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Right and WRONG ways to fix NYC primary elections
Mayor Eric Adams’ City Charter Revision Commission just floated two dueling ideas for reforming city primary elections — one excellent, one awful.
Adams' $115B 'Best Budget Ever' is chock full of freebies fit for an election year -- but critics say it doesn't prepare NYC for the worst
Mayor Eric Adams served up a $115 billion election year spending plan Thursday that’s stuffed with voter-pleasing goodies, but that was still slammed by critics for squirreling away relatively little...
Adams still denied $4M in matching campaign funds despite dismissed corruption case – and he's weighing 'every legal avenue'
They're dismissing the dismissal.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams to unveil $115B 'best budget ever'
Hizzoner is set to unveil his $115 billion re-election year fiscal plan Thursday -- touting the proposal, which is flush with new spending, as the "best budget ever.”
First NYPD class since recruitment standards were eased is sworn in as city vows to get ranks to 35K
City officials said 670 new NYPD cops were sworn in on Thursday, with brass hoping lowered standards will help fill the ranks of New York's Finest.
NYC Charter Revision Commission to recommend overhaul to primaries, target City Council's zoning power: sources
The commission, which started its work in December, is expected to offer two different possible changes to the primary elections.
Adams considering running on second ballot line meant to boost his support for NYC Jews
The Brooklyn pol has been a staunch ally of the Big Apple’s Jewish community and particularly has strong support among Orthodox Jews.
Adams takes ride down slide as he announces NYC is expanding free after-school program -- as issue becomes central in mayoral race
Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he wants to make New York City more affordable for families by expanding a free after-school program -- an issue that's grown as a hot...
Don's unfair peace proposal for Ukraine: Letters to the Editor — April 28, 2025
The Issue: President Trump’s Ukraine war peace deal with terms including Russian occupation of Crimea. I applaud President Trump for making the end of the Ukraine war a priority, and...
Why Zohran Mamdani is bad for NYC families
Socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani has made a splash in the race for New York City mayor.
NYC mayoral hopeful under fire for pricey renovations to her Council speaker offices: 'She lives like a queen'
Since being elected speaker in January 2022, the Democratic mayoral hopeful has green-lit hundreds of thousands of dollars in top-to-bottom renovations for her offices.
NYC City Council accused of fear-mongering in bombshell lawsuit against ICE on Rikers Island
The New York City Council was accused of fear-mongering in their fight to stop ICE on Rikers Island, an attorney for the Mayors' office said in court Friday.
Long Island wind power is yet another green screwjob — forcing New Yorkers to pay more than DOUBLE for energy
Gov. Kathy Hochul's green-energy lunacy keeps socking New Yorkers, with the latest blow coming from the Empire Wind One offshore turbine project.
Blame NY's thug-loving progs for the death of innocent bystanders like 'Momma Zee'
New York simply failed to protect her — because its laws, prosecutors and judges leave violent gunmen out on the streets, free to terrorize.
Hooligan whose alleged gunfight led to death of Harlem community pillar 'Momma Zee' was out on bail in slashing case
Darious Smith, 23, allegedly slashed two people with a box cutter while he tried to steal e-bike batteries nearly a year before the tragic shooting.
Eric Adams pleads with Trump to revive wind farm off NY coast for energy boost, 1,000 good paying jobs
Eric Adams is running with the wind. The New York City mayor is urging the Trump administration to revive a massive offshore wind farm that it halted last week that...
NYC crushes 3,600 seized guns in wood-chipper machine – here's how the scraps will be used to honor victims
“Destroying these guns are crucial,” Hizzoner said at the headquarters of evidence destruction vendor Reworld.
Letitia James makes pick in NYC mayoral race, giving Andrew Cuomo rival a boost
New York Attorney General Letitia James and the city's largest municipal workers' union, DC 37, both endorsed the current council speaker for New York City mayor on Wednesday afternoon.
Reading opens worlds — and NYC schools are getting it right at last
There is simply no educational equity, no opportunity and no meaningful learning without skilled and proficient reading — but city schools have taught it badly for decades.
Mayor Eric Adams defends NYC's child protection agency as it comes under fire — including over girl trapped in corpse-filled house of horrors
Mayor Eric Adams unapologetically defended the city's Administration for Children’s Services -- even after a 4-year-old girl was left trapped in a Bronx house of horrors with the corpses of...