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Wanted: New Hochul running mate
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced that he would not run for reelection next year, leaving open a spot on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ticket.
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Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement
The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that certain provisions of the HALT Solitary Confinement law would be suspended.
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Adrienne is on the horn
The council speaker is ringing up members to ask what they think about her jumping in the mayoral race.
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Wildcat prison strikes continue upstate
Gov. Kathy Hochul and the head of the state corrections department are trying to use a combination of carrots and sticks to get corrections officers back to work.
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Hoylman-Sigal nabs congressional endorsements in BP race
Two of Manhattan’s three members of Congress are backing Brad Hoylman-Sigal against term-limited Council Member Keith Powers.
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Rather than remove Adams, Hochul proposes watching him very closely
The governor wants to create a special state inspector general to monitor New York City government.
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Sliwa gets clean sweep from Republican Party chairs, who still say they won’t give Adams the ballot line
All five county parties are backing the Guardian Angel, and saying they are uninterested in granting Mayor Eric Adams a Wilson-Pakula.
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‘The bear’s been poked’: Hochul offers sharp rebuke of Trump
In a fiery press conference, New York’s governor attacked the president over his attempt to kill congestion pricing and proclaim himself a king.
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Eric Adams just had his least contentious court hearing yet
Judge Dale Ho did not immediately rule on the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss the charges against Adams.
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Trump administration moves to kill congestion pricing
The federal government is pulling a key approval needed for the tolling program.
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Federal workforce layoffs hit NYC health department
The approximately $600 million of the department’s budget that comes from federal funds has not been cut yet, but the concern keeps interim Commissioner Michelle Morse up at night.
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‘Shredding of the American Dream’: Immigrants fear ICE raids at schools
Undocumented families are keeping children home from school, and there’s only so much elected officials can do to ease their fears.
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At least there’s still a state ethics watchdog
As NYC deals with its own scandals, NY’s top court reversed lower court decisions and ruled that the ethics agency is constitutional.
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City Council candidate proposes WEINER Act to bar sex offenders from elected office
Sarah Batchu is running against former Rep. Anthony Weiner, who served time for sexting a minor, in lower Manhattan.
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Meet the (not yet convened) inability committee that could decide Eric Adams’ fate
Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander said that he would seek to convene the committee if the mayor doesn’t lay out contingency plans. Speaker Adrienne Adams doesn’t think the committee applies to Adams’ current predicament.
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Brannan will have to wait for public matching funds in comptroller race
Council Member Justin Brannan’s campaign expects to receive the payment of matching funds next month.
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Hochul meets with ‘key leaders’ as she considers removing Adams
After meeting with the governor, Rev. Al Sharpton said she will wait to see if charges against Adams are dismissed before deciding whether to remove Adams.
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New Majority NYC drops slate of City Council 2025 endorsements
The organization aims to preserve the woman-majority council.
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Who has left the Adams administration?
Calls for Mayor Eric Adams to resign or be removed from office escalated following the departure of four of his highest-ranking aides in City Hall.
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