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Prince William gets canceled on by Eric Adams

The Prince of Wales was to meet with the mayor during his latest visit to New York City, but instead settled for greeting FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh at a Lower Manhattan firehouse.

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Report: NYC unable to process most welfare applications on time

Timely processing of cash assistance and SNAP applications continued to drop in the last fiscal year, according to the Mayor’s Management Report.

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Lawmakers hold rally in support of Adams response to asylum-seekers

The elected officials pushed back on critiques that the mayor is anti-immigrant.

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Remembering Ruschell Boone: A journalist who connected with New Yorkers and their elected officials

State Attorney General Letitia James, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams joined other politicians at the NY1 anchor’s funeral Tuesday.

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GOP candidate claims Democrats ‘playing dirty’ after rabbi pulls endorsement

Republican candidate for the 27th Assembly District David Hirsch claimed a rabbi was intimidated into rescinding his support.

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Lou Coletti joins Davidoff, Hutcher & Citron

The former Building Trades Employers’ Association president is the latest notable hire for the government relations firm.

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Adams: ‘We have to push back on sci-fi aspect of drones’

Despite privacy and civil rights concerns, the mayor and city safety officials doubled down on use of the surveillance tech ahead of the West Indian Day parade.

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Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia are top countries of origin for NYC asylum-seekers

More than a third of the 107,000 people who have arrived since last spring are Venezuelan, according to city data.

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NYPD doesn’t need to be more detailed in tech transparency, official says

“I'm more concerned about public safety and keeping people safe and being true to the spirit of the law,” Ruben Beltran said, when asked about criticisms of POST Act compliance.

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NYC outdoor dining permits won’t generate much revenue, deputy mayor says

Deputy Mayor for Operations Meera Joshi said that the new pay-by-square-foot permit system for outdoor dining setups won’t generate much revenue for the city, despite charging up to $31 per square foot.

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25 pols call for taxis, app-based drivers to be exempt from congestion pricing

In a letter to the Traffic Mobility Review Board, the electeds said taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers shouldn’t be burdened with extra fees.

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Liz Gereghty is Liz Whitmer Gereghty, if you haven’t noticed

The candidate for New York’s 17th Congressional District has rebranded to include her maiden name, the same as her sister Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s.

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False alarm, everything at Rikers is A-OK

The federal monitor calls the current conditions at the jail complex grave, but the New York City Council’s Common Sense Caucus visited and they think it looks fine in there.

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Brooklyn Dems meet in back room of lobster restaurant to pick borough’s judges

In advance of the Brooklyn Democratic Party’s judicial convention, party leaders got together at Nick’s Lobster House to decide which candidates should win the convention.