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- 1207 - New data shows many outsiders arrested in Columbia, CCNY Gaza protests
More than 45% of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City Collegethis week were “unaffiliated” with the schools, NYPD sources told the Daily News on Thursday, though it’s unclear how many of the demonstrators were so-called “outside agitators” involved in driving the recent tumult on the campuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 03 May 2024 - 1206 - Millions of New Yorkers facing rent hikes of up to 4% for 1-year lease
Around 2 million New Yorkers living in stabilized apartments will likely see their rents climb for the third year in a row, after the board tasked with setting rates okayed a range of possible hikes at a raucous preliminary vote on Tuesday — as tenants and their board representatives walked out in protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 02 May 2024 - 1205 - Mayor Adams’ new engagement form system subject to transparency laws
The City Council’s top tech official alerted Mayor Adams this week that his administration must by law publicly release all information gathered as part of his controversial new “engagement form” system, which requires local elected officials to ask for permission before speaking with senior city officials about various issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 01 May 2024 - 1204 - Mayor Adams kicks off “City of Yes” housing plan
The Adams administration’s signature housing plan — which involves building “a little more housing” in every neighborhood — kicked off with a formal approval process Monday after months of hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 - 1203 - NYC sees surge in gun permit applications
Amid ongoing fear of crime, more than 13,300 New Yorkers applied for licenses to carry guns in the city last year, a near-double increase compared to 2022 — and the NYPD’s financial bottom line has been boosted by the permit surge, according to a Daily News analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 29 Apr 2024 - 1202 - UPDATE: No imminent plans for NYPD to clear CUNY City College pro-Gaza campus encampment
Students at the City University of New York on Thursday launched a pro-Palestinian encampment at City College, part of a wave of tent demonstrations sweeping the nation calling on universities to divest from Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 - 1201 - Mayor Adams’ budget plan restores NYPD funding, but won’t reverse $58M cut to NYC libraries
Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal includes restored funding for the NYPD, but doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar cut to the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service reductions at library branches across the five boroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 - 1200 - NYC government workers of color paid less than white colleagues: study
Black, Asian and Hispanic NYC government workers continue to be paid less than their white colleagues, a disparity driven by a persistent pattern of low wages for women of color in the municipal ranks, according to a new study release by the City Council on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 - 1199 - Mayor Adams defense trust returns $22K in improper donations
In the first three months of this year, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received $22,462 in prohibited donations from a corporate entity and 10 individuals with city government business interests, according to a Daily News review of finance disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 - 1198 - N.Y. State lawmakers pass $237B budget nearly 3 weeks late
New York State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $237 billion state budget, unlocking $2.4 billion for the city’s migrant crisis and providing a program to address the city’s dire housing shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 1197 - Cannabis enforcement deal is locked down in State budget
A legislative package boosting New York City in its battle against the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops operating citywide has been secured in state budget negotiations, lawmakers said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 1196 - Council Progressives will try to block Mayor Adams’ plan to tap top lawyer
City Council Democrats from the party’s progressive wing say they’ll work to block Mayor Adams’ expected plan to tap conservative legal heavy-hitter Randy Mastro as his administration’s next top attorney, setting the stage for a potentially contentious battle over his nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 18 Apr 2024 - 1195 - NYC could save $3.5 billion on migrant costs with housing vouchers
New York City could save up to $3.5 billion in migrant housing costs if it and the state government expand access to housing vouchers, a new report from the homeless services provider Win revealed Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 - 1194 - Critics slam potential New York State housing deal
A range of critics have begun to pounce as Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers draw closer to a housing deal that would revive a tax break for developers and provide new good cause eviction protections to tenants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 - 1193 - Report on mayoral control of NYC public schools adds a new wrinkle to the debate
With Mayor Adams’ authority over the city’s public schools on the line, a new study of mayoral control that painted an unfavorable picture of how parents and teachers feel about the status quo has added a new wrinkle to the debate in Albany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 - 1192 - Senator Schumer announces $15M to replace Brooklyn’s Grand St. bridge
