With NYC red ink worse than advertised, why’s Eric Adams nixing cuts?
Opinion editorial By Post Editorial Board Published March 3, 2024, 7:49 p.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams’ supposedly balanced $109.4 billion plan for Fiscal 2025, which begins July 1, is $3.6 billion shy of what’s needed for current services, the CBC reports. G.N.Miller Mayor Adams is playing hero again, canceling a round of spending cuts set […]
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Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn’t for NYC’s sanctuary city laws under ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio, lefty City Council members: critics | #citycouncil
Metro exclusive details By Rich Calder Published March 2, 2024, 4:49 p.m. ET Murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley might still be alive if it wasn’t for sanctuary city policies pushed by former Mayor Bill de Blasio and left-wing extremists on the City Council — who have “blood on their hands,” critics told The Post. […]
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East Side City Council race kicks off, with intrigue | #citycouncil
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Democratic primary election for City Council District 2 is more than a year away, but already two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring — and two other strong contenders could be waiting in the wings. Since 2018, the district has been represented by Carlina Rivera, who will be […]
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Eric Adams pads NYC payroll with 293 ‘special assistants’
Metro exclusive By Rich Calder Published Dec. 23, 2023, 11:16 a.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams appears to be following the political playbook of predecessor Bill de Blasio by surrounding himself with many “special assistants” who aren’t bound by civil service regulations and answer only to him. Getty Images Mayor Adams padded the city payroll with […]
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Some holiday cheer from — and for — Mayor Adams, thanks to Fifth Avenue
Nicole Gelinas Opinion By Nicole Gelinas Published Dec. 17, 2023, 7:32 p.m. ET Pedestrians walking down Fifth Avenue during “The Gift of Fifth” event on Dec. 17, 2023. James Keivom Is New York finally — maybe — groping its way to giving the millions of people who descend upon Midtown for the holidays a reasonably […]
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Former NYPD inspector pleads guilty to obstructing probe of NYC mayor’s failed presidential bid
NEW YORK (AP) — The former head of police security for New York City’s mayor during the administration of Bill de Blasio pleaded guilty on Wednesday to blocking an investigation into the misuse of city resources during the Democrat’s failed presidential campaign. Howard Redmond, once a high-ranking NYPD inspector, pleaded guilty to two counts of […]
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Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chirlane McCray separating after 29 years of marriage
NEW YORK – Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray told the New York Times they are separating. The former first couple of New York have been married for 29 years. They say they still plan to live together, but will date other people. De Blasio cited his time as mayor […]
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Former NYC mayor de Blasio remains punching bag in congress race he’s not in
Everyone still hates Bill — and he’s not even running anymore. Six former rivals took shots at former Mayor Bill de Blasio during a televised debate Wednesday night ahead of the Aug. 23 Democratic primary for the newly-drawn Congressional District 10 straddling lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn. “Have you sought or accepted an endorsement from […]
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Homeless advocates hope Mayor Eric Adams heard them | The Riverdale Press
By Abigail Nehring Homeless New York residents and their allies marched through Carl Schurz Park and arrived at the gates of a heavily fortified Gracie Mansion July 17 to deliver their demands to Mayor Eric Adams: stop the sweeps, get cops out of outreach, stop throwing out our belongings. A gaggle of NYPD officers milled […]
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Mayor Adams calls on Biden to send NYC more monkeypox vaccines
Mayor Eric Adams pressed President Biden Monday to get more monkeypox vaccinations to New York City — and in the meanwhile allow officials to delay administering second doses as a way to expand overall inoculations. Hizzoner told the White House in the letter that the Big Apple “urgently” needs a larger percentage of the federal […]
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