May. 30, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller In the first debate for this year’s city Comptroller Democratic primary, Brooklyn City Council Member Justin Brannan sought to close the polling gap between himself and front-runner Mark Levine by launching broadsides against the Manhattan borough president over his stance on Mayor Eric Adams, but the two candidates…
May. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Two top City Hall officials said on Thursday that Mayor Eric Adams’ newly released executive budget does not put additional funds into reserves ahead of President Trump’s tariffs and broad funding cuts because they do not anticipate that it would spark a “doomsday scenario” for the city’s economy. First Deputy…
Apr. 16, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Council leaders on Wednesday fumed over Mayor Eric Adams administration officials not showing up to a hearing on preparing for Trump’s deep funding cuts and submitting written testimony instead — a move they said shows Hizzoner “remains silent” in the face of Trump’s attacks. City Council Member…
Nov. 9, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Queens political fixture Alan Hevesi, who served two decades in the Assembly and as city and state comptroller before resigning over a corruption scandal, died Thursday in his Nassau County home at age 83. “Alan passed away peacefully surrounded by his children and loved ones after a prolonged…
Jun. 7, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller New York City is set to receive nearly $105 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help defray the $1.2 billion it’s already spent on sheltering and providing for tens of thousands of migrants, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…
Apr. 4, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Council leadership quickly pushed back on Mayor Eric Adams’ latest fiscal belt-tightening measure on Tuesday, where he requested city agencies trim their budgets by an additional 4% in Fiscal Year 2024 and the outyears, saying the measure would “paralyze” city agencies and “harm” New Yorkers. “Cutting city…