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As Adams leans on city workforce, low staffing remains a challenge for some NYC agencies
While some agencies report improvements after backfilling positions, others are still struggling with reduced staffing and vacancies, hindering the delivery of key government services.
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Hochul warns New Yorkers’ confidence in Adams is ‘wavering’
The governor said she is giving the mayor an opportunity to restore confidence, while hinting she may remove him if he cannot meet her expectations.
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Eric Adams allegedly abused the city’s matching funds program. A City Council member wants him to stop having access to it
No, the mayor didn’t steal $10 million from taxpayers, but his campaign allegedly got some illegal donations matched. The city Campaign Finance Board is assessing how to proceed.
Opinion
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Opinion: NYC’s for-hire drivers are on the brink. Let’s give them a lifeline.
The city’s excessive insurance requirements are bankrupting taxi and rideshare drivers.
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Brooklyn Dems organizational meeting mostly goes off without a hitch
During the meeting, reformers tried and failed to change the proxy vote system that has helped entrench the county party’s current leadership.
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Opinion: An urgent call to reform New York’s crisis response to high-conflict relationship incidents
Both first responders and hospital personnel lack adequate training in domestic violence.
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Elon Musk spends big to back Hudson Valley Republicans
The billionaire’s super PAC spent hundreds of thousands to help Reps. Marc Molinaro and Mike Lawler.
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Eric Adams order lays out what happens if Sheena Wright leaves
The mayor, who pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges on Friday, signed an executive order Thursday explaining what happens if his first deputy mayor position becomes vacant.
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DNC invests in battleground NY congressional races
The Democratic National Committee is sending $100,000 to the state Democratic Party to increase engagement with Puerto Rican voters.
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Will Hochul try to remove Eric Adams from office?
The governor has broad authority to remove the embattled NYC mayor, but doing so poses serious political risks.
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On the day of his indictment, Eric Adams’ critics span the ideological spectrum
Adams cast earlier calls for him to resign as coming from his political enemies. Post-indictment, that’s not strictly the case anymore.
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Ingrid Lewis-Martin projects support from Japan, top officials resume business after Adams indictment
“I will be back and I will stand with my brother,” Lewis-Martin said.
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No NYC mayor has resigned in decades. But here’s what would happen if they did.
Most recent mayoral administrations have been investigated for corruption, but the New York City line of succession hasn’t come into play.
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Taking a closer look at New York Law School’s Center for New York City and State Law
An interview with Dean Anthony Anthony W. Crowell and Executive Editor and Program Director Ben Max about the “one-of-its-kind civic engagement hub”
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Eric Adams charged with bribery, fraud, soliciting foreign campaign donations
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York unsealed the 57-page indictment Thursday morning detailing alleged influence peddling in exchange for luxury travel and campaign donations.
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NYC public school nurses to receive suicide prevention training
Launched during Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the Jed Foundation will train 1,500 nurses to identify, screen, and refer students at risk of suicide.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal criminal charges
The indictment against the mayor is expected to be unsealed Thursday morning.
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