TUESDAY, MAR. 18, 2025 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our . Dear New Yorkers, The country’s largest private funder of biomedical research has cut its funding for a program at Queens College that had focused on making science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education more inclusive and engaging for students of diverse backgrounds, […]
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Trump Org lobbying Adams City Hall for Wollman Rink contract
MONDAY, MAR. 17, 2025 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our . Dear New Yorkers, The Trump organization is aggressively lobbying the mayor’s office on its bid to run Central Park’s Wollman Rink, two sources confirmed to THE CITY, even as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department moves to dismiss the corruption case against Mayor […]
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Nightlife mayor taken to court for unpaid debts
FRIDAY, MAR. 14, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, Even before he took office, Mayor Eric Adams, an unabashed partaker in New York’s nightlife, pledged to go to bat for the city’s bars and clubs by using softer alternatives to the police raids and court action that have often trailed complaints about noise, double parking and rowdiness. […]
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Our Next Fiscal ‘Bulldog’ and Boosting Turnout on Your Block
In this week’s election newsletter, we look at the race for city comptroller, how New Yorkers can get neighbors to the polls and more.
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Get Ready to Vote, New York
Your 2025 election guide with the latest news, key dates and guides to navigating the race.
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Civil rights lawyers plead Columbia protester’s deportation case
THURSDAY, MAR. 13, 2025 Today’s SCOOP is brought to you by our . Dear New Yorkers, The Columbia University graduate student detained by federal authorities for his pro-Palestinian activism is expected to remain in a Louisiana immigration jail at least through early next week. In a procedural hearing on Wednesday, attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil appeared […]
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Trump tariffs plunge local businesses into uncertainty
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 12, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, Almost a third of the food Manny Colon purchases for his Upper West Side bistro comes from either Canada or Mexico. If Trump imposes his promised 25% tariff on those countries, he will face a choice of raising his prices or seeing his profits disappear. Maybe worse, he […]
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Honking complaints plunge in congestion relief zone
TUESDAY, MAR. 11, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, Honking-mad motorists are laying off the horn in the core of Manhattan since the January launch of congestion pricing, data reveals — with New Yorkers enjoying the silence as beefs about blaring horns have plummeted nearly 70% from the same time last year. An analysis by THE CITY […]
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Will the judge drop Eric Adams’ charges for good?
MONDAY, MAR. 10, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, Late on Friday, a court-appointed lawyer recommended that the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams be dismissed “with prejudice” — meaning prosecutors would not be able to reopen it down the road. Though this would still result in Adams’ charges being dropped, the difference between dismissing a case […]
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At shared alma mater, Adams vs. Adams is an afterthought
FRIDAY, MAR. 7, 2025 Dear New Yorkers, As the school bell rang, students at Bayside High School in Queens began to descend the building’s main staircase, which hasn’t changed much since two City Hall characters attended the school together in the late 1970s: Mayor Eric Adams and Speaker Adrienne Adams. But the fact that these […]