When a group of state prison guards were hit with criminal charges for beating a prisoner to death last month, Gov. Kathy Hochul promised a series of “safety reforms.” She vowed money for additional security cameras, strengthening the office charged with investigating rogue staff and boosting pay for officers. The governor also mandated the use […]

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“What gets headlines is talking about Andrew Cuomo and isn’t that a really unfortunate state of affairs?” Jessica Ramos said in a wide-ranging conversation with hosts Katie Honan and Harry Siegel at the office of The City.  “And it’s unfortunate, because it creates kind of a hamster wheel and meanwhile, there are lots of honest, […]

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The Trump Organization is aggressively lobbying the office of Mayor Eric Adams to win its bid to run Central Park’s Wollman Rink, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to THE CITY — squeezing Adams to award a contract even as President Donald Trump’s Justice Department moves to dismiss the mayor’s corruption case. The city […]

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Attorneys for the detained Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil released video footage of his arrest by ICE officers inside his university housing, as recorded by his wife who is eight months pregnant. Khalil’s wife, Noor Abdalla can be heard narrating the encounter, as she films Khalil being placed in handcuffs in the hallway of their […]

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Protesters rallied outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn residence early Friday morning fueled by growing outrage with the Democrats’ tepid opposition to President Donald Trump’s agenda of slashing federal jobs and critical services as the government faces the possibility of a shutdown at midnight. Organizers planned the demonstration quickly over a text thread on Thursday […]

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