With a new austerity measure, Mayor Eric Adams asks agencies to cut budgets by 3%

Looking ahead to budget gaps and a weaker economy, City Hall asks, again, for belt-tightening – but no layoffs.

• By Jeff Coltin
• September 12, 2022

Who can actually get a gun in New York City?

The New York City Police Department will be forced to change their strict gun permitting standards to adhere to the U.S. Supreme Court’s determination that the state’s rules for concealed carry licenses are unconstitutional.

• By Amina Frassl and Sara Dorn
• July 8, 2022

New York’s Black leaders on Eric Adams’ first five months

We solicited takes on the mayor who tops our Power of Diversity: Black 100 list.

• By Jeff Coltin
• June 13, 2022

Eric Adams’ first 100 days

Public safety and homelessness were among the key issues Adams focused on in his first three months in office.

• By Sara Dorn and Annie McDonough
• April 10, 2022

The positions Eric Adams hasn’t filled yet

The New York City mayor has been busy making appointments, but he’s still got a long way to go.

• By Jeff Coltin
• February 1, 2022

What was behind Eric Adams’ first veto?

How the mayor took stiffer fines for violating zoning regulations on joint-living-work-quarters for artists off the table

• By Jeff Coltin
• January 20, 2022

Is this nonprofit responsible for Eric Adams’ primary win?

• By Jeff Coltin
• January 10, 2022

Opinion: Thinking big about a Latino recovery plan

• By Emérita Torres
• November 28, 2021

Opinion: Make three meals a day, every day, for every NYC child a 2022 resolution

• By Rachel Sabella
• November 22, 2021

The Eric Adams after-party

What do you do when you’ve basically won the race for New York City mayor, but inauguration is six months away? Get your ear pierced at Claire’s.

• By Caitlin Dorman
• July 13, 2021

Eric Adams declared winner in New York City mayoral race

Kathryn Garcia failed to catch up in the ranked-choice tallies.

• By Jeff Coltin
• July 6, 2021

This week’s biggest Winners & Losers

Who's up and who's down this week?

• By City & State
• June 25, 2021

Waiting years to be mayor, Eric Adams will have to wait a little longer

The Brooklyn borough president lead in first-place votes, but not enough to declare victory.

• By Jeff Coltin
• June 23, 2021

Questions and answers about Eric Adams’ housing history, office space and voter registration

City & State reached out to the Brooklyn borough president’s mayoral campaign.

• By Amanda Luz Henning Santiago
• June 17, 2021

Barkan: Adams’ residency matters less than his real estate policies

Adams is a landlord and that’s how he approaches rent regulation.

• By Ross Barkan
• June 17, 2021

The endorsements for NYC mayoral candidates

New York City Democrats will have to make a choice in the June 2021 primary for mayor – but some prominent New Yorkers and organizations have already made their pick.

• By Jeff Coltin
• June 16, 2021

The Eric Adams real estate tour

And more coverage of key 2021 races.

• By Jeff Coltin and Sydney Kashiwagi
• June 9, 2021

‘MTV Cribs’: Eric Adams edition

The New York City mayoral candidate took journalists to his Brooklyn apartment to try and prove his residency.

• By Jeff Coltin
• June 9, 2021

Barkan: Eric Adams has no principles

The Brooklyn borough president flip flops even more dramatically than Andrew Yang.

• By Ross Barkan
• May 20, 2021

Yang and Adams benefit from rejecting defund the police

Progressives have been on a winning streak in New York City, but the mayoral race is shaping up differently.

• By Ross Barkan
• May 13, 2021