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‘Shredding of the American Dream’: Immigrants fear ICE raids at schools
Undocumented families are keeping children home from school, and there’s only so much elected officials can do to ease their fears.
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At least there’s still a state ethics watchdog
As NYC deals with its own scandals, NY’s top court reversed lower court decisions and ruled that the ethics agency is constitutional.
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City Council candidate proposes WEINER Act to bar sex offenders from elected office
Sarah Batchu is running against former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who served time for sexting a minor, in lower Manhattan.
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Meet the (not yet convened) inability committee that could decide Eric Adams’ fate
Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander said that he would seek to convene the committee if the mayor doesn’t lay out contingency plans. Speaker Adrienne Adams doesn’t think the committee applies to Adams’ current predicament.
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Brannan will have to wait for public matching funds in comptroller race
Council Member Justin Brannan’s campaign expects to receive the payment of matching funds next month.
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Hochul meets with ‘key leaders’ as she considers removing Adams
After meeting with the governor, Rev. Al Sharpton said she will wait to see if charges against Adams are dismissed before deciding whether to remove Adams.
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New Majority NYC drops slate of City Council 2025 endorsements
The organization aims to preserve the woman-majority council.
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Who has left the Adams administration?
Calls for Mayor Eric Adams to resign or be removed from office escalated following the departure of four of his highest-ranking aides in City Hall.
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Split over Adams highlights rift between Hochul and Delgado
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado disagree on whether Mayor Eric Adams must leave office – the latest public split between the governor and her independent-minded deputy.
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As Hochul weighs action, Sharpton, Jeffries and Meeks grow more critical of Adams
Rev. Al Sharpton and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries have expressed more explicit concerns about Mayor Eric Adams in the past few days.
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A very Andrew Cuomo valentine
The former governor hijacked an Assembly member’s event to shoot a campaign-esque video.
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When people say Eric Adams should be removed from office, what do they mean?
Gov. Kathy Hochul isn’t the only one who could do it.
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With Eric Adams refusing to resign, who is calling for him to be removed from office?
After a former federal prosecutor accused Mayor Eric Adams of a corrupt quid pro quo, some elected officials want him removed from office.
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Hochul doesn’t rule out removing Adams
Gov. Kathy Hochul said on MSNBC she is consulting with government leaders about how to address new allegations against the mayor.
Immigration
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Susan Zhuang skips border czar meeting with NYC Council Common Sense Caucus: ‘Leave decent hardworking families alone.’
The conservative Brooklyn Democrat represents a district with a large population of immigrants.
Housing
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Albany’s next big housing fight might be over upstate rent stabilization
How hard will the real estate lobby fight to block a bill that doesn’t affect New York City?
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Trump administration sues NY over ‘Green Light’ law
The 2019 law lets undocumented immigrants get driver’s licenses and prevents federal immigration authorities from accessing DMV data without a warrant.
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Adams’ second Charter Revision Commission takes aim at land use gatekeepers
The panel held its first hearing in Brooklyn Tuesday evening.
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An ‘impossible position’: What’s next for SDNY after order to drop Eric Adams case
With a clear directive from D.C., the storied Southern District of New York doesn’t have many options to continue its investigation into Mayor Eric Adams.
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