Spurred by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resounding defeat in the mayoral primary Tuesday, advocates called on state lawmakers to pass tougher protections for people who come forward with reports of sexual harassment — and to curb taxpayer spending on Cuomo’s legal defense. Charlotte Bennett, one of the first women to make harassment allegations against the former […]

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The City Council Land Use Committee and Zoning Subcommittee on Thursday approved the long-delayed One45 housing complex plan on West 145th Street at Lenox Avenue in Harlem, setting the stage for expected approval by the full Council on Monday.  The development would comprise 1,000 units of housing, including 338 that would be income-restricted, among three […]

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A defiant Mayor Eric Adams officially launched his independent re-election bid Thursday, joined by more than a hundred supporters in front of City Hall — including some of the people previously embroiled in many investigations into his administration and inner circle.  At the campaign launch during office hours, the incumbent recounted his oft-told story of […]

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A former staffer in the governor’s office accused of working as an agent for China allegedly steered contracts for personal protective equipment during the COVID pandemic to a firm co-owned by her husband and another that belongs to a second cousin, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.  The prosecutors allege that former Deputy Chief of Staff Linda […]

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The unexpected victory of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as the presumed Democratic nominee for mayor confronts business leaders with a dilemma: Build bridges to a candidate they bitterly opposed as too far left or get behind Mayor Eric Adams bid for reelection. All signs point to the Adams option, as the incumbent mayor launches his […]

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