Tag: Mayor Eric Adams

Mayor Adams cuts ribbon at new HBCU Early Prep High School in Jamaica

Mayor Eric Adams started the new school year on Sept. 4 at the new HBCU Early Prep High School in Jamaica, which opened its door for the first time to more than 100 ninth-graders.

Sep. 4, 2025 By Bill Parry Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos celebrated the return of nearly one million public school students and staff on Thursday morning by taking part in a ribbon-cutting at the new Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Early College Prep High School in Jamaica, the first-of-its-kind for…

amNY Your Vote: Who will be NYC’s next mayor? Here’s the story behind each candidate

Photos of the four NYC mayoral candidates Eric Adams, Andrew Cuomo, Zohran Mamdani and Curtis Sliwa

Sep. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Before they became famous, many past New York City mayors had colorful backgrounds — Fiorello LaGuardia was a translator at the Ellis Island Immigration Center, John Lindsay was a “ski bum” and the scandal-plagued Jimmy Walker was a Broadway lyricist. The four men running this November for what’s…

City Planning Commission votes in favor of OneLIC Neighborhood Plan

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Sep. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien The City Planning Commission (CPC) has voted in favor of the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan, which aims to transform a large portion of Long Island City with new zoning rules that would create nearly 14,700 housing units, including 4,300 affordable homes. Mayor Eric Adams and CPC Chair Dan Garodnick…

School Construction Authority cuts ribbon at massive 3,066-seat Queens Innovation Center high school

Elected officials and school administrators cut the ribbon at Queens Innovation Center. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

Sep. 3, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials and school administrators held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Wednesday morning to officially open Queens Innovation Center, a massive 3,066-seat high school in Woodside that strives to provide a “transformative educational environment” for generations to come. The six-story facility, located at 53-16 Northern Blvd., will begin welcoming students…

Op-Ed | What to know to ensure your child succeeds as they head back to school

Joyful children rush down the hallway, backpacks bouncing, eager to learn

Sep. 1, 2025 By Mayor Eric Adams School is back! This week, our children will gather their school supplies, fill backpacks, and greet their friends as they kick off the 2025-2026 school year. Our public schools are the best of our city — a place where children from every walk of life can get…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams denied matching funds for 11th time as rivals get big payouts

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at podium

Aug. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection campaign was denied public matching funds by the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) for the 11th time on Thursday, while his main competitors received sizable payouts. The board voted during its Aug. 28 meeting to block the incumbent mayor, a Democrat running as an independent,…

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams labels democratic socialist Mamdani ‘a communist,’ echoing a frequent Trump attack

Mayor Eric Adams.

Aug. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday falsely labeled socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani “a communist,” echoing one of Republican President Donald Trump’s frequent lines of attack against the City Hall frontrunner. Hizzoner launched the broadside during an unrelated Wednesday news conference when asked why he thinks Democratic House…