Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign declined to answer an oversight panel’s questions about his fundraising tactics because it might implicate the mayor in his upcoming criminal trial on campaign finance fraud, his attorney confirmed late Tuesday. The campaign ignored auditors’ demands for explanations about the sources of its funding by the city Campaign Finance Board, newly […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Overdose is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in New York City, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alerted health care providers in an advisory letter on Friday. Overdoses accounted for 20 out of the city’s 58 total […]

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The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce Jimmy Oddo, the current city buildings commissioner, will lead the Department of Sanitation, according to multiple people briefed on the plan. He replaces Jessica Tisch, who left the trash-collection agency to become police commissioner late last month. Tisch replaced the interim commissioner, Thomas Donlon, who […]

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The mayor says he’s the same as he’s ever was even as his closest allies have left under fire and he’s executing what Trump’s incoming border czar says is “a complete 180” on immigration.  In the last regular episode of 2024, hosts Chrissy and Harry discuss the mayor’s maneuvering — “I don’t know if the […]

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Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin is back on track to face trial on corruption charges after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected his request to overturn an appeals court ruling that reinstated the case. More than two and a half years after Benjamin was indicted on charges of soliciting campaign donations in return for steering […]

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