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Amid e-bike fires, Council member suggests charging at police, fire stations
The City Council considered how to prevent lithium-ion battery fires at the FDNY budget hearing.
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Eric Adams visits new apartments in former office building, calls for relaxed regs
The New York City mayor touted the project as a way to increase the city’s housing stock.
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The City Hall steps are closing for renovation
Visitors to the center of New York City government will have to enter through a side door for the next year.
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Schumer backs bipartisan rail safety legislation during stop in Syracuse
The senate majority leader announced his support for the measure on Monday, a month after a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, released toxic chemicals into the area.
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Adams, de Blasio send off Sally Goldenberg from Room 9
The Politico New York reporter, the de facto dean of the City Hall press corps, is moving on to national coverage.
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NYC to work with private funders to serve migrants
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said she’s teaming up with private philanthropy to cover expenses on legal services, food and more.
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Audit: Children with disabilities did not receive services from state early intervention program
Physical therapy and speech pathology were among services the Department of Health was to provide, according to a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
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Will the NYPD show up to testify this time?
Police higher ups postponed an oversight hearing twice on the Strategic Response Group.
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City Hall talks public safety, with a new briefing
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said media coverage is affecting the perception of crime in the city, so he’s trying something new.
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Eric Adams recalls his past, under surveillance by the NYPD
The mayor who has, at times, shown support for civil liberties, appointed attorney Muhammad Faridi to an NYPD oversight role.
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Labor leaders call on Legislature to make green energy union friendly
Gov. Kathy Hochul excluded labor standards in her climate proposals. Unions want to change that.
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Mayor Eric Adams, DSA agree: expand the court
51 New York electeds signed on to a campaign to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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NYC ends COVID-19 text updates amid pandemic policy rollback
The state is also longer requiring masking at health care facilities.
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Union ad campaign pushes health care cost transparency bill
The New York City Council bill has 42 sponsors, but hospitals don’t like it
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Fifteen council members leave the Progressive Caucus
The New York City Council’s progressives were nearly halved, as leadership tries to build a more cohesive group.
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New York snubbed at State of the Union
Mayor Eric Adams attended the speech after calling again for a ‘decompression strategy’ at the southern border.
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After banning ChatGPT, NYC Schools consider how to use it
Schools Chancellor David Banks said the DOE is looking for the right “guardrails.”
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Zeldin still hammering on Hochul
The former Republican gubernatorial candidate slammed the governor’s State of the State address and executive budget in his first public remarks since Election Day.
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Schumer, AOC and other progressives turn out for Cabán fundraiser
A few dozen left-leaning activists and elected officials came to the event in support of the socialist New York City Council member.
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