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Rikers Detainee Found Dead With 121 Pills as Oversight Board Cites Mass Failures
A Rikers Island detainee who died in February had 121 pills and multiple synthetic drugs in his cell, according to a new city oversight report that highlights ongoing failures by jail officials to secure housing areas and respond to medical emergencies. The Board of Correction’s First Report and Recommendations on 2025 Deaths in Custody, released […]
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Mamdani Gets Vets of Previous Mayoral Admins to Lead Transition
Hours after his historic election night win, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani introduced the top members of his transition team, who will map out his first term in office over the next 57 days. “The poetry of campaigning may have come to a close last night at 9, but the beautiful prose of governing has only begun,” […]
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LISTEN: The Kismet and the Anxiety of Street Photography
I was on assignment for The City covering the cabbies at a protest outside of City Hall and there was one man I noticed who looked zen, like he was maybe meditating. He’d had his eyes closed for a good minute or two, very peaceful and serene while all this commotion was going on around […]
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New York’s Young Muslims Exult To See One of Their Own Elected Mayor
Young Muslim voters who grew up in New York City in the decades after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, celebrated Zohran Mamdani’s historic election-night win. The 34-year-old mayor-elect’s meteoric rise, they say, has given their community a new level of positive visibility. “The first Muslim mayor of New York — it literally feels […]
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Mamdani’s Next Battle: Attacking Inequality While Balancing Budgets
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will be free to sidestep tough decisions when he presents his first budget a month after taking office on Jan. 1, 2026. That’s mostly because Wall Street is booming, on pace to see record profits of more than $60 billion this year. Lavish year-end bonuses paid out starting early next week will […]
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