Bid to extradite Harvey Weinstein to California fought by NYC prosecutors

Anusha Bayya and Thomas Tracy | New York Daily News

Harvey Weinstein appeared in a Queens courtroom Thursday morning as prosecutors fought an extradition request to send him back to California following the stunning overturning of his New York rape and sex assault conviction.

California authorities have requested that New York City law enforcement officials bring the disgraced media mogul, 72, back to the West Coast, where he is facing additional sex abuse charges.

“With the New York case against Weinstein overturned...