Jun. 27, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams shook hands on a nearly $116 billion city budget agreement at City Hall early Friday evening — a spending plan that looks to be filled with goodies for both sides of City Hall. In a break from years past,…
Apr. 28, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday a slew of new housing investments that will be included in his Executive Budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year, which will be released later this week. In his forthcoming Fiscal Year 2026 spending plan, Hizzoner committed to investing millions of dollars in upgrading public…
Apr. 22, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams alleged on Tuesday that City Council Speaker and mayoral challenger Adrienne Adams has fought him on several policy issues as a springboard to run for his job, despite her showing scant interest in the role prior to several months ago. During his weekly “off-topic” news…
Apr. 18, 2025 By Ethan Stark-Miller A group of left-leaning mayoral candidates accused Andrew Cuomo on Friday of deepening New York City’s housing crisis as governor—and warned he would prioritize wealthy real estate interests over working-class tenants if elected mayor. The four New York Working Families Party-endorsed candidates gathered with party leaders and tenant…
Oct. 29, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller This election year, in addition to the top-tier races for president and US Senate, New York City voters have the chance to decide on six ballot referendum questions. Early voting in the 2024 general election started on Saturday and runs through this Sunday. The six questions include a…
Jun. 28, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams have agreed to expand eligibility for a program that provides low-income New Yorkers with half-priced MetroCards in the upcoming city budget, an increase that still falls far short of the one desired by the speaker and transit advocates, sources…
Jun. 20, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said Thursday that negotiations over the nearly due city budget are in a “holding pattern” — co-opting Mayor Eric Adams’ frequent description of the spending plan as a plane he will land. The speaker’s comments indicated that negotiations over the city budget are…
Oct. 17, 2023 By Bill Parry Students from P.S. 176 were thrilled to learn that their Delphin H. Greene Playground in Cambria Heights will undergo a nearly $8 million renovation. Council Member Nantasha Williams and Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced the extreme makeover , on Oct. 12 and presented the youngsters with two oversized…
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Oct. 3, 2023 By Bill Parry The Eastern Queens Greenway plan is a step closer to fruition after Council Member Sandra Ung joined Speaker Adrienne Adams in Kissena Park on Oct. 2, where they announced $6 million in funding to complete two sections of the greenway that will create a seamless connection between Flushing Meadows…
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Sep. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Speaker Adrienne Adams welcomed young students from P.S. 40 Samuel Huntington Elementary School to the reopening of Jamaica Playground after a $4.6 million reconstruction project and turned a ribbon-cutting ceremony into a teachable moment for the youngsters on Sept. 27. “For far too long, neighborhoods like ours have been…
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