The feds will be footing more of the bill for a new bridge over Newtown Creek, putting $15 million towards the replacement of the 119-year-old Grand St. Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 1191 - Adams defends against report of Turkish Airlines upgrades...demures on specific details
Mayor Adams defended himself Tuesday when questioned about a report that the federal probe into ties between Turkey and his 2021 mayoral campaign has honed in on upgrades he allegedly received on Turkish Airlines flights, but declined to offer more specific details on issues raised by the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 - 1190 - Key report on mayoral control of NYC public schools finds parents, teachers feel shut out
New York City parents and teachers feel shut out of key decisions about children’s education under the current system of mayoral control, according to a pivotal state Education Department report released Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 - 1189 - NYC taps lawyer for Mayor Adams sex assault lawsuit
Celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, whose clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, has been retained to represent Mayor Adams against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a police colleague over three decades ago, according to court filings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 09 Apr 2024 - 1188 - Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists
Madonna files to dismiss fans’ lawsuit over late start of Barclays Center concert; Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists; Off-duty NYPD cop charged with assault in Brooklyn incident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 08 Apr 2024 - 1187 - Mayor Adams welcomes Texas Governor to NYC
Mayor Adams offered a sarcastic helping hand to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during his New York City stay, saying Thursday that the Republican could sleep in a migrant shelter “so he can see what he has created." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 1186 - Biden critics claim 12% of NY Democratic voters cast blank ballots to protest Gaza war
Critics of President Biden’s support for the war in Gaza Wednesday claimed that an impressive 12% of New York Democratic voters heeded their call to protest by casting blank ballots in the state’s presidential primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 - 1185 - Ex-NYPD deputy inspector sentenced in Mayor Adams campaign straw donor scheme
A former NYPD deputy inspector who was friendly with Mayor Adams was sentenced to community service Tuesday for his ringleader role in a straw donor scheme that gamed the system to boost the mayor’s 2021 City Hall run and curry political favors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 03 Apr 2024 - 1184 - Biden critics push for blank ballots in New York’s Democratic primary to protest Gaza war
Critics of President Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza are pushing for Democratic voters to cast blank ballots in Tuesday’s otherwise snoozy primary as some Republicans plan to vote for Nikki Haley to express oppostion to former President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 02 Apr 2024 - 1183 - Data for at risk cops flagged for retraining missing from NYPD report
An NYPD year-end report detailing how it works with at-risk officers is missing a key detail: How many of those struggling cops had to repeat the program? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 01 Apr 2024 - 1182 - NYC to allow test rides of driverless cars — with drivers behind the wheel
The rollout of driverless cars in American cities has so far been pockmarked by speed bumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 1181 - New York State budget expected to be late
Weeks of cautious optimism that New York lawmakers might approve the state budget on time have faded to the reality that talks will drag past the April 1st deadline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 28 Mar 2024 - 1180 - MTA plans final congestion pricing vote: What you need to know
The MTA is expected to approve a congestion pricing tolling plan Wednesday, ahead of a June launch for the program — barring a judicial ruling favoring New Jerseyans or others who oppose the plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 27 Mar 2024 - 1179 - NYC Council announces appeal of ruling that invalidated city’s noncitizen voting law
The City Council asked the state’s highest court Monday to reverse a ruling that struck down a law giving hundreds of thousands of noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote in local elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 26 Mar 2024 - 1178 - What to know as New York approaches state budget deadline
One week out from the nominal deadline to approve the next state budget, Gov. Hochul and the Legislature are heading into a few days of furious negotiations, with school funding and tenant protections seen as likely sticking points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 25 Mar 2024 - 1177 - Mets owners donate $116M to community college facility
Mets owners’ Steve and Alex Cohen’s foundation is making the largest donation in the City University of New York’s history to a new workforce development center at a Queens community college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 1176 - Top NYPD brass defend controversial use of social media at Council budget hearing
The NYPD pushed back Wednesday against criticism of how it uses social media — calling it critical to giving information to the public — even as a chief testified that the department will soon encrypt all its radio transmissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 - 1175 - Adams vows to not be distracted by sex assault claim
