robert morgenthau
Home of longest-serving DA in NYC who battled the mafia asks $3.2M
Morgenthau purchased the co-op, located at 64 E. 86th St., with his wife and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Lucinda Franks, in 1996, and remained there until his death.
Novelist’s late son charged in baby’s drug death was involved in notorious 1996 Club Kid murder
Inside the wild life and shocking death of Paul Auster's son Daniel, who was involved in the notorious 1996 Club Kid Killing and the death of his own daughter.
Justice Sotomayor remembers former DA Robert Morgenthau as 'a treasure' at funeral
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was among hundreds to bid farewell Thursday to legendary Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau, who died over the weekend less than two weeks before his...
Bob Morgenthau's decades of service made NYC a far better place
Robert Morgenthau, who died Sunday at age 99, was Manhattan DA for 34 years — not only setting the record for the city’s longest-serving prosecutor but, in the words of...
At 99 years old, Robert Morgenthau lives to see justice
Robert Morgenthau — Manhattan’s former DA and US attorney — is a busy man. A lawyer and philanthropist, his schedule is tight with luncheons, meetings with associates, fundraising galas and...
A look at notorious mother-son killers 20 years later
Irene Silverman did not like Kenneth Kimes. The wealthy widow watched on the closed-circuit monitor of her Upper East Side townhouse as her gangly young tenant snuck across the marble...
Legendary US attorney recalls when Nixon pressured him to resign
When Richard Nixon took office in 1969, he, too, went gunning for holdover US attorneys. Just as now, Manhattan’s US attorney was asked to resign. And just as now, he...
Sheldon Silver a ‘grubber’ who played games with his money
ALBANY — There’s a little known anecdote about Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver that reveals a lot about why the state’s second-most powerful Democrat is facing five federal corruption charges that...
A legendary Manhattan DA's wife recalls their long relationship
Billionaire cosmetics magnate and noted philanthropist Ronald Lauder wasn’t exactly the picture of charity during a run-in with then Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau in 1998. Lauder, then chairman of...