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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

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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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NYC Mayor’s About-Face on Illegal Immigration Is Hypocritical, Abbott Says

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told The Center Square that New York City’s mayor and other Democratic leaders are hypocritical for criticizing him “for helping out our local communities by busing out migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago.” His comments were in response to New York City Mayor Eric Adams […]

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Redistricting Commission Sends New Map to City Council for Review | #citycouncil

The Mayor & City Council (photo: John McCarten/NYC Council) In a near-unanimous vote, the New York City Districting Commission voted on Thursday to send its latest plan for redrawing the 51 City Council districts to the Council for its review. The Council now has three weeks to either approve the map or reject it and […]