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News and notes from New York City, covering all five boroughs in less than five minutes.

NYC teachers’ union, Staten Island borough president sue to stop congestion pricing

7 mins; January 05, 2024

Governor Hochul proposes statewide phonics-based reading program

6 mins; January 04, 2024

Mayor Adams fails to register his Brooklyn rental property with NYC housing agency again

7 mins; January 03, 2024

NYC murders and shootings down in 2023 for second year in a row

4 mins; January 02, 2024

Mayor Adams dismantling ‘disruptive’ NYC task force accused of heavy-handed raids at bars, venues

6 mins; December 29, 2023

Mayor Adams sets strict limits on when migrant buses can arrive in NYC

6 mins; December 28, 2023

Governor Hochul uses Christmas address to condemn hate crime spikes in N.Y.

7 mins; December 27, 2023

UFT sues to block Mayor Adams’ NYC education budget cuts

7 mins; December 22, 2023

New York Democrats renew push to boot Trump from ballot

7 mins; December 21, 2023

Mayor Adams threatens to limit press access at City Hall to one reporter per outlet

6 mins; December 20, 2023

US stocks edged higher in afternoon trading on Monday, with the Dow inching for another record even as Federal Reserve officials tried to rein in high expectations for interest rate cuts.

8 mins; December 19, 2023

CUNY orders deeper spending cuts

8 mins; December 18, 2023

Trio of N.Y. state lawmakers urge state to establish right to counsel for immigrants

6 mins; December 15, 2023

NYC’s largest municipal union, suing Mayor Adams’ admin over budget cuts

8 mins; December 14, 2023

Adams open to rolling back some budget cuts

6 mins; December 13, 2023

Governor Hochul launches minimum wage awareness campaign

5 mins; December 12, 2023

Winter weather arrives as NYC migrant crisis worsens: ‘It’s going to get ugly’

8 mins; December 11, 2023

N.Y. lawmakers try to boot Trump from 2024 ballot

6 mins; December 08, 2023

Mayor Adams’ approval rating sinks to historic low

7 mins; December 07, 2023

NYC Mayor Adams to meet with White House on migrants issue

6 mins; December 06, 2023

NYC Comptroller strips Mayor Adams’ emergency migrant contracting powers

6 mins; December 05, 2023

NYC sees massive demand for accessory housing pilot, Queens leads

5 mins; December 04, 2023

New York State directs $5M to school mental health grants

5 mins; December 01, 2023

NYC says it has helped 54 out of 100 most chronically homeless people off the streets in year since controversial policy was implemented

6 mins; November 30, 2023

Hundreds of new legal weed shops could soon open in NY in cannabis lawsuit settlement

7 mins; November 29, 2023

A New York City agency moves to cut the red tape for casino applications

6 mins; November 28, 2023

Mayor Adams and his sexual assault accuser worked at NYC Transit Police at same time

9 mins; November 27, 2023

Mayor Adams won’t commit to releasing full details on Turkey travel

8 mins; November 22, 2023

Mayor Adams’ aide Rana Abbasova told colleagues to ‘delete’ text exchanges hours after FBI raid

6 mins; November 21, 2023

What you need to know about the FBI’s investigation into potential ties between Turkey and Mayor Adams’ campaign

9 mins; November 20, 2023

A look at Mayor Adams’ NYC budget cuts

7 mins; November 17, 2023

NYPD to freeze hiring of new cops as part of Adams’ ‘extremely painful’ budget cuts

7 mins; November 16, 2023

Mayor Adams warns of ‘extremely painful’ spending cuts in NYC budget update

7 mins; November 15, 2023

Hochul says N.Y. will not give state work permits to migrants

6 mins; November 14, 2023

FBI agents seize Mayor Adams’ electronic devices amid federal probe into his campaign

7 mins; November 13, 2023

Murder rate plummets 27% in NY counties outside city

6 mins; November 10, 2023

Rikers Island has no confidence in NYC Correction Department violence data

7 mins; November 09, 2023

Mayor Adams skipping annual political powwow in Puerto Rico this week following FBI raid at home of top campaign aide: source

6 mins; November 08, 2023

Gov. Hochul signs bill to establish statewide doula registry

6 mins; November 07, 2023

Rikers Island jails infested with roaches, mice and other vermin, inspector report finds

6 mins; November 06, 2023

FBI raids home of Mayor Adams’ top campaign fundraiser as part of federal corruption probe

7 mins; November 03, 2023

Fewer than 1,700 affordable housing units built in NYC this year: analysis

6 mins; November 02, 2023

Mayor Adams says he’s ‘not trying to be harmful’ in focusing on getting migrants to leave NYC

8 mins; November 01, 2023

Migrants offered tickets out of NYC, indefinite wait for housing as crisis crashes shelter system

6 mins; October 31, 2023

Migrant crisis puts Democrats on defensive in NYC Council races

7 mins; October 30, 2023

Mayor Adams pulled in $326K last year, but lost money on Brooklyn property after rat mitigation work

8 mins; October 27, 2023

Only two NYC houses of worship are sheltering migrants months after program launch

7 mins; October 26, 2023

Adams warns migrants might sleep on NYC streets while defending shelter evacuation

