Boroughs in Brief

Boroughs in Brief

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News and notes from New York City, covering all five boroughs in less than five minutes.

5 Things to do in NYC This Weekend

5 Things to do in NYC This Weekend

Plus - Can Trump legally kill congestion pricing in NYC? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, • 8:23

Trump moves to stop congestion pricing tolls in New York City

Trump moves to stop congestion pricing tolls in New York City

Plus - The Justice Department and Mayor Adams face judge's scrutiny in a bid to dismiss his criminal charges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, • 7:00

Governor Hochul Meets Key Leaders to Decide Whether to Fire Mayor Adams

Governor Hochul Meets Key Leaders to Decide Whether to Fire Mayor Adams

Plus - Judge sets Wednesday hearing in motion to dismiss case against Mayor Eric Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, • 6:08

Three Adams Deputy Mayors Quit

Three Adams Deputy Mayors Quit

Plus - New Jersey Hurricane Ida survivors face a February deadline for storm relief Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, • 6:08

The Barclays Center's controversial history revisited

The Barclays Center's controversial history revisited

Plus - Who Is Calling For Eric Adams to Resign or Be Removed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, • 7:18

5 things to do this (Valentine's Day) weekend in NYC

5 things to do this (Valentine's Day) weekend in NYC

Plus - Worried about guns in NYC? Cars were more likely to kill you in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, • 7:49

Baby girl born on NYC subway train

Baby girl born on NYC subway train

Plus - Attorney General Pam Bondi announces legal action against New York; Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Attempt Against Farebeaters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, • 6:08

Efforts to revive Airbnb in NYC are sputtering

Efforts to revive Airbnb in NYC are sputtering

Plus - Mayor Adams Claims Vindication in the President's Move to Dismiss his Corruption Case Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, • 6:49

NYC slated to get another 267 fast-chargers for electric vehicles

NYC slated to get another 267 fast-chargers for electric vehicles

Plus - Top Justice Department official orders prosecutors to drop charges against Mayor Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 11, • 7:16

Comptroller Audit: City Hall Contracts Lag Got Worse

Comptroller Audit: City Hall Contracts Lag Got Worse

Plus - Brooklyn residents blanketed by dust want the city's concrete recycling facility shut down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, • 6:46

5 things to do this (Super Bowl) weekend in NYC

5 things to do this (Super Bowl) weekend in NYC

Plus - New Jersey drivers say it's harder to park in Upper Manhattan since congestion pricing launched Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, • 8:01

NYC schools brace for deportations

NYC schools brace for deportations

Plus - Why do New York City movie theaters have captions now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, • 7:59

A Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against the Governor's Home Care Plan

A Mystery Donor Funds $10 Million Campaign Against the Governor's Home Care Plan

Plus - The lithium-ion battery safety bill has been re-introduced; A new poll shows that Support for police on NYC subways cuts across party and racial lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, • 8:32

NY law lets doctors leave their names off abortion pill bottles

NY law lets doctors leave their names off abortion pill bottles

Plus - NYC housing officials blame late Section 8 rent payments on federal disarray; Scores of People Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial Are Stuck on Rikers Island Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 4, • 8:02

Con Ed floats a double-digit hike in NYC's utility rates

Con Ed floats a double-digit hike in NYC's utility rates

Plus - NYPD Car Chases Drop by 66% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, • 6:57

New Yorkers are getting burned by heating costs

New Yorkers are getting burned by heating costs

Plus - Budgeting to Avoid ‘Summer of Hell’: Your Guide to the MTA’s Capital Program Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, • 6:52

MTA reports dip in fare evasion as NYPD arrests skyrocket in subway system

MTA reports dip in fare evasion as NYPD arrests skyrocket in subway system

Plus - The City's count of homeless New Yorkers is underway Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, • 7:55

Liberal mayoral candidates ditch 'defund police'

Liberal mayoral candidates ditch 'defund police'

Plus - ICE conducts raid in the Bronx amid immigration crackdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, • 6:35

The city opens applications for e-bike trade-in program for food delivery workers.

The city opens applications for e-bike trade-in program for food delivery workers.

Plus - About 150 NY & NJ locals were charged in the Capitol riots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 28, • 5:48

The ‘fraud’ fueling NYC special education spending

The ‘fraud’ fueling NYC special education spending

Plus - A New bill would make 'masked harassment' a crime; Council Dems Tap a Brooklyn Party Powerhouse as Board of Elections Commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, • 7:45

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

Plus - Can Midtown become the next FiDi? NYC looks to build housing in commercial district. The following comes from Gothamist and David Brand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, • 7:45

$400,000 in fire donations remains unspent in the Bronx

$400,000 in fire donations remains unspent in the Bronx

Plus - NYC taxi riders with disabilities warn that changes to a city program may mean worse service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, • 7:45

Budget Update: The Governor pitches a school cellphone ban

Budget Update: The Governor pitches a school cellphone ban

New York Governor Kathy Hochul is including funding to help school districts secure students’ cellphones as part of her $252 billion state budget proposal released on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, • 7:19

Biden grants presidential pardon to NYC immigrant rights leader

Biden grants presidential pardon to NYC immigrant rights leader

Plus - Mayor Eric Adams attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration; New York City Comptroller Brad Lander now boasts more in his campaign coffers than the embattled incumbent Eric Adams in this year’s race for mayor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 21, • 7:06

Are judges undermining bail reform?

Are judges undermining bail reform?

A new study walks through the numbers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, • 4:42

4 things happening in NYC this weekend.

4 things happening in NYC this weekend.

Plus - Mayor Adams unveils $115 billion budget, despite uncertainty from Washington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, • 7:27

The Governor's ‘last, best chance’ to save her political skin

The Governor's ‘last, best chance’ to save her political skin

While she never mentioned President-elect Donald Trump by name, New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday addressed head on the cost-of-living and public safety concerns that helped propel him back to the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, • 8:36

The Governor wants a cop on every overnight NYC subway train

The Governor wants a cop on every overnight NYC subway train

Police officers would be aboard every overnight train in New York City for the next six months under a new subway safety plan New York Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, • 6:43

N.Y. state Senate Democrats propose new bills

N.Y. state Senate Democrats propose new bills

Plus - New York City public hospital doctors have reached a tentative contract deal, averting a potential strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, • 7:20

NYC Cannabis Store Operators Call for Loan Forgiveness

NYC Cannabis Store Operators Call for Loan Forgiveness

Plus - Hochul, Adams aligned on Albany priorities like involuntary commitment standard; Macy's Brooklyn store, once an iconic Abraham & Straus, is closing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 13, • 8:44

5 things happening in NYC this weekend

5 things happening in NYC this weekend

Plus - Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, • 8:05

Comptroller Report: Nonprofit jobs in New York declined over five-year period

Comptroller Report: Nonprofit jobs in New York declined over five-year period

Nonprofit organizations in 2022 provided 1.3 million jobs to New Yorkers, which was a 4.1% decline over a five-year period, according to a report released Wednesday by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, • 6:29

Prosecutors say Mayor Adams could face more criminal charges

Prosecutors say Mayor Adams could face more criminal charges

Law enforcement has uncovered “additional criminal conduct” by Mayor Eric Adams, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York said in a new court filing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 8, • 8:15

New Yorkers say they're eager for safer subways

New Yorkers say they're eager for safer subways

Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls launched Sunday with the goal of not only reducing gridlock by pushing drivers into the subways but also using revenue from the fees to pay for repairs to the MTA’s aging infrastructure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 7, • 7:34

Congestion pricing launches in NYC

Congestion pricing launches in NYC

New York City's congestion pricing tolls turned on just after midnight on Sunday, marking the end of a decades-long push to charge motorists to drive in the busiest parts of Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 6, • 6:38

5 things to do this weekend in NYC

5 things to do this weekend in NYC

Plus - Feds Raid Home of NYPD’s Former Top Uniformed Cop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, • 7:49

NYE in NYC: 6 things to do for the new year

NYE in NYC: 6 things to do for the new year

Another year is in the books. Time may be just a construct, and this rock of ours continuously orbits the sun, but New Yorkers sure do turn Earth's annual revolution into a giant celebration. If you're looking to join in the revelry, here are a wide variety of parties to keep the champagne flowing and any worries at bay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2024 • 7:36

NYC Holiday Navigation Guide

NYC Holiday Navigation Guide

Navigating holiday travel in New York City this season requires strategic planning as millions of residents and visitors take to the skies, roads and rails. With record-breaking passenger numbers and extra transit options, here’s what you need to know to avoid stress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 23, 2024 • 6:30

4 things happening in NYC this weekend

4 things happening in NYC this weekend

Plus - The former chief adviser to Mayor Adams is indicted on bribery charges; Hochul signs bill aimed to crack down on 'black market' for restaurant reservations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2024 • 6:59

5 bills still sitting on the Governor's desk

5 bills still sitting on the Governor's desk

State lawmakers approved more than 800 bills during this year’s legislative session, and the Democratic governor has already approved 600 and vetoed 100. That leaves Hochul with 106 pieces of legislation to sign or veto in 2024, as of this writing — with a Christmas Eve deadline looming for all but five. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2024 • 7:02

Governor calls for end of Electoral College

Governor calls for end of Electoral College

Governor Kathy Hochul called for an end to the Electoral College while presiding over New York casting its 28 electoral votes for president and vice president in Albany on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2024 • 6:28

NYC real estate group sues to stop new broker fee protections for tenants

NYC real estate group sues to stop new broker fee protections for tenants

The powerful lobbying group representing New York City’s real estate industry is suing to block a new law intended to free tenants from paying large upfront broker fees to agents they never hired to represent them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 2024 • 7:08

The Mayor’s Chief Advisor Departs City Hall Abruptly

The Mayor’s Chief Advisor Departs City Hall Abruptly

The longtime Adams aide, who was subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in late September, says she is retiring to spend more time with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 16, 2024 • 6:15

3 things happening in NYC this weekend

3 things happening in NYC this weekend

Plus - Governor Hochul signed a bill into law that will require health insurers to cover EpiPens and caps the amount consumers will be required to pay out of pocket at $100 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2024 • 6:36

Should electric bikes have license plates?

Should electric bikes have license plates?

A New York City Council committee was scheduled to hold a hearing with the local transportation department on Wednesday morning to discuss a bill requiring electric bikes, scooters and other motorized vehicles to have license plates and be registered, as the vehicles have exploded in popularity in recent years. Councilmembers were also expected to consider broader street safety and infrastructure issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2024 • 6:36

NYC schools act ahead of Trump’s inauguration

NYC schools act ahead of Trump’s inauguration

Rival rallies over proposed relief of restrictions on Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms faced off at City Hall Park Monday, playing out a live debate in front of the home of the City Council that will ultimately have to pick a side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2024 • 7:14

A $150M plan to transform 5th Avenue

A $150M plan to transform 5th Avenue

Plus - Millions of New York state residents could receive “inflation refund” checks of up to $500. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 10, 2024 • 6:28

Mayoral candidates weigh in on freezing the rent

Mayoral candidates weigh in on freezing the rent

Plus: The State Comptroller’s Office is keeping tabs on City Hall — arguing in a new report released Friday the city should be more transparent about publishing data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 9, 2024 • 7:16

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

Plus - New York City and the federal government have approved construction to begin on the Port Authority Bus Terminal replacement in Midtown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2024 • 6:30

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Ice Skating Rinks in NYC

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Ice Skating Rinks in NYC

Plus - The latest on Mayor Adams' new housing plan and Unsheltered Homeless Youth Population Doubled Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2024 • 7:13

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Hanukkah and Kwanzaa in NYC

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Hanukkah and Kwanzaa in NYC

New York City sparkles during the holidays, with festive markets, iconic light displays and celebrations throughout the five boroughs. Whether you're ice skating at Rockefeller Center, shopping for unique gifts or enjoying cultural festivities, here’s your guide to reveling in the holiday spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2024 • 7:58

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide:  Holiday Light Shows

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Holiday Light Shows

As the holiday season unfolds, New York City transforms into a dazzling wonderland of festive light displays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 3, 2024 • 7:09

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Tree Lighting Ceremonies

2024 Boroughs Holiday Guide: Tree Lighting Ceremonies

Plus - Trader Joe's suing NYC wine shop for using 'Joe,' encroaching on its brand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 2, 2024 • 6:38

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

5 things to do in NYC this weekend

Light shows, cemetery walks and a New York classic returns for the winter. Here is what to do this weekend in NYC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 2024 • 7:19

Where to take your NYC holiday houseguest...

Where to take your NYC holiday houseguest...

Plus - Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into law regarding public safety on the streets and anti-violence programs for youth, her office announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2024 • 7:29

Borough Groups Oppose Cross-Bronx Expansion Project

Borough Groups Oppose Cross-Bronx Expansion Project

More than a dozen community and advocacy groups are joining forces against a $900 million “Five Bridges Project” to “transform” the Cross Bronx Expressway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 26, 2024 • 6:31

City Council to discuss bills expanding mental health support in public schools

City Council to discuss bills expanding mental health support in public schools

City Council members are set to review a legislative package addressing youth mental health in public schools at a committee on mental health, disabilities, and addiction hearing on Monday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 25, 2024 • 6:19

Mayor Adams, NYC Council strike last-minute deal on sweeping housing plan amid historic crisis

Mayor Adams, NYC Council strike last-minute deal on sweeping housing plan amid historic crisis

Mayor Eric Adams is agreeing to unlock $5 billion in city funding to secure a deal on his sweeping housing plan, according to three city officials with direct knowledge of the arrangement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2024 • 6:29

NYC's new police commissioner

NYC's new police commissioner

Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will become New York City's new police commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2024 • 5:18

How parents and officials hope to bring New York universal child care over 5 years

How parents and officials hope to bring New York universal child care over 5 years

As families continue to flee New York City over child care costs, a parent-led advocacy group is releasing a five-year proposal calling for free statewide universal child care for children as young as six weeks old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2024 • 6:12

New York City under 'drought warning' for first time since 2002

New York City under 'drought warning' for first time since 2002

New York City has elevated its “drought watch” to a “drought warning” amid ongoing record dry conditions in the five boroughs, officials said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 19, 2024 • 6:26

MTA plans to raise NYC's congestion pricing toll to $15 in 2031

MTA plans to raise NYC's congestion pricing toll to $15 in 2031

The MTA plans ramp up Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls to $15 in 2031 — a sharp increase from the $9 charge Governor Kathy Hochul announced last week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 18, 2024 • 6:54

What's happening in NYC this weekend...

What's happening in NYC this weekend...

Plus - Governor Hochul plans to relaunch the MTA’s congestion pricing program with a $9 base toll for passenger cars — marking a 40% reduction from the price previously approved by the MTA — according to four sources briefed on the governor’s plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2024 • 7:38

No more broker fees for NYC renters

No more broker fees for NYC renters

The New York City Council approved new legislation on Wednesday that will eliminate hefty upfront broker fees for most renters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2024 • 6:30

Majority of New Yorkers want Adams to resign

Majority of New Yorkers want Adams to resign

Plus - Dry winds in NY and NJ keep wildfires burning throughout the region; Bill to End Forced Rental Broker Fees Goes to Council Vote With Near Veto-Proof Support; New York City issues Code Blue as temperatures set to tumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2024 • 5:43

New Yorkers on the Trump transition team (so far...)

New Yorkers on the Trump transition team (so far...)

The Trump transition has begun and we have a few names from New York have made the list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 2024 • 6:04

Mayor Adams' girlfriend retires amid a ‘No-Show’ Job Investigation

Mayor Adams' girlfriend retires amid a ‘No-Show’ Job Investigation

The mayor’s girlfriend, who received a significant promotion and a roughly $50,000 raise after Adams took office in 2022, ended work on November 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 11, 2024 • 4:41

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand cruises to reelection in New York

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand cruises to reelection in New York

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand glided to re-election on Tuesday, easily winning another six-year term as the junior senator from New York over longshot Republican challenger Mike Sapraicone, a retired NYPD detective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2024 • 7:00

NYC breaks record with more than 1 million New Yorkers voting early

NYC breaks record with more than 1 million New Yorkers voting early

More than 1 million New York City residents voted early in this week’s high-stakes election — a new record, according to city officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 5, 2024 • 5:15

Mayor Adams’ corruption trial set for April 2025

Mayor Adams’ corruption trial set for April 2025

Mayor Adams’ historic corruption trial will start in late April 2025 — just over two months before he’s set to face off against multiple challengers in next summer’s Democratic mayoral primary." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 4, 2024 • 6:35

Former Governor referred to prosecutors by GOP House panel.

Former Governor referred to prosecutors by GOP House panel.

A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2024 • 5:24

Top NYC City Hall officials got double-digit pay hikes

Top NYC City Hall officials got double-digit pay hikes

Some of Mayor Adams’ top advisers received pay increases this year that pushed their salaries above his, including David Banks, the since-resigned schools chancellor whose wage bump made him the highest-paid city government employee over at least the last decade, new payroll data shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2024 • 6:50

NYC Democrats upset Mayor Adams’ Trump defense undermines key Harris message

NYC Democrats upset Mayor Adams’ Trump defense undermines key Harris message

Democratic politicians in New York grew increasingly angry with Mayor Adams on Monday after he suggested it’s wrong to call Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “fascist” — a stance the mayor took before the ex-president’s weekend rally in Manhattan, where speakers made racist remarks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2024 • 7:03

FDNY to host national symposium on e-bike lithium-ion battery fires

FDNY to host national symposium on e-bike lithium-ion battery fires

Firefighters from across the country will join federal Homeland Security Department officials at the FDNY Fire Academy this week for a two-day deep dive on how to better tackle the scourge of deadly lithium-ion battery fires, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 29, 2024 • 8:39

Mayor Adams says Trump is not a ‘fascist’

Mayor Adams says Trump is not a ‘fascist’

Mayor Adams defended Donald Trump Saturday against recent bombshell allegations by a former White House aide that the former president is a “fascist” who said positive things about Adolf Hitler and his Nazi generals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 28, 2024 • 5:52

What to know about Mayor Adams' traffic camera contract

What to know about Mayor Adams' traffic camera contract

Mayor Adams’ administration recently carved out part of a citywide traffic camera contract in a way that stands to benefit a firm whose president is an ex-top aide to Phil Banks — Adams’ former public safety deputy who’s entangled in a federal corruption probe, according to city records and sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2024 • 6:26

NYC Mayor Adams says reelection bid won’t be derailed

NYC Mayor Adams says reelection bid won’t be derailed

Mayor Adams said he would still run for reelection even if the city’s Campaign Finance Board rules he’s not eligible for matching funds — a huge potential hit to his campaign warchest as he faces several mayoral challengers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2024 • 7:02

More than 700 New Yorkers signed up for the ‘City of Yes’ housing plan hearing

More than 700 New Yorkers signed up for the ‘City of Yes’ housing plan hearing

Hundreds of New Yorkers are signed up to share their views at a marathon City Council hearing Tuesday reviewing the Adams administration’s sweeping “City of Yes” plan, which aims to boost the city’s housing supply by overhauling decades-old zoning regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2024 • 6:51

Mayor Adams’ office scraps online engagement form for elected officials

Mayor Adams’ office scraps online engagement form for elected officials

Mayor Adams has discontinued a controversial policy requiring local elected officials to seek permission via an online engagement form before speaking with senior officials in his administration about a range of issues, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 22, 2024 • 6:37

Federal prosecutors oppose Mayor Adams’ motion to dismiss bribery count

Federal prosecutors oppose Mayor Adams’ motion to dismiss bribery count

Mayor Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 21, 2024 • 7:05

Who is Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the incoming chancellor of NYC public schools?

Who is Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the incoming chancellor of NYC public schools?

The nation’s largest school district has a new leader. On Wednesday, Melissa Aviles-Ramos takes the reins from David Banks, who served as chancellor of the New York City Public Schools since the start of Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2024 • 7:33

Who will pay the lawyers amid Mayor Adams’ indictment

Who will pay the lawyers amid Mayor Adams’ indictment

Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received less than $100,000 in donations over the past three months, a sharp downturn in fundraising that raises questions about how he’ll be able to afford his high-priced team of lawyers as he faces a federal corruption indictment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2024 • 7:33

NYC Department of Investigation reeling from staff shortage

NYC Department of Investigation reeling from staff shortage

The New York City Department of Investigation’s staffing levels are so low that employees can’t go on vacation without “significant disruptions” to the agency’s work — a problem that’s becoming especially dire amid various corruption probes into Mayor Adams’ administration, according to a letter obtained by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2024 • 7:09

Hochul satisifed with high-level resignations in Adams administration

Hochul satisifed with high-level resignations in Adams administration

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she is satisfied with the avalanche of high-level resignations from Mayor Adams’ senior ranks after she urged him to clean house, the strongest endorsement she’s given Adams since the a federal corruption indictment against him dropped late last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 15, 2024 • 7:13

NYC Mayor Adams fundraiser drew cash from ‘Turkish Trump’

NYC Mayor Adams fundraiser drew cash from ‘Turkish Trump’

A real estate developer who calls himself “Turkish Trump” was among a group of businessmen who gave money to Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign as part of a 2023 fundraiser that’s emerging as a focus in the federal corruption case against the mayor, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 14, 2024 • 6:58

Interim NYPD Commissioner expected to step down, Jessica Tisch in line for job: sources

Interim NYPD Commissioner expected to step down, Jessica Tisch in line for job: sources

Embattled NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to vacate his post as early as Friday after his background check hit a snag — and the city’s current Sanitation Department boss, Jessica Tisch, is seen as the top contender to replace him, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2024 • 6:10

Lawsuit: NYC Dept. of Education failing to help students with emotional disabilities attend classes

Lawsuit: NYC Dept. of Education failing to help students with emotional disabilities attend classes

New York City families are suing the nation’s largest school district for failing to help their children who struggle to find the will to attend school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2024 • 8:51

NYC crime drops for ninth straight month

NYC crime drops for ninth straight month

Serious crime dipped 3% in September, the ninth straight month with a decrease, the NYPD said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 9, 2024 • 6:53

NYC Deputy Mayor Phil Banks resigns

NYC Deputy Mayor Phil Banks resigns

Phil Banks, Mayor Adams’ top public safety deputy and longtime friend, resigned over the weekend, the latest senior City Hall official to step down after becoming embroiled in federal corruption investigations that are rocking the administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 8, 2024 • 8:04

HBCU-focused high school coming to NYC

HBCU-focused high school coming to NYC

A new high school is coming to southeast Queens where students can earn credits through an early college program — for the first time in New York City’s history, offered by a historically Black university. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 7, 2024 • 6:51

Mayor Adams real estate honcho had phone seized at JFK: sources

Mayor Adams real estate honcho had phone seized at JFK: sources

Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator now in charge of the city’s massive real estate portfolio, had his cellphone taken last week by state investigators at Kennedy Airport at the same time as they seized devices from Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ chief adviser, three sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2024 • 7:25

Mayor Adams may face more charges in sweeping corruption probe

Mayor Adams may face more charges in sweeping corruption probe

Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2024 • 7:26

Mayor Adams accuses feds of leaking information about criminal investigation

Mayor Adams accuses feds of leaking information about criminal investigation

Mayor Adams’ defense team on Tuesday accused Justice Department prosecutors of leaking information about the criminal investigation leading to his indictment on corruption charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2024 • 7:38

Mayor Adams files motion to dismiss in federal corruption indictment

Mayor Adams files motion to dismiss in federal corruption indictment

Mayor Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count against him in his federal corruption indictment Monday, describing the allegations as “extraordinarily vague” and claiming the sweeping case brought by Manhattan prosecutors is based largely on the word of a disgruntled ex-staffer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 1, 2024 • 9:24

Mayor Adams federal corruption indictment alleges pattern of deception to conceal contributions, bribes

Mayor Adams federal corruption indictment alleges pattern of deception to conceal contributions, bribes

It was a moment of high drama. Federal agents stopped Mayor Eric Adams on the street on November 5th and took his cell phones. As word of the seizure emerged November 10th, Adams declared he had “nothing to hide.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 30, 2024 • 8:59

What would happen if Mayor Adams is removed or resigns?

What would happen if Mayor Adams is removed or resigns?

Questions about what’s next for Mayor Adams intensified Thursday after he was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and foreign campaign donations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2024 • 6:10

Mayor Adams indicted in federal investigation

Mayor Adams indicted in federal investigation

The Adams administration’s “City of Yes” housing plan, aimed at tackling the ongoing affordability crisis by loosening outdated zoning restrictions to allow for “a little more housing” in every neighborhood, overcame a critical hurdle Wednesday with approval by the City Planning Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2024 • 5:24

NYC Schools Chancellor plans to resign amid federal investigation

NYC Schools Chancellor plans to resign amid federal investigation

NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, the hand-picked head of the nation’s largest school district and a long-time family friend of Mayor Adams, is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation, PIX11 reported Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2024 • 5:07

Kamala Harris will skip Al Smith dinner in New York

Kamala Harris will skip Al Smith dinner in New York

Vice President Kamala Harris will skip the Al Smith dinner next month in New York, her campaign announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 24, 2024 • 6:10

New Interim NYPD Police Commissioner Donlon says feds raided his homes

New Interim NYPD Police Commissioner Donlon says feds raided his homes

Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon said late Saturday the feds raided his homes and seized materials from two decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 23, 2024 • 6:46

NYPD appoints First Amendment protest supervisor

NYPD appoints First Amendment protest supervisor

The Daily News reported last year that a never-released internal NYPD report painted a damning picture of how police handled the protests that started two days after Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. There were nearly 1,400 arrests, scores of allegations of police brutality, numerous instances of rioting and looting and more than 400 cops assaulted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2024 • 5:13

Adams offers different response to questions about probes

Adams offers different response to questions about probes

Mayor Adams offered a somewhat different response Tuesday to questions about the swirl of federal investigations touching his administration, letting the press know he’s growing weary of continuous updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2024 • 6:35

Details on the city’s annual management report

Details on the city’s annual management report

Murders are down, but traffic deaths are up and emergency teams are taking longer to respond to calls, according to the city’s annual management report, released Monday by Mayor Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2024 • 6:38

Advocates release priorities to overhaul New York school aid formula

Advocates release priorities to overhaul New York school aid formula

As New York reviews how it allocates state aid to local school districts for the first time in years, more than 100 advocacy groups are coalescing around a handful of key changes they’d like to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 17, 2024 • 6:40

Mayor Adams’ administration facing serious questions after FBI raids

Mayor Adams’ administration facing serious questions after FBI raids

The flurry of federal investigative activity last week — with feds seizing the electronics of five of the mayor’s most senior officials — sent tremors through City Hall, raising questions about how they would affect Mayor Adams’ ability to govern effectively and offering new fodder for a growing roster of opponents as he heads into a mayoral election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 16, 2024 • 6:24

NYPD Police Commissioner resigns amid federal investigation

NYPD Police Commissioner resigns amid federal investigation

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban submitted his resignation Thursday, telling fellow cops he made the decision out of concern he’d become “a distraction” if he stayed put in the wake of his cell phone being seized by federal authorities as part of a sprawling corruption investigation that has ensnared the upper echelons of Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2024 • 7:09

9/11 survivors sue NYC over long-sealed Ground Zero environmental studies

9/11 survivors sue NYC over long-sealed Ground Zero environmental studies

After being repeatedly stonewalled for pivotal data on the toxins that hovered over lower Manhattan following the terror attacks, attorneys for 9/11 survivors are suing for the never-released studies and documents created more than two decades ago — but New York City continues to stall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2024 • 7:33

Mayor Adams pulls Randy Mastro’s nomination for top lawyer job

Mayor Adams pulls Randy Mastro’s nomination for top lawyer job

Randy Mastro, Mayor Adams’ controversial corporation counsel nominee, removed his name from consideration for the city government’s top lawyer post late Tuesday — and blasted the City Council for subjecting him to a confirmation hearing he called “anything but fair.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2024 • 7:17

FDNY firefighters urge Congress to fund long-term care for 9/11-related illnesses

FDNY firefighters urge Congress to fund long-term care for 9/11-related illnesses

As the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 approaches, FDNY firefighters are making what they hope will be their final plea to Congress for long-term healthcare funding for first responders suffering from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 10, 2024 • 6:46

Brother of top NYC official who is ensnared in federal probe has clients with city contracts

Brother of top NYC official who is ensnared in federal probe has clients with city contracts

Plus, two reporters from the Times and Post were ousted from NYPD headquarters media trailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 9, 2024 • 5:21

FBI raids homes of Adams administration officials, feds seize electronic devices

FBI raids homes of Adams administration officials, feds seize electronic devices

Plus, New York City suspends drilling around Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2024 • 5:21

New York City opens 24 new public school buildings this fall

New York City opens 24 new public school buildings this fall

On the first day of school Thursday, more than 11,000 New York City children will head into new buildings — in the largest school construction expansion in two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2024 • 5:25

Former Governor Hochul aide charged with working as agent of China

Former Governor Hochul aide charged with working as agent of China

Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Hochul and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been arrested alongside her husband for working as an agent of China a month and a half after the feds raided their $3.6 million home in Manhasset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 4, 2024 • 7:57

NYC to pay $12M to former Wall Street trader paralyzed in 2020 police shooting

NYC to pay $12M to former Wall Street trader paralyzed in 2020 police shooting

New York City has agreed to pay $12 million to a former Wall Street trader paralyzed in a June 2020 pandemic-era police-involved shooting in Manhattan’s East Village, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 3, 2024 • 7:16

Judge orders NYC to make all new taxis wheelchair-accessible

Judge orders NYC to make all new taxis wheelchair-accessible

Plus, a driver hits four cars and two pedestrians in a Brooklyn hit-and-run spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 2, 2024 • 5:23

MTA showcases stepped-up fare enforcement on buses

MTA showcases stepped-up fare enforcement on buses

The MTA cracked down on fare jumpers on 41 bus lines Thursday, the latest high-profile enforcement push to stem fare evasion on city transit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2024 • 6:48

Sarah Palin granted new defamation trial against NY Times

Sarah Palin granted new defamation trial against NY Times

Sarah Palin was granted a new defamation trial against The New York Times on Wednesday after a federal appeals court found “several major issues” tainted the first one in February 2022 – including jurors learning the judge had dismissed the case from breaking news alerts during their deliberations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2024 • 7:09

Mayor Adams backs off proposed NYC school cellphone ban

Mayor Adams backs off proposed NYC school cellphone ban

Mayor Adams dialed back plans for a cell phone ban in New York City public schools, saying it may not happen this school year — just two months after the schools chancellor announced changes were imminent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2024 • 6:10

Back-up for Brooklyn families shut out of afterschool won’t be solution for all

Back-up for Brooklyn families shut out of afterschool won’t be solution for all

State officials are offering south Brooklyn families shut out of free afterschool programs a back-up plan, though not all will qualify, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2024 • 6:17

Governor holds campus safety meeting with hundreds of New York college leaders

Governor holds campus safety meeting with hundreds of New York college leaders

New York State officials are conducting a review of college safety plans as pro-Palestinian protests start to resume at some campuses, Gov. Hochul announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 27, 2024 • 5:37

Mayor Adams’ lawyer calls sexual assault claim ‘fictitious’

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

Aug 26, 2024 • 6:38

Afterschool programs lose state funding and Brooklyn families desperate for help

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

Aug 23, 2024 • 6:08

NYC landlord used fake repair scheme to overcharge tenants

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

Aug 23, 2024 • 7:18

More Migrant Families are Subject to 60-Day Shelter Limit

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

Aug 22, 2024 • 6:12

Documents show UAE paid for Adams adviser’s visit

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

Aug 22, 2024 • 7:18

Mayor Adams unfazed over not being given speaking slot at DNC

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

Aug 21, 2024 • 5:12

Mayor Adams has not been told he’s a target of FBI Turkish campaign probe

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

Aug 21, 2024 • 6:24

George Santos pleads guilty to charges of money laundering, identity theft and fraud

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

Aug 20, 2024 • 6:47

NYC Council approves $500M East Bronx rezoning plan

NYC Council approves $500M East Bronx rezoning plan

A $500 million plan to drastically rezone a swath of the East Bronx secured final approval from the City Council this week, paving the way for significant infrastructure upgrades in the area as well as the construction of some 7,000 new apartments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2024 • 5:58

NYC Mayor Adams believes he ‘did nothing wrong’ after being subpoenaed in FBI probe

NYC Mayor Adams believes he ‘did nothing wrong’ after being subpoenaed in FBI probe

In the wake of revelations that he was personally subpoenaed by federal prosecutors investigating him and his campaign, Mayor Adams said Friday he believes evidence collected as part of the probe will show he “did nothing wrong.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 19, 2024 • 7:08

NYC Council Speaker still unsure about the mayor's top lawyer nomination

NYC Council Speaker still unsure about the mayor's top lawyer nomination

New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said Thursday she still hasn’t made up her mind whether to support or oppose Mayor Adams’ nomination of controversial litigator Randy Mastro to become his administration’s next top attorney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2024 • 6:29

Mayor Adams heading to DNC to talk immigration

Mayor Adams heading to DNC to talk immigration

Mayor Adams is heading to Chicago next week for the Democratic National Convention — and hopes the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, will take time at the event to talk about the country’s migrant crisis despite ongoing sensitivity in the party around the issue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2024 • 7:46

Court ruling kicks RFK Jr. off New York State ballot

Court ruling kicks RFK Jr. off New York State ballot

Robert Kennedy Jr. on Monday lost his bid to appear as an independent presidential candidate on the New York State ballot after a judge’s ruling found the residency claims “preposterous.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2024 • 6:19

Robert Tucker appointed new FDNY commissioner

Robert Tucker appointed new FDNY commissioner

Robert Tucker, a committed philanthropist with deep roots in civic service and strong ties to public safety, was appointed as New York City’s 35th FDNY commissioner on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 13, 2024 • 5:55

NYC Mayor Adams gets latest rat infestation ticket tossed

NYC Mayor Adams gets latest rat infestation ticket tossed

Mayor Adams, who has focused heavily on rodent extermination efforts across the city, got a $300 ticket thrown out this week that alleged a rat infestation is persisting at his Brooklyn property. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 12, 2024 • 6:45

NYC starts applying for more preschool special ed classes

NYC starts applying for more preschool special ed classes

New York City has started applying for new preschool special education classes, after advocates sounded the alarm about young children with disabilities who could be shut out of the program on the first day of school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2024 • 6:39

NYC wasted millions in migrant spending

NYC wasted millions in migrant spending

The medical services company with a nearly half-billion-dollar contract to feed, house and care for thousands of migrants in New York City overcharged the city by millions for vacant hotel rooms and security guards, according to an audit released Tuesday by NYC Comptroller Brad Lander. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2024 • 7:07

NYC gets state funding to help homeowners build unconventional apartments on their properties

NYC gets state funding to help homeowners build unconventional apartments on their properties

New York State is providing a fresh infusion of $4 million for a grant program that helps city homeowners build unconventional forms of apartment units on their properties, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 7, 2024 • 6:44

Adams blames coverage of improperly documented campaign spending on ‘leaked’ report

Adams blames coverage of improperly documented campaign spending on ‘leaked’ report

Mayor Adams blamed the city’s independent election watchdog agency Monday for stirring up “a lot of sensationalism” by releasing a draft audit that found his 2021 campaign failed to properly document $2.3 million in spending, among other alleged violations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 6, 2024 • 7:03

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park

Plus, five men were stabbed and slashed in a bloody Queens bar brawl late Saturday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 5, 2024 • 5:28

MTA projects budget deficit amid fare evasion, congestion pricing confusion

MTA projects budget deficit amid fare evasion, congestion pricing confusion

Persistent fare evasion and a decline in real estate tax revenues were on track to land the MTA’s day-to-day operating budget in a $428 million deficit in 2027, with a $469 million deficit projected for 2028, the transit agency said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2024 • 5:13

Adams administration says 750 NYC smoke shops shuttered so far in crackdown on illicit weed

Adams administration says 750 NYC smoke shops shuttered so far in crackdown on illicit weed

Roughly 750 smoke shops have been shuttered across the five boroughs in the three months since Mayor Adams’ administration launched a crackdown on unlicensed weed peddlers, city and state officials announced Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2024 • 5:24

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander announces 2025 Mayoral run

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander announces 2025 Mayoral run

City Comptroller Brad Lander announced Tuesday he’s running against Mayor Adams in next year’s primary election, making him the first candidate to officially declare a challenge against the incumbent mayor and teeing up an unusual matchup between two high-profile elected officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2024 • 7:24

Mayor Adams touts housing gains in NYC as critics push back

Mayor Adams touts housing gains in NYC as critics push back

Mayor Adams and top administration officials announced Monday that the city financed the preservation and construction of nearly 29,000 affordable and public housing units over the last year — a 12% increase over last year when the city funded more than 26,000 such units. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 2024 • 6:38

Mayor Adams' emergency order

Mayor Adams' emergency order

Mayor Adams killed several components of a new law meant to ban solitary confinement in city jails in an emergency order Saturday, just one day before it was set to take effect, officials said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 29, 2024 • 6:15

Lawsuits say NY Gov. Hochul had no right to stop MTA congestion pricing plan

Lawsuits say NY Gov. Hochul had no right to stop MTA congestion pricing plan

Congestion pricing supporters filed two lawsuits against Gov. Hochul Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, arguing her “indefinite pause” violated New York state law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2024 • 7:09

Insurance giant seeks to question Adams adviser in ‘money laundering’ lawsuit

Insurance giant seeks to question Adams adviser in ‘money laundering’ lawsuit

One of the country’s largest auto insurance companies is seeking to question Frank Carone, Mayor Adams’ political confidante, as part of a civil lawsuit alleging corporate entities Carone co-founded were involved in orchestrating a sprawling “money laundering scheme,” court papers reveal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2024 • 9:13

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez resigning from office

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez resigning from office

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is resigning from office August 20th following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2024 • 7:47

New Yorkers on Biden bowing out of presidential race: ‘The right thing for the country’

New Yorkers on Biden bowing out of presidential race: ‘The right thing for the country’

After President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2024, New Yorkers weighed in with mixed emotions — and relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 2024 • 6:14

New York pols react as Biden drops out of 2024 race

New York pols react as Biden drops out of 2024 race

President Biden announced Sunday he will not seek reelection in 2024, sparking a flurry of reactions from prominent New York politicians just four months before Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 22, 2024 • 6:16

Two state maximum security prisons to close in November

Two state maximum security prisons to close in November

The Hochul administration will close two upstate New York maximum security prisons citing a continuing overall drop in the incarcerated population, cost savings, staffing shortages and authorization from the state Legislature in its latest budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2024 • 6:43

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh explains why she’s stepping down

FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh explains why she’s stepping down

Outgoing FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is leaving the department to focus on family and friends, which she says she neglected as the head of the country’s largest fire department, she explains in an online essay. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2024 • 7:18

What happens to Senator Robert Menendez’s seat after guilty verdict?

What happens to Senator Robert Menendez’s seat after guilty verdict?

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez Tuesday declined to resign from the Senate after his conviction on federal bribery and corruption charges, raising major questions about what will happen to his seat, which is likely to stay in Democratic hands. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2024 • 7:03

Scott Stringer appears primed to challenge Adams with mayoral run

Scott Stringer appears primed to challenge Adams with mayoral run

In a sign the 2025 mayoral race may well be contested, former city Comptroller Scott Stringer told the Daily News he’s raised approximately $425,000 in donations for a potential primary run against Mayor Adams — an amount that could grow to about $2.1 million once matching funds are factored in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 2024 • 7:35

An increasing number of NYPD cops are citing the Bible to keep their beards

An increasing number of NYPD cops are citing the Bible to keep their beards

Scores of NYPD officers have turned to the Bible to avoid shaving off their beards, police sources said. A recent edict that cops dress neater banned beards, but allowed for both religious and medical accommodations. Now, an untold number of cops — the NYPD could not provide statistics — have said their religious rights would be violated were they forced to go clean-shaven. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 15, 2024 • 6:33

NYC Comptroller poised to formally announce mayoral campaign

NYC Comptroller poised to formally announce mayoral campaign

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is preparing to announce an election-year run against Mayor Adams within the next two weeks, several political sources revealed to the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2024 • 7:09

Rudy Giuliani warned by judge at chaotic bankruptcy hearing

Rudy Giuliani warned by judge at chaotic bankruptcy hearing

Rudy Giuliani was warned by a judge to keep his mouth shut Wednesday after the ex-mayor interrupted an opposing lawyer at his chaotic bankruptcy hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2024 • 6:40

NYC’s deputy chancellor of early childhood education stepping down

NYC’s deputy chancellor of early childhood education stepping down

New York City’s head of early childhood education is out after a tenure pockmarked by backlash to 3-K budget cuts and workplace tensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2024 • 6:29

Chancellor Banks’ former chief of staff to return to Education Department as deputy chancellor

Chancellor Banks’ former chief of staff to return to Education Department as deputy chancellor

Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Chancellor David Banks’ last chief of staff, is taking over as deputy chancellor for family engagement and external affairs — after the schools head tapped outgoing Deputy Chancellor Kenita Lloyd last week as his next right hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 2024 • 5:37

Legal challenges slowing campaign to shutter unlicensed NYC cannabis shops

Legal challenges slowing campaign to shutter unlicensed NYC cannabis shops

After being held out as an example of how a new state law was allowing NYC to quickly stamp out unlicensed cannabis shops, New City Smoke Shop in downtown Manhattan is back up and running as errors in execution and legal challenges hamper efforts to shut down thousands of weed shops, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 8, 2024 • 6:23

Schools Chancellor taps NYC schools point-person on parent tensions as chief of staff

Schools Chancellor taps NYC schools point-person on parent tensions as chief of staff

A Delta Airlines flight destined for Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK International Airport early Wednesday after passengers were given rotten food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 2024 • 6:05

Mayor Adams backs decision not to fire the cop who lied about getting COVID vaccine.

Mayor Adams backs decision not to fire the cop who lied about getting COVID vaccine.

Mayor Adams defended NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s decision to save the job of a police officer who admitted to submitting a phony COVID vaccination card and then lying about it, saying Tuesday the cop in question ultimately suffered a “huge penalty.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2024 • 6:42

Mayor Adams takes victory lap over NYC budget reversing his library cuts

Mayor Adams takes victory lap over NYC budget reversing his library cuts

Mayor Adams took a victory lap Monday over the adoption of a municipal budget that reversed his controversial cuts to the city public library systems, vexing City Council members who argued it’s disingenuous for him to celebrate the rollback of spending reductions he long advocated for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 2024 • 7:34

NYC Council passes $112.4 billion budget in down-to-the-wire vote

NYC Council passes $112.4 billion budget in down-to-the-wire vote

With just hours left on the deadline clock, the New York City Council on Sunday voted to approve a $112.4 billion budget that restores almost all of the cuts proposed by Mayor Adams and adds about $1 billion to what he proposed in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 1, 2024 • 6:43

Most state Assembly incumbents from NYC poised to keep seats after Tuesday primaries

Most state Assembly incumbents from NYC poised to keep seats after Tuesday primaries

"Initial results of several hotly-contested state Assembly primaries offered a view Tuesday night into which way the political winds are blowing for New York City Democrats — with most incumbents holding onto their seats and maintaining the status quo." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2024 • 5:36

NYC poised to ban student cellphone use during the school day

NYC poised to ban student cellphone use during the school day

New York City is poised to impose strict limits on cell phone use in local public schools, as restrictions on their use gain traction across the country, Schools Chancellor David Banks indicated Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2024 • 6:01

The Mayor shrugs off NYC teachers union

The Mayor shrugs off NYC teachers union

Mayor Adams shrugged off news Tuesday that the city teachers union no longer supports his controversial effort to enroll retired municipal workers in a Medicare Advantage plan, saying he’s confident his team will “resolve” the matter and that everything’s “going to be fine.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2024 • 7:24

City public schools launching new division aimed at migrants, students with disabilities

City public schools launching new division aimed at migrants, students with disabilities

New York City public schools will launch a division to better serve the city’s growing populations of English learners and students with disabilities, and push for more standardization how math is taught, education officials announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 2024 • 6:10

Too much weed: NYC Sheriffs stowing seized pot anywhere they can

Too much weed: NYC Sheriffs stowing seized pot anywhere they can

City deputy sheriffs have seized so much cannabis from unlicensed pot shops amid a crackdown that the agency’s offices have become a weed wonderland, with pot stowed in every free nook and cranny they can find, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 24, 2024 • 8:26

Governor Hochul signs restrictions on teens’ social media feeds into law

Governor Hochul signs restrictions on teens’ social media feeds into law

Governor Hochul signed legislation Thursday with the goal of reducing the harmful effects of social media on New York’s children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2024 • 5:32

Legal weed sales up in N.Y. amid crackdown on unlicensed shops

Legal weed sales up in N.Y. amid crackdown on unlicensed shops

Plus, scorching temperatures making life miserable for millions from Midwest to New England Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2024 • 5:10

City Comptroller files open records request for detail on Hochul congestion pricing reversal

City Comptroller files open records request for detail on Hochul congestion pricing reversal

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to know what sparked Gov. Hochul’s about-face on congestion pricing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 19, 2024 • 6:07

NYC Mayor Adams backs mask ban

NYC Mayor Adams backs mask ban

Mayor Adams on Monday reiterated his support for a ban on face masks proposed last week by Governor Kathy Hochul, but he did not say how such a ban should account for people wearing masks out of medical necessity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 2024 • 5:41

NYC Campaign Finance Board backs expanding straw donor enforcement powers

NYC Campaign Finance Board backs expanding straw donor enforcement powers

The head of New York City’s Campaign Finance Board voiced support Friday for a number of City Council bills that would expand the watchdog entity’s straw donor enforcement powers amid ongoing issues and investigations related to Mayor Adams’ campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 17, 2024 • 7:24

Texts show how NYC Mayor Adams tried to pacify ‘Bling Bishop’ Lamor Whitehead in feud with top adviser

Texts show how NYC Mayor Adams tried to pacify ‘Bling Bishop’ Lamor Whitehead in feud with top adviser

Plus, Taylor Swift exhibit opens in Jersey shore town where she used to summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2024 • 6:14

NYC getting $27M in settlement against e-cig maker Juul

NYC getting $27M in settlement against e-cig maker Juul

New York City will receive $27 million as part of a year-old settlement against Juul Labs, the controversial purveyor of vape pens that was ordered to pay out a total of $462 million as part of a court deal in April 2023, city and state leaders announced Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2024 • 5:39

Broker fee battle touches off City Hall rally controversy

Broker fee battle touches off City Hall rally controversy

The battle over whether to shift broker fees from renters to landlords is landing on the City Hall steps Wednesday, but only after some behind-the-scenes intrigue forced one group off that coveted piece of New York City real estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2024 • 7:08

Governor Hochul adds doula care to Medicaid, expands paid prenatal leave

Governor Hochul adds doula care to Medicaid, expands paid prenatal leave

Governor Hochul moved Monday to fund doula care and paid time off for expectant mothers before they give birth as she unveiled an $8 million plan for a new maternal health center in the Bronx. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 11, 2024 • 7:45

Governer Hochul's congestion pricing flip-flop panned as political gambit for suburban N.Y. congressional seats

Governer Hochul's congestion pricing flip-flop panned as political gambit for suburban N.Y. congressional seats

Governor Hochul’s controversial decision to indefinitely delay the long-awaited Manhattan congestion pricing plan is being seen in Washington, D.C. as a political panic move to boost Democratic hopes of retaking the House of Representatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 10, 2024 • 7:28

NYC Council votes to expand ‘advice and consent’ oversight of mayoral hires in face of Adams objections

NYC Council votes to expand ‘advice and consent’ oversight of mayoral hires in face of Adams objections

The City Council voted by a wide margin Thursday to expand its ability to block top mayoral hires, teeing up another potential veto battle with Mayor Adams, whose team has sharply criticized the move as a power grab that’d hamper municipal government operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2024 • 8:10

Governor Hochul halts NYC congestion pricing

Governor Hochul halts NYC congestion pricing

In an abrupt about-face, Governor Hochul directed the MTA to abandon congestion pricing Wednesday, less than four weeks before the tolling program was set to kick into gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2024 • 7:23

Mayor Adams praises Biden’s new border policy

Mayor Adams praises Biden’s new border policy

Mayor Adams praised President Biden on Tuesday for his executive order capping the number of migrants who can be let into the U.S. and said he’s ready to offer “whatever they need” toward the Biden campaign’s re-election efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2024 • 8:18

Mayor Adams agrees to reverse $127M in school cuts

Mayor Adams agrees to reverse $127M in school cuts

As part of ongoing budget negotiations with the City Council, Mayor Adams has agreed to stave off some of his most controversial education cuts, including a large funding reduction for public schools with declining enrollment, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News late Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 4, 2024 • 7:17

Cuomo amping up rhetoric taking aim at NYC problems amid talk of mayoral run in 2025

Cuomo amping up rhetoric taking aim at NYC problems amid talk of mayoral run in 2025

If anyone doubted that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking direct aim at Mayor Adams, an upcoming radio show appearance might dispel that notion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 3, 2024 • 6:59

NYC bracing for another round of Canadian wildfire smoke this summer

NYC bracing for another round of Canadian wildfire smoke this summer

NYC bracing for another round of Canadian wildfire smoke this summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 2024 • 8:07

Mayor Adams still looking into revoking Sean “Diddy” Combs key to the city

Mayor Adams still looking into revoking Sean “Diddy” Combs key to the city

As investigators reportedly prepare to bring Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers before a federal grand jury, Mayor Adams said Wednesday that his team is still “in the process of looking into” taking back the key to the city he gave to the embattled rap impresario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 30, 2024 • 6:42

NYC Health Department to rely on donations for research journals amid budget cuts

NYC Health Department to rely on donations for research journals amid budget cuts

New York City’s top health officials will have access to fewer than two dozen medical research journals, as the department has turned to outside funding for research articles following Adams administration budget cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 2024 • 6:55

NYC relaxes lifeguard test as staff shortages force closures of some beach stretches

NYC relaxes lifeguard test as staff shortages force closures of some beach stretches

Mayor Adams announced Friday that his administration is relaxing some test requirements for lifeguards in a bid to address staff shortages in their ranks that are expected to force swaths of city beaches to stay closed this holiday weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 28, 2024 • 6:38

Cuomo hitting up key unions as he lays the groundwork for potential NYC mayoral run

Cuomo hitting up key unions as he lays the groundwork for potential NYC mayoral run

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has quietly been reaching out to politically-influential labor leaders a move being seen by many as a clear sign the disgraced governor’s plans to engineer a comeback are picking up steam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 2024 • 7:33

NYC Council introduces bill to expand oversight of mayoral hires amid City Hall power struggle

NYC Council introduces bill to expand oversight of mayoral hires amid City Hall power struggle

Plus, City EMTs, paramedics meet people they saved at annual ‘Second Chance’ celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 24, 2024 • 5:37

Labor leaders say Kathryn Garcia making potential NYC mayoral run rounds, but Garcia denies it

Labor leaders say Kathryn Garcia making potential NYC mayoral run rounds, but Garcia denies it

Plus: NYPD seizes hundreds of vehicles in ‘ghost car’ crackdown and city councilmembers urge Eric Adams to rescind Diddy’s key to the city Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 23, 2024 • 5:35

The top things to watch during 2024 Jets OTAs this spring

The top things to watch during 2024 Jets OTAs this spring

We're bringing you a special story today from our sports desk. Here's what you need to know as the Jets start their OTAs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2024 • 5:01

Donald Trump won’t testify at hush money trial as defense rests its case

Donald Trump won’t testify at hush money trial as defense rests its case

Donald Trump won’t testify at hush money trial as defense rests its case; Rana Abbasova, Adams aide whose home was raided, is cooperating with feds’ campaign finance probe; New York State Senate to pass e-bike fire safety bill package Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 2024 • 6:36

Rudy Giuliani served indictment at 80th birthday party ...and more news

Rudy Giuliani served indictment at 80th birthday party ...and more news

Sen. Menendez bribery trial reveals N.J. businessman’s sweetheart halal meat deal with Egypt; Adams plans review of NYPD response to Brooklyn pro-Palestinian rally after cops punched protesters; Rudy Giuliani served Arizona indictment papers for election fraud scheme at 80th birthday party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 21, 2024 • 6:32

City Council members comply with Speaker Adams’ ban on desk signs

City Council members comply with Speaker Adams’ ban on desk signs

No City Council members affixed signs to their desks during the chamber’s full meeting Thursday, complying with a directive from Speaker Adrienne Adams aimed at curtailing use of the historic pieces of furniture for messaging about the Israel-Hamas war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 2024 • 6:28

City Council pushes for more spending on affordable housing in Adams budget

City Council pushes for more spending on affordable housing in Adams budget

The New York City Council is doubling down on a push to better fund affordable housing in the city budget, a position fueled by the release of a report that found construction of new affordable housing units could plummet without more investment from the Adams administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 16, 2024 • 6:13

NYC shutters 75 illicit weed shops in first week of crackdown

NYC shutters 75 illicit weed shops in first week of crackdown

Seventy-five illegal weed shops were shuttered in the first week of the Adams administration’s “Operation Padlock” crackdown on illicit marijuana sales in the city, officials announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 2024 • 7:08

Council members offered private meets with Randy Mastro as Adams pushes to make him top NYC lawyer

Council members offered private meets with Randy Mastro as Adams pushes to make him top NYC lawyer

Mayor Adams’ office recently started setting up one-on-one meetings between City Council members and Randy Mastro, an ex-federal prosecutor whose expected nomination as the city government’s next top lawyer has drawn intense pushback, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 2024 • 7:01

Governor Hochul vows reform, leadership shakeup at Office of Cannabis Management

Governor Hochul vows reform, leadership shakeup at Office of Cannabis Management

New York State’s much-maligned Office of Cannabis Management will get new leadership and streamline its torpid permitting process for retailers, Gov. Hochul said Friday, moving to address failures that have allowed a sprawling illegal marijuana market to emerge in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 13, 2024 • 6:09

NYC bungled shelter-stay limits for migrant families

NYC bungled shelter-stay limits for migrant families

New York City rolled out shelter-stay limits for migrant families in a “haphazard” way — without adequate policies or effective case management — Comptroller Brad Lander said Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 10, 2024 • 7:33

Department of Investigation launches probe into NYPD officials’ social media use

Department of Investigation launches probe into NYPD officials’ social media use

The city’s Department of Investigation has launched a probe into accusations that top NYPD officials flouted local laws by thumbing out what have been criticized as politically charged social media posts, a spokeswoman for the watchdog agency told the Daily News on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 9, 2024 • 6:50

Judge knocks New York abortion rights measure off fall ballot

Judge knocks New York abortion rights measure off fall ballot

An upstate New York judge Tuesday knocked an abortion rights measure off the fall ballot on procedural grounds, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped it would energize supporters and boost voter turnout in the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 8, 2024 • 6:19

Mayor Adams traveling to Rome, will meet with Pope Francis

Mayor Adams traveling to Rome, will meet with Pope Francis

Mayor Adams is heading to Rome this week to meet with Pope Francis and participate in a conference hosted by the Vatican, City Hall announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 7, 2024 • 5:51

NYC politicians demand Mayor Adams discipline NYPD Chief over ‘dangerous’ tweets

NYC politicians demand Mayor Adams discipline NYPD Chief over ‘dangerous’ tweets

More than three dozen local elected officials are calling on Mayor Adams to discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over “illegal” and “dangerous” social media attacks that the police honcho has leveled against lawmakers, journalists and others in recent months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 6, 2024 • 6:22

New data shows many outsiders arrested in Columbia, CCNY Gaza protests

New data shows many outsiders arrested in Columbia, CCNY Gaza protests

More than 45% of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City Collegethis week were “unaffiliated” with the schools, NYPD sources told the Daily News on Thursday, though it’s unclear how many of the demonstrators were so-called “outside agitators” involved in driving the recent tumult on the campuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 2024 • 7:31

Millions of New Yorkers facing rent hikes of up to 4% for 1-year lease

Millions of New Yorkers facing rent hikes of up to 4% for 1-year lease

Around 2 million New Yorkers living in stabilized apartments will likely see their rents climb for the third year in a row, after the board tasked with setting rates okayed a range of possible hikes at a raucous preliminary vote on Tuesday — as tenants and their board representatives walked out in protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 2, 2024 • 6:53

Mayor Adams’ new engagement form system subject to transparency laws

Mayor Adams’ new engagement form system subject to transparency laws

The City Council’s top tech official alerted Mayor Adams this week that his administration must by law publicly release all information gathered as part of his controversial new “engagement form” system, which requires local elected officials to ask for permission before speaking with senior city officials about various issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 1, 2024 • 6:06

Mayor Adams kicks off “City of Yes” housing plan

Mayor Adams kicks off “City of Yes” housing plan

The Adams administration’s signature housing plan — which involves building “a little more housing” in every neighborhood — kicked off with a formal approval process Monday after months of hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 2024 • 6:14

 NYC sees surge in gun permit applications

NYC sees surge in gun permit applications

Amid ongoing fear of crime, more than 13,300 New Yorkers applied for licenses to carry guns in the city last year, a near-double increase compared to 2022 — and the NYPD’s financial bottom line has been boosted by the permit surge, according to a Daily News analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 29, 2024 • 7:46

UPDATE: No imminent plans for NYPD to clear CUNY City College pro-Gaza campus encampment

UPDATE: No imminent plans for NYPD to clear CUNY City College pro-Gaza campus encampment

Students at the City University of New York on Thursday launched a pro-Palestinian encampment at City College, part of a wave of tent demonstrations sweeping the nation calling on universities to divest from Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 26, 2024 • 6:31

Mayor Adams’ budget plan restores NYPD funding, but won’t reverse $58M cut to NYC libraries

Mayor Adams’ budget plan restores NYPD funding, but won’t reverse $58M cut to NYC libraries

Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal includes restored funding for the NYPD, but doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar cut to the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service reductions at library branches across the five boroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 25, 2024 • 7:05

NYC government workers of color paid less than white colleagues: study

NYC government workers of color paid less than white colleagues: study

Black, Asian and Hispanic NYC government workers continue to be paid less than their white colleagues, a disparity driven by a persistent pattern of low wages for women of color in the municipal ranks, according to a new study release by the City Council on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 2024 • 7:14

Mayor Adams defense trust returns $22K in improper donations

Mayor Adams defense trust returns $22K in improper donations

In the first three months of this year, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received $22,462 in prohibited donations from a corporate entity and 10 individuals with city government business interests, according to a Daily News review of finance disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 23, 2024 • 7:35

N.Y. State lawmakers pass $237B budget nearly 3 weeks late

N.Y. State lawmakers pass $237B budget nearly 3 weeks late

New York State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $237 billion state budget, unlocking $2.4 billion for the city’s migrant crisis and providing a program to address the city’s dire housing shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 22, 2024 • 6:25

Cannabis enforcement deal is locked down in State budget

Cannabis enforcement deal is locked down in State budget

A legislative package boosting New York City in its battle against the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops operating citywide has been secured in state budget negotiations, lawmakers said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 19, 2024 • 6:02

Council Progressives will try to block Mayor Adams’ plan to tap top lawyer

Council Progressives will try to block Mayor Adams’ plan to tap top lawyer

City Council Democrats from the party’s progressive wing say they’ll work to block Mayor Adams’ expected plan to tap conservative legal heavy-hitter Randy Mastro as his administration’s next top attorney, setting the stage for a potentially contentious battle over his nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 2024 • 6:43

NYC could save $3.5 billion on migrant costs with housing vouchers

NYC could save $3.5 billion on migrant costs with housing vouchers

New York City could save up to $3.5 billion in migrant housing costs if it and the state government expand access to housing vouchers, a new report from the homeless services provider Win revealed Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 17, 2024 • 7:19

Critics slam potential New York State housing deal

Critics slam potential New York State housing deal

A range of critics have begun to pounce as Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers draw closer to a housing deal that would revive a tax break for developers and provide new good cause eviction protections to tenants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 2024 • 6:24

Report on mayoral control of NYC public schools adds a new wrinkle to the debate

Report on mayoral control of NYC public schools adds a new wrinkle to the debate

With Mayor Adams’ authority over the city’s public schools on the line, a new study of mayoral control that painted an unfavorable picture of how parents and teachers feel about the status quo has added a new wrinkle to the debate in Albany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 15, 2024 • 6:14

Senator Schumer announces $15M to replace Brooklyn’s Grand St. bridge

Senator Schumer announces $15M to replace Brooklyn’s Grand St. bridge

The feds will be footing more of the bill for a new bridge over Newtown Creek, putting $15 million towards the replacement of the 119-year-old Grand St. Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 2024 • 6:32

Adams defends against report of Turkish Airlines upgrades...demures on specific details

Adams defends against report of Turkish Airlines upgrades...demures on specific details

Mayor Adams defended himself Tuesday when questioned about a report that the federal probe into ties between Turkey and his 2021 mayoral campaign has honed in on upgrades he allegedly received on Turkish Airlines flights, but declined to offer more specific details on issues raised by the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 11, 2024 • 6:35

Key report on mayoral control of NYC public schools finds parents, teachers feel shut out

Key report on mayoral control of NYC public schools finds parents, teachers feel shut out

New York City parents and teachers feel shut out of key decisions about children’s education under the current system of mayoral control, according to a pivotal state Education Department report released Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 2024 • 7:16

NYC taps lawyer for Mayor Adams sex assault lawsuit

NYC taps lawyer for Mayor Adams sex assault lawsuit

Celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, whose clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, has been retained to represent Mayor Adams against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a police colleague over three decades ago, according to court filings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 9, 2024 • 7:26

Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists

Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists

Madonna files to dismiss fans’ lawsuit over late start of Barclays Center concert; Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists; Off-duty NYPD cop charged with assault in Brooklyn incident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 8, 2024 • 5:54

Mayor Adams welcomes Texas Governor to NYC

Mayor Adams welcomes Texas Governor to NYC

Mayor Adams offered a sarcastic helping hand to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during his New York City stay, saying Thursday that the Republican could sleep in a migrant shelter “so he can see what he has created." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 2024 • 5:53

Biden critics claim 12% of NY Democratic voters cast blank ballots to protest Gaza war

Biden critics claim 12% of NY Democratic voters cast blank ballots to protest Gaza war

Critics of President Biden’s support for the war in Gaza Wednesday claimed that an impressive 12% of New York Democratic voters heeded their call to protest by casting blank ballots in the state’s presidential primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 4, 2024 • 6:43

Ex-NYPD deputy inspector sentenced in Mayor Adams campaign straw donor scheme

Ex-NYPD deputy inspector sentenced in Mayor Adams campaign straw donor scheme

A former NYPD deputy inspector who was friendly with Mayor Adams was sentenced to community service Tuesday for his ringleader role in a straw donor scheme that gamed the system to boost the mayor’s 2021 City Hall run and curry political favors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 3, 2024 • 6:57

Biden critics push for blank ballots in New York’s Democratic primary to protest Gaza war

Biden critics push for blank ballots in New York’s Democratic primary to protest Gaza war

Critics of President Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza are pushing for Democratic voters to cast blank ballots in Tuesday’s otherwise snoozy primary as some Republicans plan to vote for Nikki Haley to express oppostion to former President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 2, 2024 • 6:53

Data for at risk cops flagged for retraining missing from NYPD report

Data for at risk cops flagged for retraining missing from NYPD report

An NYPD year-end report detailing how it works with at-risk officers is missing a key detail: How many of those struggling cops had to repeat the program? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2024 • 5:46

NYC to allow test rides of driverless cars — with drivers behind the wheel

NYC to allow test rides of driverless cars — with drivers behind the wheel

The rollout of driverless cars in American cities has so far been pockmarked by speed bumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 2024 • 6:44

New York State budget expected to be late

New York State budget expected to be late

Weeks of cautious optimism that New York lawmakers might approve the state budget on time have faded to the reality that talks will drag past the April 1st deadline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 28, 2024 • 6:38

MTA plans final congestion pricing vote: What you need to know

MTA plans final congestion pricing vote: What you need to know

The MTA is expected to approve a congestion pricing tolling plan Wednesday, ahead of a June launch for the program — barring a judicial ruling favoring New Jerseyans or others who oppose the plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 2024 • 6:57

NYC Council announces appeal of ruling that invalidated city’s noncitizen voting law

NYC Council announces appeal of ruling that invalidated city’s noncitizen voting law

The City Council asked the state’s highest court Monday to reverse a ruling that struck down a law giving hundreds of thousands of noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote in local elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 2024 • 6:17

What to know as New York approaches state budget deadline

What to know as New York approaches state budget deadline

One week out from the nominal deadline to approve the next state budget, Gov. Hochul and the Legislature are heading into a few days of furious negotiations, with school funding and tenant protections seen as likely sticking points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 25, 2024 • 6:57

Mets owners donate $116M to community college facility

Mets owners donate $116M to community college facility

Mets owners’ Steve and Alex Cohen’s foundation is making the largest donation in the City University of New York’s history to a new workforce development center at a Queens community college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 2024 • 8:14

Top NYPD brass defend controversial use of social media at Council budget hearing

Top NYPD brass defend controversial use of social media at Council budget hearing

The NYPD pushed back Wednesday against criticism of how it uses social media — calling it critical to giving information to the public — even as a chief testified that the department will soon encrypt all its radio transmissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 2024 • 6:36

Adams vows to not be distracted by sex assault claim

Adams vows to not be distracted by sex assault claim

Mayor Adams vehemently denied accusations Tuesday that he sexually assaulted a coworker in his car decades ago and vowed to not be distracted by the shocking claim — as his administration’s top attorney defended using city government attorneys to represent the mayor in the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 2024 • 7:20

Hochul orders ‘top-down’ review of New York marijuana licensing process

Hochul orders ‘top-down’ review of New York marijuana licensing process

New York State has launched a comprehensive review of its sluggish process for licensing cannabis shops, Governor Hochul’s office said Monday, targeting a tortured legalization rollout that has allowed a sprawling market of unlicensed retailers to emerge across the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 2024 • 6:08

NYC yellow taxi demand still slow post-pandemic

NYC yellow taxi demand still slow post-pandemic

The number of yellow taxis on New York City streets is growing post-pandemic — but passenger demand has not kept pace, and a third of taxi medallions remain dormant, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 18, 2024 • 5:52

Number of unlicensed Upper West Side weed shops has jumped 104% since 2022

Number of unlicensed Upper West Side weed shops has jumped 104% since 2022

Manhattan’s Upper West Side is awash with unlicensed weed shops — and the budding problem continues to grow worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2024 • 7:45

Governor Hochul suggests that Cuomo did not warn her before resignation

Governor Hochul suggests that Cuomo did not warn her before resignation

Governor Hochul visited “The View” on Wednesday, touting her efforts to tackle crime during her 30-month governorship, defending a polarizing new subway safety plan and offering a new account of her rise to the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2024 • 7:26

Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams launch task force cracking down on ‘ghost cars’

Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams launch task force cracking down on ‘ghost cars’

City and state authorities have launched a sprawling interagency task force to combat so-called ghost cars carrying missing, modified or counterfeit license plates, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2024 • 6:23

NYC’s daily care cost per migrant household hits $388

NYC’s daily care cost per migrant household hits $388

The city is currently spending more money on housing and services per migrant than it did last summer, despite projections from Mayor Adams showing the overall price tag for the crisis is dropping thanks to reductions in the number of asylum seekers in the city’s care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 2024 • 7:53

NY appeals court reinstates bribery charges against former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin

NY appeals court reinstates bribery charges against former Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin that were dismissed after a lower court found the feds failed to establish sufficient evidence of a quid pro quo between him and a campaign donor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 11, 2024 • 6:45

Governor Hochul once again grasps for command of crime debate ahead of November elections

Governor Hochul once again grasps for command of crime debate ahead of November elections

Governor Hochul, who was weighed down by voter fears about crime in her closer-than-expected reelection victory in 2022, often says that public safety is her single most pressing priority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2024 • 6:16

Hochul sends 750 National Guard troops to NYC subways

Hochul sends 750 National Guard troops to NYC subways

Governor Hochul is deploying 750 members of the Guard and 250 state and MTA police officers to subway stations to inspect passengers’ bags following a spate of violent incidents across the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2024 • 5:19

‘No indication’ Mayor Adams is target of criminal probe after latest FBI raids: lawyer

‘No indication’ Mayor Adams is target of criminal probe after latest FBI raids: lawyer

An attorney for Mayor Adams said Tuesday there’s nothing to suggest he’s the “target” of any criminal probe in the wake of FBI raids at the homes of Winnie Greco, a top City Hall adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2024 • 6:54

Mayor Adams unveils $50M fund to help minority-owned real estate developers

Mayor Adams unveils $50M fund to help minority-owned real estate developers

The city is creating a $50 million fund that will serve as collateral for minority-owned businesses attempting to secure loans for work on affordable housing projects, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 2024 • 6:09

The City Council projects $3.3B more in tax revenue than Adams’ team, paving way for brutal budget debate

The City Council projects $3.3B more in tax revenue than Adams’ team, paving way for brutal budget debate

The City Council’s latest tax revenue projection far exceeds the most recent forecast put out by Mayor Adams’ team — giving the chamber’s Democrats a new leg to stand on as they brace for a contentious budget battle that’s expected to center on whether to reverse the mayor’s cuts to public services and agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2024 • 8:17

FBI raids Bronx homes of Mayor Adams aide

FBI raids Bronx homes of Mayor Adams aide

FBI agents on Thursday raided two Bronx homes owned by Winnie Greco, a top aide to Mayor Adams, multiple sources confirmed to the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2024 • 8:07

Mayor Adams rolls out new plan to create jobs, address climate change

Mayor Adams rolls out new plan to create jobs, address climate change

Mayor Adams unveiled a new economic plan Wednesday geared toward addressing climate change and creating 5,000 new jobs — and which his administration predicted will generate $55 billion of “economic impact” for the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 29, 2024 • 8:21

Lander report slams Mayor Adams on migrant contract spending

Lander report slams Mayor Adams on migrant contract spending

The cost of comparable migrant services provided by contractors hired by Mayor Adams’ administration “varied widely” and came in “significantly higher” than what the city typically pays, leading to mismanaged taxpayer dollars, a report released Tuesday by city Comptroller Brad Lander revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2024 • 7:51

Biden visits New York City for campaign trip, second this month

Biden visits New York City for campaign trip, second this month

President Biden Monday was set to visit New York Monday afternoon for his second campaign trip of the month to the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2024 • 5:51

NYC lawmakers make yet another bid to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops

NYC lawmakers make yet another bid to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops

A renewed push to weed out the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops in the city rolled forward Friday, another effort in what so far has been a largely losing battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 26, 2024 • 5:54

DOT claims more red light cameras save lives in New York City

DOT claims more red light cameras save lives in New York City

City transportation officials are asking Albany pols to expand New York City’s red-light camera program, which is set to end this year as fatalities from light-running reach a record high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2024 • 6:27

Mayor Adams cancels next round of NYC budget cuts, but will slash migrant spending

Mayor Adams cancels next round of NYC budget cuts, but will slash migrant spending

Mayor Adams called off a plan Wednesday to cut all city agency budgets by 5% this spring — but also announced he’s going to slash nearly $600 million in projected spending on housing and services for newly-arrived migrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2024 • 6:35

41% of N.Y voters want someone other than Biden, Trump

41% of N.Y voters want someone other than Biden, Trump

Democrats found reasons for optimism after scoring a special congressional election victory in swing Long Island territory last week, but President Biden continues to show signs of weakness in deep-blue New York, according to a statewide Siena College poll published Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2024 • 6:26

NYC mulls e-bike safety crackdown

NYC mulls e-bike safety crackdown

E-bike safety checks and enforcement would be a key role of the new city agency Mayor Adams is contemplating to regulate New York’s growing food and package delivery industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 19, 2024 • 6:26

The city sues social media giants to hold them ‘financially responsible’ for youth mental health crisis

The city sues social media giants to hold them ‘financially responsible’ for youth mental health crisis

Mayor Adams’ administration sued the owners of five major social media platforms Wednesday with an aim to hold them “financially responsible” for the city’s youth mental health crisis, joining a wave of similar legal actions brought by jurisdictions across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2024 • 6:45

Low-income New Yorkers sue Mayor Adams over refusal to expand rental voucher access

Low-income New Yorkers sue Mayor Adams over refusal to expand rental voucher access

Four New Yorkers who are either at risk of becoming homeless or already living in the shelter system sued Mayor Adams on Wednesday for refusing to implement a package of laws that’d make it easier for them to access the city’s rental assistance program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2024 • 7:08

Mayor Adams denounces state bill seeking to ban migrant stay limits

Mayor Adams denounces state bill seeking to ban migrant stay limits

Mayor Adams pushed back Tuesday on new state legislation that seeks to outlaw the 30- and 60-day limits his administration has put on migrants staying in New York City shelters, saying his policies constitute a “successful humanitarian response.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2024 • 6:19

NY lawmakers propose bill aimed at Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter stay limits

NY lawmakers propose bill aimed at Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter stay limits

Two progressive New York lawmakers are taking aim at 30- and 60-day migrant shelter stay limits in the latest challenge to the Adams administration’s controversial policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2024 • 6:03

20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew

20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew

20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 12, 2024 • 6:58

City Council OKs legal action against Mayor Adams in housing voucher feud

City Council OKs legal action against Mayor Adams in housing voucher feud

The City Council empowered Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams over his refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — but the speaker played coy on what exactly comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2024 • 6:29

City Council to clear way for legal action against Adams admin in housing voucher battle

City Council to clear way for legal action against Adams admin in housing voucher battle

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is set to grant herself the power Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams’ administration over its refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — a procedural step that carries outsize weight amid a tense relationship between the two top politicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2024 • 6:31

Mayor Adams asks NY lawmakers to shoulder half of migrant costs

Mayor Adams asks NY lawmakers to shoulder half of migrant costs

Mayor Adams visited Albany on Tuesday to urge New York state lawmakers who hold sway over city resources to increase aid for the migrant crisis, asking for the state to cover 50% of the city’s migrant costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2024 • 8:22

Ringleader in 2021 straw donor scheme tied to Mayor Adams’ campaign pleads guilty

Ringleader in 2021 straw donor scheme tied to Mayor Adams’ campaign pleads guilty

Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector and longtime friend of Mayor Adams, admitted as part of a guilty plea Monday that he helped orchestrate a scheme to funnel illegal donations into the mayor’s 2021 campaign coffers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2024 • 7:14

2026 FIFA World Cup final to be held at MetLife Stadium

2026 FIFA World Cup final to be held at MetLife Stadium

The 2026 FIFA World Cup’s final will be held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, FIFA announced Sunday. While in competition with the AT&T Stadium inn Arlington, Tex., the home of the Giants and Jets promised to remove 1,740 seats to accommodate a wider field for the beautiful game, the Daily News previously reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 5, 2024 • 4:46

NYC takes next major step toward getting trash off streets and into containers

NYC takes next major step toward getting trash off streets and into containers

An uptown Manhattan community board district is set to become the first in the city where trash containerization will be universally mandated under a plan rolled out by Mayor Adams on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2024 • 7:22

NYC library use surged before Adams budget cuts

NYC library use surged before Adams budget cuts

New York City’s public libraries saw large spikes in visitors and social program participation in the months before Mayor Adams’ budget cuts prompted them to eliminate Sunday hours at all branches and scale back other services as well, newly released data show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2024 • 7:51

City Council overrides the Mayor's criminal justice vetoes

City Council overrides the Mayor's criminal justice vetoes

The City Council voted Tuesday to override two rare vetoes issued by Mayor Adams — the “How Many Stops” bill that will expand reporting requirements around low-level NYPD stops and another aimed at banning solitary confinement in city jails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2024 • 7:58

Mayor Adams defends ‘How Many Stops’ veto

Mayor Adams defends ‘How Many Stops’ veto

Mayor Adams on Monday defended his veto of the “How Many Stops Act” as City Council leaders mounted a final internal lobbying push to line up the necessary support to override him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2024 • 6:29

City Council leaders call on mayor to open more migrant ‘reticketing centers’

City Council leaders call on mayor to open more migrant ‘reticketing centers’

Two City Council leaders called on Mayor Adams’ administration Friday to open up more migrant “reticketing centers” amid concern over newly arrived asylum seekers sleeping outside the city’s only such site due to overcrowding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 29, 2024 • 6:51

Mayor Adams investing $40M to give NYC women a greater leg-up

Mayor Adams investing $40M to give NYC women a greater leg-up

New York City will invest $40 million as part of a comprehensive effort to address gender inequities across the five boroughs, building on existing initiatives rolled out in the last year, Mayor Adams announced Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2024 • 6:13

Mayor Adams delivers his State of the City speech

Mayor Adams delivers his State of the City speech

In his third State of the City speech since taking office, Mayor Adams pledged Wednesday that the remainder of his first term will be focused on boosting job creation, education, housing development and public safety — but he acknowledged he needs help from state lawmakers in Albany to achieve several of those goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2024 • 9:48

NYC to include migrants in annual street homelessness census

NYC to include migrants in annual street homelessness census

Any migrants spotted sleeping outside will be counted as part of the city’s annual street homelessness census this month, according to Adams administration officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2024 • 6:50

NYC officials and advocates demand an end to Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter limits

NYC officials and advocates demand an end to Mayor Adams’ migrant shelter limits

Dozens of City Council members and advocates called on Mayor Adams Monday to halt shelter stay limits for migrant families, with Speaker Adrienne Adams slamming the policy as “counterproductive and cruel.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2024 • 7:36

Mayor Adams vetoes ‘How Many Stops Act’ and solitary ban bill

Mayor Adams vetoes ‘How Many Stops Act’ and solitary ban bill

Mayor Adams on Friday vetoed the How Many Stops Act, which would beef up NYPD transparency requirements, and a bill to prohibit solitary confinement in city jails — setting the stage for a dramatic showdown with the City Council, whose leaders immediately pledged to override the mayoral attempt to block the measures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 22, 2024 • 8:44

ICYMI The Key takeaways from Mayor Adams’ budget plan for NYC

ICYMI The Key takeaways from Mayor Adams’ budget plan for NYC

Amid much better revenue flow than predicted, Mayor Adams announced Tuesday that the city won’t be cutting funding to its agencies as deeply as initially expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2024 • 6:00

Former City Comptroller launches committee to explore mayoral run against Adams

Former City Comptroller launches committee to explore mayoral run against Adams

Scott Stringer, the former city comptroller who ran a losing mayoral campaign against Mayor Adams three years ago, officially signaled Thursday that he’s preparing for a possible rematch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2024 • 7:34

A look at Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign contributions

A look at Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign contributions

The latest fillings show New York’s real estate and legal industries drove much of Mayor Adams’ latest campaign cash haul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 18, 2024 • 7:23

Takeaways from New York Governor Hochul’s state budget plan

Takeaways from New York Governor Hochul’s state budget plan

Governor Hochul on Tuesday outlined her proposal for the next state budget, offering more detail on initiatives she centered in her State of the State speech last week, and putting a striking price tag on state funding for the migrant crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 2024 • 9:00

Mayor Adams has raised $650K for legal defense trust since FBI raid at his campaign aide’s home

Mayor Adams has raised $650K for legal defense trust since FBI raid at his campaign aide’s home

In the two months since its launch, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust has raised at least $650,000 to help cover lawyer fees he and his associates rack up as part of an FBI investigation into his 2021 campaign’s finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 2024 • 7:02

New York Gov. Hochul to unveil state budget proposal on Tuesday

New York Gov. Hochul to unveil state budget proposal on Tuesday

Weighing looming deficits, the city’s costly asylum seeker challenge and the loss of pandemic-era federal funds, Gov. Hochul has spent recent weeks preparing a framework for the state’s next budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 15, 2024 • 6:27

Mayor Adams rolls back cuts to trash pickup and jobs training program

Mayor Adams rolls back cuts to trash pickup and jobs training program

Reductions in trash pickups and cuts to the city Parks Department announced in November were rolled back Thursday as part of the fiscal rejiggering Mayor Adams and his budget team are engaged in prior to rolling out the city’s new preliminary spending plan next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 12, 2024 • 8:39

Mayor Adams reversing some NYPD and FDNY cuts

Mayor Adams reversing some NYPD and FDNY cuts

New York City won’t freeze hiring of police officers or lay off disabled firefighters this fiscal year after all, Mayor Adams announced Wednesday, citing “better than anticipated” tax revenue and a reduction in projected migrant crisis spending as the reasons for calling off the planned NYPD and FDNY cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 11, 2024 • 6:54

Governor Hochul’s State of the State address centers on public safety, mental health, and affordability

Governor Hochul’s State of the State address centers on public safety, mental health, and affordability

Governor Hochul on Tuesday was set to trumpet her agenda for the new year, outlining proposals aimed at overcoming post-pandemic mental health challenges, cracking down on retail thefts and illegal weed stores and addressing the state’s urgent affordability crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 2024 • 7:33

What would NYC Council’s ‘How Many Stops Act’ actually do?

What would NYC Council’s ‘How Many Stops Act’ actually do?

For the second time in less than a year, the City Council is bracing for Mayor Adams to veto a bill it passed with overwhelming support — and this time the legislation at hand relates to police transparency, a top priority for most members of the chamber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 9, 2024 • 8:33

Pushback growing over mayoral control of NYC schools with renewal up for debate in Albany

Pushback growing over mayoral control of NYC schools with renewal up for debate in Albany

As state lawmakers reconvene for a new legislative session, one of the tasks they’ll face is reviewing school governance at New York City public schools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 8, 2024 • 7:26

NYC teachers’ union, Staten Island borough president sue to stop congestion pricing

NYC teachers’ union, Staten Island borough president sue to stop congestion pricing

NYC teachers and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella are suing to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, saying it will punish teachers, firefighters and other city workers who commute to Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 5, 2024 • 7:41

Governor Hochul proposes statewide phonics-based reading program

Governor Hochul proposes statewide phonics-based reading program

Governor Hochul on Wednesday introduced a framework to overhaul reading curriculum across New York State, emphasizing phonics, after New York City officials introduced similar, sweeping changes to literacy education in city elementary school districts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 4, 2024 • 6:52

Mayor Adams fails to register his Brooklyn rental property with NYC housing agency again

Mayor Adams fails to register his Brooklyn rental property with NYC housing agency again

Mayor Adams faces potential fines for failing to register his Brooklyn rental property with the city’s housing agency last year — the latest in a string of violations at the building, according to public records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 3, 2024 • 7:57

NYC murders and shootings down in 2023 for second year in a row

NYC murders and shootings down in 2023 for second year in a row

New York City homicide and shootings dropped in 2023 for a second straight year, NYPD data show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 2, 2024 • 4:37

Mayor Adams dismantling ‘disruptive’ NYC task force accused of heavy-handed raids at bars, venues

Mayor Adams dismantling ‘disruptive’ NYC task force accused of heavy-handed raids at bars, venues

Mayor Adams, an avowed booster of New York City’s nightlife scene, is dismantling a decades-old, multiagency enforcement task force that has long been accused of using heavy-handed tactics during inspections at bars and venues across the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 29, 2023 • 6:08

Mayor Adams sets strict limits on when migrant buses can arrive in NYC

Mayor Adams sets strict limits on when migrant buses can arrive in NYC

New York City will only allow buses of asylum seekers to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays going forward, Mayor Adams said Wednesday, instituting the restrictions in concert with Denver and Chicago, which created broader windows for bus arrivals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 28, 2023 • 6:44

Governor Hochul uses Christmas address to condemn hate crime spikes in N.Y.

Governor Hochul uses Christmas address to condemn hate crime spikes in N.Y.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul used her Christmas address Monday to condemn a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes seen across New York since Hamas’ terror attack on Israel this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 2023 • 7:07

UFT sues to block Mayor Adams’ NYC education budget cuts

UFT sues to block Mayor Adams’ NYC education budget cuts

The city’s teachers union is suing to stop the Adams administration from shaving as much as $2 billion off the local Education Department budget as part of a long list of spending cuts first announced in September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 22, 2023 • 7:41

New York Democrats renew push to boot Trump from ballot

New York Democrats renew push to boot Trump from ballot

New York Democrats Wednesday vowed to renew their push to get former President Donald Trump banned from the state’s presidential ballot after a bombshell ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 21, 2023 • 7:38

Mayor Adams threatens to limit press access at City Hall to one reporter per outlet

Mayor Adams threatens to limit press access at City Hall to one reporter per outlet

Mayor Adams — who has for months lamented what he sees as unfair press coverage of his administration — announced Tuesday he’s considering restricting media access at City Hall so that only one reporter per outlet can be admitted to the building at a time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 2023 • 6:47

US stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Monday, with the Dow inching for another record even as Federal Reserve officials tried to rein in high expectations for interest rate cuts.

US stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Monday, with the Dow inching for another record even as Federal Reserve officials tried to rein in high expectations for interest rate cuts.

The city has failed to process thousands of expedited food stamp applications within a legally required timeframe this year, leaving some of the city’s most vulnerable residents without consistent access to meals, according to data reviewed by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 19, 2023 • 8:34

CUNY orders deeper spending cuts

CUNY orders deeper spending cuts

The City University of New York is slashing tens of millions from college budgets across eight of its 25 campuses, potentially gutting course offerings and student services from counseling to record-keeping, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 18, 2023 • 8:25

Trio of N.Y. state lawmakers urge state to establish right to counsel for immigrants

Trio of N.Y. state lawmakers urge state to establish right to counsel for immigrants

Three New York state lawmakers and a crew of advocates rallied on Thursday in support of legislation to ensure free legal counsel for immigrants who are detained or at risk of deportation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 15, 2023 • 6:47

NYC’s largest municipal union, suing Mayor Adams’ admin over budget cuts

NYC’s largest municipal union, suing Mayor Adams’ admin over budget cuts

One of the city’s most powerful labor unions — and a backer of Mayor Adams in his 2021 primary run for City Hall — is suing the city over a series of cuts the Adams’ administration is now floating to address a $7 billion budget deficit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 14, 2023 • 8:03

Adams open to rolling back some budget cuts

Adams open to rolling back some budget cuts

Mayor Adams said Tuesday he’s open to rolling back some of the budget cuts unveiled in his administration’s most recent financial plan — as long as the reversals are reasonable and “make sense.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 2023 • 6:40

Governor Hochul launches minimum wage awareness campaign

Governor Hochul launches minimum wage awareness campaign

With New York’s minimum wage set to rise at the start of the new year, Governor Hochul has launched an awareness campaign through the state Labor Department to inform workers about the new rates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 12, 2023 • 5:57

Winter weather arrives as NYC migrant crisis worsens: ‘It’s going to get ugly’

Winter weather arrives as NYC migrant crisis worsens: ‘It’s going to get ugly’

A flood watch is in effect across the New York City area from Sunday afternoon into early Monday morning, as forecasters say a powerful storm could dump up to 3 inches of rain in the region. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 11, 2023 • 8:15

N.Y. lawmakers try to boot Trump from 2024 ballot

N.Y. lawmakers try to boot Trump from 2024 ballot

Donald Trump’s name should be excluded from New York’s ballot in next year’s presidential primary and general election for his alleged incitement of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a group of state senators urged election officials on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 8, 2023 • 6:05

Mayor Adams’ approval rating sinks to historic low

Mayor Adams’ approval rating sinks to historic low

Nearly two-thirds of New York City voters disapprove of Mayor Adams’ job performance, while just 28% approve of it, according to a new Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, marking the worst such rating ever recorded by the polling agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 7, 2023 • 7:37

NYC Mayor Adams to meet with White House on migrants issue

NYC Mayor Adams to meet with White House on migrants issue

Mayor Adams is set to travel back to the nation’s capitol this Thursday to discuss the migrant crisis, a month after he abruptly canceled his meeting with White House officials the same day the FBI raided his campaign fundraiser’s Brooklyn home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 6, 2023 • 6:36

NYC Comptroller strips Mayor Adams’ emergency migrant contracting powers

NYC Comptroller strips Mayor Adams’ emergency migrant contracting powers

City Comptroller Brad Lander’s office has revoked Mayor Adams’ emergency powers to make deals with contractors for migrant services without prior approval, according to a letter from the comptroller’s office to the mayor’s office dated last Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 5, 2023 • 6:18

NYC sees massive demand for accessory housing pilot, Queens leads

NYC sees massive demand for accessory housing pilot, Queens leads

A city-state initiative that would provide financing of up to $395,000 for New Yorkers to add secondary residences such as backyard cottages, converted garages and basement apartments to their homes has seen a surge of interest from the outer boroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 4, 2023 • 5:51

New York State directs $5M to school mental health grants

New York State directs $5M to school mental health grants

New York State has started to disburse $5.1 million in grants for mental health clinics at schools, Governor Hochul said Thursday, responding to the ravages of a disorienting pandemic that has left many youths drifting and depressed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 1, 2023 • 5:19

NYC says it has helped 54 out of 100 most chronically homeless people off the streets in year since controversial policy was implemented

NYC says it has helped 54 out of 100 most chronically homeless people off the streets in year since controversial policy was implemented

New York City has moved 54 homeless people experiencing severe mental illness into stable housing settings or medical centers in the year since it announced a contentious program to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people, according to Mayor Adams’ office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 30, 2023 • 6:32

Hundreds of new legal weed shops could soon open in NY in cannabis lawsuit settlement

Hundreds of new legal weed shops could soon open in NY in cannabis lawsuit settlement

A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that has placed a blockade on New York’s legal cannabis market, paving the way for hundreds of new pot shops to open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 29, 2023 • 7:27

A New York City agency moves to cut the red tape for casino applications

A New York City agency moves to cut the red tape for casino applications

The Department of City Planning on Monday introduced a measure that it says would cut red tape for casino applications in the Big Apple — but which would ice out community boards, critics say. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 28, 2023 • 6:13

Mayor Adams and his sexual assault accuser worked at NYC Transit Police at same time

Mayor Adams and his sexual assault accuser worked at NYC Transit Police at same time

Mayor Adams and the woman accusing him of sexual assault worked for the city’s Transit Police Department at the same time, according to an NYPD official and court records reviewed by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 27, 2023 • 9:06

Mayor Adams won’t commit to releasing full details on Turkey travel

Mayor Adams won’t commit to releasing full details on Turkey travel

At a Tuesday press briefing, Mayor Adams revealed his travels to Turkey go back to his days when he was state senator but wouldn’t commit to providing full details of his foreign travel to that country which lies at the heart of an FBI probe into his campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 22, 2023 • 8:47

Mayor Adams’ aide Rana Abbasova told colleagues to ‘delete’ text exchanges hours after FBI raid

Mayor Adams’ aide Rana Abbasova told colleagues to ‘delete’ text exchanges hours after FBI raid

The “improper” behavior a top city official recently informed the FBI of centers on claims City Hall staffer Rana Abbasova tipped colleagues to “delete” their text exchanges hours after the feds raided her New Jersey home, a source close to the investigation into Mayor Adams’ campaign told the Daily News on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 21, 2023 • 6:18

What you need to know about the FBI’s investigation into potential ties between Turkey and Mayor Adams’ campaign

What you need to know about the FBI’s investigation into potential ties between Turkey and Mayor Adams’ campaign

Over two weeks this month, the FBI raided the home of Mayor Adams’ top campaign fundraiser and then seized his electronic devices, as a federal corruption inquiry into possible misconduct by his 2021 mayoral campaign spilled into public view Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 20, 2023 • 9:31

A look at Mayor Adams’ NYC budget cuts

A look at Mayor Adams’ NYC budget cuts

The additional fiscal pain Mayor Adams and his team have been predicting for months is now upon everyday New Yorkers, as top budget officials unveiled across-the-board cuts Thursday as part of the city’s annual budget modification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 17, 2023 • 7:25

NYPD to freeze hiring of new cops as part of Adams’ ‘extremely painful’ budget cuts

NYPD to freeze hiring of new cops as part of Adams’ ‘extremely painful’ budget cuts

The NYPD will freeze hiring of new police officers for the foreseeable future as part of “extremely painful” city budget cuts set to be unveiled by Mayor Adams on Thursday, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 16, 2023 • 7:28

Mayor Adams warns of ‘extremely painful’ spending cuts in NYC budget update

Mayor Adams warns of ‘extremely painful’ spending cuts in NYC budget update

Mayor Adams warned Tuesday that the city budget update he’s set to release this week contains a laundry-list of “extremely painful” spending cuts that will impact millions of New Yorkers and hamper all municipal agencies, including the NYPD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 15, 2023 • 7:37

Hochul says N.Y. will not give state work permits to migrants

Hochul says N.Y. will not give state work permits to migrants

Governor Hochul, who had pursued the idea of issuing state-approved work papers to migrants, took the plan off the table Monday, saying she would not have been able to protect New York employers from criminal exposure under federal laws. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 2023 • 6:53

FBI agents seize Mayor Adams’ electronic devices amid federal probe into his campaign

FBI agents seize Mayor Adams’ electronic devices amid federal probe into his campaign

FBI agents stopped Mayor Adams on the street earlier this week and seized multiple electronic devices from him as part of a federal investigation into allegations that the Turkish government funneled illegal foreign cash into his 2021 campaign’s coffers, an attorney for the mayor confirmed Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2023 • 7:46

Murder rate plummets 27% in NY counties outside city

Murder rate plummets 27% in NY counties outside city

Violent crime rates are falling across New York State, mirroring national trends, with statewide murder rates plunging sharply and robbery rates dipping slightly, according to state data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2023 • 6:17

Rikers Island has no confidence in NYC Correction Department violence data

Rikers Island has no confidence in NYC Correction Department violence data

The federal monitoring team tracking violence at Rikers Island and other city lockups said Wednesday it has little to no confidence in the accuracy of violence data produced by the Correction Department, or much of anything else the department says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2023 • 7:59

Mayor Adams skipping annual political powwow in Puerto Rico this week following FBI raid at home of top campaign aide: source

Mayor Adams skipping annual political powwow in Puerto Rico this week following FBI raid at home of top campaign aide: source

Mayor Adams is not traveling to Puerto Rico this week for the annual Somos conference, a source close to him told the Daily News on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2023 • 6:12

Gov. Hochul signs bill to establish statewide doula registry

Gov. Hochul signs bill to establish statewide doula registry

Governor Hochul on Monday signed legislation to establish a statewide doula directory, aiming to improve New Yorkers’ access to childbirth experts and to combat a recent nationwide rise in infant mortality.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2023 • 6:12

Rikers Island jails infested with roaches, mice and other vermin, inspector report finds

Rikers Island jails infested with roaches, mice and other vermin, inspector report finds

Creepy, crawly bugs and vermin abound at Rikers Island, say consultants who found signs of ants, flies, fruit flies, roaches, gnats, and drain flies, along with mice and mouse droppings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2023 • 6:08

FBI raids home of Mayor Adams’ top campaign fundraiser as part of federal corruption probe

FBI raids home of Mayor Adams’ top campaign fundraiser as part of federal corruption probe

FBI agents on Thursday raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, the manager of Mayor Adams’ campaign fundraising operation who has claimed credit for raking in more than $19 million for his political efforts over the years, according to sources familiar with the matter and public records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2023 • 7:44

Fewer than 1,700 affordable housing units built in NYC this year: analysis

Fewer than 1,700 affordable housing units built in NYC this year: analysis

Fewer than 1,700 affordable housing units were built in New York City in the first nine months of this year, according to a new analysis by a housing advocacy group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2023 • 6:51

Mayor Adams says he’s ‘not trying to be harmful’ in focusing on getting migrants to leave NYC

Mayor Adams says he’s ‘not trying to be harmful’ in focusing on getting migrants to leave NYC

Mayor Adams said Tuesday that his administration is not trying to “mislead” or “harm” migrants in New York City by offering them free tickets out of the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2023 • 8:09

Migrants offered tickets out of NYC, indefinite wait for housing as crisis crashes shelter system

Migrants offered tickets out of NYC, indefinite wait for housing as crisis crashes shelter system

Migrants ousted from city shelters due to new time limits are being offered free tickets out of NYC or being sent to so-called “waiting rooms” at local shelters with no assurance they’ll get a new bed, the latest signs the crisis is crashing the city’s social safety net system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 31, 2023 • 6:54

Migrant crisis puts Democrats on defensive in NYC Council races

Migrant crisis puts Democrats on defensive in NYC Council races

New Yorkers’ concerns over the mushrooming migrant crisis have put Democrats on the defensive and offered Republicans a potentially powerful line of attack in next month’s most competitive City Council races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 30, 2023 • 7:19

Mayor Adams pulled in $326K last year, but lost money on Brooklyn property after rat mitigation work

Mayor Adams pulled in $326K last year, but lost money on Brooklyn property after rat mitigation work

Mayor Adams raked in more than $326,000 in income last year, but declared a net loss of nearly $5,000 on his rental building in Brooklyn — a financial setback that came after he spent heavily on rat mitigation at the property, his tax returns show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 27, 2023 • 8:22

Only two NYC houses of worship are sheltering migrants months after program launch

Only two NYC houses of worship are sheltering migrants months after program launch

Only two houses of worship have sheltered migrants as part of a city-run program launched five months ago — even though up to 50 faith institutions were set to quickly join the effort, a senior Adams administration official acknowledged this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 26, 2023 • 7:48

Adams warns migrants might sleep on NYC streets while defending shelter evacuation

Adams warns migrants might sleep on NYC streets while defending shelter evacuation

Mayor Adams said Tuesday that more than 100 migrants were housed in a Manhattan shelter even though it ultimately was found to be unsafe because the city has few options — and that New Yorkers could soon see migrants could sleeping on the streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 25, 2023 • 7:35

Mayor Adams offers remote work option for another 16,500 NYC employees

Mayor Adams offers remote work option for another 16,500 NYC employees

Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration will allow a variety of city employees in managerial positions to work from home twice a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 24, 2023 • 6:50

Roughly 1,500 migrants have tried to get back in NYC shelter system after being removed

Roughly 1,500 migrants have tried to get back in NYC shelter system after being removed

About 1,500 migrants removed from shelters under a new city policy have reapplied to stay in the city’s care after failing to find housing on their own, according to data provided by City Hall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 23, 2023 • 7:41

NYC outlines draft rules for outdoor dining program

NYC outlines draft rules for outdoor dining program

New York City has outlined draft rules for its new outdoor dining regime, launching a public comment period and putting the program on track for a spring 2024 rollout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 20, 2023 • 6:36

Mayor Adams vows migrant kids won’t have to ‘change schools’ in face of new 60-day shelter rule, but hedges

Mayor Adams vows migrant kids won’t have to ‘change schools’ in face of new 60-day shelter rule, but hedges

Mayor Adams offered inconsistent statements Tuesday when speaking about whether migrant children would have to relocate to different schools once they and their families face removal from city homeless shelters after 60 days under a new rule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 19, 2023 • 7:59

NYC on track for deadliest year for cyclist fatalities

NYC on track for deadliest year for cyclist fatalities

New York is on track for its deadliest year for cyclist fatalities in nearly a quarter century, according to a review of city data conducted by advocates at Transportation Alternatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 18, 2023 • 8:20

Adams reveals AI-generated version of his voice reaching New Yorkers as he unveils tech plan

Adams reveals AI-generated version of his voice reaching New Yorkers as he unveils tech plan

New York City’s robot mayor could soon be coming to a phone line owned by you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 17, 2023 • 8:14

Hundreds of New Yorkers protest Israel-Hamas war in Manhattan, Brooklyn

Hundreds of New Yorkers protest Israel-Hamas war in Manhattan, Brooklyn

Hundreds of New Yorkers on Friday night rallied against the unfolding war between Hamas and Israel in a pair of protests that resulted in arrests in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 16, 2023 • 5:10

NYPD expands patrols for mass protests, possible violence as Israel-Palestinian war rages

NYPD expands patrols for mass protests, possible violence as Israel-Palestinian war rages

Top elected officials promised a “surge” in law enforcement presence throughout the Big Apple on Friday as New York State braces for mass protests and potential violence stemming from the war between Israel and Hamas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 13, 2023 • 7:08

Governor Hochul’s administration backs pause of NYC right to shelter

Governor Hochul’s administration backs pause of NYC right to shelter

Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration said in a court filing Wednesday that it supports Mayor Adams’ efforts to suspend New York City’s right-to-shelter rule, describing a pause as “imperative to address” the migrant crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 12, 2023 • 7:13

Mayor Adams dismisses 2025 primary challenger's momentum

Mayor Adams dismisses 2025 primary challenger's momentum

Mayor Adams scoffed Tuesday at buzz among progressive Democrats over one of their own vying to run against him in the 2025 election, ridiculing the efforts as “people who are meeting in a basement somewhere” while at the same time affirming he takes every potential primary rival seriously. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 11, 2023 • 7:05

Mayor Adams says DSA-backed NYC pols must ‘soul-search’ after controversial pro-Palestine rally

Mayor Adams says DSA-backed NYC pols must ‘soul-search’ after controversial pro-Palestine rally

Mayor Adams called on New York City politicians backed by the Democratic Socialists of Americato do “some soul-searching” Monday over whether they want to be affiliated with the left-wing group following its role in a controversial pro-Palestine rally in Manhattan over the weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 2023 • 6:50

New York regulators weigh $200M in discounts

New York regulators weigh $200M in discounts

New York’s utility regulators are trying to figure out how to distribute $200 million in tax money allocated in the state budget to ease consumers’ gas and electric bills. The money could be distributed as a small discount to all residential customers or allocated entirely to low-income households as a larger discount. The money, part of an effort to offset increased gas and electric bills in the state, was announced by Gov. Hochul in May. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c

Oct 9, 2023 • 7:00

NYC Council bill would ban Adams admin from limiting length migrants can stay in shelters

NYC Council bill would ban Adams admin from limiting length migrants can stay in shelters

Mayor Adams’ administration would be barred from putting time limits on how long migrants can stay in city shelters under a new bill introduced in the City Council on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 6, 2023 • 6:10

Mayor Adams hasn’t hired ‘extreme weather coordinator’ promised by de Blasio after Hurricane Ida

Mayor Adams hasn’t hired ‘extreme weather coordinator’ promised by de Blasio after Hurricane Ida

Nearly two years into his tenure, Mayor Adams hasn’t hired anyone for the “extreme weather coordinator” position his predecessor created a few months before leaving office, City Hall officials confirmed Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 5, 2023 • 8:14

Mayor Adams disavows and readies for migrant fact-finding trip

Mayor Adams disavows and readies for migrant fact-finding trip

Mayor Adams disavowed his chief adviser’s assertion over the weekend that the federal government should “close the borders,” saying on Tuesday that his administration’s “official position” is the “borders should remain open” and that the feds should implement a decompression strategy to address the influx of migrants Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 4, 2023 • 7:41

Manhattan office leasing shows some progress

Manhattan office leasing shows some progress

More of Manhattan’s empty offices are getting rented out, according to recent stats, though the latest figures are still lagging compared to the pre-pandemic era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 2023 • 6:38

NYC Mayor Adams’ chief adviser urges feds to ‘close the borders’ amid migrant crisis

NYC Mayor Adams’ chief adviser urges feds to ‘close the borders’ amid migrant crisis

Mayor Adams’ chief adviser urged the federal government to “close the borders” as the city continues to grapple with the migrant crisis — his administration’s bluntest statement yet on immigration, one that echoed conservative talking points and drew strong criticism from local progressive lawmakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 2, 2023 • 7:46

NYC selective high schools will not consider test scores in admissions

NYC selective high schools will not consider test scores in admissions

New York City’s selective high schools will not consider state test scores in admissions, over the objections of parents who pushed for what was originally an emergency measure that was to end after the pandemic, education officials announced Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 29, 2023 • 7:21

Texas Governor Greg Abbott visits NYC visit

Texas Governor Greg Abbott visits NYC visit

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott commended Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul for publicly pressuring President Biden to do more to alleviate the city’s migrant crisis, and urged them to crank it up a notch by joining him in calling for hard-line policy prescriptions, like building a wall along the U.S. southern border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 28, 2023 • 7:34

Majority of Manhattan workers back at office

Majority of Manhattan workers back at office

More than half of Manhattan office employees are showing up to work in person on an average post-Labor Day weekday — a bump indicating return-to-work is continuing apace for New Yorkers as bosses try to wind down remote work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 2023 • 6:01

Mayor Adams’ campaign to return more than $31K in donations from indicted ex-Buildings boss, his co-defendants and relatives

Mayor Adams’ campaign to return more than $31K in donations from indicted ex-Buildings boss, his co-defendants and relatives

Mayor Adams’ campaign is returning more than $31,000 in donations made by criminally indicted ex-Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich, his six co-defendants and a myriad of relatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 26, 2023 • 7:07

Swelling number of NYC migrants ponder their futures under new 30-day shelter deadline

Swelling number of NYC migrants ponder their futures under new 30-day shelter deadline

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to resign as other leading Democrats on Sunday pulled their punches against their freshly indicted colleague, saying any decision for him to quit was not up to them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 25, 2023 • 8:33

Tropical storm system could drench New York this weekend

Tropical storm system could drench New York this weekend

According to forecasts, New York could fall in the path of another strong, drenching storm system this weekend. The subtropical system, formally named Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 by the National Hurricane Center, is projected to barrel into North Carolina early Saturday and then to curl toward New York, potentially whipping into the tristate area on Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 22, 2023 • 5:32

Stanley Richards first formerly incarcerated person tapped to lead nonprofit Fortune Society

Stanley Richards first formerly incarcerated person tapped to lead nonprofit Fortune Society

Stanley Richards, who served time in prison for robbery in the late 1980s before rising to the No. 2 spot in New York City’s Correction Department, has been named as the Fortune Society’s new leader after three decades with the organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 21, 2023 • 8:35

Hochul, not Adams, expected to meet with Biden in NYC

Hochul, not Adams, expected to meet with Biden in NYC

Mayor Adams, who once called himself the “Biden of Brooklyn," was not scheduled to join President Biden on Tuesday in New York City, potentially marking another low point in the relationship between the two moderate Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 2023 • 6:13

Former Delta workers found not guilty in $250K money bag heist at JFK Airport

Former Delta workers found not guilty in $250K money bag heist at JFK Airport

A federal jury in Brooklyn needed less than an hour Monday to acquit two former Delta Air Lines employees accused of stealing a bag full of $250,000 cash from a plane at JFK Airport. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 19, 2023 • 6:42

Major felonies, quality-of-life tickets way up, welfare processing way down in NYC under Mayor Adams

Major felonies, quality-of-life tickets way up, welfare processing way down in NYC under Mayor Adams

Police response times and reported major felonies increased dramatically in New York City this past fiscal year, while the number of quality-of-life summonses handed out by the NYPD doubled, according to Mayor Adams’ mandatory management report released Friday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 2023 • 8:55

NYC rents at record-high levels in August

NYC rents at record-high levels in August

New York saw record and near-record rents last month, according to a report released Thursday, but rates appear to be heading toward a plateau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 15, 2023 • 7:25

Hochul urges New Yorkers to get new vaccine: What to know

Hochul urges New Yorkers to get new vaccine: What to know

Goveronr Hochul on Wednesday urged New Yorkers to get a potent new COVID vaccine due to hit pharmacies later this week, delivering a familiar call with virus hospital admissions once again rising statewide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 14, 2023 • 7:20

NY looking at ‘unprecedented’ plan to give migrants state work permits

NY looking at ‘unprecedented’ plan to give migrants state work permits

Governor Hochul said Tuesday that she was exploring an “unprecedented” plan to provide migrants with state-approved work papers, seeking a workaround as thousands of asylum seekers languish in the city without federal work authorization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 2023 • 7:19

Mayor Adams’ expected cuts to NYC budget

Mayor Adams’ expected cuts to NYC budget

Mayor Adams’ latest order for across-the-board cuts include a reduction in overtime and a freeze on hiring and out-of-state travel expenses for all city agencies, rattling police unions but getting praise from a fiscal watchdog group. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 2023 • 7:43

Victim Compensation Fund seeks lawyers’ help to speed payment for World Trade Center, terror attack survivors

Victim Compensation Fund seeks lawyers’ help to speed payment for World Trade Center, terror attack survivors

Lawyers for people suffering cancer and other diseases blamed on the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania crash site are on notice: Get your clients’ paperwork in order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 11, 2023 • 7:29

Mayor Adams says migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

Mayor Adams says migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

Mayor Adams predicted Wednesday night that the influx of more than 110,000 migrants will “destroy” New York City and continued his demands for the federal government to step up efforts to address what he called a “national crisis.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 8, 2023 • 8:02

NYPD wants to slam the brakes on city’s skyrocketing car thefts

NYPD wants to slam the brakes on city’s skyrocketing car thefts

The NYPD wants to slam the brakes on the rising number of car thefts in the city, which are continuing to surge at breakneck speeds, officials said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 7, 2023 • 7:44

New Airbnb rules come into effect for New York City: what to know

New Airbnb rules come into effect for New York City: what to know

New York City’s short-term rental market is primed for a dramatic transformation starting this week, when a long-awaited measure intended to crack down on illegal short-term rentals takes effect. While the rules do not ban sites like Vrbo and Airbnb from operating, the latter company has described Local Law 18 as a “de facto ban” on its business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 2023 • 8:33

Migrant shelters in NYC spark protests

Migrant shelters in NYC spark protests

Scores of protesters surrounded a small shelter housed in the shuttered St. John Villa Academy in Staten Island. Dozens of demonstrators descended on Gracie Mansion in a chaotic scene that culminated in arrests. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 5, 2023 • 6:36

Mayor Adams presses feds to ‘stand up,’ accelerate work permits for migrants amid crisis

Mayor Adams presses feds to ‘stand up,’ accelerate work permits for migrants amid crisis

Mayor Adams on Thursday urged the federal government to “stand up” and expedite work authorizations for asylum seekers pouring into New York, continuing calls that he began a year ago as relations between New York leaders and the White House remain tense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 1, 2023 • 6:55

NYC public schools bracing for record influx of new migrant students

NYC public schools bracing for record influx of new migrant students

Local public schools are preparing for a record number of migrant students — many of whom do not speak English, and faced traumatic experiences in their home countries and on their journeys to the United States — when classes resume next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 31, 2023 • 6:20

Governor Hochul preps for new COVID-19 variant sweeping U.S.

Governor Hochul preps for new COVID-19 variant sweeping U.S.

Governor Hochul Tuesday urged New Yorkers to take extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the state is examining an especially virulent new strain of the virus amid a surge in infections and hospitalizations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 2023 • 5:14

NYC bracing for possible school bus strike next week with back-up plans

NYC bracing for possible school bus strike next week with back-up plans

Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks provided details Monday on contingency plans if roughly half of the city’s school bus drivers and attendants strike when school resumes in just over a week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 29, 2023 • 6:47

Migrants returned to Staten Island school after court reverses ruling blocking city from using it as shelter

Migrants returned to Staten Island school after court reverses ruling blocking city from using it as shelter

A Staten Island judge ordered Friday that Mayor Adams’ administration cannot use an old private school in the borough as a migrant shelter, but the ruling was reversed within hours by a higher court, allowing the city to proceed with housing new arrivals at the site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 28, 2023 • 5:28

Jeffries pushing to expand eligibility for expunging first-time minor drug convictions

Jeffries pushing to expand eligibility for expunging first-time minor drug convictions

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is pushing a bipartisan bill that would make more first-time drug offenders eligible to have their criminal records erased, but the Brooklyn Democrat is facing at least one potentially significant obstacle: Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who heads the House Judiciary Committee and will decide whether or not the bill gets a critical committee vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 25, 2023 • 6:05

Hochul administration held off opening of NYC migrant shelter in lead-up to Roosevelt encampment

Hochul administration held off opening of NYC migrant shelter in lead-up to Roosevelt encampment

Governor Hochul’s administration dragged its feet for months on green-lighting a large-scale migrant housing facility in Queens, delaying its opening at a time dozens of asylum seekers resorted to sleeping on a Manhattan sidewalk because of a lack of city shelter space, according to a new court filing from Mayor Adams’ office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 24, 2023 • 6:41

NYC’s largest municipal union urges workers to confront Council members who oppose Medicare Advantage push

NYC’s largest municipal union urges workers to confront Council members who oppose Medicare Advantage push

New York City’s largest municipal union is text-blasting its members urging them to bombard Council members with critical phone calls if they support a bill that would guarantee traditional Medicare coverage for retired municipal employees, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 2023 • 7:04

Governor Hochul commits $20M more in aide to tens of thousands of migrants

Governor Hochul commits $20M more in aide to tens of thousands of migrants

Governor Hochul announced Monday that the state will pour an additional $20 million into aiding asylum seekers in New York City with the goal of helping them exit emergency shelters, secure work authorizations and manage their claims for asylum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 22, 2023 • 6:22

More than 100 NYPD cops identified as potential problem officers were flagged for a second time

More than 100 NYPD cops identified as potential problem officers were flagged for a second time

An NYPD program designed to identify police officers likely to break departmental rules has red-flagged more than 100 cops for a second time — raising concerns that efforts to rein in potentially problematic officers are ineffective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 21, 2023 • 7:12

Mayor Adams wants permission to house migrants in notorious NYC jail

Mayor Adams wants permission to house migrants in notorious NYC jail

Mayor Adams’ administration wants permission from the feds to house migrants in Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, the infamous jail that closed down in 2021 following years of complaints over dangerous conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 18, 2023 • 6:49

NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned devices

NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned devices

New York City has prohibited the download and use of TikTok on all city-owned devices after a review by the NYC Cyber Command found the app poses “a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 17, 2023 • 5:24

NYC opens migrant megashelter outside Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens

NYC opens migrant megashelter outside Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens

New York City opened a cavernous state-funded shelter cramped with spartan cots in eastern Queens on Tuesday, as a politically diverse group of elected officials banded together in Brooklyn to demand more federal funds for the asylum seeker crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 2023 • 5:29

New law can punish landlords who lease to illegal NYC pot shops

New law can punish landlords who lease to illegal NYC pot shops

The city’s efforts to weed out illegal pot shops have a new feature: a law punishing commercial landlords who knowingly lease space to the unlicensed joints. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 15, 2023 • 4:49

Governor blasted for passive role in migrant crisis

Governor blasted for passive role in migrant crisis

Governor Kathy Hochul has made clear that she wants Republican-leaning upstate New York communities to tone down their caustic rhetoric about New York City’s migrant crisis and to turn up their compassion by welcoming new arrivals to their towns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 14, 2023 • 6:02

Rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn soar to new records. When will the monthly increases end?

Rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn soar to new records. When will the monthly increases end?

Rents across New York City climbed to record levels last month, with median rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Northwest Queens all setting new marks in July, according to a new report from real estate giant Douglas Elliman and appraisers Miller Samuel released Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 11, 2023 • 4:42

Mayor Adams warns NYC migrant crisis price tag could soar to $12 billion

Mayor Adams warns NYC migrant crisis price tag could soar to $12 billion

New York City is on track to spend as much as $12 billion on managing the local migrant crisis by mid-2025 — a staggering price tag that Mayor Adams warned Wednesday will necessitate more “across the board” cuts to city services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 10, 2023 • 6:23

Head of NYPD security for ex-Mayor de Blasio to surrender on charges in Manhattan DA’s obstruction probe

Head of NYPD security for ex-Mayor de Blasio to surrender on charges in Manhattan DA’s obstruction probe

The head of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s police security detail, Howard Redmond, is expected to turn himself in at Manhattan Criminal Court Wednesday on charges stemming from a probe into his efforts to stifle a city investigation into the ex-mayor’s misuse of his detail, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 2023 • 6:22

As many as 2,000 migrants to be housed in tent shelter on Randalls Island soccer fields

As many as 2,000 migrants to be housed in tent shelter on Randalls Island soccer fields

Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000 adults — one of the largest emergency housing facilities the city has erected since the asylum crisis started last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 8, 2023 • 5:49

Internet star faces misdemeanor in Union Square riot case

Internet star faces misdemeanor in Union Square riot case

Internet influencer Kai Cenat was freed from police custody early Saturday after he was charged with misdemeanors for sparking a riot in Union Square on Friday that drew thousands of people and resulted in dozens of arrests and injuries.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 7, 2023 • 3:17

New York City Council passes bill to make outdoor dining permanent

New York City Council passes bill to make outdoor dining permanent

Three years after the pandemic pushed thousands of New York City restaurants to start serving patrons on sidewalks and streets, the City Council on Thursday authorized a bill permanently weaving outdoor dining into the fabric of the city, while limiting the use of controversial street sheds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 4, 2023 • 4:15

More than 800 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule since last week

More than 800 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule since last week

Nearly 1,000 adult migrants have been ordered to leave city homeless shelters to make room for migrant families with children under a new policy that took effect last week, according to a top official in Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 3, 2023 • 4:25

Mayor Adams unveils nearly $500M anti-crime plan

Mayor Adams unveils nearly $500M anti-crime plan

Mayor Adams rolled out a multi-tiered plan Monday focused on taking preventative steps to combat gun violence in the city — but it was not immediately clear how his administration will gauge the success of the initiatives.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 2023 • 5:33

Court rules Mayor Adams’ administration must fix delays in food stamps and cash assistance

Court rules Mayor Adams’ administration must fix delays in food stamps and cash assistance

Mayor Adams’ administration must by early next year figure out a way to process all applications for food stamps and cash assistance in a timely manner after failing to do so for months in violation of federal and state laws, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 1, 2023 • 5:56

Ex-buildings boss tells NYC prosecutors Mayor Adams warned him before gambling probe went public

Ex-buildings boss tells NYC prosecutors Mayor Adams warned him before gambling probe went public

Former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich told investigators that Mayor Adams tipped him off to the possibility he could be reeled into an illegal gambling investigation — months before the Manhattan district attorney’s office executed a search warrant on Ulrich and its probe became public knowledge, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 31, 2023 • 5:45

New York approves skyscraper project with 1,200 housing units at WTC site

New York approves skyscraper project with 1,200 housing units at WTC site

New York State has approved a project to build a mixed-use tower with 1,200 housing units at the World Trade Center site, officials said Thursday, promising a third of the housing stock would be affordable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 28, 2023 • 5:35

Over 100 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule

Over 100 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule

Over 100 migrants in the New York City shelter system have received notices requiring them to reapply for shelter under a program that limits stays to 60 days for single men, city officials said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 27, 2023 • 4:19

SAG-AFTRA holds star-studded rally in Times Square

SAG-AFTRA holds star-studded rally in Times Square

SAG-AFTRA held its biggest rally yet on Tuesday, flooding Times Square with picketing actors and writers in what marked the 12th day of the recently launched actors’ strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 2023 • 3:53

Senator urges Assembly to pass climate bill as NYC set to bake

Senator urges Assembly to pass climate bill as NYC set to bake

Pointing to challenging, sizzling weather conditions this summer ahead of the season’s first heat wave, state Sen. Liz Krueger on Monday put a little out-of-season heat on her Assembly colleagues to pass a climate sustainability bill that passed in the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 25, 2023 • 4:39

Mayor Adams’ new 60-day shelter limit in NYC blasted by migrants

Mayor Adams’ new 60-day shelter limit in NYC blasted by migrants

As word spread of a new city policy that will limit shelter stays to 60 days at a time for adult male migrants, asylum seekers are angry and worried about ending up in the streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 24, 2023 • 4:10

Mayor Adams’ NYC summer jobs program struggles to connect youth with high-paying industries

Mayor Adams’ NYC summer jobs program struggles to connect youth with high-paying industries

New York City’s ambitious summer jobs program — a priority of Mayor Adams — is falling short of connecting young people with high-paying industries, thanks to managerial missteps and bureaucracy that deter employers from stepping up, said a report released on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 21, 2023 • 5:13

Migrant adults can only stay in NYC shelters for 60 days at a time under new Adams policy

Migrant adults can only stay in NYC shelters for 60 days at a time under new Adams policy

Adult migrants will only be permitted to stay in city shelters for 60 days at a time under a new policy announced by Mayor Adams on Wednesday that he cast as an effort to prioritize housing migrant families with children amid “unsustainable” overcrowding in the local shelter system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 20, 2023 • 3:53

Governor Hochul issues orders to spur housing development in New York

Governor Hochul issues orders to spur housing development in New York

Governor Hochul moved unilaterally to address New York’s housing crisis on Tuesday, issuing executive orders to spur housing development after failing to reach a home creation deal with state lawmakers last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 2023 • 5:48

Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign reports raising $2.6M so far

Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign reports raising $2.6M so far

Mayor Adams’ campaign announced Monday morning it has raised more than $2.6 million for his reelection bid so far, giving him a significant financial edge against any potential challenger he may face in the 2025 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 18, 2023 • 4:18

New York City school safety agents will get bullet-resistant vests

New York City school safety agents will get bullet-resistant vests

School safety agents across New York City will be outfitted with bullet-resistant vests as soon as next school year as the NYPD tries to tamp down the growing increase in youth-on-youth violence, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 17, 2023 • 3:50

City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of rental assistance bills in major rebuke

City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of rental assistance bills in major rebuke

Mayor Adams suffered a stinging political setback Thursday as the City Council overrode his veto of a package of bills aimed at vastly expanding a rental assistance program for low-income New Yorkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 14, 2023 • 6:25

City Council members attack Mayor Adams’ response to wildfire smoke that enveloped city

City Council members attack Mayor Adams’ response to wildfire smoke that enveloped city

Elected leaders continued to attack Mayor Adams and top city officials Wednesday for their response to the wildfire smoke that blew into New York City from Canada in early June — claiming that Adams and his team were unprepared and failed to effectively communicate the risks to New Yorkers in a timely way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 13, 2023 • 4:04

Governor Hochul signs campus hate crime prevention bill to ‘defeat the haters’

Governor Hochul signs campus hate crime prevention bill to ‘defeat the haters’

Governor Hochul on Tuesday urged New Yorkers to beat back bias and “defeat the haters,” signing legislation to bolster hate crime prevention policies at colleges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 2023 • 4:09

Details on the Mayor's alleged campaign straw donor?

Details on the Mayor's alleged campaign straw donor?

Campaign finance records show Mayor Adams has been receiving campaign contributions from the man described as the ringleader in a sprawling straw donor scheme since at least 2005 — earlier than has previously been reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 11, 2023 • 4:33

NYC judge pauses minimum wage increase for DoorDash, Uber delivery workers

NYC judge pauses minimum wage increase for DoorDash, Uber delivery workers

A New York judge on Friday hit the brakes on a planned city-ordered raise for food delivery workers, as he considers a court challenge to the wage hike.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 10, 2023 • 3:21

NYC homeless advocates claim housing voucher expansion will save money, Mayor Adams disagrees

NYC homeless advocates claim housing voucher expansion will save money, Mayor Adams disagrees

A package of bills approved by the City Council and vetoed by Mayor Adams could save the city more than $730 million annually on housing and social services costs, according to a report released Thursday by a homeless services provider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 7, 2023 • 5:43

Dozens of senior apartments in NYC left vacant amid housing crisis

Dozens of senior apartments in NYC left vacant amid housing crisis

Dozens of apartments that are reserved for seniors and managed by New York City have been left vacant for years amid a citywide housing crisis, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed in an audit released Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 6, 2023 • 4:48

Correction Commissioner suspends captain working as investigator

Correction Commissioner suspends captain working as investigator

Correction Commissioner Louis Molina ordered the suspension of a correction captain working for a city anti-corruption agency for not signing in at a jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 5, 2023 • 3:58

New bill to warn employees about 9/11 toxins

New bill to warn employees about 9/11 toxins

Employers with businesses in lower Manhattan on 9/11 will soon be required to alert past and present workers that they may have been exposed to harmful toxins from the terror attacks and seek help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 3, 2023 • 3:28

NYC budget deal will include $4 billion for affordable housing in 2024

NYC budget deal will include $4 billion for affordable housing in 2024

New York City’s new $107 billion budget will include $4 billion in funding for affordable housing in the next fiscal year — a cash infusion Mayor Adams promised two years ago and which Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has pressed for in recent months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 30, 2023 • 5:17

Mayor Adams’ popularity dips amid migrant crisis

Mayor Adams’ popularity dips amid migrant crisis

New Yorkers have soured slightly on Mayor Adams’ job performance over the past month amid continuing migrant and housing crises in the city, according to a new poll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 29, 2023 • 3:57

NYC bracing for more smoke from Canadian wildfires

NYC bracing for more smoke from Canadian wildfires

The Big Apple is bracing for more pollution and air quality is predicted to take a dive as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada will drift to the Big Apple as soon as Wednesday night, say meteorologists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 2023 • 2:57

Early NYC voting numbers a sign of low turnout for Tuesday’s primary election

Early NYC voting numbers a sign of low turnout for Tuesday’s primary election

If early voting is any indication, Tuesday’s primary election in New York City is shaping up to be a low turnout affair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 27, 2023 • 3:38

A Coalition for the Homeless slams the Mayor and Governor

A Coalition for the Homeless slams the Mayor and Governor

In a scathing new report, the Coalition for the Homeless blamed New York City’s unprecedented homelessness crisis on Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul — saying that they’ve failed because of “poor planning, misguided strategies, underinvestment in proven solutions and bureaucratic ineptitude.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 2023 • 5:47

Low income New Yorkers would get ‘unconditional’ cash from city under new bill approved by NYC Council

Low income New Yorkers would get ‘unconditional’ cash from city under new bill approved by NYC Council

New Yorkers in need would soon be able to receive cash from the city, with no strings attached. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 23, 2023 • 3:34

What NYC needs to know about proposed MTA fare hikes

What NYC needs to know about proposed MTA fare hikes

What you pay to ride New York City’s subways, buses and paratransit services is expected to rise this summer for the first time in seven years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 22, 2023 • 3:25

Rents are set to increase for 2 million New Yorkers...What you need to know

Rents are set to increase for 2 million New Yorkers...What you need to know

After months of deliberation, the final vote of the city’s Rent Guidelines Board is planned for Wednesday. The board determine rent increases for roughly 2 million New Yorkers living in rent stabilized apartments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 2023 • 3:47

Beds for 15,000 people sit empty in NYC’s public, supportive housing systems amid migrant crisis

Beds for 15,000 people sit empty in NYC’s public, supportive housing systems amid migrant crisis

There are enough vacant apartments in the city’s public and supportive housing systems to accommodate 15,000 people, according to data shared with the Daily News by Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, who’s questioning why Mayor Adams’ administration isn’t doing more to fill those units amid the continuing migrant crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 20, 2023 • 6:12

Mayor Adams forces through privatized Medicare plan for retired NYC workers

Mayor Adams forces through privatized Medicare plan for retired NYC workers

Mayor Adams used executive authority Thursday to enact his controversial Medicare Advantage Plan for the city’s retired municipal workforce — overruling Comptroller Brad Lander, who has refused to sign off on the private health insurance switchover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 16, 2023 • 5:12

Daniel Penny indicted in Jordan Neely chokehold death

Daniel Penny indicted in Jordan Neely chokehold death

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Daniel Penny for the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely aboard an F train Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 15, 2023 • 4:22

Mayor Adams, NYC teachers union reach tentative contract agreement

Mayor Adams, NYC teachers union reach tentative contract agreement

The city has reached a tentative contract agreement with the teachers union that provides annual raises, retention perks and a ratification bonus, Mayor Adams announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 2023 • 4:44

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell Resigns

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell Resigns

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigned Monday after 1 1/2 years on the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 13, 2023 • 2:43

NYC leads the way on minimum pay for delivery drivers

NYC leads the way on minimum pay for delivery drivers

Mayor Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Sunday announced a new minimum pay rate structure for app-based restaurant delivery workers — a first for any city in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 12, 2023 • 2:46

New York Daily News: Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend at risk

New York Daily News: Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend at risk

Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend, with Governor’s Ball, Belmont Stakes and Puerto Rican Day Parade, at risk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 9, 2023 • 3:42

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams under fire for ‘lack of response’ to NYC hazardous air emergency

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams under fire for ‘lack of response’ to NYC hazardous air emergency

Mayor Adams faced heat Wednesday from public school parents and political critics who accused him of dragging his feet on mobilizing a government response to the hazardous plumes of smoke that have enveloped the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 8, 2023 • 3:45

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units

Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 2023 • 5:15

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams unveils plans to house migrants in houses of worship

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams unveils plans to house migrants in houses of worship

New York City will now begin housing migrants in houses of worship — its latest attempt to manage the more than 72,000 people who’ve flowed into the city since last spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 6, 2023 • 4:37

New York Daily News: A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification

New York Daily News: A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification

A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 5, 2023 • 4:05

New York Daily News Week in Review, June 6th, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, June 6th, 2023

The migrant crisis continues in New York; Mayor Adams not ruling out blowing this year’s municipal budget deadline; Billy Joel's moving out of MSG; The Mets beat the Phillies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 2, 2023 • 4:43

New York Daily News Week in Review: Friday May 26th

New York Daily News Week in Review: Friday May 26th

Governor Hochul joins Mayor Adams in begging Biden to expedite migrant work permits; NYC Council votes to expand rent voucher access in face of Mayor Adams’ opposition; NYC child care, after-school workers pause programs to protest low wages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 26, 2023 • 4:13

The Mayor's Migrant Crisis: New York Daily News Week in Review

The Mayor's Migrant Crisis: New York Daily News Week in Review

Mayor Adams scolds NYC Council members for ‘disrespectful’ tone over migrant response; A new plan to reduce retail theft; Team Adams ordered to cough up nearly $20K in campaign finance-related fines; Governor Hochul’s popularity slips;  Mets take first series in a month and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 19, 2023 • 4:59

New York Daily News Week in Review for May 12, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review for May 12, 2023

Aaron Rodgers to make Jets debut; Mayor Adams suspends NYC right-to-shelter rules ahead of expected migrant surge; The Governor and Mayor weigh in on the death of Jordan Neely; and More Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 12, 2023 • 5:07

New York Daily News Week in Review, May 5th, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, May 5th, 2023

NYC threatens to cut water access at buildings owing more than $800M in utility bills; Governor Hochul signs $229B New York state budget a month late; 73% in New York say paying for groceries is harder than 1 year ago; The Knicks win big on Tuesday, and more   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 5, 2023 • 4:40

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 28, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 28, 2023

Governor Hochul announces tentative state budget deal; Mayor Adams unveiled a budget proposal; Aaron Rodgers is a New York Jet; The Knicks win round 1 of the playoffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 28, 2023 • 4:33

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 21, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 21, 2023

NY lawmakers pass fourth budget extender; Mayor Adams slams Biden in renewing demands to step up fed efforts on migrant crisis; NYC Sheriff’s Office conducts 4/20 raid on Midtown ‘Weed World’ shop and more New York news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 21, 2023 • 4:19

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 14, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 14, 2023

House panel to hold Manhattan hearing targeting DA Alvin Bragg’s crime policies; Mayor Adams vows NYPD robot Digidog reboot; City Council bans guinea pig sales in NYC and more New York news from the week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 14, 2023 • 4:13

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 7, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, April 7, 2023

NY Budget negotiations extend through Easter; Donald Trump indicted; Mayor Adams defends budget cuts; Marjorie Taylor Greene's thoughts on NYC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 7, 2023 • 4:27

New York Daily News Week in Review, March 24, 2023

New York Daily News Week in Review, March 24, 2023

The budget battle wages on; Trump's indictment week; Mayor Adams kills medicare advantage option favored by retirees; New York's new rat Czar...and more New York news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2023 • 4:09

New York Daily News, March 17, 2023

New York Daily News, March 17, 2023

Budget negotiations get underway in Albany; Hochul lukewarm on stripping Madison Square Garden’s tax exempt status; NYC Council votes to make it easier for asylum seeker students to get city-issued IDs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2023 • 4:41

New York Daily News, march 16, 2023

New York Daily News, march 16, 2023

Battle lines drawn in NY state budget fight; NYC ghost gun ring that sold cocaine busted; NYC Mayor Adams pays $300 rat infestation ticket after failed challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 16, 2023 • 3:59

New York Daily News, March 15, 2023

New York Daily News, March 15, 2023

NY Dem lawmakers want additions to Hochul's housing plan; NYC Mayor Adams’ inauguration committee accused of accepting ‘prohibited donations’; Mayor Adams signs off on new laws Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 2023 • 3:40

New York Daily News, March 14, 2023

New York Daily News, March 14, 2023

Nor’easter prompts Governor to declare emergency; NY Dems want to end Madison Square Garden’s property tax exemption; NYC opening two new mega shelters for migrants as Brooklyn Cruise Terminal site closes this month Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 14, 2023 • 3:34

New York Daily News, March 13, 2023

New York Daily News, March 13, 2023

Veteran NYPD cop fired over drug test sues to get job back; NYC casino developers getting community pushback; Busy stretch of Broadway to get pedestrian plazas, fewer cars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 2023 • 3:40

New York Daily News, March 10, 2023

New York Daily News, March 10, 2023

Two more FDNY chiefs ask to be demoted as shakeup in upper ranks continues; MSG move to Hudson Yards gets thumbs down from community board; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 10, 2023 • 3:43

New York Daily News, March 9, 2023

New York Daily News, March 9, 2023

NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renews push to shut down Rikers Island; NYC Uber, Lyft drivers win pay raise in Taxi and Limousine Commission vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 9, 2023 • 3:50

New York Daily News, March 8, 2023

New York Daily News, March 8, 2023

Governor Hochul again calls on Legislature to amend controversial bail reform laws; Charter school expansion plans spark resistance in Albany; Mayor Adams says stumping for Biden’s reelection won’t stop him from criticizing feds’ migrant crisis response Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 2023 • 3:43

New York Daily News, March 7, 2023

New York Daily News, March 7, 2023

Mayor Adams tapped for team of Biden reelection surrogates; Adams stands by FDNY commish amid turmoil in the department’s upper ranks; NYC isn’t expecting any more federal aid for migrant crisis this fiscal year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 7, 2023 • 3:50

New York Daily News, March 6, 2023

New York Daily News, March 6, 2023

Council says city’s getting more revenue than Mayor Adams expects; Mayor Adams appears to reverse himself on controversial remarks criticizing separation of church and state; Electric scooter battery fire in Bronx injures five firefighters and two civilians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 6, 2023 • 3:42

New York Daily News, March 3, 2023

New York Daily News, March 3, 2023

Sparks flying over Hochul’s proposed menthol ban; Judge rules sharing of sealed records at NYPD press conference with NYC Mayor Adams was illegal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 3, 2023 • 3:52

New York Daily News, March 2, 2023

New York Daily News, March 2, 2023

NYC Council uses $1.2M in leftover youth agency cash to launch migrant aid fund; NYPD no-show at Council hearing for SRG riot unit at George Floyd protests sparks outrage; MSG Networks launching streaming service Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 2, 2023 • 3:55

New York Daily News, March 1, 2023

New York Daily News, March 1, 2023

More than 1.5 million in NYC facing hunger, shortages with end of pandemic-era SNAP benefits; Two NYC deputy fire commissioners ousted as top-rank turmoil continues in FDNY; NYC Mayor Adams’ administration supports anti-fat discrimination bill; more tepid on tattoos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 2023 • 3:39

New York Daily News, February 28, 2023

New York Daily News, February 28, 2023

More than 2,000 gas work violations logged in NYC; NYC bracing for its biggest snowfall of otherwise unusually warm winter; NYC’s Dyckman Plaza in Inwood renamed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 28, 2023 • 3:55

New York Daily News, February 27, 2023

New York Daily News, February 27, 2023

NYPD lieutenant faces charges he manipulated probe of young detective; Bronx residents frustrated by stalled progress on Fordham Plaza revitalization; Panera, Starbucks stores in Hoboken, N.J., have shuttered dining areas to keep out homeless Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 2023 • 4:51

New York Daily News, February 24, 2023

New York Daily News, February 24, 2023

Hochul celebrates groundbreaking for new JFK Terminal 6; Brooklyn Senator pushes bill to end winter evictions; Ukraine supporters in Brooklyn mark first anniversary of Russian invasion with flags, anthem, speeches Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 24, 2023 • 4:30

New York Daily News, February 23, 2023

New York Daily News, February 23, 2023

FDNY proposes 54% rate hike for EMS ambulance service; Outrage on Broadway as neo-Nazi group rallies outside ‘Parade,’ musical about a lynched American Jew Driver charged in death of Queens pedestrian; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 2023 • 3:57

New York Daily News, February 22, 2023

New York Daily News, February 22, 2023

George Santos names mysterious new campaign treasurer; NYC Mayor Adams hits Florida Governor for lax stance on gun laws; State troopers on Hochul’s NYC security detail probed over falsified time sheet allegations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 22, 2023 • 4:39

New York Daily News, February 21, 2023

New York Daily News, February 21, 2023

Governor DeSantis slams state bail laws, ‘woke’ politicians in echo of Mayor Adams; NYC Mayor Adams, hotel workers union make TV ad to bring Democratic National Convention to city; Chronic absenteeism climbs to record numbers in NYC schools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 2023 • 4:59

New York Daily News, February 20, 2023

New York Daily News, February 20, 2023

Residents in NYC pushing back on explosion of new 5G Towers; Off-duty NYPD cops arrested for DWI; Beloved Brooklyn pastor fatally struck by SUV driver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 2023 • 3:45

New York Daily News, February 17, 2023

New York Daily News, February 17, 2023

Hochul claims LaSalle battle won’t taint budget negotiations; Dearth of AI rules in NYC could leave Adams’ administration open to ‘biased outcomes’; Chick-Fil-A opens delivery workers’ rest stop as NYC street hubs stall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 17, 2023 • 4:48

New York Daily News, February 16, 2023

New York Daily News, February 16, 2023

Dems formally reject Governor Hochul’s chief judge pick; Mayor Adams tempers bail demands with calls to fund public defenders; ; Proposed delivery worker hub on NYC’s Upper West Side sparks outrage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 16, 2023 • 5:37

New York Daily News, February 15, 2023

New York Daily News, February 15, 2023

NYC Mayor Adams ordered to cough up $300 for rat infestation at Brooklyn residence; George Santos vows not to let ‘Twitter trolling’ force him from Congress; FDNY urges feds to take more action against dangerous e-bike batteries Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 15, 2023 • 4:14

New York Daily News, February 14, 2023

New York Daily News, February 14, 2023

Governor Hochul’s proposed menthol ban, cigarette tax hike draws mixed reactions; Never-released internal NYPD report cites ‘shortcomings and missteps’ in response to 2020 George Floyd protests; Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino says NYC bicyclists should be forced to get licensed and insurance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 2023 • 5:04

New York Daily News, February 13, 2023

New York Daily News, February 13, 2023

NYC pizzerias forced to pay out hundreds of thousands in settlements for wage theft claims; NYPD detective charged with stalking ex-girlfriend; Yankees icon Derek Jeter joining Fox MLB team; Elderly man shoved to Brooklyn subway tracks in random attack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 13, 2023 • 3:28

New York Daily News, February 10, 2023

New York Daily News, February 10, 2023

NYC opening two new specialized programs in Brooklyn for students with dyslexia; Mayor Adams appears in court to demand dismissal of rat infestation tickets; MSG asks NYC to continue operating storied arena Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2023 • 4:24

New York Daily News, February 9, 2023

New York Daily News, February 9, 2023

NYC nurses follow up private hospital strikes; Mayor Adams claims ‘woke’ Democrats are driving minority voters out of party; MTA employees crowd court hearing for finance pro charged in Brooklyn subway worker assault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 9, 2023 • 4:05

New York Daily News, February 8, 2023

New York Daily News, February 8, 2023

NYC unions demand back pay for workers fired for refusing COVID shots; NYC Social Services Commissioner resigning after tumultuous tenure; Illegal weed shops in NYC to face eviction under new crackdown plan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 8, 2023 • 3:55

New York Daily News, February 7, 2023

New York Daily News, February 7, 2023

George Santos denies sexual harassment claim by prospective aide; Mayor Adams ends COVID vaccine mandate for NYC workers; Two high-ranking FDNY chiefs surrender titles in protest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 7, 2023 • 4:32

New York Daily News, February 28, 2023

New York Daily News, February 28, 2023

Nets trade Kyrie Irving; FDNY joins descendants to honor firefighters killed in 1923 line-of-duty train crash; NYPD cops shoot, critically wound man in Bronx confrontation; 15-year-old girl arrested for murder for using accelerant to set Bronx arson fire that killed stranger; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 6, 2023 • 3:59

New York Daily News, February 3, 2023

New York Daily News, February 3, 2023

Mayor Adams faces heat for deploying cops to break up hotel encampment; NYC developer resubmits scuttled ‘One45′ Harlem housing plan; Trans nonbinary Broadway star withdraws from Tony consideration over gendered categories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2023 • 3:51

New York Daily News, February 2, 2023

New York Daily News, February 2, 2023

Governor proposes additional charter schools in NYC; Details on Hochul's $227 billion NY spending plan; 12 year old Brooklyn boy shot accidentally by friends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 2, 2023 • 4:15

New York Daily News, February 1, 2023

New York Daily News, February 1, 2023

Biden vows to kickstart NYC’s Hudson River rail tunnels; NYC public schools poised to reverse ban on controversial AI tool; NY Attorney General accuses Trump of lying on the record in response to lawsuit over company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 1, 2023 • 3:11

New York Daily News, January 31, 2023

New York Daily News, January 31, 2023

NYPD's plan to change discipline guidelines for misconduct; Representative George Santos vows to cooperate with ethics probe; Mayor Adams defends NYPD’s own anti-gun unit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 2023 • 3:57

New York Daily News, January 30, 2023

New York Daily News, January 30, 2023

New York’s snow-less streak ties major record; Sharpton asks for peaceful protests in Tyre Nichols’ death; Mayor Adams’ pal named in sexual harassment lawsuit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 2023 • 3:06

New York Daily News, January 27, 2023

New York Daily News, January 27, 2023

Queens daycare unlicensed and running out of basement illegally; Mayor Adams vows to improve NYC ‘quality of life’ in light-on-details State of the City speech; Madison Square Garden facial recognition attorney ban challenged by NY Attorney General Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 27, 2023 • 3:37

New York Daily News, January 26, 2023

New York Daily News, January 26, 2023

Adams admin angers local leaders with plan for homeless shelter in Bronx area; Mayor Adams claims right-to-shelter law does not apply to NYC asylum seekers; Eighteen children injured in Queens daycare fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 26, 2023 • 3:34

New York Daily News, January 25, 2023

New York Daily News, January 25, 2023

Hochul wants to address ‘inconsistency’ in New York’s bail law; Mayor Adams weighs in on the great stove debate; Representative George Santos claims he was mugged in broad daylight; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 25, 2023 • 3:53

New York Daily News, January 24th, 2023

New York Daily News, January 24th, 2023

Gov. Hochul gets highest job approval rate in new Siena poll; Mayor Adams launches newsletter to counteract ‘distorted’ NYC press coverage; East Harlem residents say drug injection site is hurting their neighborhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 2023 • 4:11

New York Daily News, January 23, 2023

New York Daily News, January 23, 2023

Jury to decide fate of Brooklyn man accused of abandoning family to fight for ISIS and train snipers; Wild melee in Manhattan ends with brawling brothers stabbed by security worker; Vandal smashes through fence of Staten Island synagogue Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 23, 2023 • 3:28

New York Daily News, January 20, 2023

New York Daily News, January 20, 2023

Governor Hochul ‘weighing options’ for Chief Judge; NYC Council has no plan to pass bill that would let Mayor Adams charge retired city workers for health care; Queens man gets 3 years in prison for fake prize notice scam that targeted elderly victims.; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 20, 2023 • 3:20

New York Daily News, January 19, 2023

New York Daily News, January 19, 2023

Democrats deny Hector LaSalle’s nomination to be state’s top judge; NYC Mayor Adams again floats possibility of housing migrants on cruise ships; Self-defense claimed in fatal Brooklyn sidewalk stabbing of ‘superfriendly’ pizzeria worker; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 19, 2023 • 3:51

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