps after the November election. But amid resignation letters by some prosecutors protesting the deal, and after a media storm ensued, the mayor’s lawyers now argue the case is so tainted that the corruption charges...

One big name will be missing when NYC mayoral candidates meet for a forum Wednesday night. Sources close to Mayor Eric Adams said his view is, why show up and take all the incoming flak from rivals when others eyeing a run — like ex-governor Andrew Cuomo and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams — have yet to enter the race. NBC New...

After putting the mayor’s trial on pause, a federal judge said he still wants to hear more arguments before deciding if the case should be dropped. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.