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This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest initiatives: the Community Response Team, an elite unit formed under the city’s new mayor, Eric Adams. Punctuated by dramatic music and quick cuts, the first video, dubbed “True […]

Honking-mad motorists are laying off the horn in the core of Manhattan since the January launch of congestion pricing, data reveals — with New Yorkers’ beefs about blaring horns plummeting nearly 70% from the same time last year. An analysis by THE CITY of available 311 data from ZIP codes south of 60th Street reflects

As Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case remains in limbo, Manhattan federal prosecutors are continuing plea discussions with a former mayoral aide who’s seen as a crucial witness directly connecting the mayor to an illegal straw donor scheme. Mohamed Bahi, a former mayoral liaison to the Muslim community, allegedly orchestrated a scheme to have an Uzbeki

While Andrew Cuomo tops the early polls, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is officially running for mayor and Mayor Eric Adams seems to be going through the motions. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?hardlyhardhar As New Yorkers try to make sense of the dizzying election shaping up here amid an unprecedented second Trump presidency that seems to be taking direct aim

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. With measles cases on the rise in the United States, public health experts in New York are encouraging vaccination against the highly contagious virus. Measles spreads easily and can lead to serious complications, or death, among those who are

Federal authorities’ arrest this weekend of a green card-holding former graduate student at his Columbia University-supported apartment — evidently for his public role in pro-Palestine or anti-Israel campus protests — exposed the wide rift the issue has opened between Democratic mayoral candidates in New York City. Comptroller Brad Lander, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Assemblymember

The outside counsel appointed by the judge considering a Justice Department request to toss the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams recommended late Friday that the case be dismissed “with prejudice” — meaning prosecutors would not be able to reopen it down the road. New York Southern District Judge Dale Ho, who appointed attorney Paul

In May 2023, the Adams administration announced that it would save $17 million by not renewing five contracts with nonprofits that provided programs to help people behind bars stay off drugs, find housing, and learn job skills.  Correction officers and some additional civilian staffers would seamlessly take over various classes, Francis Torres, who served as

“Democrats in general tend to show up to gun fights with bar graphs,” said Queens Assemblymember and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as he sat down with FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel at The City’s offices on Tuesday to make his case. That boils down, he explained, to driving down the

Mayor Eric Adams’ latest pick for deputy mayor for operations still lives in Westchester and was running for a county seat as recently as February, records show, although it’s required to be a New York City resident to have the job. Jeffrey Roth, who has worked for the city’s Department of Veterans Services and the