New York Headlines

• Disney Pulled Jimmy Kimmel as Pressure Built on Multiple Fronts

  (by John Koblin, Brooks Barnes, Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum for The New York Times an hour ago)
  The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.
  
  

• Billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen emerges as one of top bidders for new NY casino — here’s who else has the best odds

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen's bid with Hard Rock to open a $8 billion "Metropolitan Park' casino complex next to his team's ballpark has emerged as a top contender to obtain a state gaming license.
  
  

• 11 Elected Officials Arrested While Trying to Access Cells at N.Y.C. ICE Facility

  (by Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Wesley Parnell and Samantha Latson for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside.
  
  
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• N.Y.P.D. Officers Face Misconduct Charges in Fatal Shooting of Win Rozario

  (by Christopher Maag for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s decision to bring departmental charges against the two officers follows a finding that they used excessive force against the man, Win Rozario.
  
  

• How Jimmy Kimmel Went From ‘The Man Show’ to MAGA Adversary

  (by Julia Jacobs for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Over more than two decades in TV, the comedian has gone from a challenger of politically correct discourse to a frequent antagonist of the right.
  

• Charges Dropped Against Man Who Was Beaten at Egypt’s U.N. Mission

  (by Santul Nerkar and Maia Coleman for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Yasin El Sammak was whipped by a guard, taken down and strangled with his kaffiyeh, his father said. Then, he and his brother were charged by the New York City police.
  
  

• Fugitive teen gunman charged with deadly shooting of apparent innocent bystander, 57, using a walker: cops

  (by Amanda Woods for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  Brandon Sullivan, 18, was attending an afternoon probation meeting when the NYPD’s Violent Crime Task Force closed in on him in connection to the May 18 Fordham Heights shooting that killed 57-year-old Kevin Jennings and wounded a 34-year-old woman, cops and sources said.
  
  

• Damon Dash declared bankruptcy to avoid $5 million in lawsuit claims, lawyer says: ‘It’s not going to work’

  (by Peter Senzamici for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  He’s gone from “Big Pimpin'” to big debtin’. Ex-Jay-Z partner and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash has declared bankruptcy in an attempt to skip out on nearly $5 million owed in civil lawsuits, according to an attorney.  Ex-Jay-Z partner and Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash has declared bankruptcy in a futile attempt to skip out...
  
  

• ABC’s Suspension of Kimmel and Trump’s Chilling Effect on Late Night TV

  (by James Poniewozik for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  Another media company caved after pressure from a Trump official, and the chilling effect got a few degrees colder.