Boroughs in Brief: Tuesday, February 3rd

Mayor Adams’ chief adviser urged the federal government to “close the borders” as the city continues to grapple with the migrant crisis — his administration’s bluntest statement yet on immigration, on...

2 Okt 20237min

New York City’s selective high schools will not consider state test scores in admissions, over the objections of parents who pushed for what was originally an emergency measure that was to end after t...

29 Sep 20237min

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott commended Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul for publicly pressuring President Biden to do more to alleviate the city’s migrant crisis, and urged them to crank it up...

28 Sep 20237min

More than half of Manhattan office employees are showing up to work in person on an average post-Labor Day weekday — a bump indicating return-to-work is continuing apace for New Yorkers as bosses try ...

27 Sep 20236min

Mayor Adams’ campaign is returning more than $31,000 in donations made by criminally indicted ex-Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich, his six co-defendants and a myriad of relatives. Learn more abou...

26 Sep 20237min

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign as other leading Democrats on Sunday pulled their punches against their freshly indicted colleague, saying any d...

25 Sep 20238min

According to forecasts, New York could fall in the path of another strong, drenching storm system this weekend. The subtropical system, formally named Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 by the National Hur...

22 Sep 20235min

Stanley Richards, who served time in prison for robbery in the late 1980s before rising to the No. 2 spot in New York City’s Correction Department, has been named as the Fortune Society’s new leader a...

21 Sep 20238min