Hillel Nahmad’s lawyers, Benjamin Brafman and Paul L. Shechtman, are asking that their client, a first-time offender, be permitted to avoid prison and instead operate a program that would bring young people living in a Bronx homeless shelter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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They Think They’ve Found Cervantes’ Remains
“It is believed Miguel de Cervantes, whose best known work is Don Quixote, was buried in the convent the day after his death in 1616. However the exact location of his remains is a mystery and there is no tombstone marking the spot where his remains lie.”
How To Punish A Criminal Art Dealer? Jail Or A School Art Program?
Prosecutors want the judge to send Hillel Nahmad to federal prison for 12 to 18 months for his involvement in an international gambling ring. Nahmad’s defense attorneys say he should be sentenced to paying for and running a scheme to bring Bronx schoolchildren to the Met Museum.
Street Artist Finds Himself Making A Dance For NY City Ballet
“Yes, it’s true: City Ballet is turning itself – and more than 40 members of its company – over to a man who has never choreographed before. He watched his first ballet in June. Do you hear that sound? Choreographers everywhere are eating their hearts out.”