Anticipating Trump’s attack on his record, Bragg’s office tweeted NYPD stats showing a 39% drop in shootings and a 23% drop in murders over the past year in Manhattan. politi.co/3xEwl94 via POLITICO

If we’re not careful, Courtroom 1530 of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse is soon going to become the new Tinder.

as we waited for Trump in Harlem, a woman passed by the pack of journalists, campaign staffers and law enforcement and shouted “what are all these unseasoned French fries doing in my neighborhood”

honestly she cleared

A security guard tells me an est. 1,200 people are in line outside New York Coty Hall.

These are largely Black migrants here for a council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants.

The guard said there's never before been that many attendees for a hearing.

NEW: Donald Trump is putting New York City on trial. As he faces 34 felony counts here, Trump plans visit to Harlem bodega that was site of fatal stabbing, and will paint NYC as crime-ridden hellscape.

Emily Ngo and Meridith McGraw w/ the story:

politico.com/news/2024/04/1…

The first six jurors have been sworn in for the trial of the People of the State of New York v. Donald Trump.

NEW: Trump to appear at Harlem bodega- site of 2022 fatal stabbing by clerk who was deemed to have been acting in selfdefense. First take by Emily Ngo who is on the scene:

politico.com/live-updates/2…

Trump expected to target Alvin Bragg in campaign stop after court politico.com/live-updates/2… via Emily Ngo

The City Council Immigration Committee is holding a hearing on the experiences of Black migrants in NYC today.

Hundreds of migrants are lined up in City Hall Park hoping to get in, and there's some commotion on the steps as people are being let in.