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Opinion
Why Mayor Adams’ latest NYC budget is in far worse shape than it appears
Mayor Adams, who’s facing a tough reelection fight, plainly hopes the budget he rolled out Thursday will score him points…
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Stories
Airbnb launches Super PAC to back pro ‘short-term rental’ candidates in New York
Airbnb has launched a Super PAC ready to pony up $5 million to help elect city and state candidates willing…
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Stories
NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces make-or-break 2025 in search for second term
During his successful 2021 campaign for mayor, Eric Adams famously declared himself the “future of the Democratic Party.” But heading…
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Opinion
NYPD’s sex scandal: Letters
The Issue: Ex-NYPD Lt. Quathisha Epps’ charges of sex abuse by Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey. The stench coming from…
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Stories
NYC Rep. Ritchie Torres torches Eric Adams, Kathy Hochul admins after serial stabber who killed 3 slipped through the cracks
Enraged Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres slammed the administrations of Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul as “complicit” in the…
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Stories
Councilman Yusef Salaam — one of exonerated Central Park Five — calls for changing public safety laws after 7-year-old girl shot in NYC
Prominent Councilman Yusef Salaam — one of the exonerated Central Park Five — called to change public safety laws in…
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Opinion
Ban on brokers’ fees —more City Council lunacy
For its next fit of genius, the City Council is poised to outlaw charging an incoming tenant the broker’s fee…
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Stories
Rikers Island inmate grabs NYC council member’s butt during facility tour: sources
A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The…
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Business
Small NYC hotels exempt from hiring rules in proposed law
Smaller, mostly non-union hotels with 100 or fewer rooms will be exempt from a key provision of a proposed law…
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Stories
Hundreds of illegal NYC pot shops have dodged millions of dollars in fines: council report
Hundreds of padlocked pot shops found guilty of breaking the law in the Big Apple have avoided paying millions of dollars in…
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