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John Annese

John Annese covers federal and state courts in Brooklyn for the New York Daily News. Before coming to the News in 2015, he reported on crime, courts, and the Staten Island opioid epidemic for the Staten Island Advance. He is the recipient of several New York State Associated Press Association Awards.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a news conference at the Emergency Management offices in Brooklyn during a winter storm on Jan. 25, 2026. (David Sanders/The New York Times)

‘Heated Rivalry’ book downloads surge at NY Public Library after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s snow day plug

January 27, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

The New York Public Library saw a 529% spike in "Heated Rivalry" downloads after Mayor Mamdani plugged the book during his snow storm press conference.

Judge overturns Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay murder suspect’s conviction

December 19, 2025 at 4:26 p.m.

A federal judge has overturned the conviction of Karl Jordan, one of the two men accused of killing Run-DMC legend Jam Master Jay.

President Donald Trump speaks at an event for the signing of the GENIUS Act, a bill that regulates stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency, in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration sues New York City over sanctuary city protections for immigrants

July 24, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to end sanctuary city law policies in New York City, arguing that the law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S....

The Mexican naval ship Cuauhtemoc is pictured in the East River in Brooklyn, New York City after striking the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Two dead after Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, 17 injured

May 18, 2025 at 9:16 p.m.

The 297-foot ship was bound for Iceland when it lost power around 8:30 p.m. Saturday and was pulled backwards by a current.

At least three gunmen opened fire about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at a crowd of about 15 people waiting outside the the Amazura concert hall. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

NYPD probing gang connection in shooting of 10 people outside Queens club holding memorial for slain teen

January 2, 2025 at 7:26 p.m.

The shooting of 10 young people outside a Queens nightclub happened during a "celebration of life" for a teen shot to death three months ago, said cops investigating a possible...

This booking photo released Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections shows Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. (Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via AP)

Who is Luigi Mangione, arrested in connection with shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson?

December 10, 2024 at 8:27 a.m.

Luigi Mangione, the suspect arrested in connection to the shooting slay of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a Maryland native who graduated at the top of his high school class...

El presentador Chris Rock, a la izquierda, reacciona tras ser abofeteado por Will Smith mientras presentaba el premio al mejor documental en la ceremonia de los Oscar, tras hacer un chiste sobre su esposa, Jada Pinkett Smith, el domingo 27 de marzo de 2022 en el Teatro Dolby en Los Ángeles.

Bill Cosby y NBC son demandados por cinco mujeres por agresión sexual

December 6, 2022 at 9:00 p.m.

Cinco mujeres presentaron una demanda por agresión sexual contra el ícono de la comedia Bill Cosby y la cadena NBC en virtud de la Ley de sobrevivientes adultos del estado....

New York police officers move in on the scene of a shooting at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in New York. A man was shot by police after shots rang out at the end of a Christmas choral concert on the steps of the Manhattan cathedral Sunday afternoon. It's unclear if the gunman was killed or if any others were injured. The shooting happened just before 4 p.m. at the church which is the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and seat of its bishop.

Man firing pistols at end of Christmas concert killed by police in front of Manhattan cathedral

December 14, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

A video posted to Facebook captured the deadly confrontation between police and an apparently suicidal, double-pistol waving gunman outside the famed Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Sunday afternoon....

New York Daily News for November 8, 1989. "DAVE DOES IT"

David Dinkins, New York City’s first Black mayor, dies at 93

November 24, 2020 at 3:33 p.m.

David Dinkins, whose historic 1989 victory as the city's first and only Black mayor was quickly eclipsed by rising crime and racial turmoil that doomed his re-election, died Monday at...

Hundreds of mourners gather in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to observe a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz, a Hasidic Orthodox leader whose death was reportedly tied to the coronavirus.

Close to 2,500 crowd Brooklyn streets for funeral of rabbi who died of coronavirus

April 30, 2020 at 2:37 p.m.

Thousands of Orthodox Jewish mourners crowded a Brooklyn street Tuesday night, flouting the city's social distancing rules to mourn a rabbi who died of coronavirus. The mourners packed the road...

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