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Eric Adams Search Warrant Records Show Scramble to Evade FBI Scrutiny
A trove of documents from Mayor Eric Adams’ now-defunct criminal case released late Friday reveals extraordinary steps the mayor and his aides took to keep their communications secret — prompting the FBI to seek approval to unlock his many electronic devices by pressing the mayor’s fingers to devices or holding his head in front of […]
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Business Boosts Mark Hochul’s ‘Rainy Day’ Spending Plan
Two weeks ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a budget deal that would set state spending at $254 billion, up more than 5% from last year, and would include her key priorities of a school cellphone ban, changes to criminal discovery laws, flexibility for involuntary confinement of mentally ill people and funding for the MTA capital […]
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NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College
Several dozen NYPD officers cleared a demonstration of about as many pro-Palestinian student demonstrators from Brooklyn College Thursday evening before making a series of violent arrests and tasing one demonstrator just outside the campus. A group of about four dozen students had gathered hours earlier on a campus lawn, waving Palestinian flags and setting up […]
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Candidates Hit the Airwaves, Cuomo’s Dog and Your Debate Questions
This article is adapted from our May 8 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Spending is hitting its stride this New York City primary season, which you’d know already if you watch local television. Between all of the ads for New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, […]
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City to See Fewer Tourists as Trump Stances Anger Canadians
Tourism is expected to decline slightly in New York City — primarily because of President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st American state. New York City Tourism + Conventions, a semi-independent agency of city government, on Thursday reduced its forecast for visitors this year to 61.4 million, about 3 million less than it […]
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