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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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

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

How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With


This story was originally published by ProPublica. In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest initiatives: the Community Response Team, an elite unit formed under the city’s n ... Read more

ICE Arrest of Student Protest Leader Exposes Schism Dividing NYC Democrats

Published   Mar 10, 2025 08:41PM

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 rift the issue has opened between Democratic mayoral candidates in New York City. Comptroller Brad Lander, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Assemblymember […]
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NYPD Commissioner Touts Tougher Discipline for Officers Who


NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch told the City Council on Tuesday that she is taking two measures toward stronger discipline against officers who violate rules — including boosting penalties for misconduct that occurs during street stops. At ... Read more

LISTEN: Running Hard or Hardly Running?


While Andrew Cuomo tops the early polls, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is officially running for mayor and Mayor Eric Adams seems to be going through the motions. As New Yorkers try to make sense of the dizzying election shaping up here amid ... Read more

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