NYC wasted millions in migrant spending
The medical services company with a nearly half-billion-dollar contract to feed, house and care for thousands of migrants in New York City overcharged the city by millions for vacant hotel rooms and security guards, according to an audit released Tuesday by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8 Elo 20247min
NYC gets state funding to help homeowners build unconventional apartments on their properties
New York State is providing a fresh infusion of $4 million for a grant program that helps city homeowners build unconventional forms of apartment units on their properties, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
7 Elo 20246min
Adams blames coverage of improperly documented campaign spending on ‘leaked’ report
Mayor Adams blamed the city’s independent election watchdog agency Monday for stirring up “a lot of sensationalism” by releasing a draft audit that found his 2021 campaign failed to properly document $2.3 million in spending, among other alleged violations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
6 Elo 20247min
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
