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Collins Enters Plea

To Revised Charges

U.S. Rep. Chris Collins appeared

in federal court in Manhattan on

Thursday, where he pleaded not

guilty to a revised indictment out-

lining what prosecutors called an

insider-trading scheme.

Prosecutors accuse the west-

ern New York Republican of pass-

ing a confidential tip to his son,

Cameron Collins, so he could sell

shares of an Australian biotechnol-

ogy company before the public

disclosure of a failed drug trial.

Stephen Zarsky, the father of

Cameron Collins’s fiancée at the

time, also is charged. Both Mr.

Zarsky and Cameron Collins

pleaded not guilty Thursday.

In a letter to the judge last

month, prosecutors said the nar-

rowedindictment removed refer-

ences to conduct that Chris Collins

contends is protected by the U.S.

Constitution’s Speech and Debate

Clause, which protects statements

made by members of Congress

during legislative activities. Law-

yers for Mr. Collins indicated

Thursday that they believe Speech

and Debate issues remain in the

case. A trial is set for February.

—Corinne Ramey

CONNECTICUT

Estranged Husband

Enters New Plea

The estranged husband of a

Connecticut mother of five who

has been missing for nearly four

months has pleaded not guilty

to a new charge of tampering

with evidence. Fotis Dulos, of

Farmington, who remains free

on bail, entered the plea Thurs-

day in Norwalk Superior Court.

New Canaan mother Jennifer

Dulos went missing May 24 and

hasn’t been seen since.

Fotis Dulos and his girlfriend,

Michelle Troconis, were charged

in June with tampering with evi-

dence and hindering prosecution

in connection with Jennifer Du-

los’s disappearance. Police allege

they discarded items containing

Jennifer Dulos’s blood and per-

formed other coverup actions.

They pleaded not guilty.

—Associated Press

NEW JERSEY

Train Engineer in Fatal

Crash Gets Job Back

The NJ Transit engineer in-

volved in the deadly 2016 Hobo-

ken train crash is getting his job

back. Thomas Gallagher won his

arbitration case after he was

fired following the crash that

killed a woman walking through

the station and injured 108. Au-

thorities said he blacked out due

to an undiagnosed sleep disorder.

NJ Transit spokeswoman

Nancy Snyder said the agency

opposed his reinstatement and

“can and will restrict his duty to

non-passenger trains.”

—Associated Press

until now.

“It becomes harder to of-

fer smaller martinis because

then you’re looked at as be-

ing cheap,” Mr. Wondrich

said.

But these days, drinking

establishments increasingly

have found themselves re-

sponding to demand for

lower-alcohol options, to say

nothing of the growing inter-

est in alcohol-free “mock-

tails.” There are even alcohol-

free “bars” popping up in

New York City.

The mini-martini move-

ment has spread beyond the

martini—or at least the tradi-

tional gin or vodka version.

At Paper Daisy in the East

Village, a mini espresso mar-

tini is now featured on the

brunch menu. And at Don An-

gie in the West Village, a va-

riety of smaller sips are con-

cocted, including the Nonna’s

Little Nip with Campari,

grapefruit juice and Prosecco.

Not everyone is aboard the

mini bandwagon, however.

Matthew Conway, beverage

director at Restaurant Marc

Forgione in Tribeca, said

smaller cocktails wouldn’t ap-

peal to the crowd that fre-

quents the restaurant, which

often emphasizes hearty fare.

His martinis are solid pours

of at least 4 ounces.

“If you’re going to go out

and have a drink, you should

have a drink,” Mr. Conway

said.

Actor Roger Moore posed with a martini in 1972, celebrating his

role as secret agent James Bond in the movie ‘Live and Let Die.’

ASSOCIATED PRESS

DON ANGIE

onies. The program is oper-

ated in a public-private part-

nership between the NYPD and

the New York City Police

Foundation.

Until now, most Crime

Stoppers tips have been gener-

ated through calls to the pro-

gram’s hotline, 1-800-577-

TIPS. Many tips come in

reaction to requests for infor-

mation on crimes from the

NYPD, including images of sus-

pects circulated in the news

media.

The new CS-NYC app, which

is available for both Apple iOS

and Android devices, expands

the system’s capability by al-

lowing users to send video and

photos in addition to text.

