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Frank Carone, Top Aide to Mayor Adams, Arrested in Migrant Shelter Bribery Scheme
Frank Carone, one of former Mayor Eric Adams’ top aides and a longtime powerbroker with the Brooklyn Democratic machine, was arrested this morning on federal charges related to an alleged bribery scheme involving a migrant shelter contract. Carone, 56, served as Adams’ chief of staff before leaving City Hall to form a lobbying firm. He […]
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Search Begins for Operator of City-Backed Insurance With $100M in Public Funds
The Mamdani administration on Wednesday took a step to make its city-backed insurance program for rent-stabilized buildings a reality. The city-backed program is an attempt to drive down the cost of property and liability insurance, which has skyrocketed over the past few years. The city is hoping insurance-related entities will apply to stand up the […]
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LISTEN: A New Left Is Sweeping Out the Old Democrats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani put a lot of his newly won political capitol on the line to try and shift the shape of the Democratic Party in New York City and beyond, and won big — proving his theory of the case didn’t peak with his own election. An hour and a half after the polls […]
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Mamdani-Backed Candidates Triumph in NYC Democratic Primaries
The biggest winner of June’s primary election wasn’t even on the ballot. In a trio of hotly contested races, candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the DSA-fueled movement that brought him to Gracie Mansion swept the field Tuesday in a political trifecta that left mainstream Democrats humbled. Political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier unseated incumbent […]
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Legionella Found in Water at East Village Housing Complex, City Health Officials Confirm
City health officials late Tuesday confirmed the presence of Legionella bacteria in the water system of an East Village apartment complex called Haven Plaza, where at least two residents have contracted the potentially deadly Legionnaires’ disease in the last year. The water system serves 371-units across the complex’s five buildings and was tested after the […]
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