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Lander endorses bill sponsored by fellow mayoral candidate Ramos

City Comptroller Brad Lander’s latest report recommends passage of the TEMP Act to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat.

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Conservatives take aim at state ERA in new opposition campaign

Republicans have come up with new attacks on the ballot proposition that would enshrine abortion rights and other protections against discrimination.

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Can Eric Adams survive this?

Corruption investigations are nothing new in New York politics. But Adams is in an increasingly precarious political position, and an indictment, depending on its target, could send him over the edge.

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Brad Lander makes his case to business leaders

The lefty mayoral candidate and comptroller garnered applause when he downplayed ideology.

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Poll: New Yorkers view Trump more favorably than Hochul

The latest Siena College poll has the worst polling numbers yet for Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Heard Around Town

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32BJ launches media campaign against New York-Presbyterian hospital system

The union is shaming the health care juggernaut after it tried to force them to pay $25 million to not use its services.

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Paterson: Cuomo admitted he’d rather be governor than mayor

The two former governors discussed Cuomo’s political future over lunch earlier this year.

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Eric Adams’ crisis PR playbook: outer boroughs, quality-of-life issues, loyalty

The mayor appeared with his embattled deputy mayor for public safety in Springfield Gardens, Queens, to tout a crackdown on “ghost cars.”

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Arrest of Diddy brings new attention to Diddy-inspired legislation

Assembly Member Brian Cunningham hopes that the federal charges filed against Sean Combs will help grow support for his bill introduced earlier this year.

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Former FDNY chiefs' arrests on bribery charges draw condemnation that Adams brushes off

An annual Mayor’s Management Report proceeded as planned while some officials questioned the city’s top executive’s ability to function amidst another alleged corruption scandal.

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With four candidates in the race (and counting), progressives look to ranked choice to defeat Eric Adams

Is it a failure to unify? Or a strategic opportunity to unite against the embattled incumbent? After a disastrous 2021, progressives are trying to organize.

NYPD

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4 things to know about the interim NYPD commissioner Tom Donlon

New York City Mayor Eric Adams looked outside the department to replace Edward Caban.

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Eric Adams’ challengers react to NYPD Commissioner Caban’s resignation

Scott Stringer decried a “chaotic City Hall” and Jessica Ramos raised concerns about one of the city’s few Latino leaders being removed.

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NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban steps down amid Adams administration turmoil

New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed Thomas Donlon as interim commissioner a week after members of the NYPD were raided by federal investigators.

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Republicans grill Cuomo on Linda Sun at congressional COVID hearing

The subject of the hearing was former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s response to the pandemic, but Reps. Nicole Malliotakis and Marjorie Taylor-Greene were more interested in his former aide.