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Mamdani Takes Health Fund Audit ‘Seriously’ as Insolvency Reverberates

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces at Elmhurst Hospital the appointment of Steven Banks as his nominee for corporation counsel,

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday he takes “seriously” an audit that determined a key fund that pays insurance premiums for city workers, retirees and their dependents is insolvent. He also sought to reassure city workers concerned about what the bombshell findings by Comptroller Brad Lander may mean for their health care. Lander’s probe, released […]

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Hochul Grants Two Clemencies After Months of Inaction, Leaving Hundreds Still Waiting

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks with the media after getting a Covid vaccine booster shot at a Midtown pharmacy.

Some of the most powerful actors in New York’s criminal justice system — district attorneys, prison superintendents and even the judges who imposed the original sentences — have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to people serving decades behind bars. Until this week, she hadn’t freed a single one. On Tuesday afternoon, Hochul issued […]

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Explosive Audit Urges Dissolving Insolvent City Employee Health Fund

An explosive audit from City Comptroller Brad Lander recommends dissolving a fund that helps finance city employees health benefits, concluding that it is billions of dollars in the red after being tapped for years by municipal unions and mayors in labor bargaining. Declaring the fund “insolvent,” Lander’s auditors determined that the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund […]

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Mamdani Builds Team with Fresh and Familiar Faces. Here’s Who’s On Board

Incoming Mamdani chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church and first deputy mayor Dean Fuleihan share the stage with their new boss at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s next mayor on Jan. 1. In the weeks since his win, he’s been slowly building out his administration, although there are some key roles still not filled — including deputy mayor for operations, a schools chancellor, and the head of the Department of Transportation.  One […]

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LISTEN: A Precarious Transition Begins ‘A New Era’

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks in Canal Park in TriBeCa about the need for affordable housing while homeless New Yorkers dealt with frigid temperatures,

As the mayor-elect races to get ready for a big show and the big job, Eric Adams has been awfully busy in his final few days in office. Hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel discuss all that and much more — including then longshot Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s public promise way back when to give […]

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