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MTA

Trump targets MTA funding

The president’s threats to kill congestion pricing and tie transit funding to immigration enforcement could imperil the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Opinion

Opinion: Beg your pardon?

In the bizarro political world of Trump 2.0, New York City had its most surreal 24 hours yesterday as rumors swirled around the fate of Mayor Eric Adams.

Interviews & Profiles

Brian Benjamin never wanted a pardon from Trump

The former lieutenant governor is finally speaking out now that federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against him.

Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Will Donald Trump make Penn Station ‘beautiful’ again as promised?

Advocates say the new administration will be “taking a firmer” hand in the much-maligned transit hub’s redevelopment.

Opinion

Opinion: Inspector generals are at risk under another Trump administration

The president-elect has made it clear that the role of these independent watchdogs should be served by loyalists.

Nonprofits

Fighting for New York immigrants as new federal attacks loom

An interview with Murad Awawdeh, president and CEO of New York Immigration Coalition,

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Trump: ‘I would certainly look at’ pardoning Eric Adams

The president-elect repeated assertions that the New York City mayor had been treated unfairly by federal watchdogs.

News & Politics

Stewart-Cousins: Special session ‘unlikely’ this year to combat Trump

The state Senate majority leader focused on affordability in a speech to business leaders, but didn’t offer details on what next year’s session may hold.

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Editor's Note

Editor’s note: Threats of mass deportations creates uncertainty and uneasiness, even for migrants legally in U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump has the option of broadly invoking the Alien Enemies Act beyond the “invasions” of gangs and cartels from El Salvador, Mexico and Venezuela.

Nonprofits

Opinion: Veterans warn of radicals hiding at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

This is why I, a former U.S. Navy pilot and nonprofit leader, will be in Manhattan this weekend raising awareness among retired troops.

2024 presidential election

Democrats welcome Trump to NY, just maybe not MSG

The former president is planning his third New York campaign rally of the cycle at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27

2024 New York congressional battleground

Will embracing Trump help or hurt Long Island Republicans in November?

Reps. Anthony D’Esposito and Nick LaLota are hitching their wagons to the former president – and Democrats couldn’t be happier.

News & Politics

Asked about Trump’s sympathies, Adams said, ‘I welcome support from every American’

The New York City mayor and the former president have both indicated there are political motivations behind the federal indictment.

Heard Around Town

DNC to roll out mobile IVF billboard at Trump Long Island rally

Democrats are hitting the former president on the issue over a recent action by Republicans to block a bill to protect in vitro fertilization access.

2024 presidential election

Hochul denounces political violence after Trump assassination attempt

The governor called the shooting “disgusting” but did not back off her political criticisms of the former president.