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 › ]
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...
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?’
“As a policy statement, it’s completely toothless,” State Senator Ghazala Hashmi (D-Chesterfield), who wrote one of the bills, told 8News about the amendments. “It doesn’t address the issues that we were fighting for in the Right to Contraception Act and quite frankly, it’s not worth the paper it’s written on.”
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.
Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More
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 › ]