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Isla & Co. Opens in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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3 years ago

March 15, 2022

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Isla & Co.

Till 4 p.m., brunch is the principle invoice of fare at this new restaurant within the former Du’s Donuts area, within the arcade of the William Vale resort in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Barry Dry and Tom Rowse, the homeowners of Parched Hospitality Group, which is behind the Gap within the Wall eating places, have employed Matt Foley, a former sous-chef at Marea, to be govt chef. He’ll run brunch, in addition to dinner, with an eclectic menu that features a burger, fish and chips, rigatoni alla vodka with spicy shrimp, Thai inexperienced curry and half a hen with roasted spring greens. Sticky date pudding and lemon panna cotta are the sweets. The restaurant is a derivative of Isla within the Lodge Hendricks in Manhattan, which reopens Thursday after a protracted pandemic hiatus. As well as, areas of Isla & Co. will present up this yr in Atlanta, Miami Seaside and West Palm Seaside. (Opens Wednesday)

107 North twelfth Avenue (Wythe Avenue), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-388-8935, isla-co.com.

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BoCaPhe

At this new department of a SoHo bistro, the homeowners Raphael Louzon, who can also be the chef, and Jeremie Mouyal, are serving their type of Vietnamese meals, a few of it breakfast-focused, just like the menu at their authentic Lafayette Avenue spot. You’ll find bao Benedict (eggs Benedict on a bao bun) and Luc Lac (beef in a sizzling pot with eggs and rice). Different dishes go well with cravings any time, like taro fries with spicy mayo, tuna ceviche with crispy rice, and Mama Tom shrimp in curried coconut milk.

104 Eighth Avenue (fifteenth Avenue), bocaphe.com.

Jai Sang Ma

Jugkrwut Borin and Arada Moonroj provide charcoal-grilled skewers, mentioned to be an particularly fashionable snack offered outdoors faculties in Thailand, at this makeover of their restaurant, Lamoon. Hen, pork and squid are the principle sights.

81-40 Broadway (82nd Avenue), Elmhurst, Queens, 917-745-1168.

Saigon Social

Helen Nguyen, who has been doing pop-ups, neighborhood dinners and takeout beneath this title for a number of years, has lastly opened a restaurant within the Decrease East Facet. Her companion is Jennifer Saesue, an proprietor of Fish Cheeks in NoHo. The menu displays Ms. Nguyen’s French coaching with cooks like Daniel Boulud, whereas remaining true to her Vietnamese roots. A menu spotlight, bo khong luc lac, the favored shaken beef, is made with a dry-aged tomahawk steak finished like steak au poivre however with Vietnamese components within the sauce, with fries on the aspect. Ngheu and chem chap hap sa, steamed clams and mussels, are available a buttery lemongrass broth.

172 Orchard Avenue (East Houston Avenue), 646-609-3202, saigonsocialnyc.com

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Video: Adams’s Former Chief Adviser and Her Son Charged With Corruption

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December 19, 2024

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Adams’s Former Chief Adviser and Her Son Charged With Corruption

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who resigned as Mayor Eric Adams’s chief adviser, and her son, Glenn D. Martin II, were charged with taking $100,000 in bribes from two businessmen in a quid-pro-quo scheme.

: We allege that Ingrid Lewis-Martin engaged in a long-running bribery, money laundering and conspiracy scheme by using her position and authority as the chief adviser of — chief adviser to the New York City mayor, the second-highest position in city government — to illegally influence city decisions in exchange for in excess of $100,000 in cash and other benefits for herself and her son, Glenn Martin II. We allege that real estate developers and business owners Raizada “Pinky” Vaid and Mayank Dwivedi paid for access and influence to the tune more than $100,000. Lewis-Martin acted as an on-call consultant for Vaid and Dwivedi, serving at their pleasure to resolve whatever issues they had with D.O.B. on their construction projects, and she did so without regard for security considerations and with utter and complete disregard for D.O.B.’s expertise and the public servants who work there.
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Read the Criminal Complaint Against Luigi Mangione

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December 19, 2024

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Read the Criminal Complaint Against Luigi Mangione

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE,
Defendant.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, ss.:
Original
AUSAS: Dominic A. Gentile,
Jun Xiang, Alexandra Messiter
24 MAG 4375
SEALED COMPLAINT
Violations of
18 U.S.C. §§ 2261A, 2261(b), 924(j), and
924(c)
COUNTY OF OFFENSE:
NEW YORK
GARY W. COBB, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is a Special Agent with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, and charges as follows:
COUNT ONE
(Stalking – Travel in Interstate Commerce)
1. From at least in or about November 24, 2024 to in or about December 4, 2024, in
the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, the
defendant, traveled in interstate commerce with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, and place
under surveillance with intent to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate another person, and in the
course of, and as a result of, such travel engaged in conduct that placed that person in reasonable
fear of the death of, and serious bodily injury to, that person, and in the course of engaging in such
conduct caused the death of that person, to wit, MANGIONE, traveled from Georgia to New York,
New York for the purpose of stalking and killing Brian Thompson, and while in New York,
MANGIONE stalked and then shot and killed Thompson in the vicinity of West 54th Street and
Sixth Avenue.
(Title 18, United States Code, Sections 2261A(1)(A) and 2261(b)(1).)
COUNT TWO
(Stalking – Use of Interstate Facilities)
2. From at least in or about November 24, 2024 to in or about December 4, 2024, in
the Southern District of New York and elsewhere, LUIGI NICHOLAS MANGIONE, the
defendant, with the intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate, and place under surveillance with intent
to kill, injure, harass, and intimidate another person, used an electronic communication service and
electronic communication system of interstate commerce, and a facility of interstate or foreign
commerce, to engage in a course of conduct that placed that person in reasonable fear of the death
of and serious bodily injury to that person, and in the course of engaging in such conduct caused
the death of that person, to wit, MANGIONE used a cellphone, interstate wires, interstate

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Video: Luigi Mangione Is Charged With Murder

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December 17, 2024

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Luigi Mangione Is Charged With Murder

The first-degree murder charge branded him a terrorist over the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, Brian Thompson.

: We are here to announce that Luigi Mangione, the defendant, is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree, including one count of murder in the second degree as an act of terrorism for the brazen, targeted and premeditated shooting of Brian Thompson, who, as was as you know, was the C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare. This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. It occurred in one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike, commuters and businesspeople just starting out on their day.
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