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How an Indicted Tow Trucker Gained Entree to the Top of the Adams Administration

In another mayoral administration, Mike Mazzio might have had a tough time opening doors at City Hall as he campaigned for a potentially lucrative contract for his truck-towing company.  For one thing, Mazzio had been charged by the Manhattan District Attorney in an indictment alleging that he participated in a mobbed-up “fraudulent monopoly” that controlled […]

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RFK’s War on Fluoride Rings Alarm With NYC Health Officials and Dental Experts

New York City’s world-renowned tap water protects teeth as it quenches thirst, thanks to the fluoride it contains.  But there’s a possibility that could change if federal fluoride standards do — and federal officials from two different agencies have promised to revisit them. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last […]

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LISTEN: Does Cuomo Want a Wedding or a Marriage?

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo waves to a crowd while attending the National Action Network’s mayoral forum in Midtown.

As the former governor racks up more big endorsements for his mayoral run while putting out reportedly AI-assisted policy plans and mostly avoiding the press, co-host Christina Greer asks if the frontrunner in the polls wants a marriage with New York City or just a wedding.  It remains to be seen, though, how his lead […]

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ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now He’s in El Salvador’s Mega-Prison.

This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. The original article can be accessed here. Wilmer Gutiérrez still doesn’t understand how his son ended up in the most notorious prison in the world. While scrolling through photos on his phone, […]

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Feds Confirm Student Yunseo Chung Was Targeted by Sec. of State Rubio

Federal government officials have confirmed for the first time that Columbia University junior Yunseo Chung is one of two legal permanent residents Sec. of State Marco Rubio personally identified for deportation amid a widespread crackdown on noncitizen college students for their participation in allegedly antisemitic activities. Chung, a 21-year-old born in South Korea who has […]

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