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City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams delivered her final State of the City speech as she appears likely to launch a bid for mayor. Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

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State of the City: Speaker Adams lays out vision for NYC leadership in speech teeing up mayoral run

Mayor Eric Adams responds to Cuomo campaign

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NYC mayoral race: Eric Adams says NYC needs to be saved from Cuomo after ex-governor jumped into race

Michael Blake to run for mayor.

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Michael Blake, son of Jamaican immigrants, runs for NYC Mayor

Dr. Hazel Dukes in 2023

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Dr. Hazel Dukes, 92, remembered as long-time champion of civil rights in NY

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Brooklyn GOP seat swaps could pave way for Ari Kagan’s return to city council

By Adam Daly

Mayor Adams at podium

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Mayor Adams’ lawyer asks federal judge to drop charges ‘with prejudice,’ citing leak of Sassoon letter

Affordable housing in New York City

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NYC’S HOUSING CRISIS: Why affordable housing really isn’t as ‘affordable’ as you think

council member chi ossé sitting on the window sill in his office in a green and blue jacket

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How Council Member Chi Ossé, the ‘mother’ of online political content, spreads his message on social media

By Regina Martinez

Governor Hochul at federal meeting in Washington

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Hochul tells federal workers axed by Musk and Trump ‘You’re hired’ in new state government job recruitment campaign

Mayor Adams speaks about calls for his resignation or removal

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Mayor Adams dismisses cacophony of calls for his resignation or removal, charging they’re antidemocratic

Traffic zooms by congestion pricing cameras on the Upper East Side.

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Congestion pricing: MTA announces $48.6 million in Manhattan toll revenue during first month of program

Protestors protest in front of Hakeem Jeffries' office denouncing President Trump, Elon Musk and calling for a removal of Mayor Eric Adams.

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Protesters call on Hakeem Jeffries in Brooklyn to do more to resist Trump administration

Speaker Adams as a potential NYC mayoral race candidate

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NYC mayoral race: Will City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams jump into the primary?

Protesters demand Gov. Kathy Hochul remove Mayor Eric Adams from office outside of her Midtown Manhattan office. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.

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Playing it safe: Hochul meets with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future – but express caution over when, or if, to seek removal

trump and nonprofit leader side by side funding freeze

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Brooklyn nonprofits brace for uncertainty after federal funding freeze and swift reversal causes ‘chaos’

By Lauren Rapp

mayor eric adams with prayer leaders in Brooklyn

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Mayor Eric Adams rallies against criticism at Ocean Hill church, tells supporters he’s ‘going nowhere’

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

Mayor Adams at press conference

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Crisis at City Hall: Hochul meeting with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future as possible removal looms

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks amid crisis surrounding Mayor Adams

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Hochul to meet with city leaders Tuesday as possibility of Mayor Adams’ removal from office grows

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Tip Theft Prevention Act aims to combat wage theft and union-busting for food service workers

By Lauren Rapp

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn on Aug. 1, 2023.

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‘CREEP Act’: How will this New York pol’s bill protect you from stalking?

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Tens of thousands of New Yorkers peacefully marched from the heart of the Big Apple to Lower Manhattan on Saturday in protest of President Trump and his policies, including the escalation of violence against United States citizens.

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