Mayor Adams’ lawyer calls sexual assault claim ‘fictitious’
An attorney for the ex-city employee accusing Mayor Adams of sexual assault threatened to sue the mayor’s lawyer for defamation during a contentious court hearing on Friday, where the two sides traded barbs and accused each other of withholding information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
26 Aug 20246min
Afterschool programs lose state funding and Brooklyn families desperate for help
With just weeks until the start of school, families in southern Brooklyn are scrambling to find free after-school options, after the state unceremoniously pulled funding from multiple neighborhood programs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23 Aug 20246min
NYC landlord used fake repair scheme to overcharge tenants
A group of uptown Manhattan tenants filed a lawsuit Thursday that alleges their landlord engaged in a “systemic” scheme to raise their rents beyond the legal limit by claiming credit for fictitious building repairs — a case advocates say points to a need for stronger state housing law enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23 Aug 20247min
More Migrant Families are Subject to 60-Day Shelter Limit
New York City is significantly expanding its 60-day limits to shelters where the bulk of migrant families are staying but until now had been spared eviction, the Adams administration confirmed Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
22 Aug 20246min
Documents show UAE paid for Adams adviser’s visit
The United Arab Emirates’ government paid as much as $5,000 for Joel Eisdorfer, then a senior City Hall adviser to Mayor Adams, to visit the Middle Eastern country for a summit in February, newly released documents show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
22 Aug 20247min
Mayor Adams unfazed over not being given speaking slot at DNC
Mayor Adams told reporters Tuesday he didn’t ask for a speaking slot at this week’s Democratic National Convention and that there are no sour grapes between him and party leaders over the fact that he wasn’t offered one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
21 Aug 20245min
Mayor Adams has not been told he’s a target of FBI Turkish campaign probe
Mayor Adams’ top attorney at City Hall said Tuesday that neither the mayor nor anyone working in his government office have been told they are targets of a federal investigation into his 2021 campaign’s ties to Turkey’s government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
21 Aug 20246min
George Santos pleads guilty to charges of money laundering, identity theft and fraud
Former Republican Representative George Santos pleaded guilty to 23 counts of a superseding federal indictment on Monday, putting an end to the notorious fabulist’s legal battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
20 Aug 20246min
