Aug. 17, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann and Barbara Russo-Lennon NYC mayoral candidates reacted with anger and frustration following a mass shooting at a Brooklyn restaurant and club early on Sunday morning that left three people dead and multiple other victims injured. The tragic incident at Taste of the City, located near Prospect Park in…
Aug. 12, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams My mother was a single parent who worked three jobs just to make sure my siblings and I had a roof over our heads and food on the table—so I know the struggle to live a better life is real. A college education can help New Yorkers…
Aug. 7, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon & Robert Pozarycki The nephew of a fallen NYPD officer beamed with pride Thursday as he received a special honor from Mayor Eric Adams himself. Det. Dimitrios Kalbouros of Queens received his uncle’s shield during a surprise ceremony at City Hall. Mayor Adams presented Kalbouros with the same…
Aug. 5, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams When I came into office, affordable housing was at the top of my agenda, and I didn’t need any studies or polls to tell me why. New Yorkers were telling me every day, every chance they got. I heard it at the store, on the street, and…
Aug. 1, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams brushed off on Friday a report that his mayoral reelection campaign submitted dozens of forged or fraudulent signatures to secure his place as an independent candidate on the November general election ballot. Following an unrelated Aug. 1 event in Brooklyn, Hizzoner insisted to reporters that…
Jul. 29, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams Working-class families deserve nothing less than a hard-working administration that puts their needs first. And when it comes to child care and after-school programming, this administration has listened to the parents of this city and taken meaningful action to support children and make life more affordable for…
Jul. 28, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday an ambitious plan to battle NYC’s housing crisis in an exclusive to amNewYork: the construction of 3,000 new residential units on the undeveloped land of the former Flushing Airport in Queens. The proposal is part of the mayor’s ongoing push to create…
Jul. 21, 2025 By Adam Daly NYPD drones have been used to help rescue more than 200 people, mostly teens, from the tops, sides and rears of moving trains since the program to fight against subway surfing launched in late 2023, city officials announced Monday. At a press conference in Queens on Jul. 21,…
Jul. 16, 2025 By Adam Daly Former interim Police Commissioner Tom Donlon filed a bombshell, 251-page federal lawsuit Wednesday, accusing Mayor Eric Adams and senior NYPD leadership of using the department as a racketeering enterprise that allegedly engaged in corruption, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. In the July 16 lawsuit, Donlon, a former senior…
Jul. 16, 2025 By Robert Pearl The July 9 meeting of the Whitestone Republican Club was not just a political gathering, but also a resolute call to action. The podium at the American Legion Hall was adorned by two life-size posters of mayoral candidate and Gurdian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa dressed as a superhero,…