7 mins; October 25, 2023

Mayor Adams offers remote work option for another 16,500 NYC employees

6 mins; October 24, 2023

Roughly 1,500 migrants have tried to get back in NYC shelter system after being removed

7 mins; October 23, 2023

NYC outlines draft rules for outdoor dining program

6 mins; October 20, 2023

Mayor Adams vows migrant kids won’t have to ‘change schools’ in face of new 60-day shelter rule, but hedges

7 mins; October 19, 2023

NYC on track for deadliest year for cyclist fatalities

8 mins; October 18, 2023

Adams reveals AI-generated version of his voice reaching New Yorkers as he unveils tech plan

8 mins; October 17, 2023

Hundreds of New Yorkers protest Israel-Hamas war in Manhattan, Brooklyn

5 mins; October 16, 2023

NYPD expands patrols for mass protests, possible violence as Israel-Palestinian war rages

7 mins; October 13, 2023

Governor Hochul’s administration backs pause of NYC right to shelter

7 mins; October 12, 2023

Mayor Adams dismisses 2025 primary challenger's momentum

7 mins; October 11, 2023

Mayor Adams says DSA-backed NYC pols must ‘soul-search’ after controversial pro-Palestine rally

6 mins; October 10, 2023

New York regulators weigh $200M in discounts

7 mins; October 09, 2023

NYC Council bill would ban Adams admin from limiting length migrants can stay in shelters

6 mins; October 06, 2023

Mayor Adams hasn’t hired ‘extreme weather coordinator’ promised by de Blasio after Hurricane Ida

8 mins; October 05, 2023

Mayor Adams disavows and readies for migrant fact-finding trip

7 mins; October 04, 2023

Manhattan office leasing shows some progress

6 mins; October 03, 2023

NYC Mayor Adams’ chief adviser urges feds to ‘close the borders’ amid migrant crisis

7 mins; October 02, 2023

NYC selective high schools will not consider test scores in admissions

7 mins; September 29, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott visits NYC visit

7 mins; September 28, 2023

Majority of Manhattan workers back at office

6 mins; September 27, 2023

Mayor Adams’ campaign to return more than $31K in donations from indicted ex-Buildings boss, his co-defendants and relatives

7 mins; September 26, 2023

Swelling number of NYC migrants ponder their futures under new 30-day shelter deadline

8 mins; September 25, 2023

Tropical storm system could drench New York this weekend

5 mins; September 22, 2023

Stanley Richards first formerly incarcerated person tapped to lead nonprofit Fortune Society

8 mins; September 21, 2023

Hochul, not Adams, expected to meet with Biden in NYC

6 mins; September 20, 2023

Former Delta workers found not guilty in $250K money bag heist at JFK Airport

6 mins; September 19, 2023

Major felonies, quality-of-life tickets way up, welfare processing way down in NYC under Mayor Adams

8 mins; September 18, 2023

NYC rents at record-high levels in August

7 mins; September 15, 2023

Hochul urges New Yorkers to get new vaccine: What to know

7 mins; September 14, 2023

NY looking at ‘unprecedented’ plan to give migrants state work permits

7 mins; September 13, 2023

Mayor Adams’ expected cuts to NYC budget

7 mins; September 12, 2023

Victim Compensation Fund seeks lawyers’ help to speed payment for World Trade Center, terror attack survivors

7 mins; September 11, 2023

Mayor Adams says migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

8 mins; September 08, 2023

NYPD wants to slam the brakes on city’s skyrocketing car thefts

7 mins; September 07, 2023

New Airbnb rules come into effect for New York City: what to know

8 mins; September 06, 2023

Migrant shelters in NYC spark protests

6 mins; September 05, 2023

Mayor Adams presses feds to ‘stand up,’ accelerate work permits for migrants amid crisis

6 mins; September 01, 2023

NYC public schools bracing for record influx of new migrant students

6 mins; August 31, 2023

Governor Hochul preps for new COVID-19 variant sweeping U.S.

5 mins; August 30, 2023

NYC bracing for possible school bus strike next week with back-up plans

6 mins; August 29, 2023

Migrants returned to Staten Island school after court reverses ruling blocking city from using it as shelter

5 mins; August 28, 2023

Jeffries pushing to expand eligibility for expunging first-time minor drug convictions

6 mins; August 25, 2023

Hochul administration held off opening of NYC migrant shelter in lead-up to Roosevelt encampment

6 mins; August 24, 2023

NYC’s largest municipal union urges workers to confront Council members who oppose Medicare Advantage push

7 mins; August 23, 2023

Governor Hochul commits $20M more in aide to tens of thousands of migrants

6 mins; August 22, 2023

More than 100 NYPD cops identified as potential problem officers were flagged for a second time

7 mins; August 21, 2023

Mayor Adams wants permission to house migrants in notorious NYC jail

6 mins; August 18, 2023

NYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned devices

5 mins; August 17, 2023

NYC opens migrant megashelter outside Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens

5 mins; August 16, 2023

New law can punish landlords who lease to illegal NYC pot shops

4 mins; August 15, 2023

Governor blasted for passive role in migrant crisis

6 mins; August 14, 2023

Rents in Manhattan, Brooklyn soar to new records. When will the monthly increases end?

4 mins; August 11, 2023

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