A high-stakes vote on the proposed transformation of one of Brooklyn’s last remaining industrial waterfronts  will take place Monday, after five previous postponements. Mayor Eric Adams’ major redevelopment plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal south of Brooklyn Bridge Park, spearheaded by the city Economic Development Corporation, had been up in the air — but now, […]

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This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS. Democratic lawmakers are finding a new source of frustration: having to answer for their leaders’ hometown politics. Tensions over Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries’ refusal to endorse Zohran Mamdani spilled out into the open over the weekend, when Sen. […]

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With a pivotal deadline looming next Friday, elected officials and family members of Win Rozario are urging NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to quickly level disciplinary charges against the officers involved in the killing of the 19-year-old at his home in Queens last year. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are among […]

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Major crime continues to drop, rat sightings are down, and the construction of affordable housing is going up — but budget cuts last year also hurt things like cleanliness and tree planting, the annual Mayor’s Management Report, released Wednesday, shows. Mayor Eric Adams touted his administration’s wins in a video summary of the report where […]

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The cards are down, and two proposed casinos in Manhattan are out of the running in the first votes on projects across the region vying for up to three new state licenses.  In votes Wednesday morning, local advisory committees nixed a gambling complex proposed for Times Square and another near Hudson Yards. The Avenir sought […]

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