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Policy
Lawler takes up campaign to make Sept. 11th a federal holiday again
The Congress member is back at trying to set aside a day of remembrance for those who perished after the tragic events that took place 21 years ago.
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Politics
Police union President Pat Lynch plans to step down
The long serving leader of the PBA has been a critic of police reform.
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Politics
Guinea pig sales banned in NYC
Pet stores will be banned from selling the rodents, in the latest win for animal rights activists.
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Politics
City will install new door-locking camera system in schools to prevent shootings
Schools Chancellor David Banks made the announcement at a briefing hosted by his brother, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks.
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Policy
City reaches contract with police union, amid budget cuts
The NYPD budget is always closely watched.
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Politics
Rudy Giuliani (no, not that one) is fundraising for Eric Adams
The former mayor’s Republican cousin, and his lobbyist wife, are raising money for the Democratic mayor’s reelection.
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Policy
Adams proposes 4% cuts to city agencies – again
The council and progressives immediately pushed back against the mayor’s latest cost-savings initiative.
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Politics
Activists went full throttle in the Capitol’s War Room this week
Arrests, profanity, furniture removal. The War Room has seen it all.
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Personality
Addiction-focused health commissioner still needs to talk to Hochul about overdoses
Acting Health Commissioner James McDonald is poised to take over permanently and has a history in overseeing controversial supervised injection sites.
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Policy
Unions join chorus of ‘good cause’ backers
Over a dozen labor groups are calling on state leaders to include the tenant protections in the budget.
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Policy
Adams: funding for migrants is top priority in Albany
The New York City Mayor visited the Capitol monday to lobby for his budget asks
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Politics
Senate Judiciary chair: Rowan Wilson or Shirley Troutman could be chief judge
If Gov. Hochul nominates either of the two Court of Appeals associate judges to be chief judge, they will likely have a smooth path to state Senate confirmation.
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Politics
Who hasn’t filed their campaign finance reports?
See the list of who is already two months late – including at least four state legislators.
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Policy
Has the real rat czar been here all along?
Mayor Eric Adams shot a video with a city rat expert, while the search for the new role continues.
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Politics
Sixth time’s the charm?
With criminal charges against Donald Trump looming, lawmakers kick the former president while he’s down with a reignited push to remove his name from a state park.
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Politics
Antonio Delgado going back to D.C. - for a bit
The member of Congress turned lieutenant governor is attending the national LGs’ meeting
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Policy
Sanitation gets another responsibility: street vendor enforcement
The rats don’t run this city, DSNY does.
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Politics
Speaker Adams pushes back on the mayor: Close Rikers by 2027
But the speaker didn’t offer any specifics of how the city would reach that goal.
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Politics
Carpenters’ super PAC plans to spend half a million dollars on 2023 City Council primaries
Al Taylor is likely to get support in his primary challenge to Kristin Richardson Jordan.
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Policy