Divided Electorate Tells Tale of Two Cities Ahead of Mayoral Election

Published   Mar 12, 2025 07:28PM

New Yorkers will be voting for mayor with starkly divided views of their city’s needs and who they seek as a leader — the focus of a new survey that digs into what likely voters want.  Pollster John Della Volpe and his public opinion research firm SocialSphere surveyed 2,100 Democrats, Republicans and independents across the […]
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Trump Tariffs Plunge Local NYC Businesses Into Uncertainty


The glass bottles that Annie Bassin uses to bottle her wellness beverage come from China and became 25% more expensive when President Donald Trump imposed a tariff during his first term. Now that he has added another 20% tariffs to goods comin ... Read more

NYC School Safety Force Drops by Almost a Third


This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As Principal Mark House greeted students at the John F. Kennedy campus in the Bronx last month, a student staggered toward him, face cov ... Read more

Rikers Now Looks to Bring Back Nonprofits After Kicking Them


In May 2023, the Adams administration announced that it would save $17 million by not renewing five contracts with nonprofits that provided programs to help people behind bars stay off drugs, find housing, and learn job skills.  Correctio ... Read more

Harlem Neighbors Remember ‘Baby Whisperer’ Hazel Dukes

Published   Mar 11, 2025 04:09PM

The sirens from an ambulance woke up Sade Greene at the Lenox Terrace apartment complex at the beginning of the month. The bell had rang for her famous neighbor down the hall, 92-year-old Hazel “Ma” Dukes, who Greene recalled as a “great mother bear” always asking her about her family.  Dukes, the longtime civil-rights leader […]
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Adams Straw Donor Scheme Leader Reaches Plea Agreement Amid


As Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case remains in limbo, Manhattan federal prosecutors are continuing plea discussions with a former mayoral aide who’s seen as a crucial witness directly connecting the mayor to an illegal straw donor s ... Read more

Drop Eric Adams Charges, Outside Counsel Advises Corruption


A court-appointed lawyer recommended late Friday that the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams be dismissed “with prejudice” — meaning prosecutors would not be able to reopen it down the road. New York Southern District Judge ... Read more

ICE Arrest of Student Protest Leader Exposes Schism Dividing


Federal authorities’ arrest this weekend of a green card-holding former graduate student at his Columbia University-supported apartment — evidently for his public role in pro-Palestine or anti-Israel campus protests — exposed the wide ri ... Read more