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Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash after 100,000 people from the southern border flood five boroughs

By Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com Updated: 05:11 28 Aug 2023 Mayor Eric Adams has opened over 200 shelters across the five boroughs to try and house the 100,000 who have arrived from the border Trump supporters and pro-migrant protesters fought outside his Upper East Side home, with punches thrown  Former New York City mayoral candidate […]

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NYC outdoor dining: Mayor Adams to sign bill allowing eating establishments to keep outdoor spaces

SCHUYLERVILLE, the Bronx (WABC) — Outdoor dining will officially become a permanent fixture in New York City on Wednesday. Some new rules will be in place when Mayor Eric Adams signs the outdoor dining bill into place. The main difference is that, starting next year, those roadway sheds will eventually become seasonal. Dining establishments will […]

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Our Children and All Our Neighbors Deserve Safety on McGuinness Boulevard

Lola Pavitt, a graduating fifth-grader at PS110 (photo: ZED Images) On May 17, 2021, Matthew Jensen greeted my son at the entry to PS110 in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and took his temperature, as he did every day during covid. The following afternoon, word started spreading at the playground that Mr. Jensen had died. Kids were saying […]

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Where is the State Legislation at Center of Mayor Adams’ Jordan Neely Response?

Mayor Adams releases a mental health plan (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor’s Office) On May 10, Mayor Eric Adams made his first extended remarks on the death of Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man with a history of mental illness who was killed on the subway ten days earlier by Daniel Penny, a white Marine veteran. Adams […]

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How Mayor Adams’ Albany Agenda Fared in the New State Budget

Mayor & Governor (photo: Darren McGee/Governor’s Office) New York State’s $229 billion budget deal for the new fiscal year has both good and bad news for New York City and Mayor Eric Adams’ Albany agenda. It directs additional funding for the ongoing migrant asylum-seeker crisis, provides a lifeline to the cash-strapped MTA, funds rent relief […]

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams visits police officer at St. Barnabas Hospital after he was stabbed in the Bronx

BRONX, New York (WABC) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams took time on Christmas Eve to visit a police officer who was stabbed in the Bronx. The mayor tweeted a photo of him walking into St. Barnabas Hospital Saturday night. Police say Officer Lin Zhen was stabbed in the right arm by an emotionally […]

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams visits police officer at St. Barnabas Hospital after he was stabbed in the Bronx

BRONX, New York (WABC) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams took time on Christmas Eve to visit a police officer who was stabbed in the Bronx. The mayor tweeted a photo of him walking into St. Barnabas Hospital Saturday night. Police say Officer Lin Zhen was stabbed in the right arm by an emotionally […]

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Series of Major Housing Approvals, Announcements Mark Progress in Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ | #citycouncil

Mayor Adams releases his housing plan (photo: Ed Reed/Mayor’s Office) New York City is soon to be awash in new housing construction with the City Council approval in recent months of over 12,000 new units and a mayoral administration promising to bring thousands more through major development projects and changes to city zoning rules. The […]

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Mayor Eric Adams to hold summit with city leaders to discuss crime in NYC

NEW YORK (WABC) — This weekend, Mayor Eric Adams is holding a summit with dozens of city leaders to figure out what to do about crime in New York City. Critics, supporters, and experts will be at Gracie Mansion to look at how to fix what isn’t working – from the borough’s five DAs to […]

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticizes NYC Mayor Eric Adams for ticketing buses carrying migrants

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the ticketing of buses carrying migrants from his state to the so-called sanctuary city, following a state of emergency declaration in the Big Apple amid the influx. The New York Police Department was seen over the weekend pulling over buses near the Port Authority that […]

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