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Senate Deal Brings Record Shutdown Toward an End
The Senate passed a funding deal Monday night in a 60-40 vote,sending the bill across the Capitol in hopes that the House will quickly take up the legislation and end the longest-ever government shutdown. Eight moderate senators — Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin, Catherine Cortez Masto, Maggie Hassan, Tim Kaine, Jacky Rosen, Jeanne Shaheen, John Fetterman and Independent […]
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State Scraps $300M in Victim-Services Grants, Throwing Programs Into Crisis
Bea Hanson’s voice cracked as she delivered the bad news. On a Zoom call the previous Friday morning with roughly 200 nonprofit and community organization leaders — many of them longtime partners who help victims of shootings, domestic violence, sexual assault and other trauma — the director of the state Office of Victim Services, or […]
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Adams Vetoes Anti Rent-Hike Law, Widening Council Battle Over Vouchers
Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a bill the City Council passed to prevent rental voucher-holders from contributing more than 30% of their income for rent. The Council’s bill aimed to prevent the Department of Social Services from requiring participants in the CityFHEPS program starting in their sixth year to contribute 40% of their income […]
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LISTEN: The Next Race Up Is for City Council Speaker
With the mayor’s race decided and 2026 election moves just beginning, the FAQ NYC hosts talk about the Council Speaker’s race that drew lots of attention at Somos, where Gov. Kathy Hochul got hit with another chant of “tax the rich!” There are only 51 votes that count in a closed-door campaign where the narrative […]
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Mamdani Taps De Blasio Vet for First Deputy Mayor
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced two top-level members to his upcoming administration, tapping former First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to return to that role at City Hall. He also announced that Elle Bisgaard-Church, who worked for him in the Assembly, will be Chief of Staff. “Excellence is not abstract — it will be reflected […]
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