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Feb. 18, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a virtual meeting with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday to discuss the ongoing crisis at City Hall. The meeting was held in response to the resignation of four deputy mayors on Monday, Feb. 17, over allegations that Mayor Eric Adams agreed to…
Feb. 18, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Gov. Kathy Hochul is meeting with key city officials on Tuesday at her Midtown office to discuss Mayor Eric Adams and his future at City Hall. The embattled mayor's tenuous hold on power frayed even further Monday after four deputy mayors submitted their resignations over his cooperation with…
Feb. 17, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Monday night she would meet with "key leaders" of the city Tuesday to discuss a "path forward" that may lead to the ouster of embattled Mayor Eric Adams. The news came on a day when four of Adams' deputy mayors announced their resignation.…
Feb. 15, 2025 By Robert Pozarycki, Barbara Russo-Lennon, Ethan Stark-Miller and Emily Swanson Mayor Eric Adams proclaimed vindication earlier this week when President Trump's Justice Department moved to dismiss the five-count criminal indictment against him — but if anything, the situation only seemed to heighten calls for the mayor's ouster from office. Adams has…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The swift fallout continues from Thursday's wave of federal prosecutor resignations over President Trump's Justice Department moving to drop Mayor Eric Adams' corruption charges — with a number of city pols freshly calling for Hizzoner's ouster and Gov. Kathy Hochul not ruling out taking steps to remove him…
Feb. 11, 2025 By Jada Camille Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed on Tuesday a proposed Con Edison rate hike for New York energy users as "intolerable" — and said her office would be pushing back hard against the utility giant to stop it. Hochul said combating the proposed uptick in energy rates, which could impact…
Feb. 7, 2025 By Sadie Brown Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the temporary closure of all live bird markets in New York City, Westchester, Suffolk, and Nassau counties on Friday after the state Department of Agriculture and Markets (AGM) detected bird flu at seven markets citywide, including two in the Bronx. Under the mandate, markets…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller On "Tin Cup Day," Mayor Eric Adams begged the state for another $1.1 billion in migrant crisis aid after Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to allocate any new funding for the influx in her budget proposal last month. Hizzoner, during his Feb. 4 testimony before state lawmakers for "Tin…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Jada Camille In a powerful demonstration of support for reproductive rights, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new legislation designed to strengthen New York's position as a sanctuary for reproductive health care in America. The bill, known as S.36A/A.2145A, allows healthcare providers who prescribe medication used for abortions to have the name…
Jan. 31, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday refused to disclose her recent conversations with President Trump on the fate of New York City's congestion pricing program following reports on Thursday that he may scuttle the fairly new tolling system. Hochul, during an unrelated Jan. 31 Manhattan news conference, said she…