The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in New York .
January 3 – A court in New York releases unsealed documents containing the associates list of Jeffrey Epstein to the public.[ 1]
January 4 – 2024 New York City Subway derailment
January 26 – The U.S. Justice Department finds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment. [ 3]
February 13 – 2024 New York's 3rd congressional district special election : In the U.S., Democrat Tom Suozzi wins the special election in his former seat which was vacated following the expulsion of Republican George Santos .[ 4]
February 16 – New York civil investigation of The Trump Organization : Former U.S. president Donald Trump is fined over $350 million by the New York Supreme Court and temporarily barred from business in New York as a result of The Trump Organization 's financial fraud.[ 5]
March 7 – New York State Governor Kathy Hochul deploys 750 national guard troops to the New York City subways to counter crime and a recent spike in violent assaults.[ 6]
March 8 – Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty of drug trafficking charges in a federal court in New York.[ 7]
April 19 – Self-immolation of Maxwell Azzarello : A man fatally sets himself on fire near the New York City courthouse where former president Donald Trump was on trial .[ 8]
April 20 – American college students plan demonstrations in solidarity with pro-Palestinian Columbia University protesters arrested in New York City .[ 9]
April 25 – The New York Court of Appeals overturns former American film producer Harvey Weinstein 's 2020 conviction in the state for rape by a vote of 4–3, and orders a new trial. However, Weinstein will still remain in prison on a 2022 conviction in California for rape.[ 10]
May 6 – The 2024 Met Gala takes place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City with the theme "The Garden of Time", celebrating the Met's exhibit Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion [ 11]
May 10 – Academic staff of The New School in New York City hold the first faculty -led Pro-Palestinian solidarity encampment in the United States.[ 12]
May 15 – Federal prosecutors in New York City charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud , and conspiracy to commit money laundering , after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency .[ 13]
May 30 – Former president of the United States Donald Trump is found guilty by a jury on all 34 felony counts relating to falsifying business records , becoming the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime.[ 14]
May 31 – Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy parts of the Brooklyn Museum in New York City.[ 15]
June 26 – 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in New York :
June 28 – Four people are killed and nine others are injured when a minivan crashes into a nail salon in Deer Park , Long Island .[ 17]
July 2 – Former New York City Mayor and lawyer Rudy Giuliani is disbarred in the State of New York for his efforts in attempting to overturn the 2020 election .[ 18]
July 4 – Three people are killed and seven others are injured when a pickup truck is driven into a crowd celebrating Independence Day in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City .[ 19]
September 2 –
September 6 – New York Supreme Court justice Juan Merchan postpones former U.S. president Donald Trump 's sentencing in his criminal case until after Election Day on November 5.[ 22]
September 25 – New York Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following a corruption investigation, becoming the first mayor of New York City to face criminal charges while in office.[ 23]
October 14 – Over 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators against American involvement in Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip , many from Jewish Voice for Peace , are arrested outside of the New York Stock Exchange for attempting to block it.[ 24]
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