Mayor Adams vehemently denied accusations Tuesday that he sexually assaulted a coworker in his car decades ago and vowed to not be distracted by the shocking claim — as his administration’s top attorney defended using city government attorneys to represent the mayor in the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 20 Mar 2024 - 1174 - Hochul orders ‘top-down’ review of New York marijuana licensing process
New York State has launched a comprehensive review of its sluggish process for licensing cannabis shops, Governor Hochul’s office said Monday, targeting a tortured legalization rollout that has allowed a sprawling market of unlicensed retailers to emerge across the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 1173 - NYC yellow taxi demand still slow post-pandemic
The number of yellow taxis on New York City streets is growing post-pandemic — but passenger demand has not kept pace, and a third of taxi medallions remain dormant, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 1172 - Number of unlicensed Upper West Side weed shops has jumped 104% since 2022
Manhattan’s Upper West Side is awash with unlicensed weed shops — and the budding problem continues to grow worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 1171 - Governor Hochul suggests that Cuomo did not warn her before resignation
Governor Hochul visited “The View” on Wednesday, touting her efforts to tackle crime during her 30-month governorship, defending a polarizing new subway safety plan and offering a new account of her rise to the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 1170 - Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams launch task force cracking down on ‘ghost cars’
City and state authorities have launched a sprawling interagency task force to combat so-called ghost cars carrying missing, modified or counterfeit license plates, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 1169 - NYC’s daily care cost per migrant household hits $388
The city is currently spending more money on housing and services per migrant than it did last summer, despite projections from Mayor Adams showing the overall price tag for the crisis is dropping thanks to reductions in the number of asylum seekers in the city’s care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 1168 - NY appeals court reinstates bribery charges against former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin that were dismissed after a lower court found the feds failed to establish sufficient evidence of a quid pro quo between him and a campaign donor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 1167 - Governor Hochul once again grasps for command of crime debate ahead of November elections
Governor Hochul, who was weighed down by voter fears about crime in her closer-than-expected reelection victory in 2022, often says that public safety is her single most pressing priority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 1166 - Hochul sends 750 National Guard troops to NYC subways
Governor Hochul is deploying 750 members of the Guard and 250 state and MTA police officers to subway stations to inspect passengers’ bags following a spate of violent incidents across the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 1165 - ‘No indication’ Mayor Adams is target of criminal probe after latest FBI raids: lawyer
An attorney for Mayor Adams said Tuesday there’s nothing to suggest he’s the “target” of any criminal probe in the wake of FBI raids at the homes of Winnie Greco, a top City Hall adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 1164 - Mayor Adams unveils $50M fund to help minority-owned real estate developers
The city is creating a $50 million fund that will serve as collateral for minority-owned businesses attempting to secure loans for work on affordable housing projects, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 1163 - The City Council projects $3.3B more in tax revenue than Adams’ team, paving way for brutal budget debate
The City Council’s latest tax revenue projection far exceeds the most recent forecast put out by Mayor Adams’ team — giving the chamber’s Democrats a new leg to stand on as they brace for a contentious budget battle that’s expected to center on whether to reverse the mayor’s cuts to public services and agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 1162 - FBI raids Bronx homes of Mayor Adams aide
FBI agents on Thursday raided two Bronx homes owned by Winnie Greco, a top aide to Mayor Adams, multiple sources confirmed to the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 1161 - Mayor Adams rolls out new plan to create jobs, address climate change
Mayor Adams unveiled a new economic plan Wednesday geared toward addressing climate change and creating 5,000 new jobs — and which his administration predicted will generate $55 billion of “economic impact” for the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 1160 - Lander report slams Mayor Adams on migrant contract spending
The cost of comparable migrant services provided by contractors hired by Mayor Adams’ administration “varied widely” and came in “significantly higher” than what the city typically pays, leading to mismanaged taxpayer dollars, a report released Tuesday by city Comptroller Brad Lander revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 1159 - Biden visits New York City for campaign trip, second this month
President Biden Monday was set to visit New York Monday afternoon for his second campaign trip of the month to the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 1158 - NYC lawmakers make yet another bid to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops
A renewed push to weed out the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops in the city rolled forward Friday, another effort in what so far has been a largely losing battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 1157 - DOT claims more red light cameras save lives in New York City
