By: Haidee Chu and Claudia Irizarry Aponte | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com The City Council on Wednesday voted to approve four bills aimed at strengthening on-the-job protections for street vendors and app-based grocery delivery workers — overriding vetoes by Mayor Eric Adams of three of those bills while passing a new one. A […]
By: Katie Honan | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: noamgalai / Shutterstock.com Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign on Wednesday denied reports he would take a job in President Donald Trump’s administration as a way of dropping out of his re-election bid, which is facing tepid poll numbers. “Mayor Adams has not met with Donald Trump — don’t […]
By: Haidee Chu and Gwynne Hogan| thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com On a recent morning in Lower Manhattan, immigration Judge John Siemietkowski spoke to three people in his courtroom while masked federal officers waited just outside. “I’m sure you can see with your own eyes what’s going on in our courthouse,” Siemietkowski said. “You […]
By Staff Writer | Editorial credit: Steve Sanchez Photos / Shutterstock.com The city is reeling from the horror of a mass shooting that shattered the calm of a Midtown Manhattan office tower, leaving multiple victims and unanswered questions in its wake. As investigators work to piece together the events leading up to the tragedy, the […]
Editorial credit: Joshua Sukoff / Shutterstock.com The Trump Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against New York City and Mayor Eric Adams, alleging that sanctuary city policies obstruct federal immigration enforcement. The legal action heightens tensions over states’ rights and public safety. By Mary Campbell New York: On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department […]
Editorial credit: Ben Von Klemperer / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrests and indictments of Chenenne Guevarra-Francis, a retired New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective; Merrick Dammar, an attorney; and Barbara Guevarra-Francis, a retired nurse, for stealing a 50 percent ownership stake of a family home […]
By:Greg B. Smith | thecity.nyc| Editorial credit: NYC Russ / Shutterstock.com The Trump Organization is aggressively lobbying the office of Mayor Eric Adams to win its bid to run Central Park’s Wollman Rink, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to THE CITY — squeezing Adams to award a contract even as President Donald Trump’s […]
By Katie Honan, The City | Editorial credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY Adams begged Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi and Chauncey Parker to stay, but they announced their resignation following the mayor’s agreement to aid immigration enforcement in exchange for dropping his corruption prosecution. Mayor Eric Adams begged some of his top deputies to stick […]
By Attorney General’s Press Office Big Chief Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge Fined for Selling Unregulated Cannabis Products and Ignoring Orders to Stop Operating without a License NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James secured a $6 million judgment against the owner of Big Chief Smoke Shop (Big Chief), an unlicensed cannabis store […]
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 […]