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

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

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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Gas Pipeline Rejected Three Times Is Back Under Consideration in New York

Fourth time’s the charm? A gas pipeline New York rejected three times in less than a decade is back in front of the state for consideration. It’s part of a deal Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Trump administration reportedly struck in order to save an offshore wind project under construction off the coast of Long […]
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CUNY Community College Expanding Into Historic Bronx Post Office

THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The City University of New York’s Hostos Community College will soon be delivering students to the long-abandoned post office building next door. Mayor Eric Adams and CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez announced on Wednesday afternoon that the university will lease […]
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Adams Campaign Denies Reports He’d Take a Job With Trump, Drop Out of Mayoral Race

Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign on Wednesday denied reports he would take a job in President Donald Trump’s administration as a way of dropping out of his re-election bid, which is facing tepid poll numbers. “Mayor Adams has not met with Donald Trump — don’t believe the noise,” campaign spokesperson Todd Shapiro said. “He is not […]
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