“What happened was we had ... my wife is an artist and I am an artist and we had a quarrel about the fact that I was more, eh, exposed to the public than she was and she went to the bedroom and I went after her and she went out of the window”
Originally published March 29, 1988
“Most of the Harlem people I talk to grow quiet when I mention Gross’s name, except to make it clear that they don’t know anything, don’t know anyone who knows anything, and wish I wouldn’t pursue the story.”
Originally published October 11, 1976
“A dark pouting model, Diane Delia was the apex of a love triangle at whose base were her accused killers Robert Ferrara and Robyn Arnold.”
Originally published October 5, 1982
“The intense public interest surrounding this case now extends beyond the early prurient reactions, beyond the photogenic face of Robert Chambers, beyond the upscale setting. The death of Jennifer Levin touched a nerve, particularly after the defense began trying to excuse it”
Originally published October 27, 1987
“On April 4th, 1973, Outlaw walked past the ticket booth at Steeplechase Park and joined the Homicides youth gang… Sporting black gaucho hats, motorcycle boots, and earrings, the gang carved out a turf from Stillwell Avenue to West 31st Street.”
Originally published February 21, 1977
“Adam Berwid was the living converse of a Kesey nightmare: a criminally insane man whom the system was not reluctant, but anxious, to release.”
Originally published February 25, 1980
For decades cops have found the Asian community inscrutable — with lethal consequences. Can they change?
Originally published February 28, 1995
“It would be no exaggeration to call the ’80s the decade of Crime as Entertainment. An epoch where fascination with ‘reality’ permeated every nook and crevice of television.”
Originally published January 2, 1990
“It will take more than a few gambling raids to shake the historical forces at work in Chinatown today. The Mott Street gangs are back. This is the story of who controls that street, and how they got there.”
Originally published January 31, 1977
“There is no more talk of a few rotten apples in the barrel. It is the barrel that is rotten. The only trouble is that we are all still inside it, and the Knapp Commission has not told us how to get out.”
January 25, 2020