A progressive group with a three-letter acronym, fueled by on-the-ground organizing, just helped deliver back-to-back primary upsets to install democratic socialists in City Hall and send two of their own to the U.S. Congress — and it’s not the DSA. The United Auto Workers, which in New York primarily represents academics and workers in the […]

The post The United Auto Workers Is New York City’s Unlikeliest Kingmaker appeared first on The City Reporter.

Those Museum of Sex ads plastered on MTA buses are making for rough rides. As Orthodox Jewish critics of the inescapable promotional signs pressed the MTA to expel them from the fronts of buses, the head of the transportation authority conceded Wednesday that some commuters and transit workers have been exposed to crude cracks because […]

The post Orthodox Critics Call For MTA to Nix ‘Museum of Sex’ Bus Ads appeared first on The City Reporter.

Members of the NYPD and the FBI searched several homes of current and former NYPD officials as part of a criminal investigation, according to Commissioner Jessica Tisch and a source familiar with the probe.  The joint investigation, by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau, is looking […]

The post Current and Former Police Officials Targeted in Raids by NYPD and Feds appeared first on The City Reporter.

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 […]

The post Frank Carone, Top Aide to Mayor Adams, Arrested in Migrant Shelter Bribery Scheme appeared first on The City Reporter.

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 […]

The post Search Begins for Operator of City-Backed Insurance With $100M in Public Funds appeared first on The City Reporter.