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In 2022, Columbia University professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh argued that the rise of remote work would put cities into what he called “an urban doom loop.” The value of office buildings would plummet, taxes paid by those buildings would slide and cities would be forced to cut services, sending residents and businesses fleeting. In June […]

As President Donald Trump repealed years of precedent strongly discouraging immigration raids in schools, houses of worship, hospitals and other “sensitive locations,” Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday declined to explain how the city will respond if federal agents start showing up at city facilities.  But behind the scenes it’s a different story, with local government

It was New Year’s Day on Coney Island, where the annual Polar Bear Club Plunge drew out some of the city’s more daring characters: a group of friends dressed as rubber duckies, a couple in Spiderman and Wonder Woman costumes and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who donned a $30 business suit he had bought the day

Local leadership is on the ballot in 2025, from City Hall down to your neighborhood Councilmember. And it’s set to be a doozy, even by the raucous standards of New York politics. Mayor Eric Adams is seeking reelection while under indictment on federal corruption charges, with a trial set to begin just eight weeks before

The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The City University of New York, which enrolls more than 16,000 students who aren’t citizens, is readying the community for potential immigration enforcement as President Donald Trump returns to the White House.  Staffers with the university’s Undocumented and Immigrant Student

He has no known campaign office or website, and few if any staff.  Mayor Eric Adams also hasn’t appeared in any candidate forums, saying he’s too busy. And he may not qualify for any city-funded matching-funds to help his campaign. In fact, he might have to give $10 million back to the Campaign Finance Board,

As Los Angeles wildfires have incinerated homes and displaced families, a campaign across billboards in Times Square and thousands of taxi cabs is soliciting New Yorkers to help. The glowing digital advertisements are not to boost any charity providing fire relief — instead they direct passersby to donate to the private company of a Los

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, according to filings made to the City’s Campaign Finance Board this week. The field’s financial standing for the June primary came into clearer focus Wednesday with the board’s release of

Faith leaders and other advocates working with the city’s migrants and asylum seekers are bracing for enforcement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement once incoming President Donald Trump takes office — and the message from Mayor Eric Adams on the topic remains unclear.  More than 100 clergy and other humanitarian directors met Friday with the

Mayor Eric Adams’ legal defense fund raised just $2,200 from two donors over the last three months, even as his expenses to battle federal corruption charges mount ahead of an expected April trial, new filings show. The donors include Tzvi Odzer, who donated $2,000 to the fund. A convicted bank fraudster with multiple aliases, Odzer