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Eric Adams Aide Sentenced in Campaign Fundraising Scheme — With the Mayor’s Absence Noted
Most of the seats in the ornate wood-paneled courtroom of Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho Tuesday were filled with supporters of Mohamed Bahi, the former aide to Mayor Eric Adams who was about to be sentenced for arranging illegal straw donations for the mayor’s election campaigns. Missing from the scene was Eric Adams, the man […]
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Comptroller Brad Lander Seeks Federal Trial for Protest Outside ICE Holding Area
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 […]
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City Pays $4M to Rikers Detainee After His Five Rape Claims Were Ignored
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 […]
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Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani
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 […]
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Anthem Healthcare Files Last-Ditch Legal Effort to Keep City Contract
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 […]
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