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Plus - A new report finds Manhattan's median rent hit a record high in February Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Plus - Meow Wolf, the popular interactive art experience, is coming to New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How does this sound? A brand new apartment with lower rents than Hoboken or Jersey City, yet still only a half-hour from Manhattan by train, all in a gated complex with restaurants, a rooftop pool and lounge, a park and an ice skating rink outside your front door. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Plus - The Governor declares state of emergency amid Long Island brush fires Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - NYC to overhaul the Central Park loop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Plus - A State Prison Strike Drags On as Governor Hochul Threatens Firings and Arrests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - New York state Senate Democrats advance bills on workplace protections and wage theft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - A Brooklyn Senior Housing Project is the First to Get on the Green Fast Track Approval Process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Taxpayers on Hook for $300K So Far in Adams Aide Misconduct Suits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Petitioning season puts pressure on would-be mayoral candidates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Inside the push to disbar former Andrew Cuomo; Who at City Hall Is Taking Away Agency Money? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Congestion Pricing is on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap; Mayoral candidates begin the petitioning process Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Manhattan Buses Got a Bit Faster in First Month of Congestion Pricing; NYPD’s controversial gang tracker is set to face scrutiny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Affordability, shadows at center of fight over proposed Brooklyn development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Can Trump legally kill congestion pricing in NYC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - The Justice Department and Mayor Adams face judge's scrutiny in a bid to dismiss his criminal charges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Judge sets Wednesday hearing in motion to dismiss case against Mayor Eric Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Plus - New Jersey Hurricane Ida survivors face a February deadline for storm relief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Who Is Calling For Eric Adams to Resign or Be Removed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Worried about guns in NYC? Cars were more likely to kill you in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Attorney General Pam Bondi announces legal action against New York; Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Attempt Against Farebeaters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Mayor Adams Claims Vindication in the President's Move to Dismiss his Corruption Case Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against Mayor Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Brooklyn residents blanketed by dust want the city's concrete recycling facility shut down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - New Jersey drivers say it's harder to park in Upper Manhattan since congestion pricing launched Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Why do New York City movie theaters have captions now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Plus - The lithium-ion battery safety bill has been re-introduced; A new poll shows that Support for police on NYC subways cuts across party and racial lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - NYC housing officials blame late Section 8 rent payments on federal disarray; Scores of People Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial Are Stuck on Rikers Island Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - NYPD Car Chases Drop by 66% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - The City's count of homeless New Yorkers is underway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - ICE conducts raid in the Bronx amid immigration crackdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Plus - About 150 NY & NJ locals were charged in the Capitol riots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - A New bill would make 'masked harassment' a crime; Council Dems Tap a Brooklyn Party Powerhouse as Board of Elections Commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Can Midtown become the next FiDi? NYC looks to build housing in commercial district. The following comes from Gothamist and David Brand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - NYC taxi riders with disabilities warn that changes to a city program may mean worse service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is including funding to help school districts secure students’ cellphones as part of her $252 billion state budget proposal released on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Mayor Eric Adams attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration; New York City Comptroller Brad Lander now boasts more in his campaign coffers than the embattled incumbent Eric Adams in this year’s race for mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A new study walks through the numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Mayor Adams unveils $115 billion budget, despite uncertainty from Washington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
While she never mentioned President-elect Donald Trump by name, New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday addressed head on the cost-of-living and public safety concerns that helped propel him back to the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Police officers would be aboard every overnight train in New York City for the next six months under a new subway safety plan New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - New York City public hospital doctors have reached a tentative contract deal, averting a potential strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Hochul, Adams aligned on Albany priorities like involuntary commitment standard; Macy's Brooklyn store, once an iconic Abraham & Straus, is closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York City has elevated its “drought watch” to a “drought warning” amid ongoing record dry conditions in the five boroughs, officials said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The MTA plans ramp up Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls to $15 in 2031 — a sharp increase from the $9 charge Governor Kathy Hochul announced last week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Governor Hochul plans to relaunch the MTA’s congestion pricing program with a $9 base toll for passenger cars — marking a 40% reduction from the price previously approved by the MTA — according to four sources briefed on the governor’s plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
