Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park
Plus, five men were stabbed and slashed in a bloody Queens bar brawl late Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
5 Elo 20245min
MTA projects budget deficit amid fare evasion, congestion pricing confusion
Persistent fare evasion and a decline in real estate tax revenues were on track to land the MTA’s day-to-day operating budget in a $428 million deficit in 2027, with a $469 million deficit projected for 2028, the transit agency said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2 Elo 20245min
Adams administration says 750 NYC smoke shops shuttered so far in crackdown on illicit weed
Roughly 750 smoke shops have been shuttered across the five boroughs in the three months since Mayor Adams’ administration launched a crackdown on unlicensed weed peddlers, city and state officials announced Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 Elo 20245min
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander announces 2025 Mayoral run
City Comptroller Brad Lander announced Tuesday he’s running against Mayor Adams in next year’s primary election, making him the first candidate to officially declare a challenge against the incumbent mayor and teeing up an unusual matchup between two high-profile elected officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
31 Heinä 20247min
Mayor Adams touts housing gains in NYC as critics push back
Mayor Adams and top administration officials announced Monday that the city financed the preservation and construction of nearly 29,000 affordable and public housing units over the last year — a 12% increase over last year when the city funded more than 26,000 such units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
30 Heinä 20246min
Mayor Adams' emergency order
Mayor Adams killed several components of a new law meant to ban solitary confinement in city jails in an emergency order Saturday, just one day before it was set to take effect, officials said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
29 Heinä 20246min
Lawsuits say NY Gov. Hochul had no right to stop MTA congestion pricing plan
Congestion pricing supporters filed two lawsuits against Gov. Hochul Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, arguing her “indefinite pause” violated New York state law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
26 Heinä 20247min
Insurance giant seeks to question Adams adviser in ‘money laundering’ lawsuit
One of the country’s largest auto insurance companies is seeking to question Frank Carone, Mayor Adams’ political confidante, as part of a civil lawsuit alleging corporate entities Carone co-founded were involved in orchestrating a sprawling “money laundering scheme,” court papers reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
25 Heinä 20249min
