Two men appear in federal court in FIT student death case

CBS New York's report details the indictment over a student's death and a classmate's near-fatal poisoning, with trial scheduled for March.

Channel: CBS New York Story of October 29, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 417,569 views a day, 154 times a normal first day on this channel (2,705).

2 men charged in drugging death, rape of student at FIT appear before judge

CBS New York reporter Lisa Rozner covered a federal court appearance Wednesday in a case that left one Fashion Institute of Technology student dead and another critically poisoned. Two men appeared before a judge after being indicted on federal charges the previous week.

The report describes prosecutors' allegations that fentanyl supplied by one defendant to the other resulted in the student's death in March and her classmate's near-fatal poisoning. Rozner also outlines allegations in the indictment that one victim was raped while incapacitated and that medical help was delayed. These are charges awaiting trial, which the report says is scheduled for March 2027.

The short report reached about 166,000 views in its first six hours, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for Shorts.

Alongside the courthouse reporting, Rozner includes a fellow FIT student's appeal: "I hope they realize that there's a lot of us, um, waiting for justice."

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The numbers

The court report drew substantially more views in its opening hours than a CBS New York Short usually receives in a full first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,705

this video

417,569

subscribers

1,200,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,517,900,149

views per day

921,519

typical day: 546,094

the video

views

165,702

likes

886

comments

328

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

FOX 11 Los Angeles

1,370,000

CBS New York

1,200,000

CBS LA

1,160,000

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

1,080,000

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

1,020,000

FOX 5 New York

1,010,000

As of October 29, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.