City transportation officials are asking Albany pols to expand New York City’s red-light camera program, which is set to end this year as fatalities from light-running reach a record high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 1156 - Mayor Adams cancels next round of NYC budget cuts, but will slash migrant spending
Mayor Adams called off a plan Wednesday to cut all city agency budgets by 5% this spring — but also announced he’s going to slash nearly $600 million in projected spending on housing and services for newly-arrived migrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 1155 - 41% of N.Y voters want someone other than Biden, Trump
Democrats found reasons for optimism after scoring a special congressional election victory in swing Long Island territory last week, but President Biden continues to show signs of weakness in deep-blue New York, according to a statewide Siena College poll published Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 1154 - NYC mulls e-bike safety crackdown
E-bike safety checks and enforcement would be a key role of the new city agency Mayor Adams is contemplating to regulate New York’s growing food and package delivery industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 1153 - The city sues social media giants to hold them ‘financially responsible’ for youth mental health crisis
Mayor Adams’ administration sued the owners of five major social media platforms Wednesday with an aim to hold them “financially responsible” for the city’s youth mental health crisis, joining a wave of similar legal actions brought by jurisdictions across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 1152 - Low-income New Yorkers sue Mayor Adams over refusal to expand rental voucher access
Four New Yorkers who are either at risk of becoming homeless or already living in the shelter system sued Mayor Adams on Wednesday for refusing to implement a package of laws that’d make it easier for them to access the city’s rental assistance program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 15 Feb 2024 - 1151 - Mayor Adams denounces state bill seeking to ban migrant stay limits
Mayor Adams pushed back Tuesday on new state legislation that seeks to outlaw the 30- and 60-day limits his administration has put on migrants staying in New York City shelters, saying his policies constitute a “successful humanitarian response.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 14 Feb 2024 - 1150 - NY lawmakers propose bill aimed at Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter stay limits
Two progressive New York lawmakers are taking aim at 30- and 60-day migrant shelter stay limits in the latest challenge to the Adams administration’s controversial policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 13 Feb 2024 - 1149 - 20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew
20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 12 Feb 2024 - 1148 - City Council OKs legal action against Mayor Adams in housing voucher feud
The City Council empowered Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams over his refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — but the speaker played coy on what exactly comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 1147 - City Council to clear way for legal action against Adams admin in housing voucher battle
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is set to grant herself the power Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams’ administration over its refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — a procedural step that carries outsize weight amid a tense relationship between the two top politicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 08 Feb 2024 - 1146 - Mayor Adams asks NY lawmakers to shoulder half of migrant costs
Mayor Adams visited Albany on Tuesday to urge New York state lawmakers who hold sway over city resources to increase aid for the migrant crisis, asking for the state to cover 50% of the city’s migrant costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 07 Feb 2024 - 1145 - Ringleader in 2021 straw donor scheme tied to Mayor Adams’ campaign pleads guilty
Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector and longtime friend of Mayor Adams, admitted as part of a guilty plea Monday that he helped orchestrate a scheme to funnel illegal donations into the mayor’s 2021 campaign coffers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 06 Feb 2024 - 1144 - 2026 FIFA World Cup final to be held at MetLife Stadium
The 2026 FIFA World Cup’s final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA announced Sunday. While in competition with the AT&T Stadium inn Arlington, Tex., the home of the Giants and Jets promised to remove 1,740 seats to accommodate a wider field for the beautiful game, the Daily News previously reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 05 Feb 2024 - 1143 - NYC takes next major step toward getting trash off streets and into containers
An uptown Manhattan community board district is set to become the first in the city where trash containerization will be universally mandated under a plan rolled out by Mayor Adams on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 1142 - NYC library use surged before Adams budget cuts
New York City’s public libraries saw large spikes in visitors and social program participation in the months before Mayor Adams’ budget cuts prompted them to eliminate Sunday hours at all branches and scale back other services as well, newly released data show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 - 1141 - City Council overrides the Mayor's criminal justice vetoes
The City Council voted Tuesday to override two rare vetoes issued by Mayor Adams — the “How Many Stops” bill that will expand reporting requirements around low-level NYPD stops and another aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 31 Jan 2024 - 1140 - Mayor Adams defends ‘How Many Stops’ veto
