City Council speaker Adrienne Adams, from Queens, became the 11th candidate to enter the Democratic race for mayor with less than four months to go before the June 24 primary. ( Photo: Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit) Wild Week as Adrienne Adams Enters Race and Eric Adams Gets Grilled–by ‘fellow’ Dems Even on its best days the campaign for mayor of New York is chaotic, and in recent days it grew even more tumultuous as... News 10 Mar 2025 | 04:06
Two riders approach the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The wider, protected bike lanes are meant to make riding safer for the growing number of e-bikers. But some worry the faster, wider lanes will increase the danger to pedestrians since many bikers ignore all traffic laws. ( Photo: Garrett Owen) New Bike Lanes Debut in Village and Midtown; Riders Pleased but Many Ignore Rules of Road Up and down the avenues of Manhattan, brand-new wider bike lanes have been put in place by the Department of Transportation... News 10 Mar 2025 | 01:35
Comptroller Brad Lander, who racked up five endorsements from West Side Democratic clubs, took his campaign for mayor to Zabar’s on Broadway and West 80th Street on the first day of gathering petitions on Feb. 25. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Brad Lander Racks Up Endorsements from Five West Side Democratic Clubs Five of the West Side’s influential Democratic clubs have endorsed City Comptroller Brad Lander in his race to unseat Mayor... Voices 05 Mar 2025 | 10:43
Governor Cuomo holds a press conference about gun violence with Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, back on July 14, 2021 a few months before Adams was elected mayor, the job Cuomo now wants to take from him. ( Credit: Kevin P. Coughlin/Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Office) Drummed-Out Ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo Jumps into Chaotic Mayor’s Race Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 following a report that found he had sexually harassed multiple... News 03 Mar 2025 | 01:55
Now former Acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon. ( Photo: DOJ Southern District of New York) 4 Deputy Mayors Step Down Only Days After US Attorney Made Explosive Claims About Adams Case and Resigned In a stunning twist, the top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York resigned three days after the Trump Justice... News 17 Feb 2025 | 09:12
Mayor Adams at a press conference on Jan. 7. In an address on Feb. 12 he said he never broke the law and never instructed staffers to do so. He took no questions after the Feb. 12 address. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Justice Dept. Orders Fed Prosecutors to Drop Corruption Case Against Mayor Adams The Trump Justice Department has ordered federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York to drop the five-count... News 13 Feb 2025 | 11:12
A group of migrant students waits for a bus across from the Stewart Hotel shelter in Midtown on the way to school, Jan. 24, 2025. ( Photo: Alex Krales/THE CITY) ‘Everyone Is Scared’: Deportation Fears Keep Immigrant Students Home from School Hallways at the Stewart Hotel, a midtown Manhattan shelter for migrant families, are typically bustling on weekday mornings... News 28 Jan 2025 | 12:02
A glum faced Eric Adams, surrounded by equally glum faced aids such as the new first deputy commissioner Marie Torres-Springer (forefront to right of Adams in photo), at a press conference Nov. 6 to discuss the impact of the 2024 Presidential election on New York City. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Hammered With Questions on How to Protect Immigrants in Age of Trump A glum Mayor Eric Adams, for the first time in two months trotted out a full contingent of aids as he addressed the press... News 06 Nov 2024 | 08:39
David Banks, seen at a Congressional hearing on education while he was still NYC Education Chancellor, said late last month he was going to retire at year end but now says he is leaving Oct. 16 and blames it on Eric Adams who demanded he leave early. His brother Phil Banks, deputy mayor of public safety said on Oct. 7 he is also resigning from the Adams administration. ( Photo: Associated Press) Two Banks Brothers, Once Part of Adams Inner Circle, Heading to Exits in Ongoing Turmoil Two of the Banks brothers, who were once part of the inner circle of Mayor Eric Adams, have resigned amid at least four federal... News 07 Oct 2024 | 02:17
David Banks said on Sept. 24 he was resigning as Education Chancellor, a week after federal agents raided the home he shares with his fiancé, first deputy mayor Sheena Wright. ( Photo: AP) Here’s What is Known in Widening Fed Investigations Surrounding Top Aids to Mayor Eric Adams (AP) — Nearly a year after FBI agents seized his phones, Mayor Eric Adams faces an expanding constellation of federal inquiries... News 25 Sep 2024 | 04:15
In happier times, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew and Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after the city reached a new contract agreement with the public school teacher’s union in June. Now the union is suing to halt budget cuts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY Teachers Union Sues City to Stop School Budget Cuts New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to halt nearly $550 million in school budget cuts,... News 29 Dec 2023 | 05:41
Adams: NYPD, Fire and Sanit. Will Be Spared from Jan. Cuts, but No Guarantees for Future City agencies are being asked to cut another five percent from their budgets come January for the next fiscal year, but Mayor... Home 22 Nov 2023 | 12:42
Mayor Eric Adams announces a minimum wage hike for delivery workers, purportedly jetting from roughly $7 an hour to $19.96 an hour. Varied critics say that the amount is either too large or deceptively small. ( Photo Credit: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) NYC Deliveristas Granted Big Wage Hike In a buoyant press event on Sunday, June 11th, Eric Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) head Vilda... News 28 Jun 2023 | 11:24
Mayor Eric Adams takes a sledgehammer to an abandoned dining shed. He is promoting legislation that will make the sheds widely available on a seasonal basis for people who like outdoor dining–while still trying to placate other community members who find them to be a source of blight. Photo: Mayor’s Office. ( Photo via Mayor’s Office ) Dining Sheds May Become A Summer Staple. Is This Right...Or A Blight? In a concession to the restaurant industry, a bill introduced in City Council seeks to formalize the introduction of dining... News 25 May 2023 | 09:36
Mandates End for City Workers; No Back Pay for Fired Workers Mayor Eric Adams ended the Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers and said fired workers can reapply for their old jobs.... News 13 Feb 2023 | 03:36
