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Mayor Adams’ Legal Defense Fund Has Raised No Money This Year and Is $3.2 Million In the Red

Mayor Eric Adams walks out of 500 Pearl street with a furrowed brow in a blue suit and red tie.

The fund that Mayor Eric Adams set up to help pay for his legal defense in his recently dismissed federal corruption case has not raised a single dollar in the last three months and is $3.2 million in the red, the latest filings show. The previous report in mid-January showed a deficit of close to […]

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Framework in Place to Roll Back Some of New York’s Discovery Reform Law

State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Tuesday that lawmakers have a “framework” in place with Gov. Kathy Hochul to adjust the state’s discovery law, which had emerged as a key sticking point in the passage of New York State’s roughly $250 billion budget .  “I just briefed my conference, and we’re in a good place,” […]

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Unions Sue to Reverse Trump’s Dismantling of Labor Mediation Agency

Unions representing teachers, federal workers and healthcare workers are seeking to reverse the Trump administration’s gutting of a little-known federal agency that provides crucial mediation services to help resolve labor disputes between workers and employers.  The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday, seeks to reverse cuts at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation […]

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City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island

Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks at City Hall about the Council’s response to Mayor Eric Adams allowing ICE agents back onto Rikers Island.

The New York City Council is suing Mayor Eric Adams over an executive order signed last week that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies to operate out of an office on Rikers Island.  In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan State Supreme Court Tuesday, attorneys for the council argue Adams violated two provisions […]

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Federal Cuts Shrink Heating and AC Aid Program, Leaving New Yorkers in the Cold

An A/C unit sat in the window of a Washington Heights tenement building.

Mike Knerr was excited to move into his Washington Heights apartment in September 2023, but coming off a hot summer, he faced a looming problem: his building didn’t have central air conditioning, and he didn’t have an AC unit — or the money to buy one. Knerr, who is HIV-positive, was out of work as […]

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