The app offers total ano-

nymity to users, who are iden-

tified only by numerical code,

police officials said. The CS-

NYC app cost less than $3,

to create because it was

mostly built using existing

technology, they said.

The NYPD’s new app could

be a powerful tool for the de-

partment, said Eugene O’Don-

nell, a professor of law and

police studies at Manhattan’s

John Jay College of Criminal

Justice.

“It’s policing 101 that one of

law enforcement’s strongest

tools is the community,” Mr.

O’Donnell said. “Anything that

helps police access that infi-

nite amount of information is

potentially promising.”

The New York Police De-

partment released a new mo-

bile-phone app on Thursday

that members of the public can

use to send anonymous tips.

The NYPD’s free app, known

as CS-NYC, is based on the de-

partment’s Crime Stoppers

program, in which a toll-free

telephone line and an internet-

based form-submission system

allow people to provide infor-

mation on crimes anony-

mously.

Calls to the Crime Stoppers

tip line have helped solve

more than 5,600 violent

crimes, including more than

1,400 murders and attempted

murders, according to the

NYPD. In 2019 alone, the pro-

gram has netted about 3,

tips, officials said.

At a news conference, NYPD

Chief of Detectives Dermot

Shea said he hopes the new

app will generate even more

information for investigations.

“When we really connect to

the public, and get more and

more people involved, get the

store owners involved, the

parents, the people that live

and work in the communities,

we are unstoppable,” Chief

Shea said.

Founded in 1983, Crime

Stoppers offers rewards of up

to $2,500 for anonymous in-

formation that leads to arrests

and indictments in violent fel-

BYBENCHAPMAN

NYPD Launches App

For Public to Send Tips

Cocktail lovers take note:

Your martini may be shrink-

ing.

A number of New York

City bars and restaurants are

offering drinks in smaller

sizes. In particular, they are

touting the mini martini as

the next big thing on the

cocktail scene and selling the

perennially popular drink in

versions that are about half

the common pour of 3.

ounces or more.

The idea, bar operators

say, is that today’s customer

often wants to drink in mod-

eration, particularly on week-

nights.

Those customers, however,

aren’t willing to forgo their

martini altogether.

The mini version is “some-

thing less alcoholic but

highly elegant,” said Ryan

Gavin, bar manager at Peppi’s

Cellar, a Nolita establishment

that serves an Italian-in-

spired 1.5-ounce martini for

$4 strictly as a happy-hour

special.

A full-size version, with

3.5 ounces, runs $8 during

happy hour and $16 at other

times.

This doesn’t mean that

customers stop at one drink,

operators say. If anything,

the mini martini is almost

designed to invite patrons to

have another, but still keep

their revelry in check.

“It brings back the three-

martini lunch, but in a differ-

ent way,” said Salvatore Ta-

furi, bar director at the

Loyal, a West Village estab-

lishment.

The Loyal offers a 2.5-

ounce martini during happy

hour for $10.

At the Morgan Café at the

Morgan Library & Museum,

the mini martini can be or-

dered only as part of a trio, a

$14 menu item playfully

billed as the Three-Martini

Lunch. It features three 2-

ounce offerings of the drink,

with each garnished in a dif-

ferent way.

“Guests feel they’re enjoy-

ing three different cocktails

without a sense of excess,”

said Patricia Japngie, an op-

erations director with Res-

taurant Associates, the hospi-

tality company that manages

the Morgan’s food-and-bever-

age program.

In some ways, the interest

in the mini martini also

speaks to the ever-burgeon-

ing interest in pre-Prohibi-

tion drinks, said David Won-

drich, a cocktail expert and

historian.

When the martini first be-

came popular in the late 19th

century, it was generally of-

fered in pours smaller than 3

ounces, Mr. Wondrich said.

That started to change over

time, particularly during the

post-World War II “Mad

Men” era of heavier drinking,

he noted.

The trend has been diffi-

cult to reverse—at least up

BYCHARLESPASSY

Smaller Drinks

In the Mix at

Some Bars

Ryan Gavin mixes a drink at Peppi’s Cellar, where a 1.5-ounce martini sells for $4 at happy hour.

Top left, Nonna’s Little Nip—Campari, grapefruit juice and Prosecco—is served at Don Angie.

SARAH BLESENER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

The mini martini is

the toast of the

cocktail scene in

New York City.

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