This article is adapted from our May 8 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Spending is hitting its stride this New York City primary season, which you’d know already if you watch local television. Between all of the ads for New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, […]

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Tourism is expected to decline slightly in New York City — primarily because of President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st American state. New York City Tourism + Conventions, a semi-independent agency of city government, on Thursday reduced its forecast for visitors this year to 61.4 million, about 3 million less than it […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. New York City Democrats in the House are boosting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s role at the forefront of the Democratic Party after she declined a second run to be the ranking member on […]

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Kirstin Kapustik was on her way home after a Friday night performance of Trisha Brown Dance Company at The Joyce Theater when her evening took a turn for the worse.  Kapustik, the company’s executive director, got an email from the National Endowment for the Arts informing her that its offer of a $40,000 grant would […]

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The chair of the city Campaign Finance Board last week quietly shot down Mayor Eric Adams’ request for a do-over on the board’s decision to deny his campaign millions of dollars in public matching funds for his re-election, records obtained by THE CITY reveal. Chair Frederick Schaffer denied Adams’ appeal of the board’s decision last […]

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