Mayor Eric Adams to Deliver ‘State of the City’ as Federal Corruption Trial, Primary Election Loom

Mayor Eric Adams to Deliver ‘State of the City’ as Federal Corruption Trial, Primary Election Loom

By Katie Honan, THE CITY | Editorial credit: Ron Adar / shutterstock.com  The mayor is expected to focus on his old standbys: crime and housing. Mayor Eric Adams will present his fourth State of the City speech Thursday at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, attempting to highlight his administration’s wins even as he faces […]

Attorney General James Puts Medical Transportation Industry on Notice, Announces New Actions to Stop Ongoing Fraud

Attorney General James Puts Medical Transportation Industry on Notice, Announces New Actions to Stop Ongoing Fraud

Editorial credit: Leonard Zhukovsky / shutterstock.com AG James Has Secured More Than $10 Million From Transportation Companies, Won Criminal Convictions of 11 Individuals  NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced new measures to stop a major source of Medicaid fraud by transportation companies that use fake billing schemes to steal from […]

Adams Ally in Charge of City Leasing Demanded Lucrative City Gig for Favored Broker, Suit Alleges

Adams Ally in Charge of City Leasing Demanded Lucrative City Gig for Favored Broker, Suit Alleges

By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY | Editorial credit: a katz / shutterstock.com  Jesse Hamilton forced Cushman & Wakefield to assign Diana Boutross to city lease deals, according to a court complaint — before the duo jetted off to Japan with Adams’ soon-to-be-indicted chief advisor. A longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams who oversees city […]

How New York Can Defend Against Trump’s Mass Deportations

How New York Can Defend Against Trump’s Mass Deportations

By Zach Ahmad , New York Civil Liberties Union | Editorial credit: Ameer Mussard-Afcari / shutterstock.com Trump’s efforts to expel millions of immigrants are a threat to all of us. New York State is home to nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants. Most of them have lived in New York for more than a decade. They are our […]

Board of Elections Director Made Racial and Sexual Remarks to Female Employees, City Probe Finds

Board of Elections Director Made Racial and Sexual Remarks to Female Employees, City Probe Finds

By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY | Photo credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The Department of Investigation recommended in November that Michael Ryan resign, but months later, he’s still there. A behind-the-scenes Department of Investigation probe documented evidence that the white male director of the city’s election board routinely made racially insensitive and sexually suggestive remarks […]

Attorney General James and New Jersey Attorney General Platkin Announce Second Settlement Stopping No-Poach Agreements in Building Services Industry

Attorney General James and New Jersey Attorney General Platkin Announce Second Settlement Stopping No-Poach Agreements in Building Services Industry

Planned Building Services Will End No-Poach Agreements That Suppress Wages and Limit Competition NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin today announced a settlement with Planned Building Services, Inc. and its related companies (Planned) for using illegal no-poach agreements that can lower employees’ wages, reduce competition, and restrict […]

Las Posadas: Mary and Joseph as the Immigrant’s Journey in NYC

Las Posadas: Mary and Joseph as the Immigrant’s Journey in NYC

By Corrie Aune, DOCUMENTED | Editorial credit: VG Foto / shutterstock.com Churches and faith communities in Upper Manhattan collaborated to host a Latin American religious tradition with a NYC twist. On a chilly December evening on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, three women walk side by side down 97th Street. Around their necks, they […]

Resurrected Tax Break Will Help Landlords Comply with Building Emissions Law, Officials Say

Resurrected Tax Break Will Help Landlords Comply with Building Emissions Law, Officials Say

By Mariana Simões, CITY LIMITS A new version of the heavily criticized expired J-51 property tax incentive is back. Advocates argue it will encourage landlords to renovate apartments and will help them afford the upgrades needed to comply with the building emissions law, Local Law 97. The boiler room at a co-op building in Queens. Officials […]

Mayor Adams’ Longtime Top Aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin Indicted in Alleged Bribery and Money-Laundering Scheme

Mayor Adams’ Longtime Top Aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin Indicted in Alleged Bribery and Money-Laundering Scheme

By Katie Honan and Greg B. Smith , THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The chief advisor who stepped down earlier this week and her 38-year-old son are charged in what prosecutors described as a series of illegal favors and payments. “She is so fired up to fight these charges,” he said. “If it were up […]