With Mayor Eric Adams vowing to fight for re-election as he simultaneously fights a corruption indictment brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney, he may now face yet another prosecutor — but this time as a political rival. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Jim Walden plans to announce his candidacy for mayor Thursday, promising to run an […]

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This article was co-published with Documented. For nearly a decade, Jean Xie recalled making it a habit to search online for two things: “Fresh Meadows Hotel” and “New York City.”  A resident of Shenzhen in China, Xie had become an investor in the Mayflower International Hotel Group’s Fresh Meadows Hotel EB-5 program which allowed foreign […]

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In recent months, during 175 community board meetings, countless civic association gatherings and over 15 hours before the City Planning Commission, New Yorkers weighed in on proposed land use changes that aim to ease housing construction across the five boroughs. And on Tuesday, over 600 of them signed up to say their piece, once again, […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Public health officials in New York are urgently promoting syphilis testing and treatment, alarmed that a preventable sexually transmitted infection once close to eradication has returned. They are especially concerned about a resurgence of congenital syphilis, which is passed from a pregnant […]

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The New York Yankees are headed to the World Series again for the first time since 2009, and while Game 1 will be held in Los Angeles on Friday, the first game in The Bronx will take place on Monday. Mayor Eric Adams will most likely watch from home, he told THE CITY on Tuesday.  […]

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