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 Athena Dawson Southeast Queens City Council Member Nantasha Williams is calling on Mayor Adams’ office to support the establishment of a Downtown Jamaica Neighborhood Task Force. Williams sent a letter to the Mayor’s office last week asking for his leadership in developing the task force to address persistent quality-of-life issues…
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. 16, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki Mayor Eric Adams went to church Sunday in Queens amid mounting pressure to resign or be removed from office and made one thing clear to congregants: “I am going nowhere.” Adams paid a visit to the Sunday service at Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens Village…
Feb. 14, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Following the dismissal of federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, elected officials across Queens have called for his removal from office. The Department of Justice’s decision to drop the case has raised concerns among prominent Democrats, who allege that President Donald Trump now holds…
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. 13, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Following his second meeting with President Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan on Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the city would once again allow federal immigration authorities to operate inside the Rikers Island jail complex. In an emailed statement on Feb. 13, hours after his roughly 90-minute meeting with…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Colum Motherway The Ozone Park Residents Block Association (OPRBA) is calling on city leaders, including Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC Council, to take urgent action in response to a tragic fire that unfolded in Bay Ridge on Feb. 9. The association is demanding immediate measures to address the growing…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller The Big Apple’s dire need for more affordable housing is one of the top issues on the minds of New York City voters this election year. The prominent candidates running in the 2025 Democratic mayoral primary have taken notice. Many of them have already rolled out plans to…