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Contributions That Exceed Legal Limits Poured Into Eric Adams’ Campaign

July 19, 2024, 5:00 a.m.July 18, 2024, 8:03 p.m.

Many of the donations, from people who do business with the city, won’t be officially identified for weeks, allowing the mayor to inflate the size of his campaign haul before the money is refunded.

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Council Pushes Ballot Proposal Despite Charter Review Group

July 18, 2024, 4:29 p.m.July 18, 2024, 4:50 p.m.

City legislators want voters to give them the power to say yay or nay to even more of the mayor’s agency picks — but their spot on the ballot is precarious.

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Tentative NYC Budget Deal Restores Library, Museum and Some Parks Cuts

June 27, 2024, 9:18 p.m.June 27, 2024, 9:19 p.m.

The mayor and City Council have a June 30 deadline to agree on the multibillion dollar blueprint that fuels the city’s finances.

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at the Fulton Transit Center ing gun-detecting scanners at select subway stations.

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Talk to the Form: Adams Puts Webpage Between Him and Electeds

April 9, 2024, 4:45 p.m.April 9, 2024, 4:49 p.m.

While the move angered several City Council , at least one said it would lead to more fairness and transparency.

Rikers Island

Comptroller KOs Controversial Correction Commissary Contract

March 4, 2024, 5:00 a.m.March 4, 2024, 11:56 a.m.

Months after THE CITY’s investigations showed Keefe Group was engaging in dubious practices at Rikers Island, Brad Lander’s office has said no to the food and grocery provider’s DOC deal — but the mayor could overrule.

Emergency FDNY responders speed through the Financial District, Jan. 4, 2023.

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Less Crime, Slower Responses, Greener Parks — the MMR’s Mixed Bag

Jan. 31, 2024, 6:48 p.m.Jan. 31, 2024, 6:48 p.m.

The “Mayor’s Management Report” provides a snapshot of how the city is doing for the regular New Yorker. There’s some good news and some bad news.

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams leads a City Hall rally ahead of a vote overriding a Mayor Eric Adams 'veto of bills banning solidarity confinement and documenting police stops.

Law Enforcement

City Council Overrides Mayor Adams’ Vetoes of Public Safety Bills

Jan. 30, 2024, 5:49 p.m.Jan. 30, 2024, 6:06 p.m.

The mayor pushed hard to try and win over Council, but instead even more voted to override his vetoes than had originally voted in of the bills.

Mayor Eric Adams delivers his State of the City address from Hostos Community College in The Bronx, Jan. 24, 2024

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Mayor Hammers Housing, Declares Social Media ‘Hazard’ in Yearly Address

Jan. 24, 2024, 5:21 p.m.Jan. 24, 2024, 8:47 p.m.

Adams touted New York’s economic, educational and public safety highlights while introducing some “first-in-the-nation” ideas, including a new Department of Sustainable Delivery.

Mayor Eric Adams meets with a coalition of concerned of clergy to discuss the effects of the asylum seeker crisis. Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

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Sophomore Slump? Problems Piled On in Eric Adams’ Second Year

Dec. 28, 2023, 5:00 a.m.Dec. 29, 2023, 11:51 a.m.

A migrant crisis, a budget crisis, a corruption crisis. The mayor dealt with a lot in 2023, and his poll numbers dipped to record lows amid it all.

Mayor’s Office

Contributions That Exceed Legal Limits Poured Into Eric Adams’ Campaign

Council Pushes Ballot Proposal Despite Charter Review Group

Tentative NYC Budget Deal Restores Library, Museum and Some Parks Cuts

Talk to the Form: Adams Puts Webpage Between Him and Electeds

Comptroller KOs Controversial Correction Commissary Contract

Less Crime, Slower Responses, Greener Parks — the MMR’s Mixed Bag

City Council Overrides Mayor Adams’ Vetoes of Public Safety Bills

Mayor Hammers Housing, Declares Social Media ‘Hazard’ in Yearly Address

Sophomore Slump? Problems Piled On in Eric Adams’ Second Year

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