NYC mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer proposes ban on donations from lobbyists, city contractors
In one of his first major policy announcements, mayoral hopeful Scott Stringer is promising he would seek to ban city ...
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Mayor Adams rolls out $114.5B budget bid that mostly avoids cuts as Trump uncertainty looms
Mayor Adams unveiled a $114.5 billion city budget proposal Thursday that largely averts spending cuts and provides several new funding ...
Hochul backs key Adams public safety reforms, but not bail reform, in NY State of the State
The public safety policies Gov. Hochul laid out in her State of the State speech Tuesday were likely music to ...
NYC Mayor Adams names two top aides to deputy mayor roles
Mayor Adams announced Monday he’s naming two top advisers to deputy mayor positions — a move that comes after one of ...
Jim Walden raises $630K in his mayoral campaign’s first reporting period
Jim Walden, a prominent New York lawyer running for mayor this year on an anti-corruption platform, raised nearly $630,000 for ...
Federal prosecutors say they’ve uncovered ‘additional criminal conduct’ by NYC Mayor Adams
Federal prosecutors who indicted Mayor Adams on corruption charges last year allege they have uncovered “additional criminal conduct” that the ...
Bracing for Trump crackdown on migrants, NYC agencies get refresher on city’s sanctuary laws
The Law Department gave city government agencies a detailed briefing Tuesday on New York’s sanctuary status laws, a move aimed ...
FDNY slams congestion pricing, warns of delayed responses and millions in overtime
As New York City ushered in its long-awaited congestion pricing plan, the FDNY sounded the alarm over what it calls ...
Adams aide Winnie Greco, ensnared in a federal probe, met often with Chinese government operatives
In the two years before FBI agents raided her homes, Winnie Greco, Mayor Adams’ longtime Asian affairs adviser, regularly met ...
NYC Mayor Adams’ legal defense returned 7 of 8 contributions from James Dolan family business
Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust returned seven of eight contributions from Madison Square Garden kingpin James Dolan’s family business within ...
Layoffs loom at NYC street homeless outreach groups due to $4M budget cut
Groups on the frontlines of New York City’s street homelessness crisis fear they’ll be forced to lay off dozens of ...
Mayor Adams denied public matching funds in significant blow to 2025 campaign effortd
The city’s Campaign Finance Board denied Mayor Adams public matching funds for his 2025 reelection run Monday, citing an ongoing ...
Feds approve letting foreign-owned entity run NYC helicopter pad after national security concerns
Federal authorities have signed off on letting a foreign-owned corporate entity run a downtown Manhattan helicopter pad that’s regularly used ...
Half of Mayor Adams’ latest matching campaign fund claims deemed ‘invalid’
Half of the claims for public matching funds that Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign submitted in the most recent reporting period ...
Adams won’t veto NYC bill barring landlords from forcing tenants to pay broker fees
A bill barring New York City landlords from forcing tenants to pay broker fees cleared a final hurdle Tuesday as ...
Judge holds NYC in contempt over worsening conditions on Rikers, says federal takeover likely
A federal judge held New York City’s government in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to improve conditions on Rikers ...
NYC Mayor Adams has not been told he’s a target of FBI Turkish campaign probe: lawyer
Mayor Adams’ top attorney at City Hall said Tuesday that neither the mayor nor anyone working in his government office ...
Mayor Adams unfazed over not being given speaking slot at DNC
Mayor Adams told reporters Tuesday he didn’t ask for a speaking slot at this week’s Democratic National Convention and that ...
FDNY marshal George Snyder, who led lithium-ion battery task force, mourned at St. Patrick’s funeral
George Snyder, an FDNY marshal who led the department’s newly formed lithium-ion battery task force, was mourned at a St. ...
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