Mayor Adams asks NY lawmakers to shoulder half of migrant costs
Mayor Adams visited Albany on Tuesday to urge New York state lawmakers who hold sway over city resources to increase aid for the migrant crisis, asking for the state to cover 50% of the city’s migrant...
7 Feb 20248min
Ringleader in 2021 straw donor scheme tied to Mayor Adams’ campaign pleads guilty
Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector and longtime friend of Mayor Adams, admitted as part of a guilty plea Monday that he helped orchestrate a scheme to funnel illegal donations into the mayor’s...
6 Feb 20247min
2026 FIFA World Cup final to be held at MetLife Stadium
The 2026 FIFA World Cup’s final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA announced Sunday. While in competition with the AT&T Stadium inn Arlington, Tex., the home of the Giants and Jets pr...
5 Feb 20244min
NYC takes next major step toward getting trash off streets and into containers
An uptown Manhattan community board district is set to become the first in the city where trash containerization will be universally mandated under a plan rolled out by Mayor Adams on Thursday. Learn ...
2 Feb 20247min
NYC library use surged before Adams budget cuts
New York City’s public libraries saw large spikes in visitors and social program participation in the months before Mayor Adams’ budget cuts prompted them to eliminate Sunday hours at all branches and...
1 Feb 20247min
City Council overrides the Mayor's criminal justice vetoes
The City Council voted Tuesday to override two rare vetoes issued by Mayor Adams — the “How Many Stops” bill that will expand reporting requirements around low-level NYPD stops and another aimed at ba...
31 Jan 20247min
Mayor Adams defends ‘How Many Stops’ veto
Mayor Adams on Monday defended his veto of the “How Many Stops Act” as City Council leaders mounted a final internal lobbying push to line up the necessary support to override him. Learn more about yo...
30 Jan 20246min
City Council leaders call on mayor to open more migrant ‘reticketing centers’
Two City Council leaders called on Mayor Adams’ administration Friday to open up more migrant “reticketing centers” amid concern over newly arrived asylum seekers sleeping outside the city’s only such...
29 Jan 20246min