The New York City Council approved new legislation on Wednesday that will eliminate hefty upfront broker fees for most renters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Dry winds in NY and NJ keep wildfires burning throughout the region; Bill to End Forced Rental Broker Fees Goes to Council Vote With Near Veto-Proof Support; New York City issues Code Blue as temperatures set to tumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trump transition has begun and we have a few names from New York have made the list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The mayor’s girlfriend, who received a significant promotion and a roughly $50,000 raise after Adams took office in 2022, ended work on November 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand glided to re-election on Tuesday, easily winning another six-year term as the junior senator from New York over longshot Republican challenger Mike Sapraicone, a retired NYPD detective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More than 1 million New York City residents voted early in this week’s high-stakes election — a new record, according to city officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams’ historic corruption trial will start in late April 2025 — just over two months before he’s set to face off against multiple challengers in next summer’s Democratic mayoral primary." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Some of Mayor Adams’ top advisers received pay increases this year that pushed their salaries above his, including David Banks, the since-resigned schools chancellor whose wage bump made him the highest-paid city government employee over at least the last decade, new payroll data shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Democratic politicians in New York grew increasingly angry with Mayor Adams on Monday after he suggested it’s wrong to call Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “fascist” — a stance the mayor took before the ex-president’s weekend rally in Manhattan, where speakers made racist remarks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Firefighters from across the country will join federal Homeland Security Department officials at the FDNY Fire Academy this week for a two-day deep dive on how to better tackle the scourge of deadly lithium-ion battery fires, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams defended Donald Trump Saturday against recent bombshell allegations by a former White House aide that the former president is a “fascist” who said positive things about Adolf Hitler and his Nazi generals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rival rallies over proposed relief of restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms faced off at City Hall Park Monday, playing out a live debate in front of the home of the City Council that will ultimately have to pick a side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Plus - Millions of New York state residents could receive “inflation refund” checks of up to $500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus: The State Comptroller’s Office is keeping tabs on City Hall — arguing in a new report released Friday the city should be more transparent about publishing data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - New York City and the federal government have approved construction to begin on the Port Authority Bus Terminal replacement in Midtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - The latest on Mayor Adams' new housing plan and Unsheltered Homeless Youth Population Doubled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York City sparkles during the holidays, with festive markets, iconic light displays and celebrations throughout the five boroughs. Whether you're ice skating at Rockefeller Center, shopping for unique gifts or enjoying cultural festivities, here’s your guide to reveling in the holiday spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
As the holiday season unfolds, New York City transforms into a dazzling wonderland of festive light displays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Trader Joe's suing NYC wine shop for using 'Joe,' encroaching on its brand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Light shows, cemetery walks and a New York classic returns for the winter. Here is what to do this weekend in NYC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into law regarding public safety on the streets and anti-violence programs for youth, her office announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
More than a dozen community and advocacy groups are joining forces against a $900 million “Five Bridges Project” to “transform” the Cross Bronx Expressway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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City Council members are set to review a legislative package addressing youth mental health in public schools at a committee on mental health, disabilities, and addiction hearing on Monday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Mayor Adams, NYC Council strike last-minute deal on sweeping housing plan amid historic crisis 6:29
Mayor Eric Adams is agreeing to unlock $5 billion in city funding to secure a deal on his sweeping housing plan, according to three city officials with direct knowledge of the arrangement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will become New York City's new police commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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As families continue to flee New York City over child care costs, a parent-led advocacy group is releasing a five-year proposal calling for free statewide universal child care for children as young as six weeks old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams’ administration recently carved out part of a citywide traffic camera contract in a way that stands to benefit a firm whose president is an ex-top aide to Phil Banks — Adams’ former public safety deputy who’s entangled in a federal corruption probe, according to city records and sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams said he would still run for reelection even if the city’s Campaign Finance Board rules he’s not eligible for matching funds — a huge potential hit to his campaign warchest as he faces several mayoral challengers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hundreds of New Yorkers are signed up to share their views at a marathon City Council hearing Tuesday reviewing the Adams administration’s sweeping “City of Yes” plan, which aims to boost the city’s housing supply by overhauling decades-old zoning regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams has discontinued a controversial policy requiring local elected officials to seek permission via an online engagement form before speaking with senior officials in his administration about a range of issues, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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The nation’s largest school district has a new leader. On Wednesday, Melissa Aviles-Ramos takes the reins from David Banks, who served as chancellor of the New York City Public Schools since the start of Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received less than $100,000 in donations over the past three months, a sharp downturn in fundraising that raises questions about how he’ll be able to afford his high-priced team of lawyers as he faces a federal corruption indictment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
