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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.

AMNY

Altered City of Yes Housing plan passes 2 key City Council committees despite some vocal objections

Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing

AMNY

DEVELOPING | City of Yes for housing deal takes shape as crucial Thursday council committee vote gets pushed back

Mayor Eric Adams named Jessica Tisch, his current Sanitation commissioner, as his new NYPD commissioner. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024.

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Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch named by Mayor Adams as new NYPD commissioner

Congestion pricing traffic on Manhattan street

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Congestion pricing in NYC has arrived: Take our amNY poll and tell us what you think

Mayor Adams

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Mayor Adams restores last of NYPD academy classes he cut last year with budget update

Mayor Eric Adams rallying with officials in his administration, union members and advocates for the launch of the public review period for his 'City of Yes: Zoning for Housing Opportunity" plan in April 2024.

AMNY

City Council committee set to vote on controversial City of Yes residential zoning overhaul

man preparing food in a kitchen

AMNY

11% of working New Yorkers need NYC food pantries just to be able to eat. One report explains why.

Subway surfers playing a dangerous game in New York

AMNY

Subway surfing: NYC Council, MTA and NYPD look for ways to stop dangerous trend among young New Yorkers

hakeem jeffries

Politics

Jeffries says House Democrats ‘overperformed’ in general election despite losing majority, says party will push back on right-wing extremism

By Kirstyn Brendlen

congestion pricing rally staten island

Staten Island, Brooklyn pols rally against congestion pricing as Hochul considers reviving program

By Robert Pearl

chi ossé nyc council broker fee

Politics

City Council passes Brooklyn CM Chi Ossé’s broker fee bill with veto-proof majority

By Ethan Stark-Miller

NYPD drones used to catch subway surfer

AMNY

NYPD says its drones have transformed crime-fighting and saving lives over last two years

Donald Trump at rally in NYC

AMNY

Tens of thousands of working-class New Yorkers shifted toward Trump in 2024. Here’s why.

Mayor Adams

AMNY

Mayor Adams raises concerns over real estate broker fee bill set to get City Council vote Wednesday

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Bay Ridge

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm paralyzed after horse riding accident, thousands raised for recovery

By Adam Daly

Congestion pricing cameras in Manhattan in March 2024.

AMNY

Hochul mulling revival of congestion pricing as Trump’s second term looms, reports say

voters in park slope

Politics

Check out the vote: Breaking down the results of the presidential election in Brooklyn

By Kirstyn Brendlen

Mayor Eric Adams.

AMNY

Adams says he spoke with President-elect Trump, but did not discuss his legal case

immigrants

QNS

NYC immigrant groups denounce Trump’s re-election, pledge to protect immigrant communities

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Razor-thin margin: Republican incumbent Michael Novakhov leads Joey Cohen-Saban in tight race for 45th Assembly District

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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