Elliot Williams: Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation

Join the NYS Writers Institute for a conversation with Elliot Williams, CNN legal analyst and author of the new book Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York's Explosive '80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation (2026).

A sought-after commentator on electoral justice, civil rights, race relations and other political, legal and cultural issues, Williams previously served as a federal prosecutor and senior official at the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security.

Free and open to the public.

Books will be available for sale. A signing will follow the conversation.

Cosponsored by the Journalism Program of the University at Albany Department of Communication and the Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21st Century Project of the School of Criminal Justice.