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Immigrant Workers Plead for Swift Action on Pending Deportation Protection Applications
As president-elect Donald Trump vows to carry out “the largest deportation effort in American history,” immigrants are pushing the lame-duck administration of President Joe Biden to quickly approve pending deportation protections. The calls stem from the anticipated shutdown of a little-known federal program the Biden administration initiated in January 2023 that allows immigrants exploited in […]
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Lease With Adams Donor on ‘Pause’
After THE CITY was the first to expose a pending deal to move the city's Department for the Aging to a Wall Street building owned by a billionaire donor to Mayor Eric Adams, and later reported that Adams protege Jesse Hamilton steered the deal to that property, First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer announced a "pause" on the lease signing pending a review.
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Commissioner’s Testimony Muddies True Cost of Controversial City Lease Switch
The commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) appears to have given misleading testimony to the City Council in attempting to justify why his agency made a last-minute switch to lease office space in a building owned by a big donor to Mayor Eric Adams. With questions around the deal intensifying, the mayor’s […]
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Hochul Set to Resurrect Congestion Pricing at $9
Gov. Kathy Hochul will on Thursday revive plans to launch the country’s first congestion pricing program — at a reduced once-a-day toll rate of $9, multiple sources told THE CITY. Five months after Hochul paused the Central Business District Tolling Program before its long-planned June 30 launch, sources said she will reverse course by announcing […]
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Inwood Park Ablaze as Brush Fires Reach Historic Levels Across NYC
A brush fire in Upper Manhattan’s Inwood Hill Park began at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the FDNY reported it had responded to a record 229 brush fires citywide in the last two weeks — surpassing the 200 fought by firefighters over the full month of October last year. As nearly two […]
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