Mayor Eric Adams and Council Speaker Adrienne Adams at City Hall on Friday, June 28, 2024. Credit: Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography Office By Katie Honan Mayor Eric Adams and Speaker Adrienne Adams shook hands Friday in a tepid ceremony celebrating an agreement on a $112.4 billion budget that they both said addressed some of the biggest […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Esther Claudette Gittens Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, is currently under intense scrutiny and facing serious allegations of potential election fundraising fraud in the 2022 election. The issue of fundraising in political campaigns is a crucial one, often attracting attention due to the potential for […]
Photo: State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and former Comptroller Scott Stringer are challenging Mayor Eric Adams during his 2025 reelection campaign. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/The CITY By Ashley Borja, Katie Honan, and Rachel Holliday Smith With Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign facing federal investigation and dismal polling numbers with high disapproval from New Yorkers, it’s no surprise that candidates have already raised their […]
Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) speaks at City Hall about negotiating with mayor’s office before reaching a budget deal, June 29, 2023. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg David | November 28, 2023 The leadership of the City Council is crafting an alternative to the budget cuts announced by Mayor Eric Adams that potentially includes using the city’s robust financial […]
By Jeff Coltin | November 21, 2023 NEW YORK — For more than a year, Mayor Eric Adams has been demanding financial support from the federal government to pay for migrants in the city’s care. A federal investigation into the mayor’s fundraising — unrelated to the crisis of housing migrants — hasn’t changed his attacks on […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Marc Griffin | November 20, 2023 Cardi B is fed up with President Joe Biden and NYC Mayor Eric Adams. On Sunday (Nov. 19), Cardi hit Instagram Live and reacted to Adams’ announcement that the Big Apple’s migrant crisis has resulted in 5 percent cuts for city agencies, according to ABC7NY. The controversial mayor explained that these […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Jeff Coltin NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams made some of his strongest comments yet on his concerns about the unending flow of migrants coming to the city, warning it will upend neighborhoods and continue to strain resources. “Never in my life have I had […]
Photo Editorial credit: lev radin Last week, the Adams Administration released our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget. As President Joe Biden has often said: “Show me your budget and I will show you your values.” That is why this budget invests in our Working People’s Agenda, prioritizing education, jobs, housing, health care, and public safety. […]
Rudy Giuliani is hosting a fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. But no – it’s not the one you’re thinking of. The former mayor, Rudy W. Giuliani, has a cousin with the same name, Rudy E. Giuliani, who seems to be a fan of the current mayor. City & State reviewed an invite […]
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision striking down New York’s concealed carry law, the City Council is exploring one option: a law that would declare any area with more than 10,000 people per square mile a “sensitive location.”
By Greg B. Smith and Katie Honan, THE CITY The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday found New York’s restrictive handgun carry permit laws to be unconstitutional, triggering a scramble by state officials to find ways to create “sensitive locations” where handguns will still be prohibited. By a vote of 6 to 3, with the liberal justices […]