By Brian Figeroux, Esq. | Editorial credit: Ron Adar / shutterstock.com In the lead-up to the 2025 New York City mayoral election, candidates Scott Stringer and Brad Lander are intensifying their outreach to non-white communities, aiming to build broad-based support across the city’s diverse population. Incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, who has historically garnered significant backing […]
By Greg B. Smith and Gwynne Hogan | THE CITY | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / shuttertsock.com Even as Mayor Eric Adams has ducked questions about Trump’s proposed mass deportations, agency employees have been told to block non-local law enforcement from city facilities. As President Donald Trump repealed years of precedent strongly discouraging immigration raids in schools, houses of worship, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY New York City’s Campaign Finance Board has warned Mayor Eric Adams he may be found to have breached the rules for receiving public matching funds. If the board sticks to its findings, Adams would have to return the $10 million in taxpayer funds he got during his 2021 campaign. […]
By DOCUMENTED, Fisayo Okare | Editorial credit: Artist Nadia Russ / shutterstock.com This week, NYC Mayor Adams reiterated that he wants to go above the New York City Council’s authority and roll back NYC’s sanctuary city laws. Mayor Eric Adams positioned himself as a defender of immigrants rights on the campaign trail in 2021. But since the busing of […]
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: Steve Sanchez Photos / shutterstock.com Campaign Finance Board declares the mayor’s conduct, including indictment allegations of fraudulent fundraising, as likely “conduct in violation of the campaign finance law.” The panel that oversees campaign finance to restrict the influence of money in politics Monday denied Mayor Eric […]
By Yoav Gonen, THE CITY | Photo credit: The Guardian With their unprecedented indictment of a sitting mayor, phone seizures and search warrants, the prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York have attracted a lot of attention for investigating Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle. But across the East […]
By Gwynne Hogan, THECITY | Editorial credit: yuriyt/ shutterstock.com The Brooklyn facility is on a list of 25 the Adams adminstration says it closed in recent weeks or plans to close before the end of March, as the number of migrants in shelters continues to decline. Those include the vast family shelter at Floyd Bennett […]