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City Pays $4M to Rikers Detainee After His Five Rape Claims Were Ignored
Terrence told jail officials again and again that he’d been raped — five times, he said, over the course of multiple stints in city custody. He filed reports, flagged officers and in two instances, pointed to video that seemed to back him up, including one in which a fellow male detainee is seen leaving the […]
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Adams Boosts Budget, Leaving a $4.7 Billion Hole for Mamdani
Mayor Eric Adams may be on a visit to Israel, but Monday he left Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani a headache. He increased the budget for city government spending in the current fiscal year by about $2 billion to $118 billion, bequeathing a projected $4.7 billion deficit to be closed before the 2027 budget is adopted next […]
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Anthem Healthcare Files Last-Ditch Legal Effort to Keep City Contract
The insurer that provides health benefits for 750,000 civil servants and their dependents is amping up its legal battle to hold on to its lucrative contract with the city ahead of the Jan. 1 switchover to a lower-cost competitor. Anthem Healthcare Assurance filed suit against the city and its chief labor negotiator Renee Campion on […]
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LISTEN: New York’s Winter of Discontent — and New Hopes
Is anyone in this town not running for Congress? Is it time for Democrats to finally usher an older generation out of Washington, and is there a way to build a party whose representatives are better distributed in terms of age, identity and geographic distribution? Is it time to finally feel hopeful about New York […]
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Heating Assistance Still on Hold as Federal Government Reopens
The U.S. government is open again, but many low-income people are still waiting for federal benefits they count on. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which mainly helps households cover their winter heating bills, is one of many federal assistance programs that were put on hold during the 43-day shutdown. New York typically starts enrollment […]
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