Verena Dobnik

August 22, 2019 | New York Law Journal

"I didn't even understand at the time that this was sexual abuse; I just knew that this guy was putting his hands all over me," said Barry Singer, 61, speaking of one of the rabbis he said kept reaching into the boy's pants, even in school hallways.

By Verena Dobnik and David Klepper/The Associated Press

3 minute read

October 31, 2018 | Daily Business Review

WeWork is in the process of purchasing the Manhattan building with financial partners for a reported $850 million.

By Verena Dobnik

2 minute read

March 27, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Should the "Fearless Girl" stand up to Wall Street's charging bull forever?

By Verena Dobnik

9 minute read

October 16, 2012 | Daily Report Online

There are times when Ken Fairben, still mourning the loss of his paramedic son on 9/11, thinks he will never see the end of the complex, drawn-out legal case for the men accused in his death.

By Verena Dobnik

3 minute read

July 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - New York's attorney general charged Thursday that Tagged.com stole the identities of more than 60 million Internet users worldwide - by sending e-mails that raided their private accounts.Andrew Cuomo said he plans to sue the social networking Web site for deceptive marketing and invasion of privacy.

By VERENA DOBNIK

3 minute read

August 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - Brooke Astor's guardians say the Park Avenue socialite was not mentally competent when she signed several amendments to her will benefiting her son.The guardians, including Annette de la Renta, wife of designer Oscar de la Renta, are now asking a judge to name them co-administrators of her will - which left about half the estate to her son when she originally signed it in 1997.

By Verena Dobnik

3 minute read

February 18, 2013 | Daily Report Online

The head of the NAACP said Sunday that even some members of the New York Police Department oppose the city's policy of street stops, with mostly minorities being questioned. Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told the congregation of the Nazarene Congregational Church in Brooklyn that the civil rights group is hearing from its members who are NYPD officers.

By VERENA DOBNIK

2 minute read

March 13, 2008 | Daily Report Online

ALBANY, N.Y. AP - As Eliot Spitzer departs the governor's office in disgrace, his replacement will face political challenges in place long before the prostitution scandal that paralyzed the state Capitol.Lt. Gov David Paterson will try to heal bruised relations with lawmakers in both parties who were offended by Spitzer's confrontational leadership style.

By VERENA DOBNIK and MICHAEL GORMLEY

6 minute read

July 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online

Thousands of demonstrators from across the country — chanting, praying and fighting tears — protested a jury's decision to clear neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, and organizers say they'll try to maintain the momentum with vigils next weekend.

By Verena Dobnik

4 minute read

April 06, 2009 | Daily Report Online

NEW YORK AP - When it bought the Boston Globe for a record $1.1 billion in 1993, the New York Times Co. added one of the nation's most acclaimed and profitable newspapers to its empire.But analysts say the 137-year-old Globe has been a money-loser in recent years, and the Times, now $1.1 billion in debt, is threatening to shut down Boston's pre-eminent paper unless it gets $20 million in union concessions.

By VERENA DOBNIK

5 minute read