Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the chief advisor to Mayor Eric Adams, has retired in the latest high-profile departure in the administration. “I thank God, first and foremost, for allowing me to serve the city that I love for close to 35 years through volunteerism and employment,” she said in a statement, noting that it was “a bittersweet […]

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Facing what it calls a “historic high” in fare evasion, the MTA wants to use behavioral research to get inside the minds of the estimated 900,000 bus and subway riders who dodge fares daily. With new grant funding, the agency is aiming to contract analysts for a study — at a projected cost of $500,000 […]

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Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he and incoming border czar Tom Homan “have the same desire” when it comes to dealing with migrants, immigrants and the undocumented: “To go after those who are committing repeated violent acts.” The mayor’s comments came roughly an hour after he met at Gracie Mansion with Homan, whom president-elect […]

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With their unprecedented indictment of a sitting mayor, phone seizures and search warrants, the prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York have attracted a lot of attention for investigating Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle. But across the East River, federal prosecutors in the office of the Eastern District […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The respiratory season has continued to pick up in New York and nationally. We now have data from the week of Thanksgiving, so it’s time for another State of Affairs to kick this week off. RSV and flu: increasing […]

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