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Harlem City Council Member Yusef Salaam

Harlem

Harlem Council Member Yusef Salaam pulls out of Mayor Adams’ police ride-along after getting stopped by cop

Posted on January 27, 2024

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and the legislature

Politics

‘How Many Stops Act’: City Council set to vote Tuesday to override Mayor Adams’ veto of police reporting bill

Posted on January 27, 2024

Cuomo

Politics

Justice Department settlement finds Cuomo created ‘sexually hostile’ environment for at least 13 women

Posted on January 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

‘The gain must match the pain’: Pols demand ‘full upgrade’ of G train during planned shutdown

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Politics

Adams wants to tackle social media’s negative effects on youth — advising restrictions, fostering conversations

Posted on January 26, 2024

Mayor Adams announces gender equity plan

Politics

Closing the gap: Mayor Adams details $43M ‘action plan’ to boost women and gender equity

Posted on January 25, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul

Politics

War on hate crimes: Hochul launches massive effort to stop bias-motivated attacks on New Yorkers

Posted on January 25, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

City to invest $100M in new Climate Innovation Hub at the Brooklyn Army Terminal

Congressman Goldman and Brooklyn beep sat down with gun violence survivors for a roundtable discussion.

Brooklyn Paper

Gun violence survivors unite at Brooklyn roundtable to advocate for local, federal solutions

Protesters at Mayor Adams State of the City address

Bronx

State of the City | Protesters deliver Mayor Adams an airing of explicit grievances in the Bronx

Posted on January 24, 2024

Mayor Adams delivers State of the City address

Politics

State of the City | Mayor Adams touts his halftime record during address in the Bronx

Posted on January 24, 2024

E-bike passing Manhattan

State of the City | Adams admin seeks to launch ‘Department of Sustainable Delivery’ to regulate micro-mobility

Posted on January 24, 2024

Mayor Adams speaks about How Many Stops Act

Politics

False support? Mayor Adams alleges some City Council members backed How Many Stops Act despite privately opposing it

Posted on January 23, 2024

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks about How Many Stops Act

Mayor Adams-City Council feud over How Many Stops Act police accountability bill spills into press conference tug-of-war

Posted on January 23, 2024

George Santos

LI Press

Two New Lawyers Join George Santos Defense Team; No Plea Deal Yet

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Politics

Speaker Adams slams mayor’s 60-day shelter limit for migrant families as ‘cruel’ and ‘counterproductive’

Posted on January 22, 2024

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul declares Feb. 13 special election for Bronx Assembly seat

Haley hopes to stop Trump’s march to nomination in New Hampshire: ‘America does not do coronations’

Posted on January 22, 2024

Program to wipe out medical debt will help New Yorkers afford health care

Health

NYC to wipe out medical debt for 500,000 New Yorkers under new program

Posted on January 22, 2024

Politics

Ron DeSantis drops out of Republican presidential race after campaign flops, endorses Trump

Posted on January 21, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about purported solitary confinement ban

Politics

‘Sleight of hand’? Mayor Adams says ‘solitary confinement’ ban proponents engaged in misinformation to push bill through City Council

Posted on January 21, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams vetoed How Many Stops Act

Politics

Mayor Eric Adams vetoes NYPD transparency legislation, setting stage for Council showdown

Posted on January 19, 2024

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams

Politics

Council Speaker Adams changes some committee leaderships seeking ‘new energy’; others say it’s politics as usual

Posted on January 18, 2024

Former City Comptroller Scott Stringer

Politics

Former city Comptroller Scott Stringer launches committee to explore 2025 mayoral bid against Eric Adams

Posted on January 18, 2024

Mayor Adams at Parks opening on Staten Island

Politics

Proposed budget cuts to Parks Department will result in youth, forestry programs getting timbered, advocates fear

Posted on January 17, 2024

Italian

LI Press

Tom Suozzi Blasts Mazi Pilip Campaign’s Usage of Anti-Italian Slur

Mayor Eric Adams

Mayor Adams’ $109B preliminary budget restores funding to some agencies, but still contains broad cuts

Posted on January 16, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed spending $2.4 billion on migrants.

Politics

Hochul proposes $2.4 billion to deal with migrant crisis in new budget vision

Posted on January 16, 2024

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Bronx Times

Mixed support so far in the Bronx for City of Yes economic initiative

Ritchie Torres

Bronx Times

Bronx Rep. Torres touts affordable housing dub in now-failed Signature Bank loan sale

Election results tell you who won and lost. AP VoteCast tells you why

Posted on January 16, 2024

Harlem

Continuing MLK’s legacy: New York leaders honor civil rights icon while taking aim at far right at Harlem celebration

Posted on January 15, 2024

NYC's public libraries

NYC’s public libraries spared from more cuts, Mayor Adams says — but budget ax set to fall elsewhere Tuesday

Posted on January 15, 2024

Migrants at respite center in Manhattan

Politics

Curfew to be imposed at four NYC migrant ‘respite centers,’ City Hall confirms

Posted on January 15, 2024

Migrants help at Brooklyn community garden on MLK Day weekend

Brooklyn

Good works for MLK Day Weekend: Brooklyn migrants, volunteers give back at greenspace

Posted on January 14, 2024

Migrants arrive on bus at Port Authority Bus Terminal

Politics

Op-ed | NYC’s lawsuit aims to stop Texas governor’s cruel migrant game

Posted on January 14, 2024

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Adams backpedals on cuts to Community Schools, student summer program

Posted on January 12, 2024

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QNS

Senator Addabbo backs game-changing bill to close legal loophole on drug-impaired driving in New York

Mayor Adams announces budget cutback reversals for trash program

More budget backtracks: Mayor Adams reverses cuts to NYC litter baskets, Parks work program

Posted on January 11, 2024

Gov. Kathy Hochul, joined by the state's Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan, announced "sweeping investments" in mental health services, especially for youth, in a press conference on Jan. 11, 2023.

Bronx Times

Gov. Hochul announces $50M to expand inpatient mental health care

Donald Trump at civil fraud trial

Lower Manhattan

Trump civil fraud trial: Judge gets bomb threat at Long Island home as ex-president rants about false ‘election interference’

Posted on January 11, 2024

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Politics

Mayor partially restores police and fire budget cuts, brings migrant cost estimate down

Posted on January 10, 2024

Protesters rally against the mayor's plan to evict migrants from shelters after 60 days.

Politics

Migrant crisis: 70% of New Yorkers support ‘right-to-shelter’ mandate, poll finds

Posted on January 10, 2024

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Adams appears confident he’ll get more migrant help from Albany, even as Hochul barely mentions influx in annual speech

Posted on January 10, 2024

Politics

Hunter Biden makes surprise visit to Capitol Hill as GOP takes a first step to hold him in contempt

Posted on January 10, 2024

James Madison HS

Brooklyn Paper

Parents, pols to rally outside James Madison High School after Floyd Bennett Field migrant relocation forces students online

Governor Kathy Hochul shakes hands with New York lawmakers at the 2024 State of the State Address on Jan. 9, 2024 in the Assembly chamber

State of the State: Hochul focuses on retail theft, mental health, housing in annual address

Posted on January 9, 2024

Migrant families evicted from Manhattan hotel

Midtown Manhattan

Migrant evictions begin with pregnant women, children forced out of hotel as Lander announces investigation into 60-day shelter cap

Posted on January 9, 2024

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Housing lottery closing soon for 13 units in Briarwood, rent starts at $2,000

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‘Now is the time’: Locals demand full redesign of McGuinness Boulevard after bribery allegations

U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025.

Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles