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“I’m running to bring a safer, more affordable and better run city,” says city Comptroller Brad Lander, offering himself as the candidate with both a vision and  “a track record of making government work for people.” https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?bradlander In the latest installment of the pod’s series of sitdown interviews with the Democratic mayoral contenders, Lander talked about […]

A federal immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday afternoon that detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil not charged with any crime can be deported, his attorneys confirmed Friday afternoon.  Still, Khalil’s attorneys noted there are other outlets for relief before the government can deport him and point to an ongoing federal habeas case being heard by

Attorneys for a 21-year-old Columbia University student fighting deportation asked a federal judge late Thursday to order the Trump administration to produce a letter from Sec. of State Marco Rubio that targets two activists for removal under a rarely-invoked federal act. The attorneys want to uncover if the name of the student — Yunseo Chung,

This article is adapted from our April 10 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, As I see it, one of the fun perks of running as an independent candidate, as Mayor Eric Adams is now, is getting to pick your own ballot name. The

With a 40% break on what they’d normally owe the city in property tax, the owners of a luxury emporium at 20 Hudson Yards seem to have a good deal. But that hasn’t stopped them from filing appeals against the city claiming that they’re hugely overtaxed. Over the eight years running through February of the

The New York City Council is gearing up for a legal battle over the city’s sanctuary laws barring local authorities from assisting in federal immigration enforcement. Lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday allowing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to sue Mayor Eric Adams and possibly President Donald Trump over the issue. The resolution — a required step

The city’s two juvenile detention centers are plagued with chronic absenteeism, a massive spike in contraband, and a failure to properly report thousands of serious incidents of violence and abuse, according to a new state audit.  The 46-page review also found that only 53% of the young people surveyed got an initial interview and assessment

Felisa Geddis got her first look at Dondre Richardson as police officers led him, handcuffed, from the 88th precinct house in Brooklyn on a Wednesday night in January 2020. Her 55-year-old cousin, L. Antonio Litman, had been stabbed to death nine days earlier, and the officers had arrested Richardson for the crime. She remembered her

Sharp Trump administration cuts to Federal Emergency Management Agency spending on climate resiliency are threatening projects meant to protect against flooding from rainfall and coastal storms across all five boroughs. FEMA on Friday cancelled the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, jeopardizing about $882 million in grant funding for efforts across the country meant to

“My vision for the city is to put the city back on track again. We are so tired of the trauma, we are so tired of the drama, we are tired of the scandal,” said City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams.  https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?adrienneadams “As the first woman mayor of the City of New York