A New York City jury has acquitted 26-year-old Daniel Penny for the 2023 death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental health issues who Penny put into a chokehold for nearly six minutes ...

Alice Gainer joined CBS News New York as a reporter and anchor in January 2013. She covers breaking, feature and general assignment stories. Penny, a 26-year-old Marine veteran, had pleaded not ...

Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, is charged in a New York state court with second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide. He is accused of fatally choking 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New ...

"It takes a lot of courage, especially in this climate in New York City, to stick up for me," Penny said of the jury's decision. "It was very courageous of them." He was facing up to 4 years in ...