Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Comptroller Brad Lander Seeks Federal Trial for Protest Outside ICE Holding Area

Comptroller Brad Lander and state lawmakers held a press conference after appearing in Manhattan Federal Court after being arrested in an act of civil disobedience inside 26 Federal Plaza,

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is seeking a federal trial for a charge he was hit with during an act of civil disobedience against immigration agents inside 26 Federal Plaza in September — rejecting an offer to drop the case.  Lander was arrested with 10 state lawmakers on Sept. 18 by Department of Homeland Security […]

The post Comptroller Brad Lander Seeks Federal Trial for Protest Outside ICE Holding Area appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

City Pays $4M to Rikers Detainee After His Five Rape Claims Were Ignored

A correction officer walks past a cell in the former Manhattan Detention Complex where a detainee was allegedly being sexually assaulted in 2019.

Terrence told jail officials again and again that he’d been raped — five times, he said, over the course of multiple stints in city custody.  He filed reports, flagged officers and in two instances, pointed to video that seemed to back him up, including one in which a fellow male detainee is seen leaving the […]

The post City Pays $4M to Rikers Detainee After His Five Rape Claims Were Ignored appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani

Mayor Eric Adams takes part in the Veterans Day Parade in Manhattan

Mayor Eric Adams may be on a visit to Israel, but Monday he left Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a headache. He increased the budget for city government spending in the current fiscal year by about $2 billion to $118 billion, bequeathing a projected $4.7 billion deficit to be closed before the 2027 budget is adopted next […]

The post Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

Anthem Healthcare Files Last-Ditch Legal Effort to Keep City Contract

The sun highlights the Municipal Building in Lower Manhattan.

The insurer that provides health benefits for 750,000 civil servants and their dependents is amping up its legal battle to hold on to its lucrative contract with the city ahead of the Jan. 1 switchover to a lower-cost competitor. Anthem Healthcare Assurance filed suit against the city and its chief labor negotiator Renee Campion on […]

The post Anthem Healthcare Files Last-Ditch Legal Effort to Keep City Contract appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.

LISTEN: New York’s Winter of Discontent — and New Hopes

A former anti-aircraft missile site sits on Harts Island.

Is anyone in this town not running for Congress? Is it time for Democrats to finally usher an older generation out of Washington, and is there a way to build a party whose representatives are better distributed in terms of age, identity and geographic distribution? Is it time to finally feel hopeful about New York […]

The post LISTEN: New York’s Winter of Discontent — and New Hopes appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.