Under fire for calling migrants ‘excellent swimmers,’ Adams says comment based on in-person convos By Chris Sommerfeldt May 15, 2024 at 4:14 p.m. After coming under fire for calling migrants "excellent swimmers," Mayor Adams sought to clarify the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Muslim leaders, Council Dems decry Adams’ firing of NYC hate crimes prevention head By Chris Sommerfeldt May 15, 2024 at 6:16 p.m. A cadre of local Muslim groups and Democratic Council members fired off a letter to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY New York News | Pro-Palestinian students ‘occupy’ CUNY Graduate Center for a few hours before calling it quits By Kerry Burke May 14, 2024 at 10:54 p.m. About two dozen students protested inside the building on E. 34th St. near Fifth Ave....
National News | Michael Cohen describes Oval Office scene in which Trump talked hush-money reimbursement By Molly Crane-Newman May 15, 2024 at 9:31 p.m. Jurors hearing the first-ever criminal case against a U.S. president were transported to the White...
Transportation | NYC Transit head Richard Davey denies rumors he’s leaving By Evan Simko-Bednarski May 14, 2024 at 8:58 p.m. New York City Transit president Richard Davey — the man who runs the city's trains...
Transportation | First new MTA electric buses come to Queens By Evan Simko-Bednarski May 14, 2024 at 5:54 p.m. Two new electric buses are ready to hit the streets in Queens and Brooklyn, the...
NYC shutters 75 illicit weed shops in first week of crackdown, with hundreds and hundreds to go By Chris Sommerfeldt May 14, 2024 at 5:42 p.m. The first batch of closures mark a drop in the bucket as there are believed...
NYC Council Dems consider bill requiring consent for mayor’s top appointments By Michael Gartland May 14, 2024 at 5:47 p.m. The move comes as Mayor Adams is pushing for the Council to approve a new...
Mayor Adams says he made the call to let Winnie Greco return to work after FBI raids By Chris Sommerfeldt May 14, 2024 at 3:55 p.m. Greco, who serves as Adams' Asian community liaison, came back to work in early May...
Adams planning to consolidate training for all NYC enforcement personnel at NYPD academy By Rocco Parascandola May 14, 2024 at 5:05 p.m. The training plan would affect several agencies outside the NYPD's purview, including the correction, sanitation,...