The morning of
The scene outside Madison Square Garden Friday morning. Credit: Newsday/David Olson
Much of the area around Madison Square Garden and Penn Station is blocked off, and some entrances to Penn are closed. Pedestrians are asking police for tips to get through.
Camera crew in position Friday morning. Credit: Newsday/David Olson
David Olson covers health care. He has worked at Newsday since 2015 and previously covered immigration, multicultural issues and religion at The Press-Enterprise in Southern California.
'Democrats say this is a misuse of taxpayer funds' Nassau Republicans awarded over $1 million in taxpayer-funded legal contracts to the one-man law firm of Sheharyar Ali, a longtime GOP ally. Ali's father is an adviser to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. NewsdayTV's Ken Buffa and Newsday Nassau County politics reporter Bahar Ostadan have the story.