The New York City Department of Investigation’s staffing levels are so low that employees can’t go on vacation without “significant disruptions” to the agency’s work — a problem that’s becoming especially dire amid various corruption probes into Mayor Adams’ administration, according to a letter obtained by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she is satisfied with the avalanche of high-level resignations from Mayor Adams’ senior ranks after she urged him to clean house, the strongest endorsement she’s given Adams since the a federal corruption indictment against him dropped late last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
A real estate developer who calls himself “Turkish Trump” was among a group of businessmen who gave money to Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign as part of a 2023 fundraiser that’s emerging as a focus in the federal corruption case against the mayor, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Embattled NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to vacate his post as early as Friday after his background check hit a snag — and the city’s current Sanitation Department boss, Jessica Tisch, is seen as the top contender to replace him, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Lawsuit: NYC Dept. of Education failing to help students with emotional disabilities attend classes 8:51
New York City families are suing the nation’s largest school district for failing to help their children who struggle to find the will to attend school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Serious crime dipped 3% in September, the ninth straight month with a decrease, the NYPD said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Phil Banks, Mayor Adams’ top public safety deputy and longtime friend, resigned over the weekend, the latest senior City Hall official to step down after becoming embroiled in federal corruption investigations that are rocking the administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
A new high school is coming to southeast Queens where students can earn credits through an early college program — for the first time in New York City’s history, offered by a historically Black university. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Nonprofit organizations in 2022 provided 1.3 million jobs to New Yorkers, which was a 4.1% decline over a five-year period, according to a report released Wednesday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Law enforcement has uncovered “additional criminal conduct” by Mayor Eric Adams, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York said in a new court filing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls launched Sunday with the goal of not only reducing gridlock by pushing drivers into the subways but also using revenue from the fees to pay for repairs to the MTA’s aging infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York City's congestion pricing tolls turned on just after midnight on Sunday, marking the end of a decades-long push to charge motorists to drive in the busiest parts of Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Feds Raid Home of NYPD’s Former Top Uniformed Cop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Another year is in the books. Time may be just a construct, and this rock of ours continuously orbits the sun, but New Yorkers sure do turn Earth's annual revolution into a giant celebration. If you're looking to join in the revelry, here are a wide variety of parties to keep the champagne flowing and any worries at bay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Navigating holiday travel in New York City this season requires strategic planning as millions of residents and visitors take to the skies, roads and rails. With record-breaking passenger numbers and extra transit options, here’s what you need to know to avoid stress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Plus - The former chief adviser to Mayor Adams is indicted on bribery charges; Hochul signs bill aimed to crack down on 'black market' for restaurant reservations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
State lawmakers approved more than 800 bills during this year’s legislative session, and the Democratic governor has already approved 600 and vetoed 100. That leaves Hochul with 106 pieces of legislation to sign or veto in 2024, as of this writing — with a Christmas Eve deadline looming for all but five. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Governor Kathy Hochul called for an end to the Electoral College while presiding over New York casting its 28 electoral votes for president and vice president in Albany on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The powerful lobbying group representing New York City’s real estate industry is suing to block a new law intended to free tenants from paying large upfront broker fees to agents they never hired to represent them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The longtime Adams aide, who was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in late September, says she is retiring to spend more time with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Plus - Governor Hochul signed a bill into law that will require health insurers to cover EpiPens and caps the amount consumers will be required to pay out of pocket at $100 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A New York City Council committee was scheduled to hold a hearing with the local transportation department on Wednesday morning to discuss a bill requiring electric bikes, scooters and other motorized vehicles to have license plates and be registered, as the vehicles have exploded in popularity in recent years. Councilmembers were also expected to consider broader street safety and infrastructure issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator now in charge of the city’s massive real estate portfolio, had his cellphone taken last week by state investigators at Kennedy Airport at the same time as they seized devices from Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ chief adviser, three sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Mayor Adams’ defense team on Tuesday accused Justice Department prosecutors of leaking information about the criminal investigation leading to his indictment on corruption charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count against him in his federal corruption indictment Monday, describing the allegations as “extraordinarily vague” and claiming the sweeping case brought by Manhattan prosecutors is based largely on the word of a disgruntled ex-staffer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 Mayor Adams federal corruption indictment alleges pattern of deception to conceal contributions, bribes 8:59
