George Santos heads to court less than 24 hours after GOP moved to expel him

Also, we now know who paid for Hochul’s Israel trip — you did. [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [George Santos heads to court less than 24 hours after GOP moved to expel him]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ☁️ Cloudy and unseasonably warm, with highs around 80. It's Friday in New York, where Rep. George Santos is back in court — and on the verge of losing his job. On Thursday, fellow New York Republican Rep. Anthony D’Esposito [introduced a resolution to expel Santos from Congress](. If two thirds of the House votes to remove Santos, he's out. Meanwhile, the first-term congressman is set to appear in federal court on Long Island today to be [arraigned on 23 charges]( including identity theft, credit card fraud and conspiracy. Here's what else is happening: - We now know who paid for Gov. Hochul’s Israel trip. [You did](. - Central Park's Wollman ice rink is somehow going to [open to the public tomorrow](. (The forecast calls for a high of 81.) - An NYPD tow truck driver [hit and killed a 7-year-old boy]( who was crossing the street in Brooklyn Thursday morning, according to police. - NYC Transit's president is speaking out about violence towards transit staff after a Staten Island bus rider allegedly [punched an MTA fare enforcement worker in the face]( yesterday. - A Manhattan jury has convicted a doctor of second-degree manslaughter after prosecutors said he [used his wife as a test subject]( and gave her fatal doses of a mineral supplement to treat her chronic illness. - Police confirmed that [students were not in serious danger]( during a pro-Palestinian protest at Cooper Union on Wednesday, after multiple news outlets initially reported Jewish students were "barricaded" in the library. - More than 2,000 people have so far filed lawsuits ahead of [the Nov. 23rd deadline]( for New York's Adult Survivors Act, a law that gives anyone who says they were sexually abused a one-time opportunity to file civil suits long after the statute of limitations has expired. - A New York City correction officer was sentenced this week to between three-and-a-half and 10-and-a-half years in prison for [accidentally shooting and killing his friend]( in 2018, just days after attending a gun safety class. - The 38-year-old man who [fell on the subway tracks]( at the 8th St-NYU station and got trapped under a W train for 30 minutes yesterday is in stable condition. - A notorious New York City landlord known for [turning empty rent-stabilized apartments into illegal hotels]( and letting mushrooms sprout from the walls of tenants’ crumbling apartments is facing more than $4 million in penalties — a sum renters say still won’t be enough to actually fix their problems. - "There are going to be 40 people who want to live in the Flatiron Building": With the market for office space in the dumps, the new owner of the historic Flatiron Building is [converting it into luxury condos](. - A dog in the New York City Department of Correction K9 unit died this week after he was found unresponsive inside a department vehicle on Rikers Island, marking t[he second dog death on Rikers in just over three years](. - The Central Park Conservancy's Fall Luncheon [was a scene](. - A Westchester man was arrested this week after police pulled him over in his swastika-covered Volkswagen and [found a loaded semi-automatic gun inside](. - Timothy Pearson, the adviser to Mayor Eric Adams who's currently under investigation for roughing up an employee at a migrant shelter, was previously [convicted by the NYPD of impeding an internal investigation]( into alleged domestic abuse. - The brass Robert E. 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