Jun. 3, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams will not be at the first Democratic primary debate in the 2025 NYC mayor’s race on Wednesday night because he is running as an independent in the general election. But if he were attending, Hizzoner told reporters at City Hall Tuesday, he would ask frontrunner…
May. 17, 2025 By Colum Motherway Council Member Robert Holden praised the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) this week following a historic settlement reached with former Mayor Bill de Blasio over the improper use of a publicly funded NYPD detail during his ill-fated 2019 presidential campaign. The long-awaited settlement comes after years of…
Apr. 16, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday he would restore $167 million in early childhood education funding in his upcoming Executive Budget that had been left out of his preliminary spending plan — $30 million less than what the City Council called for in its own proposal this month.…
April 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials in Queens and Manhattan have penned an open letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez to express concerns over delays in opening a dedicated pedestrian walkway across the Queensboro Bridge. State Senators Mike Gianaris, Kristen Gonzalez and Liz Krueger, Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani and… Read more »
Apr. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Embattled Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday stepped up attacks against those challenging his re-election in the 2025 NYC mayor’s race, lashing out at two candidates who are beating him in the polls: former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani. After weeks of mostly holding back…
March 27, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Former Mayor Bill de Blasio and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards visited LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) in Long Island City on Thursday morning to celebrate the launch of the college’s new archive collection, which preserves the history of the Inner Circle—a 102-year-old organization of New York City journalists famous… Read more »
Jun. 17, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller A New York City board will vote Monday night on how much to raise rents this year for the Big Apple’s approximately 1 million stabilized tenants — a hike that could reach as high as 6.5%. The nine-member panel, known as the Rent Guidelines Board, will hold its…
Jul. 5, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, are separating, the pair announced during a lengthy interview with The New York Times that was published Wednesday. De Blasio, who occupied Gracie Mansion between 2014 and 2021, and McCray told the Paper of Record that after nearly 30…
Jun. 15, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Mayor Bill de Blasio has been ordered to cough up nearly $475,000 by the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) for improperly billing New York taxpayers for his NYPD security detail’s out-of-state travel expenses during a failed 2019 presidential bid. The board ruled that de Blasio had…