It was a moment of high drama. Federal agents stopped Mayor Eric Adams on the street on November 5th and took his cell phones. As word of the seizure emerged November 10th, Adams declared he had “nothing to hide.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Questions about what’s next for Mayor Adams intensified Thursday after he was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and foreign campaign donations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Adams administration’s “City of Yes” housing plan, aimed at tackling the ongoing affordability crisis by loosening outdated zoning restrictions to allow for “a little more housing” in every neighborhood, overcame a critical hurdle Wednesday with approval by the City Planning Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, the hand-picked head of the nation’s largest school district and a long-time family friend of Mayor Adams, is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation, PIX11 reported Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Vice President Kamala Harris will skip the Al Smith dinner next month in New York, her campaign announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon said late Saturday the feds raided his homes and seized materials from two decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Daily News reported last year that a never-released internal NYPD report painted a damning picture of how police handled the protests that started two days after Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. There were nearly 1,400 arrests, scores of allegations of police brutality, numerous instances of rioting and looting and more than 400 cops assaulted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams offered a somewhat different response Tuesday to questions about the swirl of federal investigations touching his administration, letting the press know he’s growing weary of continuous updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Murders are down, but traffic deaths are up and emergency teams are taking longer to respond to calls, according to the city’s annual management report, released Monday by Mayor Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As New York reviews how it allocates state aid to local school districts for the first time in years, more than 100 advocacy groups are coalescing around a handful of key changes they’d like to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The flurry of federal investigative activity last week — with feds seizing the electronics of five of the mayor’s most senior officials — sent tremors through City Hall, raising questions about how they would affect Mayor Adams’ ability to govern effectively and offering new fodder for a growing roster of opponents as he heads into a mayoral election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
An attorney for the ex-city employee accusing Mayor Adams of sexual assault threatened to sue the mayor’s lawyer for defamation during a contentious court hearing on Friday, where the two sides traded barbs and accused each other of withholding information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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With just weeks until the start of school, families in southern Brooklyn are scrambling to find free after-school options, after the state unceremoniously pulled funding from multiple neighborhood programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A group of uptown Manhattan tenants filed a lawsuit Thursday that alleges their landlord engaged in a “systemic” scheme to raise their rents beyond the legal limit by claiming credit for fictitious building repairs — a case advocates say points to a need for stronger state housing law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
New York City is significantly expanding its 60-day limits to shelters where the bulk of migrant families are staying but until now had been spared eviction, the Adams administration confirmed Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The United Arab Emirates’ government paid as much as $5,000 for Joel Eisdorfer, then a senior City Hall adviser to Mayor Adams, to visit the Middle Eastern country for a summit in February, newly released documents show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams told reporters Tuesday he didn’t ask for a speaking slot at this week’s Democratic National Convention and that there are no sour grapes between him and party leaders over the fact that he wasn’t offered one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams’ top attorney at City Hall said Tuesday that neither the mayor nor anyone working in his government office have been told they are targets of a federal investigation into his 2021 campaign’s ties to Turkey’s government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Former Republican Representative George Santos pleaded guilty to 23 counts of a superseding federal indictment on Monday, putting an end to the notorious fabulist’s legal battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A $500 million plan to drastically rezone a swath of the East Bronx secured final approval from the City Council this week, paving the way for significant infrastructure upgrades in the area as well as the construction of some 7,000 new apartments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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In the wake of revelations that he was personally subpoenaed by federal prosecutors investigating him and his campaign, Mayor Adams said Friday he believes evidence collected as part of the probe will show he “did nothing wrong.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said Thursday she still hasn’t made up her mind whether to support or oppose Mayor Adams’ nomination of controversial litigator Randy Mastro to become his administration’s next top attorney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams is heading to Chicago next week for the Democratic National Convention — and hopes the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, will take time at the event to talk about the country’s migrant crisis despite ongoing sensitivity in the party around the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Robert Kennedy Jr. on Monday lost his bid to appear as an independent presidential candidate on the New York State ballot after a judge’s ruling found the residency claims “preposterous.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert Tucker, a committed philanthropist with deep roots in civic service and strong ties to public safety, was appointed as New York City’s 35th FDNY commissioner on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mayor Adams, who has focused heavily on rodent extermination efforts across the city, got a $300 ticket thrown out this week that alleged a rat infestation is persisting at his Brooklyn property. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Hochul administration will close two upstate New York maximum security prisons citing a continuing overall drop in the incarcerated population, cost savings, staffing shortages and authorization from the state Legislature in its latest budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Outgoing FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is leaving the department to focus on family and friends, which she says she neglected as the head of the country’s largest fire department, she explains in an online essay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez Tuesday declined to resign from the Senate after his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges, raising major questions about what will happen to his seat, which is likely to stay in Democratic hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
