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Eric Adams Grinds on in Quest for Public Campaign Dollars
Mayor Eric Adams may have thrown in the towel on his reelection fight, but he’s still demanding millions of taxpayer dollars’ worth of campaign matching funds to pay off outstanding bills from his now defunct campaign. And he’s doing that while facing the very real possibility that the city Campaign Finance Board, which has been […]
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Asylum-Seekers in Panic Over Trump’s Unclear $100 Fee
Over the weekend, asylum seekers in New York were flooded with messages — some from their lawyers — telling them to pay a $100 fee to the Trump administration by Tuesday or risk deportation. Moussa, an asylum seeker from Mali who lives in Manhattan, received a WhatsApp message from his lawyer’s office on Saturday instructing him […]
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Bronx Casino Advances to Final Round, Coney Island Voted Down
A casino in Coney Island has folded, and The Bronx is staying in for another round. A proposal for a major gambling facility right off the boardwalk in southern Brooklyn did not survive a key committee vote to keep it alive on Monday, while Bally’s proposal to build a casino in The Bronx moved forward. […]
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Council Speaker Hopefuls Splash Cash at Colleagues
As the race to succeed term-limited Adrienne Adams as City Council speaker warms up, some leading candidates have transferred tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to aid colleagues and to candidates running for open seats. The donations offer a look into the politicking behind the scenes as contenders court their colleagues’ support ahead […]
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The Business Freakout Over Mamdani Peters Out, Mostly
Earlier this month, the president of the Real Estate Board of New York used a public forum to send a message to his members who are still desperately trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. Saying he sees no reason to doubt the polls that show Mamdani with a double-digit lead, James Whelan told […]
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