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Mayor Adams Mostly Spared Republican Wrath at House Hearing on Sanctuary Laws
A House committee questioned Mayor Eric Adams and three other leaders of so-called sanctuary cities on Wednesday on their willingness to cooperate with Trump administration immigration policy — but Republicans generally focused their ire on Boston, Denver and Chicago. Yet while Adams was spared the toughest questioning by GOP members of the House Oversight Committee, […]
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From our director: Sponsors of THE CITY
Readers of THE SCOOP likely noticed sponsorship messages in the newsletter recently. And we heard from some fans of our work who did not like the change. To them, we want to share this context about corporate sponsorships with THE CITY: It’s no secret that traditional models for funding quality journalism have collapsed in recent […]
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Your Guide to the Trump-Adams Deal That Pushed 7 Prosecutors to Resign
Up until Feb. 10, Mayor Eric Adams was running for re-election while preparing for a federal corruption trial set to begin in April. All that changed when Emil Bove, acting Deputy Attorney General in the Trump Justice Department, ordered Manhattan federal prosecutors to dismiss all the pending charges against Adams. Since then seven Justice Department […]
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Eric Adams Readies to Testify Before House Republicans on Sanctuary City Status
Mayor Eric Adams is in Washington D.C. preparing to testify before the House Oversight Committee Wednesday morning as one of four “sanctuary city mayors” in what’s expected to be a brutal grilling from Republicans advocating aggressive immigration enforcement. But Adams stands apart from fellow Democratic mayors Michelle Wu of Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago and […]
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Speaker Adams’ Lincoln Center Speech Doubles as First Performance of Her Mayoral Campaign
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams teased her potential broader political ambitions in a fourth and final State of the City address Tuesday, focusing on citywide leadership and improving the lives of New Yorkers. “New York City is bigger than one person, and our city deserves leadership that prioritizes its people over individual glory or interests,” […]
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