House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor on Friday after months of skirting around it despite Democratic pressure to back the party nominee. Jeffries, whose endorsement comes less than two weeks before the race and the day before early voting is set to begin, is among the last of […]

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A high-powered law firm hired by the Hochul administration to conduct a comprehensive review of the state’s troubled prison system will be paid up to $9.3 million — but its  report that was expected by the end of summer won’t be ready until at least the end of the year, THE CITY has learned. The […]

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At the final mayoral debate of the general election late Wednesday, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo vowed to end the “hatemongering and division that is tearing this city apart.” Not 12 hours later, Cuomo participated in a conversation with the conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg where the two laughed about a hypothetical Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a […]

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Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday endorsed Andrew Cuomo as the city’s next mayor — after just last month trashing his one-time foe as “a snake and a liar.” Outside the Carver Houses public housing complex in Harlem, Adams described the former governor as a “brother.”  “Brothers fight,” Adams told reporters. “When families are attacked, brothers […]

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More than a fifth of New York City’s core affordable housing stock is in the red or close to it — putting tenants at risk. That’s according to a new report from the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, which finds that at least 63,700 apartments receiving a government subsidy and operated by community development corporations […]

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