Media Coverage
Former NYC buildings commissioner indicted on bribery charges 
Mayor Eric Adams’ former buildings commissioner is accused of accepting $150,000 worth of bribes in cash and gifts in exchange for access to the mayor and city officials, fixing city permitting issues, and giving jobs to unqualified people, according to five separate grand jury indictments handed down Wednesday.
Ex-NYC buildings chief charged with accepting $150K in bribes
Former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich has been indicted on charges that he doled out favors in exchange for more than $150,000 in bribes, some of which went toward illegal gambling, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Men Sentenced In Rising Harlem Rapper’s Shooting Death: DA
Two New York men were sentenced last week in connection with a 2016 shooting in Harlem that resulted in the victim’s fatal seizure two years later, authorities said.
Two convicted murder suspects sentenced for killing Harlem rapper A$AP Press, former member of hip-hop collective
Two men were imprisoned Friday in New York State Supreme Court for fatally shooting a Harlem rapper, A$AP Press, in the head back in 2016.
A Dozen Looted Artifacts Are Returned to Lebanon
New York and federal authorities handed back 12 looted antiquities valued at $9 million to Lebanon on Thursday, including three objects removed from the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year during a flurry of multimillion-dollar seizures there.
Manhattans’ D.A. Bragg Returns 12 Antiquities To Lebanon
Nine of the objects were recovered pursuant to an ongoing criminal investigation into Georges LOTFI, a prolific antiquities trafficker who is the subject of an international arrest warrant. The 12 items were returned during a repatriation ceremony attended by Lebanon’s Consul General in New York, Ambassador Abir Taha Audi, and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”) Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Thomas Acocella.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office