The man who defended subway vigilante Bernard Goetz and child killer Joel Steinberg, lawyer Darnay Hoffman, killed himself in a West 70th Street apartment earlier this month. He called himself the "attorney of last resort," and his friend, James Edstrom at Times Square Gossip, wrote a tribute to him:
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Darnay Hoffman, Lawyer For Bernard Goetz & Joel Steinberg, Killed Himself
Extra, Extra
-- And Larry King throws the deuces (is this after being a witness about today's UES fire?)
Haunted New York Homes
Wired New York's forum has a collection of articles about 455 Central Park West, proving that if the building isn't haunted, its recent development history certainly is. And go to Forgotten New York for other pieces of old NYC lore.
New York Stories
Some NYC area stories Gothamist has been following:
Joel Steinberg's Release
Court TV has an extensive write-up of the Steinberg case. The Preppie Murder occured a year earlier, and the two murders painted a terrible and telling picture of New York.
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