In a sign the 2025 mayoral race may well be contested, former city Comptroller Scott Stringer told the Daily News he’s raised approximately $425,000 in donations for a potential primary run against Mayor Adams — an amount that could grow to about $2.1 million once matching funds are factored in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Scores of NYPD officers have turned to the Bible to avoid shaving off their beards, police sources said. A recent edict that cops dress neater banned beards, but allowed for both religious and medical accommodations. Now, an untold number of cops — the NYPD could not provide statistics — have said their religious rights would be violated were they forced to go clean-shaven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is preparing to announce an election-year run against Mayor Adams within the next two weeks, several political sources revealed to the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rudy Giuliani was warned by a judge to keep his mouth shut Wednesday after the ex-mayor interrupted an opposing lawyer at his chaotic bankruptcy hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
New York City’s head of early childhood education is out after a tenure pockmarked by backlash to 3-K budget cuts and workplace tensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1 Chancellor Banks’ former chief of staff to return to Education Department as deputy chancellor 5:37
Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Chancellor David Banks’ last chief of staff, is taking over as deputy chancellor for family engagement and external affairs — after the schools head tapped outgoing Deputy Chancellor Kenita Lloyd last week as his next right hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
After being held out as an example of how a new state law was allowing NYC to quickly stamp out unlicensed cannabis shops, New City Smoke Shop in downtown Manhattan is back up and running as errors in execution and legal challenges hamper efforts to shut down thousands of weed shops, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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A Delta Airlines flight destined for Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK International Airport early Wednesday after passengers were given rotten food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mayor Adams defended NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s decision to save the job of a police officer who admitted to submitting a phony COVID vaccination card and then lying about it, saying Tuesday the cop in question ultimately suffered a “huge penalty.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams took a victory lap Monday over the adoption of a municipal budget that reversed his controversial cuts to the city public library systems, vexing City Council members who argued it’s disingenuous for him to celebrate the rollback of spending reductions he long advocated for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
With just hours left on the deadline clock, the New York City Council on Sunday voted to approve a $112.4 billion budget that restores almost all of the cuts proposed by Mayor Adams and adds about $1 billion to what he proposed in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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"Initial results of several hotly-contested state Assembly primaries offered a view Tuesday night into which way the political winds are blowing for New York City Democrats — with most incumbents holding onto their seats and maintaining the status quo." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
New York City has started applying for new preschool special education classes, after advocates sounded the alarm about young children with disabilities who could be shut out of the program on the first day of school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The medical services company with a nearly half-billion-dollar contract to feed, house and care for thousands of migrants in New York City overcharged the city by millions for vacant hotel rooms and security guards, according to an audit released Tuesday by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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1 NYC gets state funding to help homeowners build unconventional apartments on their properties 6:44
New York State is providing a fresh infusion of $4 million for a grant program that helps city homeowners build unconventional forms of apartment units on their properties, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mayor Adams blamed the city’s independent election watchdog agency Monday for stirring up “a lot of sensationalism” by releasing a draft audit that found his 2021 campaign failed to properly document $2.3 million in spending, among other alleged violations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Plus, five men were stabbed and slashed in a bloody Queens bar brawl late Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Persistent fare evasion and a decline in real estate tax revenues were on track to land the MTA’s day-to-day operating budget in a $428 million deficit in 2027, with a $469 million deficit projected for 2028, the transit agency said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Roughly 750 smoke shops have been shuttered across the five boroughs in the three months since Mayor Adams’ administration launched a crackdown on unlicensed weed peddlers, city and state officials announced Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
City Comptroller Brad Lander announced Tuesday he’s running against Mayor Adams in next year’s primary election, making him the first candidate to officially declare a challenge against the incumbent mayor and teeing up an unusual matchup between two high-profile elected officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Mayor Adams and top administration officials announced Monday that the city financed the preservation and construction of nearly 29,000 affordable and public housing units over the last year — a 12% increase over last year when the city funded more than 26,000 such units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Mayor Adams killed several components of a new law meant to ban solitary confinement in city jails in an emergency order Saturday, just one day before it was set to take effect, officials said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Congestion pricing supporters filed two lawsuits against Gov. Hochul Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, arguing her “indefinite pause” violated New York state law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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One of the country’s largest auto insurance companies is seeking to question Frank Carone, Mayor Adams’ political confidante, as part of a civil lawsuit alleging corporate entities Carone co-founded were involved in orchestrating a sprawling “money laundering scheme,” court papers reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is resigning from office August 20th following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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After President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2024, New Yorkers weighed in with mixed emotions — and relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Biden announced Sunday he will not seek reelection in 2024, sparking a flurry of reactions from prominent New York politicians just four months before Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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