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When then-candidate Donald Trump told a Long Island rally in September that he wanted to lift the $10,000 cap on state and local (SALT) deductions for federal income taxes, New York officials foresaw a windfall that could boost state coffers and keep wealthy taxpayers from leaving. Republican representatives in the state like Mike Lawler centered […]

A measure prohibiting retailers — including Amazon and other online sellers — from selling untested, unsafe lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes and similar devices passed the U.S. Senate Tuesday, paving the way for the law to go into effect by year’s end. The bill, approved by the House in May, had been held up by

After two decades in her century-old brick rowhouse in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Marisol Genao was used to some quirks.  When she turned the lights on in the kitchen, for example, the living room lights would flicker. Before taking a shower, she knew to wait 10 minutes for the water to heat up. And when she

Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign for mayor simply ignored auditors’ demands for explanations of the sources of its funding, newly released documents show — giving a glimpse behind the scenes of how the city Campaign Finance Board came to decide this week to deny public funding to his reelection bid. In its post-election audit of Mayor

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Overdose is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in New York City, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alerted health care providers in an advisory letter on Friday. Overdoses accounted for 20 out of the city’s 58 total

The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce Jimmy Oddo, the current city buildings commissioner, will lead the Department of Sanitation, according to multiple people briefed on the plan. He replaces Jessica Tisch, who left the trash-collection agency to become police commissioner late last month. Tisch replaced the interim commissioner, Thomas Donlon, who

The mayor says he’s the same as he’s ever was even as his closest allies have left under fire and he’s executing what Trump’s incoming border czar says is “a complete 180” on immigration.  https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?lewismartin In the last regular episode of 2024, hosts Chrissy and Harry discuss the mayor’s maneuvering — “I don’t know if

Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin is back on track to face trial on corruption charges after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected his request to overturn an appeals court ruling that reinstated the case. More than two and a half years after Benjamin was indicted on charges of soliciting campaign donations in return for steering

Ingrid Lewis-Martin, a longtime aide and confidant of mayor Eric Adams, expects to be indicted this week over accepting improper gifts, her lawyer said Monday. Attorney Arthur Aidala organized a news conference with Lewis-Martin at his midtown office Monday morning, prompted by what he called “leaks” in media outlets about the Manhattan grand jury on

The panel that oversees campaign finance to restrict the influence of money in politics Monday denied Mayor Eric Adams millions of dollars in public matching funds he’d requested for his re-election, citing his track record of alleged fraud and his campaign’s noncompliance with the board’s inquiries. The city Campaign Finance Board’s announcement at its lower