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Jesse Hamilton Forced Real Estate Firm to Assign Broker Pal to City Account, Suit Alleges

Department of Citywide Administrative Services Deputy Commissioner Jesse Hamilton waits for a subway at the Bowling Green station.

A deputy commissioner and longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams forced a real estate brokerage the city relies on to help secure leases to hire a friend he identified as “my broker,” new court papers allege. Jesse Hamilton, deputy commissioner for real estate services at the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), told Cushman & […]

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Trump ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan to Meet with Mayor Adams, Turning Up Heat on Sanctuary City Status

Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming border czar, Tom Homan, and President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Official Kenneth Genalo at Gracie Mansion, Dec. 12, 2024.

Thomas D. Homan, who President Donald Trump has placed in charge of his deportation efforts, is set to meet with Mayor Eric Adams Thursday — three days after the Department of Justice requested federal prosecutors drop corruption charges against the mayor citing a need for his assistance on immigration enforcement. Homan, who served as the […]

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Turnstile Armor Is MTA’s Latest Defense Against Farebeaters

The MTA installed new turnstile guards at the City Hall-Brooklyn Bridge station.

The MTA is trying to get a leg up on turnstile jumpers at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street subway station. Crescent-shaped metal shields attached Tuesday to a bank of turnstiles at the Lower Manhattan complex are the MTA’s latest attempt to curb a fare-evasion crisis that last year cost the transit agency an estimated $360 […]

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Trump Administration Claws Back $80 Million Sent to NYC to House Migrants

Comptroller Brad Lander speaks outside the Row Hotel family shelter in Midtown while migrants began to receive eviction notices.

Just days after Trump administration officials said they would suspend funding to New York City used to house and assist migrants, the Federal Emergency Management Agency went a step further and revoked $80 million in payments that had already cleared, city Comptroller Brad Lander said Wednesday. Lander, who is among candidates challenging Mayor Eric Adams […]

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Socialists, Zionists Race to Register New Democrats Ahead of Friday Deadline

Jewish Voters Action canvaser Ben Johns works on the Upper East Side to register people for the Democratic primary on the Upper East Side.

Ahead of the Feb. 14 deadline for voters to pick a party affiliation in time to vote in June’s New York City primary, socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has been racing to get his supporters registered as Democrats — and one group opposed to him has been doing the same thing.    Only Democrats can vote […]

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