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The Secret Bundlers Behind Eric Adams’ Campaign Fundraising Revealed

Mayor Adams holds a campaign rally with small business owners outside of City Hall.

In October 2023, Mayor Eric Adams showed up for the opening of a new office of a big personal injury law firm, Morgan & Morgan, smiling and posing for selfies in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The firm made sure to post photos of the mayor’s seemingly random visit on social media. The visit, however, was […]

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Pharma Bosses Say They’re Replacing Striking Workers at Bronx Medical Factory

A man wearing a shirt that says "Hey Perrigo We Are Essential!" stands outside of the Perrigo medical plant in The Bronx.

Management at a Bronx pharmaceutical plant on strike since Sept. 2 announced it is hiring replacement workers “on a permanent basis,” according to a written notice posted near striking employees on the picket line Thursday morning, THE CITY has learned.  More than 200 factory workers at Perrigo, a company that manufactures private-label, over-the-counter medication, walked […]

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What Happens if Eric Adams Drops Out of the Mayor’s Race?

Mayor Adams holds a campaign rally with small business owners outside of City Hall.

The mayor’s race has taken another turn this week as the president has moved to put his thumb on the scale of New York’s local election. President Donald Trump is reportedly pushing Mayor Eric Adams to ditch his campaign for reelection, and is prepared to offer him a position in his administration to entice him […]

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Twelfth Death on Rikers Raises Heat on Federal Judge Set to Assign Manager

Barbed wire fencing surrounded the concrete George Vierno Center on Rikers Island.

As a federal judge contemplates who to assign to take over managing Rikers Island, a Staten Island man has become the 12th person to die in a city jail this year — as he waited more than two months to be transferred upstate.  Carlos Cruz, 43, was found experiencing what appeared to be a seizure […]

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Former HUD Head Cuomo Says He Knows Nothing About Reported Adams Housing Job Offer

Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks outside the Lincoln Square Older Adult Center on the Upper West Side.

Andrew Cuomo on Thursday denied having knowledge of President Donald Trump’s reported attempts to get Mayor Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa to drop out of the mayoral race to give him a head-to-head contest against Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani.   Adams was allegedly offered a federal job with the Department of Housing and Urban Development — which […]

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