Sunday saw the fifth consecutive day of protests at Columbia University,
He haunts celebrity hotspots around the city, hired a celebrity lawyer, and now Eric Adams coyly asks: ‘Am I a celebrity mayor?’
Braun, who helped bring the exhibit to the United States, gave a speech at an opening party where Mayor Adams also spoke.
Protesters interrupted New York City Mayor Eric Adams by storming the stage as he was giving a speech on Tuesday morning, accusing him of taking money "from the rich" and serving the interests of lobbyists.
Eric Adams is one of the most unpopular mayors in New York history. And on Monday, travelers were reminded of his low approval rating when a disruptive passenger verbally attacked him while he was on a flight heading back to New York from Miami. — Read the rest
People gather to watch the solar eclipse outside the Brooklyn Public Library main branch on April 8, 2024. The mayor has restored some of his unpopular cuts but is resisting calls to fully fund libraries and seven-day service at over 200 branches. [ more › ]
Councilmember Sandy Nurse speaks during a rally for immigrant rights at City Hall on May 11, 2023. The councilmembers cited Gothamist's reporting on more than 700 lawsuits from women claiming they were sexually assaulted in city jails. [ more › ]
New York City Councilmember Lincoln Restler speaks at a press conference outside City Hall on Sept. 12, 2023. The scheduled oversight hearing comes after multiple councilmembers griped about the new protocol. [ more › ]
New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks during a Martin Luther King. Jr event at the National Action Network's headquarters on March 16, 2023. Speaker Adrienne Adams said having to fill out a new form to schedule meetings and other engagements with agency leaders is “inappropriate.” [ more › ]
A housing advocacy organization and migrants in Denver, Colorado, recently organized a protest against the city's "insufficient" plan to provide 1,000 migrants with six months of free housing and a number of other services, KMGH-TV reported.Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) announced an immigration program last week to address the increase in migrant arrivals. More than 40,000 illegal migrants have arrived in the city since December 2020.The mayor's new Denver Asylum Seekers Program aims to provide...
Representative Ilhan Omar's daughter Isra Hirsi was among at least 108 people arrested as police in riot gear moved in to break up the anti-Israel protest that rocked Columbia University in New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams held a news conference Thursday evening to say that university President Nemat Shafik had asked police to eliminate a "clear and present threat" to campus safety.Tensions had been at their peak since protesters pitched their tents on the university's south lawn at 4...
A recent announcement of 245 new homes in Cornwall has sparked a debate among locals about the true meaning of 'affordable' housing and the impact of new developments.