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…
Feb. 10, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Elected officials, unions and community organizations across Queens have slammed Mayor Eric Adams in response to reports that the Mayor’s office distributed a memo to city agencies suggesting that they should let ICE agents enter municipal facilities without a warrant if staff “reasonably feel threatened” or fear for…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller On “Tin Cup Day,” Mayor Eric Adams begged the state for another $1.1 billion in migrant crisis aid after Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to allocate any new funding for the influx in her budget proposal last month. Hizzoner, during his Feb. 4 testimony before state lawmakers for “Tin…
Feb. 4, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Two state lawmakers running against Eric Adams in this year’s Democratic mayoral primary took the chance to attack him in person over his budget cuts to New York City child care programs during a marathon Albany budget hearing on Tuesday. State Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens) and Assembly Member…
Jan. 30, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday re-emerged after spending three days out of the public eye due to an unspecified illness with a defiant speech in which he shot down a rumor that he would soon resign and railed against his perceived critics. In remarks delivered at an annual interfaith breakfast in…
Jan. 29, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal defense attorney Alex Spiro on Wednesday vehemently denied an online rumor from a former city lawmaker that Hizzoner would imminently resign and accept a plea deal in his federal corruption case. “He’s not resigning,” Spiro told reporters on Jan. 29 as he came out…
Jan. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams will have limited public appearances this week as he attends doctor’s appointments and undergoes medical tests after a week of not “feeling his best,” according to Hizzoner’s top spokesperson. Fabien Levy, Adams’ deputy mayor for communications, revealed in a late Sunday night social media post that…
Jan. 24, 2025 By Shane O’Brien Mayor Eric Adams hosted a town hall in Corona Wednesday evening as part of the mayor’s Talk with Eric Community Conversation Series, informing local residents that he hopes to speak to the Trump administration regarding its plans on deportation. Adams, along with Council Member Francisco Moya and several…