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Mayor Should Recuse Himself from Defending Sanctuary City Policies Against President, Says Comptroller
A day after the Trump administration issued another executive order threatening so-called “sanctuary cities” like New York with financial penalties and their elected officials with criminal charges, city Comptroller Brad Lander called on Mayor Eric Adams to allow an independent party to handle all matters related to how and when to defend the city’s sanctuary […]
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Public Sector Unions Sue City Hall Over Health Savings Impasse
New York’s major municipal employee unions sued the city government Monday, exploding into the open a long-simmering conflict between them and the administration of Mayor Eric Adams over which side is responsible for billions of dollars in pledged health care savings that have failed to materialize. The Municipal Labor Committee filed the case in Manhattan […]
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Budget Watchdogs Pan Hochul Spending Plan, Brace for Adams Proposal
The $254 billion budget deal reached Monday between Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders appears to be a cautious one. It increases spending from the governor’s initial proposal by only $2 billion, small compared with previous budgets, and trimmed the governor’s proposed $3 billion tax rebate by a third. But fiscal experts — ranging from […]
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How to Throw a Party in a City Park, the Right Way
As many New Yorkers learned last week, anyone who wants to have a big event in a city park needs to get a permit — even Lorde. (That’s the pop star who told fans to meet her in Washington Square Park last week, only to cancel her plans for a lack of permit.) Get ready to […]
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Affordable Housing Lottery Chops Paperwork Pile for Apartment Applications
Congratulations, you won the New York City housing lottery! But not so fast: Before you can move into an affordable apartment, you have to provide a mountain of paperwork to verify you’re eligible. But now, that mountain may look less like the Rockies and more like the Catskills, as the city Department of Housing Preservation […]
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