Ex-Staffer Files to Sue Board of Elections Over Director’s ‘Inappropriate’ Conduct

Published   Jan 10, 2025 11:01PM

A former New York City Board of Elections lawyer  — whose complaint alleging Executive Director Michael Ryan subjected her to repeated comments about her ethnicity and gender spurred a city probe — asked a judge on Thursday to let her file suit. Stephanie Jaquez formally petitioned in Manhattan state Supreme Court for permission to proceed […]
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Adams Ally in Charge of City Leasing Demanded Lucrative City


A longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams who oversees city leases installed a real estate broker with close personal ties to himself and another top Adams aide to advise the city on municipal leases, a position that would generate millions of ... Read more

LISTEN: A New Year and a New Toll


On the first weekday of NYC’s new congestion-pricing era that’s already being threatened by the incoming Trump administration, Jose Martinez, THE CITY’s senior reporter covering transportation, offers some perspective on what this me ... Read more

Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not


Just south of Brooklyn Bridge Park, six cranes dot the waterfront. Just one of them is in service, bringing in around 90,000 containers per year that come to Red Hook’s port — mostly food from Latin America and the Caribbean. Of the five o ... Read more

Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families

Published   Jan 09, 2025 08:49PM

Mayor Eric Adams presented his fourth and possibly final State of the City address Thursday in Harlem, sharing a vision — but scant details on how — to make it easier to raise a family in the five boroughs.  As he walked out on stage at the Apollo Theater, the mayor rubbed the famous Tree […]
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Board of Elections Director Made Racial and Sexual Remarks t


A behind-the-scenes Department of Investigation probe documented evidence that the white male director of the city’s election board routinely made racially insensitive and sexually suggestive remarks to two top-level minority female staf ... Read more

Cannabis Store Operators Call for Loan Forgiveness


A group of cannabis dispensary operators called on Gov. Kathy Hochul Thursday to forgive tens of millions of dollars of high-cost loans that they say threaten the viability of their businesses. The loans were made by a social equity loan fund ... Read more

Board of Elections Docked Director 15 Days Instead of Recomm


The New York City Board of Elections rejected the government integrity watchdog’s  recommendation to remove its executive director following an investigation that found he had repeatedly subjected two female staffers to racially biased ... Read more