Mayor Adams seeks to oust outspoken chairwoman of NYPD oversight board: sources
Mayor Eric Adams is trying to oust the interim chairwoman of the civilian oversight board tasked with investigating complaints against the NYPD, according to sources. Adams’ close advisor Philips Banks asked Arva Rice to resign from her position at the head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) sometime last week, sources with knowledge of […]
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NYC managers score 16% salary hike as Adams pushes program cuts
Metro By Rich Calder and Susan Edelman Published April 13, 2024, 10:51 a.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams signed off on a order that will provide more than 100,000 administration officials and other non-union employees with a retroactive pay increase boosting their salaries by 16.2%. ED REED Mayor Eric Adams might be crying poverty over the […]
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FBI eyes Eric Adams business class bumps on Turkish Airlines
Metro By Larry Celona and Craig McCarthy Published April 5, 2024, 5:33 p.m. ET The FBI is looking into business class upgrades that Mayor Eric Adams received on Turkish Airlines as part of the federal probe into his 2021 campaign finances, law enforcement sources confirmed Friday. The feds are eyeing Adams’ accommodations on international flights, […]
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City Council pushing bill to provide free mental health services to migrants | #citycouncil
Metro exclusive By Jon Levine Published March 30, 2024, 8:16 a.m. ET The new bill “would require the Mayor’s Office of Community Health to have at least one mental health coordinator at any location where refugees and migrants receive services from the city. CineLens/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com Big Apple lawmakers may need their heads examined. Newly […]
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Top Adams official attacks ‘extremist’ NYC council after slaying of NYPD cop Jonathan Diller for ‘placing the public at risk’ | #citycouncil
Metro exclusive By Craig McCarthy Published March 28, 2024, 5:20 p.m. ET A top Adams administration official raged against the “extremist” City Council online — blaming their policies for driving recidivism and disorder in the wake of the slaying of a Big Apple cop. “What is it going to take for extremist advocates and elected […]
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NYC police union head warns city council to skip Diller funeral | #citycouncil
Metro By Olivia Land Published March 27, 2024, 8:46 a.m. ET The New York City Sergeants Benevolent Association has warned city council members to skip slain Officer Jonathan Diller’s funeral this weekend – and accused them of being complicit in his “completely avoidable death.” SBA President Vincent J. Vallelong predicted in a missive Wednesday that […]
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City Council asks highest court to allow non-citizens to vote | #citycouncil
The New York City Council asked the state’s highest court to strike down a pair of rulings in a move that would pave the way for noncitizen immigrants to vote in city elections. The controversial election change, passed by the City Council in late 2021 and signed into law by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, would […]
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Mayor Adams visits NYC Burger King resident claims is ‘open air drug bazaar’
Metro exclusive By Kathianne Boniello Published March 23, 2024, 8:40 a.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams sitting inside the Burger King, where a witness said he met for an hour with the group that stands outside the Burger King. Mayor Adams broke bread with a crew of loiterers and alleged drug dealers who have been using […]
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Mayor Adams visits NYC Burger King resident claims is ‘open air drug bazaar’
Mayor Adams broke bread with a crew of loiterers and alleged drug dealers who have been using a Burger King blocks from City Hall as their headquarters, a witness to the unusual Whopper summit told The Post. Hizzoner even apparently offered them jobs — and was offered ganja himself, the witness said. The day after […]
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Mayor Adams heading to Texas this weekend as economic toll of migrant surge weighs on NYC
Metro By Craig McCarthy Published March 22, 2024, 6:19 p.m. ET Mayor Eric Adams is heading to the southern border this weekend — just two days after dozens of migrants rushed a border wall in El Paso, Texas. The jaunt south, his second such trip to the Lone Star State since the start of the migrant […]
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