Ben Fractenberg
By Ben Fractenberg
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Fast Forward Michael Cohen Woes Deepen As Pal Of ‘Taxi King’ Flips
The former chief financial officer for Evgeny “Taxi King” Freidman pleaded guilty Thursday to helping the Michael Cohen-connected cab manager steal $5 million in unpaid MTA surcharges, officials said. Andreea Dumitru, 43, and Freidman hid millions in unpaid taxes through filing false returns from 2012 through 2016, according to the New York State Attorney General’s…
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Fast Forward De Blasio Hoped To Use Israel Trip For ‘Bulletproofness’ From Tabloids: Emails
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s 2015 trip to Israel was not as bulletproof as he first thought. De Blasio, under fire at the time from local news outlets, first broached the subject of a visit to the Jewish state as part of a summer 2015 family excursion that included speaking at the Vatican,…
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News Hundreds of Students, Parents Sign Letter Supporting Beacon School Gaza Tribute
Hundreds of current and former students and parents signed a letter in support of a controversial moment of silence at Manhattan’s elite Beacon School for Palestinians killed during Gaza protests. The letter, which had gained about 200 signatures according to one organizer with a child in the ninth grade, came more than a week after…
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News Simcha Felder Wins Orthodox Backing In Feud With Cuomo And Democrats
Brooklyn Orthodox leaders backed Sen. Simcha Felder in his increasingly nasty feud with Democratic leaders, branding party bosses “wild animals” after they moved Wednesday to back his primary opponent and kick him out of the party. Boro Park Orthodox leader Yosef Rapaport said Democrats and Gov. Andrew Cuomo will only drive Jewish voters away by…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Michael Cohen’s Trump Org Emails Tied To Crooked ‘Taxi King’
Michael Cohen’s use of his Trump Organization email to conduct his taxi business has become more legally significant after his former medallion manager, Evgeny Freidman, agreed to work with federal prosecutors as part of a plea deal, according to experts and reports. That’s because public records obtained exclusively by the Forward show that Cohen used…
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News Cynthia Nixon Must Address Issues Like Yeshiva Funding To Woo Orthodox Voters
Cynthia Nixon will have to address some hot-button statewide issues like funding and oversight of yeshivas if she is to make inroads with more religiously conservative and Orthodox Jewish voters, leaders and experts told the Forward. Nixon, who is raising two Jewish sons and belongs to pro-LGBT synagogue Beit Simchat Torah, announced in March her…
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Fast Forward Laura Moser Loses By 2-1 Margin In Bellwether Texas Primary
Activist Laura Moser lost in a landslide to rival Democrat Lizzie Pannill Fletcher in a suburban Houston congressional district that could portend the direction of the party ahead of the midterm elections. Progressives had rallied around Moser, who is Jewish and has written for the Forward, after she endured an opposition research dump by her…
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News Laura Moser Primary Fight Is Marquee Matchup For Texas Democrats
Laura Moser hopes to ride a wave of progressive voters to victory in a suburban Houston congressional district Tuesday, while her opponent is making outreach to disaffected moderates her main calling card. The down-to-the-wire primary race between Moser and attorney Lizzie Pannill Fletcher is one of several high-stakes primary battles that between those who want…
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