Trump Org. found guilty of 17 felonies; SantaCon NYC knows it has image problem; and more.

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Tuesday December 6, 2022 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [SantaCon NYC knows it's on the naughty list]( [A photo of thousands of Santacon revelers in Manhattan last year]( [Don’t call it a pub crawl.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time as he pauses while speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. The Trump Organization was found guilty of several counts of tax fraud.]( [Trump Organization guilty of 17 felonies, Manhattan jury finds]( [Two companies that bear the former president’s name were found to have run a 13-year scheme to defraud the government of tax revenue.]( [City Comptroller Brad Lander says the city does not have enough municipal employees in "critical positions."]( [NYC comptroller says Adams has ‘exacerbated’ widespread city worker vacancies]( [In one of the most dramatic examples, the comptroller’s report found a nearly 47% vacancy rate in the city’s Department of Social Services’ Child Support Services division, which administers programs that impact one in seven New Yorkers under 18.]( [A budding magnolia tree in Prospect Park in December 2022.]( [Prospect Park's magnolia trees are budding in December. Here's why.]( [“It’s unusual,” one expert on hardy woody plants tells Gothamist, “but it’s very normal.”]( [Police say a 25-year-old man fired a BB gun at a 35-year-old man and 7-year-old boy in front of a kosher market in the Meiers Corners section of Staten Island.]( [Suspect in Staten Island BB gun attack charged with hate crime]( [Both victims were wearing traditional religious Jewish clothing while standing in front of the store, officials say.]( [Mayor Eric Adams, standing behind a podium inside City Hall, announces the appointments of Sheena Wright, standing on the right, who will serve as first deputy mayor, and Camille Joseph Varlack, standing on the left, and who will serve as chief of staff for Adams.]( [NYC Mayor Adams names replacements for top posts as he ends first year in office]( [Adams appointed Sheena Wright as first deputy mayor and Camille Joseph Varlack as chief of staff.]( [NYPD sections off the scene of a shooting where shots were fired from a car that was driving on the Lower East Side on February 16th. A 57 year old woman who was an innocent bystander was struck in the buttocks.]( [Murders, shootings down in NYC since 2021, but other crimes rose sharply, per police data]( [“That's something to be concerned about,” a retired NYPD sergeant tells Gothamist.]( [A painting of several red-brick storefronts.]( [Mapping Edward Hopper's NYC reveals a century of gentrification]( [A new interactive map designed by the Whitney Museum of American Art, showing the locations of paintings by Edward Hopper featured in a current exhibition, illuminates a changing city.]( [School children in the classroom]( [New survey highlights NYC Asian voices that favor school integration]( [The findings aim to counter a ‘wedge’ issue seen as dividing Asian Americans and Black and Latino Americans.]( [a person covered in pigeons]( [Extra Extra: Pete Davidson is selling his Staten Island love shack]( [Because this place has probably hosted more extremely famous guests than any other unit on Staten Island, here are your end-of-day links: Revisiting the burglarized bishop saga, Tampa police chief caught riding dirty in a golf cart, cork is an elite material and more.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.