Mayor Adams on Monday defended his veto of the “How Many Stops Act” as City Council leaders mounted a final internal lobbying push to line up the necessary support to override him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 30 Jan 2024 - 1139 - City Council leaders call on mayor to open more migrant ‘reticketing centers’
Two City Council leaders called on Mayor Adams’ administration Friday to open up more migrant “reticketing centers” amid concern over newly arrived asylum seekers sleeping outside the city’s only such site due to overcrowding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 29 Jan 2024 - 1138 - Mayor Adams investing $40M to give NYC women a greater leg-up
New York City will invest $40 million as part of a comprehensive effort to address gender inequities across the five boroughs, building on existing initiatives rolled out in the last year, Mayor Adams announced Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 1137 - Mayor Adams delivers his State of the City speech
In his third State of the City speech since taking office, Mayor Adams pledged Wednesday that the remainder of his first term will be focused on boosting job creation, education, housing development and public safety — but he acknowledged he needs help from state lawmakers in Albany to achieve several of those goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 25 Jan 2024 - 1136 - NYC to include migrants in annual street homelessness census
Any migrants spotted sleeping outside will be counted as part of the city’s annual street homelessness census this month, according to Adams administration officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 24 Jan 2024 - 1135 - NYC officials and advocates demand an end to Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter limits
Dozens of City Council members and advocates called on Mayor Adams Monday to halt shelter stay limits for migrant families, with Speaker Adrienne Adams slamming the policy as “counterproductive and cruel.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 23 Jan 2024 - 1134 - Mayor Adams vetoes ‘How Many Stops Act’ and solitary ban bill
Mayor Adams on Friday vetoed the How Many Stops Act, which would beef up NYPD transparency requirements, and a bill to prohibit solitary confinement in city jails — setting the stage for a dramatic showdown with the City Council, whose leaders immediately pledged to override the mayoral attempt to block the measures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 22 Jan 2024 - 1133 - ICYMI The Key takeaways from Mayor Adams’ budget plan for NYC
Amid much better revenue flow than predicted, Mayor Adams announced Tuesday that the city won’t be cutting funding to its agencies as deeply as initially expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sat, 20 Jan 2024 - 1132 - Former City Comptroller launches committee to explore mayoral run against Adams
Scott Stringer, the former city comptroller who ran a losing mayoral campaign against Mayor Adams three years ago, officially signaled Thursday that he’s preparing for a possible rematch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 1131 - A look at Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign contributions
The latest fillings show New York’s real estate and legal industries drove much of Mayor Adams’ latest campaign cash haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 18 Jan 2024 - 1130 - Takeaways from New York Governor Hochul’s state budget plan
Governor Hochul on Tuesday outlined her proposal for the next state budget, offering more detail on initiatives she centered in her State of the State speech last week, and putting a striking price tag on state funding for the migrant crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 17 Jan 2024 - 1129 - Mayor Adams has raised $650K for legal defense trust since FBI raid at his campaign aide’s home
In the two months since its launch, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust has raised at least $650,000 to help cover lawyer fees he and his associates rack up as part of an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign’s finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 1128 - New York Gov. Hochul to unveil state budget proposal on Tuesday
Weighing looming deficits, the city’s costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds, Gov. Hochul has spent recent weeks preparing a framework for the state’s next budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 15 Jan 2024 - 1127 - Mayor Adams rolls back cuts to trash pickup and jobs training program
Reductions in trash pickups and cuts to the city Parks Department announced in November were rolled back Thursday as part of the fiscal rejiggering Mayor Adams and his budget team are engaged in prior to rolling out the city’s new preliminary spending plan next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 1126 - Mayor Adams reversing some NYPD and FDNY cuts
New York City won’t freeze hiring of police officers or lay off disabled firefighters this fiscal year after all, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday, citing “better than anticipated” tax revenue and a reduction in projected migrant crisis spending as the reasons for calling off the planned NYPD and FDNY cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 11 Jan 2024 - 1125 - Governor Hochul’s State of the State address centers on public safety, mental health, and affordability
Governor Hochul on Tuesday was set to trumpet her agenda for the new year, outlining proposals aimed at overcoming post-pandemic mental health challenges, cracking down on retail thefts and illegal weed stores and addressing the state’s urgent affordability crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 10 Jan 2024 - 1124 - What would NYC Council’s ‘How Many Stops Act’ actually do?
