Last year’s organized protest of U.S. government support for the war in Gaza in the Democratic presidential primary resulted in more than 40% of ballots cast blank in many Brooklyn and Queens election districts, a new city Campaign Finance Board assessment finds. The blank-ballot protest of former President Joe Biden garnered the most support in […]

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The city Campaign Finance Board has once again rejected Mayor Eric Adams’ request for campaign matching funds, as it significantly expands its investigation into Adams’ political fundraising following a trail of evidence revealed by THE CITY. In an April 15 letter, the CFB stood by its prior decision not to award Adams $4 million in […]

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These New Yorkers are among the last of a vanishing breed who swear by the swipe or the dip of a MetroCard. With the MTA in a transition to full OMNY tap-and-go technology, transit officials said Monday that one-third of last month’s 146 million subway and bus riders remain MetroCard loyalists — even with sales […]

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This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project,  a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletters, and follow them on  Instagram, TikTok, Reddit and Facebook. The guards carried Robert Brooks into the infirmary face down, holding him by his cuffed hands and ankles. Once inside a private exam room at Marcy Correctional Facility, near Syracuse, […]

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Nonprofit organizations working under city contracts will soon be able to receive up to half of their payments upfront, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday — but service providers say it’s just one of many reforms needed to fix a notoriously problematic billing system. Adams said the move to give higher advance payments, estimated to be […]

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