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Speaker Adams as a potential NYC mayoral race candidate

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NYC mayoral race: Will City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams jump into the primary?

Protesters demand Gov. Kathy Hochul remove Mayor Eric Adams from office outside of her Midtown Manhattan office. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

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Playing it safe: Hochul meets with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future – but express caution over when, or if, to seek removal

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Brooklyn nonprofits brace for uncertainty after federal funding freeze and swift reversal causes ‘chaos’

By Lauren Rapp

mayor eric adams with prayer leaders in Brooklyn

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Mayor Eric Adams rallies against criticism at Ocean Hill church, tells supporters he’s ‘going nowhere’

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

Mayor Adams at press conference

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Crisis at City Hall: Hochul meeting with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future as possible removal looms

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks amid crisis surrounding Mayor Adams

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Hochul to meet with city leaders Tuesday as possibility of Mayor Adams’ removal from office grows

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Tip Theft Prevention Act aims to combat wage theft and union-busting for food service workers

By Lauren Rapp

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn on Aug. 1, 2023.

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‘CREEP Act’: How will this New York pol’s bill protect you from stalking?

Mayor Adams speaks about Trump election win

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What happens if Mayor Adams resigns or is removed by Governor Hochul?

Mayor Adams on FOX News interview a day after federal prosecutors resign

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Law & disorder: More calls for Mayor Adams’ ouster after federal prosecutors resign, Hochul weighs removal option

Car with Mayor Adams leaves meeting with fed border czar Tom Homan

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Mayor Adams reopening ICE facility on Rikers following second meeting with Trump’s border czar

U.S. Reps Nydia Velázquez and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have penned a letter to the FBI and CIA over the murders of two Puerto Rican independence leaders in the 1970s.

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Reps Velázquez and Ocasio-Cortez demand FBI, CIA release documents on Puerto Rican leaders’ assassinations

Governor Kathy Hochul announces new steps to protect consumers from sky-high utility costs that are making New York less affordable.

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‘Intolerable’: Hochul pushes back at Con Edison’s proposed rate hikes, says it makes New York less affordable

Mayor Adams at Trump inauguration

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Trump’s Justice Department ordering Mayor Adams’ criminal indictment dropped in memo

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Kids & Education

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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Raising the bar: Applications to NYC law schools soar above last year’s numbers

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at a podium in an education classroom

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New York’s schools and students would suffer major economic and academic losses if Trump erases Department of Education, pols warn

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AM Lester Chang sworn in for second term, calls for unity and community service

By Robert Pearl

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First six Brooklyn organizations chosen for BP Reynoso’s Community Baby Shower Fund

By Lauren Rapp

Andrew Cuomo

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Should Andrew Cuomo run for mayor? Take our poll and tell us!

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