Multiple state correction officers were criminally charged for their alleged roles in the murder of Robert Brooks inside an upstate New York prison in December, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday.  Brooks, 43, was handcuffed behind his back as guards kicked and punched him while they held him down on a medical bed inside Marcy Correctional […]

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The 2025 mayoral election season is off to a roaring start. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice requested Mayor Eric Adams’ federal corruption charges to be dropped, potentially allowing him to campaign without being on trial at the same time. Meanwhile, lots of challengers have already lined up to run against the […]

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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she will not use her executive powers to oust Mayor Eric Adams, but instead introduced three legislative proposals to increase oversight of his office.  The proposed legislation — subject to City Council and state legislature approval — would install a new special inspector general for city affairs within the office […]

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Timothy Pearson, a longtime close associate and senior advisor to Mayor Eric Adams, committed misconduct when he physically attacked two security guards at a migrant shelter who’d demanded to see his identification, the city Department of Investigation has found. In the incident, first reported by THE CITY, Pearson shoved both a male and female guard […]

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Even after announcing his retirement as head of the MTA on the day the Second Avenue Subway opened in 2017, Tom Prendergast figured he might not be done with transit megaprojects. “In the back of my mind, I always knew that if an opportunity availed itself, I was going to take advantage of it,” Prendergast […]

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