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Our Next Fiscal ‘Bulldog’ and Boosting Turnout on Your Block

Comptroller candidates Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Councilmember Justin Brannan are seen speak in a diptych image.

This article is adapted from our March 13 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, While a lot of focus has been on the mayor’s race this year, there’s another citywide race going on for an office with major responsibilities. That would be our comptroller, […]

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Get Ready to Vote, New York

A man looking at a ballot sleeve while standing next to a privacy booth at a polling station.

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Protesters Flood Trump Tower Demanding Mahmoud Khalil’s Release

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters overtook Trump Tower Thursday morning, staging a sit-in in the central atrium for over an hour in a a colorful and chaotic scene in the iconic location where Donald Trump famously descended a golden elevator to announce he was running for president in 2015. With Trump now beginning his second term, […]

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Wind Power Projects Slam Into Trump Permit Pause

Off-shore wind turbines create energy.

Offshore wind in New York once looked breezy but is now facing headwinds. Wind turbines soon to begin construction miles off the coast have the potential to deliver significant amounts of clean, electric power to the state, staving off blackouts in the future as the need for electricity increases and greening New York City’s grid, […]

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Adams’ Nightlife Mayor Was Hit With More Than $350,000 in Court Judgments

Jeffrey Garcia attends a City Hall ceremony alongside Mayor Eric Adams after being chosen to lead the Office of Nightlife.

When Mayor Eric Adams named former NYPD detective Jeffrey Garcia the city’s second nightlife mayor in late 2023, he described Garcia’s mission as resolving issues at clubs and bars amicably, without the need for court action or police raids.  But records show Garcia’s own businesses were embroiled in financial disputes that date back to before […]

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