After seven months of reviewing candidates, a federal judge overseeing Rikers Island announced the appointment of Nicholas Deml, a former CIA officer, as the “remediation manager” who will have sweeping powers to enact highly-anticipated reforms at the troubled jail complex.  Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered Deml — who most recently headed the Vermont detention system […]

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The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America announced Tuesday its endorsement of Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer from Harlem who is looking to unseat Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-The Bronx) in New York’s 13th Congressional district. The endorsement is a boost for the 32-year-old Avila Chevalier, a political newcomer who last […]

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Ingrid Lewis-Martin, once former Mayor Eric Adams’ closest advisor, faces a wide variety of pending criminal charges, including allegations that she accepted bribes from two developers in exchange for making their problems with city building inspectors disappear. In none of those schemes did prosecutors allege that her meddling could have put the public in danger. […]

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Elected officials, hardhats and transit advocates from both sides of the Hudson River pleaded with President Donald Trump Tuesday to keep the country’s largest public-works project from derailing as soon as next week. Construction on the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey is set to grind to a halt by […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday announced Lisa Garcia as the new commissioner of the city Department of Environmental Protection. In addition, Mamdani announced Sharun Goodwin as commissioner of the Department of Probation and Yume Kitasei as the commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services. “Each of these New Yorkers shares a common commitment to […]

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