Ben Kochman is a Senior Court Reporter at the New York Post. He covers a wide range of legal sagas unfolding in New York’s federal and state courthouses, with a focus on crime and justice, the judicial system, and white-collar crime. Ben has been featured in outlets such as Sky News Australia, Herald Sun, and Yahoo News UK.
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Ben's coverage primarily focuses on evolving stories, breaking news, legal policy regulation within the context of entertainment news, government & politics, and real estate industry in New York City. He extensively covers high-profile legal cases and political developments with a local focus.
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By: Kyle Schnitzer, Ben Kochman, Matt Troutman
Luigi Mangione’s lawyers called the cold-blooded slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a “single, tragic event.”
By: Kyle Schnitzer, Ben Kochman, Matt Troutman
Admitted killer Luigi Mangione revealed Friday that he posed as an investor to United Healthcare as part of his sick murder scheme.
By: Kyle Schnitzer, Natalie O Neill
Switch between CA and NY editions here. The sobbing widow of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson came face-to-face with her husband's
By: Ben Kochman, Kyle Schnitzer, Matt Troutman
Luigi Mangione confessed to the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday, pleading guilty to federal charges as the slain executive's widow wept silently in the courtroom gallery.
By: Ben Kochman
Luigi Mangione's state murder trial won't start next month as planned — as he tries to avoid it entirely in light of his surprise guilty plea in his federal case.
Ghislaine Maxwell's long-shot bid to overturn her sex crimes conviction was soundly rejected Tuesday — by a judge who ripped Jeffrey Epstein's notorious madam for filing a “rambling” motion from prison.
By: Matthew Fischetti, Ben Kochman
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday unveiled a new program to fast track “critical” claims in housing court — the latest “anti-landlord” move from the democratic socialist darling, critics railed.
By: Ben Kochman, Larry Celona
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused head plotter, and three of his alleged co-conspirators have been held at the Cuba military base since 2003 in the long-delayed case.
By: Larry Celona, Ben Kochman
Head plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s 2007 statements made to investigators were not voluntarily given, trial judge Lt. Col. Michael Schrama found in a bombshell ruling.
By: Ben Kochman, Larry Celona
A military judge on Friday threw out a key confession made by the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks — in a major blow to the feds that could derail the already long-delayed case.
