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LGBTQIA+ Caucus Co-Chairs Erik Bottcher and Tiffany Cabán.

Gay City News

City lawmakers introduce package of bills to safeguard TGNCNBI New Yorkers

Mayor Eric Adams.

Politics

City seeks volunteers to help with new project to make enslaved New Yorkers historical records public

Posted on February 27, 2025

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams says she’s giving ‘serious consideration’ to last-minute run

Posted on February 27, 2025

Fatherhood Initiative father and son in NYC

Politics

NYC expanding ‘Fatherhood Initiative’ to help more dads and their children live better in the Big Apple

Posted on February 27, 2025

Pro-Palestine students have reportedly forced their way into Barnard College’s Milbank Hall and have assaulted a staff member, law enforcement sources reported.

Harlem

Pro-Palestine students take over Barnard College hall, assault staff member in latest campus unrest

Posted on February 26, 2025

Mayor Adams in NYC Mayoral Race

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Mayor Adams pulls out of powerful union’s candidates’ forum at last minute

Posted on February 26, 2025

Mayor Adams at podium

Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayor Adams’ lawyer asks federal judge to drop charges ‘with prejudice,’ citing leak of Sassoon letter

Posted on February 26, 2025

Dan Bongino

QNS

Trump appoints Glendale’s Dan Bongino as FBI Deputy Director, working under fellow New Yorkers

Affordable housing in New York City

Politics

NYC’S HOUSING CRISIS: Why affordable housing really isn’t as ‘affordable’ as you think

Posted on February 25, 2025

mike lopez

QNS

Exclusive: Ridgewood priest and Hungry Monk founder Fr. Mike Lopez announces bid for Council District 30

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Politics

NYC mayoral race: Cuomo holds double-digit edge in latest poll as reports indicate he could launch campaign this weekend

Posted on February 25, 2025

NYCLASS and animal rights activists rallied outside the Criminal Courthouse calling on the city council to pass Ryder's Law. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Politics

While trial for alleged horse abuser Ian McKeever is postponed, animal rights activists demand passage of Ryder’s Law

Posted on February 25, 2025

Governor Hochul at federal meeting in Washington

Politics

Hochul tells federal workers axed by Musk and Trump ‘You’re hired’ in new state government job recruitment campaign

Posted on February 25, 2025

AG James announces DoorDash settlement on tip theft

Business

Tipping point: Doordash agrees to pay millions in unpaid tips to NY delivery workers in settlement with AG James

Posted on February 24, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks about calls for his resignation or removal

Politics

Mayor Adams dismisses cacophony of calls for his resignation or removal, charging they’re antidemocratic

Posted on February 24, 2025

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Bronx Times

Longtime Army veteran fired from Bronx VA under Trump federal workforce cuts

Protesters against NYPD gang database at City Hall

Lower Manhattan

Advocates call for NYPD gang database to be abolished as police brass call it an instrumental tool: ‘This is about oppression’

Posted on February 24, 2025

Person comes out of Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown

Asylum seeker intake and services at The Roosevelt Hotel to close, Adams says

Posted on February 24, 2025

Traffic zooms by congestion pricing cameras on the Upper East Side.

Politics

Congestion pricing: MTA announces $48.6 million in Manhattan toll revenue during first month of program

Posted on February 24, 2025

Ritchie Torres speaking

2025 Mayor’s Race

NYC mayoral race: Bronx Rep. Torres endorses former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has yet to officially jump into the primary

Posted on February 24, 2025

New Yorkers called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office at a rally in Lower Manhattan on Feb. 22, 2025.

Protesters in Manhattan repeat calls for Hochul to fire Mayor Adams days after she rules out removal ‘at this time’

Posted on February 23, 2025

Mayor Adams speaks about migrant aid

Politics

NYC sues Trump administration demanding return of $80 million in migrant funding taken in ‘money grab’

Posted on February 22, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams leaves court on Feb. 19.

Politics

Federal judge blocks dismissal of Adams’ corruption case, appoints independent attorney

Posted on February 21, 2025

Protestors protest in front of Hakeem Jeffries' office denouncing President Trump, Elon Musk and calling for a removal of Mayor Eric Adams.

Brooklyn

Protesters call on Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn to do more to resist Trump administration

Posted on February 21, 2025

The formerly incarcerated and the families of those still behind bars rallied in Midtown and Albany on Thursday to demand a deep culture reset in prisons and jails in the aftermath of the Robert Brooks beating as Governor Hochul announced the arrest of staff involved in the caught on video attack.