For the second time in less than a year, the City Council is bracing for Mayor Adams to veto a bill it passed with overwhelming support — and this time the legislation at hand relates to police transparency, a top priority for most members of the chamber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 09 Jan 2024 - 1123 - Pushback growing over mayoral control of NYC schools with renewal up for debate in Albany
As state lawmakers reconvene for a new legislative session, one of the tasks they’ll face is reviewing school governance at New York City public schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 - 1122 - NYC teachers’ union, Staten Island borough president sue to stop congestion pricing
NYC teachers and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella are suing to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, saying it will punish teachers, firefighters and other city workers who commute to Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 1121 - Governor Hochul proposes statewide phonics-based reading program
Governor Hochul on Wednesday introduced a framework to overhaul reading curriculum across New York State, emphasizing phonics, after New York City officials introduced similar, sweeping changes to literacy education in city elementary school districts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 04 Jan 2024 - 1120 - Mayor Adams fails to register his Brooklyn rental property with NYC housing agency again
Mayor Adams faces potential fines for failing to register his Brooklyn rental property with the city’s housing agency last year — the latest in a string of violations at the building, according to public records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 03 Jan 2024 - 1119 - NYC murders and shootings down in 2023 for second year in a row
New York City homicide and shootings dropped in 2023 for a second straight year, NYPD data show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 02 Jan 2024 - 1118 - Mayor Adams dismantling ‘disruptive’ NYC task force accused of heavy-handed raids at bars, venues
Mayor Adams, an avowed booster of New York City’s nightlife scene, is dismantling a decades-old, multiagency enforcement task force that has long been accused of using heavy-handed tactics during inspections at bars and venues across the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 1117 - Mayor Adams sets strict limits on when migrant buses can arrive in NYC
New York City will only allow buses of asylum seekers to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays going forward, Mayor Adams said Wednesday, instituting the restrictions in concert with Denver and Chicago, which created broader windows for bus arrivals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 28 Dec 2023 - 1116 - Governor Hochul uses Christmas address to condemn hate crime spikes in N.Y.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul used her Christmas address Monday to condemn a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes seen across New York since Hamas’ terror attack on Israel this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 27 Dec 2023 - 1115 - UFT sues to block Mayor Adams’ NYC education budget cuts
The city’s teachers union is suing to stop the Adams administration from shaving as much as $2 billion off the local Education Department budget as part of a long list of spending cuts first announced in September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 1114 - New York Democrats renew push to boot Trump from ballot
New York Democrats Wednesday vowed to renew their push to get former President Donald Trump banned from the state’s presidential ballot after a bombshell ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 21 Dec 2023 - 1113 - Mayor Adams threatens to limit press access at City Hall to one reporter per outlet
Mayor Adams — who has for months lamented what he sees as unfair press coverage of his administration — announced Tuesday he’s considering restricting media access at City Hall so that only one reporter per outlet can be admitted to the building at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wed, 20 Dec 2023 - 1112 - US stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Monday, with the Dow inching for another record even as Federal Reserve officials tried to rein in high expectations for interest rate cuts.
The city has failed to process thousands of expedited food stamp applications within a legally required timeframe this year, leaving some of the city’s most vulnerable residents without consistent access to meals, according to data reviewed by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 - 1111 - CUNY orders deeper spending cuts
The City University of New York is slashing tens of millions from college budgets across eight of its 25 campuses, potentially gutting course offerings and student services from counseling to record-keeping, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mon, 18 Dec 2023 - 1110 - Trio of N.Y. state lawmakers urge state to establish right to counsel for immigrants
Three New York state lawmakers and a crew of advocates rallied on Thursday in support of legislation to ensure free legal counsel for immigrants who are detained or at risk of deportation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 1109 - NYC’s largest municipal union, suing Mayor Adams’ admin over budget cuts
One of the city’s most powerful labor unions — and a backer of Mayor Adams in his 2021 primary run for City Hall — is suing the city over a series of cuts the Adams’ administration is now floating to address a $7 billion budget deficit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thu, 14 Dec 2023 - 1108 - Adams open to rolling back some budget cuts
Mayor Adams said Tuesday he’s open to rolling back some of the budget cuts unveiled in his administration’s most recent financial plan — as long as the reversals are reasonable and “make sense.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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