Kataib Hezbollah, a hard-line Iraqi militia linked to Iran, held Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, hostage for more than two years.
The two men face federal charges of planning a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State.
Jihad al-Shamie, who attacked a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, called the emergency services during the attack to claim responsibility.
For many middle- and working-class New Yorkers, it’s an even more distant possibility than it used to be.