Midtown Manhattan

Midtown rally seeks prison culture reform as Hochul announces charges against guards in inmate Robert Brooks’ prison murder

Posted on February 20, 2025

The embattled mayor was holding a press conference inside of the Bronx’s 40th Precinct less than 24 hours after attending a court hearing on the decision of the DOJ dropping charges against him when the tense interaction unfolded.

Politics

Mayor Adams abruptly ends press conference after media questions him about Hochul, congestion pricing

Posted on February 20, 2025

Speaker Adams as a potential NYC mayoral race candidate

Politics

NYC mayoral race: Will City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams jump into the primary?

Posted on February 20, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaking about Eric Adams, congestion pricing

Politics

Hochul spares Mayor Adams from removal ‘at this time,’ seeks new checks on his power instead

Posted on February 20, 2025

accessibility

QNS

CM Selvena Brooks-Powers’ bill expands accessibility for NYC’s deaf community

Lower Manhattan protest against Elon Musk, Donald Trump

Lower Manhattan

Federal workers in Manhattan protest Elon Musk and Donald Trump cutting government jobs: ‘Delete DOGE’

Posted on February 19, 2025

Lower Manhattan rally against Mayor Adams

Mayor Adams Indictment

Crisis at City Hall: Lower Manhattan rallygoers say they have no confidence in Mayor Adams, paint bleak picture of government

Posted on February 19, 2025

Mayor Adams arrives at federal court hearing

Politics

Mayor Adams indictment: Federal judge to deliberate after hearing arguments over Trump DOJ’s motion to dismiss case

Posted on February 19, 2025

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Discusses Resignations Of 4 Deputy Mayors

QNS

Council Member Robert Holden calls for Comptroller Lander to recuse himself from mayoral discussions

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QNS

CM Williams pushes for DOI oversight of FDNY amid discrimination concerns

Protesters demand Gov. Kathy Hochul remove Mayor Eric Adams from office outside of her Midtown Manhattan office. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

Politics

Playing it safe: Hochul meets with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future – but express caution over when, or if, to seek removal

Posted on February 18, 2025

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QNS

‘We need a government New Yorkers can trust’: Queens BP Richards meets with Gov. Hochul amid City Hall crisis

City Comptroller Brad Lander.

Politics

Lander demands ‘contingency plan’ from Mayor Adams – or else – after mass deputy mayor resignations

Posted on February 18, 2025

Mayor Adams exiting from vehicle

Politics

Judge to hear Trump DOJ’s argument for dropping Adams’ charges on Wednesday

Posted on February 18, 2025

Mayor Adams at press conference

Politics

Crisis at City Hall: Hochul meeting with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future as possible removal looms

Posted on February 18, 2025

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks amid crisis surrounding Mayor Adams

Mayor Adams Indictment

Hochul to meet with city leaders Tuesday as possibility of Mayor Adams’ removal from office grows

Posted on February 17, 2025

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks about Trump

Politics

Crisis at City Hall: Speaker Adams demands mayor resign, Comptroller Lander threatens to call ‘Inability Committee’ to seek Eric Adams’ ouster

Posted on February 17, 2025

Brooklyn church members pray for Mayor Adams

Mayor Adams Indictment

Mayor Adams rallies with supporters at Brooklyn church against ‘negativity’ centered around dismissal of his federal criminal case

Posted on February 17, 2025

Thousands of New Yorkers took to the street protesting the Trump Administration on Presidents Day. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Thousands march in Manhattan on Presidents’ Day against Trump/Musk actions

Posted on February 17, 2025

Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright.

Upper East Side

Manhattan lawmaker Rebecca Seawright appointed chair of Assembly Aging Committee tackling senior issues in New York

Posted on February 17, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams and First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer.

Mayor Adams Indictment

City Hall turmoil: Four deputy mayors quitting Adams administration over mayor’s cooperation with Trump

Posted on February 17, 2025

college

QNS

Queens Senators push legislation to improve college affordability and transparency in New York

NYC activists protest to call on Hochul to oust Mayor Adams amid Trump cooperation

Politics

Under pressure: NYC activists demand Governor Hochul dump Mayor Adams as fallout over dropped charges, Trump cooperation continues

Posted on February 16, 2025

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn on Aug. 1, 2023.

Politics

‘CREEP Act’: How will this New York pol’s bill protect you from stalking?

Posted on February 16, 2025

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