Mar. 24, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller A City Council analysis of data that Mayor Eric Adams’ office released on its policy to involuntarily hospitalize those in apparent severe mental health crisis found that the practice is not working as intended and disproportionately impacts Black New Yorkers. The council’s findings, unveiled ahead of its Health Committee’s…
Mar. 20, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller A law allowing hundreds of thousands of noncitizens living in New York City to vote in municipal elections was struck down on Thursday by the state’s highest court. The 6-to-1 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals found that the law should be voided because it…
Mar. 19, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday blamed the perception that New York City is unsafe and its sprawling homelessness crisis squarely on the Democratic challenger in the 2025 NYC Mayor’s Race who says he is best positioned to fix those issues: former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Adams, during a Wednesday…
Mar. 18, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller City comptroller candidates Mark Levine and Justin Brannan engaged in a Tuesday morning debate that played more as a tame conversation on managing the city’s finances. Offering a rare reprieve from an election season dominated by the heated Democratic mayoral primary, the nearly 90-minute event at the New…
Mar. 18, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams has raised just $36,000 over the past two months in his tenuous re-election bid — a paltry sum that trails every one of his major Democratic primary competitors, according to his Tuesday filing with the city Campaign Finance Board (CFB). The meager showing from Hizzoner,…
Mar. 17, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Queens Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani, two Democrats on opposite ends of the party’s ideological spectrum, are dominating the 2025 money race to unseat Mayor Eric Adams, according to city Campaign Finance Board (CFB) records and figures released by their campaigns. Cuomo, who jumped…
Mar. 7, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Seeking to restore confidence in his embattled administration, Mayor Eric Adams named four new deputy mayors on Friday to replace those who resigned last month over the Trump administration’s move to nix his corruption case. Hizzoner tapped Adolfo Carrión Jr. as deputy mayor for housing, economic development, and…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller It’s now Adams vs. Adams — and plenty of other candidates — in the 2025 NYC mayoral race. Adrienne Adams, the City Council speaker, confirmed on Thursday that she is officially jumping into the Democratic mayoral primary against Mayor Eric Adams — to whom she is not related.…
Mar. 5, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller If elected as the next city Comptroller, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine wants to go beyond the basics of the fiscal watchdog post with his own plan to tackle the city’s sprawling affordable housing crisis. Levine’s proposal, which his campaign shared exclusively with amNewYork Metro ahead of its…
Mar. 4, 2025 By Barbara Russo-Lennon Open gangway style describes the MTA’s newest set of train cars. On Tuesday, the state-run transportation agency debuted its open gangway train on the G line at the Church Avenue station in Brooklyn — marking a significant milestone in the modernization of the subway system. With bright lights…