New York Headlines

• New York high school hockey player Connor Kasin, 17, dead after collapsing on ice during game

  (by Richard Pollina for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  "It was devastating. It's a 17-year-old kid -- has his whole life ahead of him."
  
  

• Home care agency exec. accuses Gov. Hochul team of rigging bid process for $9B program in back-door deal

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post 5 hours ago)
  A home care provider claimed the Hochul administration rigged the bid to run the state's expensive and allegedly fraud-ridden $9 billion home care Medicaid program as part of an effort to rein in costs.
  
  

• Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter Biden

  (by Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.
  
  
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• Analysis: In Pardoning Hunter, Biden Sounds a Lot Like Trump

  (by Peter Baker for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  President Biden complained about selective prosecution and political pressure in a system he has spent his public life defending.
  
  

• NYC puts social justice over child safety with deadly results: ACS caseworker

  (by Hannah E. Meyers for The New York Post 7 hours ago)
  In October, New York City was horrified when 4-year-old Jahmeik Modlin died hours after being found malnourished and suffering from hypothermia.
  
  

• Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target

  (by Teddy Rosenbluth and Emily Anthes for The New York Times 9 hours ago)
  The agency long benefited from broad bipartisan support. But Republican criticism has intensified, and new choices for top health posts hope to upend the organization.
  
  

• Relatives of Subway Choking Victim Jordan Neely Must Relive His Death Daily

  (by Anusha Bayya for The New York Times 15 hours ago)
  In life, Jordan Neely’s family lost him to mental illness. After his death, his father and uncle have steeled themselves to attend the manslaughter trial of Daniel Penny each day.
  
  

• The Nameless Dead and the Cold Case Unit That Tries to Identify Them

  (by Corey Kilgannon for The New York Times 23 hours ago)
  A little-known squad of New York’s medical examiner’s office uses dogs, DNA and any other available clue to identify bodies.
  
  

• A Hole in Apollo Bagels’ Business Model? It’s Too Popular.

  (by Tim Balk for The New York Times 2 days, 2 hours ago)
  Apollo Bagels in the West Village is drawing lines out the door — and most of the way down the block. Now it’s in a legal fight to stave off eviction.