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Man gets 18 years for random rage killing of hardworking immigrant in NYC 
Luis Gil, 21, was hit with the term in Manhattan Supreme Court by Justice Cori Weston after Gil pleaded guilty in October to one count of second-degree murder for fatally stabbing Hugo Rene Morales Maxia on July 13, 2023, near the West Side’s Pier 84 between the Circle Line terminal and the USS Intrepid.
Man gets 18 years in prison for deadly stabbing near Pier 84 on Upper West Side
“Hugo Morales was lying on a park bench one summer morning on Pier 84 when Luis Gil fatally stabbed him without provocation, tragically cutting his life short,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. “While nothing can bring Mr. Morales back, I hope this guilty plea and lengthy prison sentence can serve as a measure of comfort and closure to his loved ones who continue to mourn his loss.”
DA Alvin Bragg says housing fraud is having a ‘moment’
Four years ago Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg set aside a group of about a dozen lawyers to prosecute housing fraud cases across the city. The office’s Housing & Tenant Protection unit has since brought forward 10 cases, including against heavy hitters Meyer and Joseph Chetrit, brothers and former owners of high-profile properties like the Chelsea Hotel and Chicago’s Willis Tower, for allegedly harassing elderly tenants in Chelsea. The unit has also brought forward cases involving deed theft, rental scams and other alleged abuses of New York’s real estate laws. Earlier this month the office secured guilty pleas from three developers in Brooklyn accused of cheating 421-a, the once-popular but now-expired state program that granted generous incentives to developers who built affordable housing. Bragg recently spoke with Crain’s about his office’s quest to bring bad actors in the real estate community to justice.
She Was Paralyzed by a Subway Train. Today, She’s Reclaiming Her Life.
Her vision went dark. She was facedown, and everything below her chest felt numb. A moment before, two hands had grabbed Emine Yilmaz from behind and slammed her head into a racing E train as she stood on a subway platform in Manhattan.
Bragg Announces Sentence in May 2020, COVID-Related Murder
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., reecntly announced the sentencing of Aljo Mrkulic, 37, to 39 years-to-life in state prison for murdering 30-year-old Christopher Rodriguez, his intimate partner, setting fire to Mr. Rodriguez’s apartment and assaulting three police officers who responded to the scene in May 2020. On December 17, 2025, New York State Supreme Court Judge Curtis Farber convicted Mrkulic of one count each of Murder in the Second Degree and Arson in the Second Degree, and three counts of Assault in the Second Degree.
Jury Convicts Man Who Paralyzed Woman in UES Subway Attack
Nearly three years after a man shoved a woman’s head into a moving subway train at the 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue station, paralyzing her from the shoulders down, a Manhattan jury has found him guilty on all counts.
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