Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro placed a full page ad in the Staten Island Advance blasting Staten Island D.A. Daniel Donovan. Molinaro called the trial and the sentencing of his 18-year-old grandson Steven to 5 years in jail a "miscarriage of justice." In 2006, Steven was arrested for beating up a 14-year-old Staten Island Advance paper boy and, this year, Molinaro was accused of violating an order of protection and driving down the paper......

The folks at the Observer outdid themselves this week: Gothamist nearly choked on our breakfast when we saw the illustration of 85 year-old Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau on the homepage. The picture accompanies a story about Morgenthau's potentially tough reelection this fall, after thirty years as D.A. (and the story is called "Is Morgy Cyborgy?"), and his efforts to reach out to voters, like going to clubs like XL to meet his supporters. Morgenthau......

A Sutton Place apartment building discovered that a favorite doorman was robbing tenants' apartments during the day. Residents of 434 East 52nd Street were shocked to learn that one of their favorite doormen, Edgardo Rodriguez, was behind a number of building robberies. He was found out when one tenant had installed video cameras in his apartment and saw Rodriquez "rifling through his belongings and trying to disable the one surveillance camera." Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau......

After years and years of attempts asking NY State to do so, the State has voted to reduce the harsh sentences from the Rockefeller drug laws. The laws won't be totally repealed, but the sentences for drug crimes will drop from 15 years-life to 8-20 years. A lot of the criticism towards NY's drug laws stems from the fact that many of the people sentenced were non-violent offenders, with their crimes being a first-offense (many......