New York Politics

Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (New York Daily News / Getty Images)

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Mayor Adams shrugs off poll showing Andrew Cuomo holding big lead in potential mayoral matchup

By Josephine Stratman

January 13, 2025 at 5:39 p.m.

Amid a slew of challengers, Cuomo's potential entry into the race has become a hot...

Mayor Adams announced Monday he's naming two top advisers to deputy mayor positions — a move that comes after one of the aides sought to leave City Hall for a private sector job, the Daily News has learned.

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NYC Mayor Adams names two top aides to deputy mayor roles

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 13, 2025 at 6:45 p.m.

Mayor Adams announced Monday he's naming two top advisers to deputy mayor positions — a move...

Jim Walden attends a Helsinki Commission hearing on the impact of doping in international sport, July 25, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Jim Walden raises $630K in his mayoral campaign’s first reporting period

By Chris Sommerfeldt

January 13, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

Jim Walden, a prominent New York lawyer running for mayor this year on an anti-corruption...

Barring any last minute legal left turns, it's finally starting: congestion tolling is scheduled to start on January 5.

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NYC Congestion pricing begins Sunday: What you need to know

By Evan Simko-Bednarski

January 5, 2025 at 11:36 a.m.

Congestion pricing is kicking in in midtown and lower Manhattan: When does it start? How...

Attorneys for the administration of N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy have filed an motion seeking to stop the congestion toll pending federal regulators' response to an order issued earlier this week by federal judge Leo Gordon that was spun by both sides as a win.

New Jersey files last minute legal bid to derail NYC congestion pricing

By Evan Simko-Bednarski

January 2, 2025 at 4:52 p.m.

Attorneys for the administration of N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy have filed an motion seeking to...

Mayor Adams warned Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels to stay in their lane as the volunteer vigilante group said they would resume subway patrols in the wake of a woman who was killed after being set on fire on a Brooklyn F train.

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NYC Mayor Adams tell Guardian Angels to stay in line as group resumes subway patrols

By Josephine Stratman

December 31, 2024 at 5:24 p.m.

Mayor Adams warned Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels to stay in their lane as...

With much uncertainty on the horizon, some in Adams' inner circle say the City Hall staff purges have marked a step in the right direction.

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NYC Mayor Adams enters pivotal political year with many of his closest allies gone from City Hall

By Josephine Stratman

December 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m.

With much uncertainty on the horizon, some in Adams' inner circle say the City Hall...

The decision to return the donations comes as the trust is facing a cash crunch, with its latest public disclosure putting it in the red.

NYC Mayor Adams’ legal defense returned 7 of 8 contributions from James Dolan family business

By Chris Sommerfeldt

December 26, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

The decision to return the donations comes as the trust is facing a cash crunch,...