This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The new deputy mayor overseeing the New York City health department and related agencies is a veteran health professional and hospital executive with strong community ties and very much a product of Queens, where she and her family immigrated […]

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Way back in March of 2025, when Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani was at 1% in the Democratic primary polls, he promised THE CITY’s FAQ NYC his very first sit-down interview as mayor.  On Thursday afternoon, Mayor Mamdani made good on that promise joining, talking with hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel in City Hall’s Blue Room […]

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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced an effort to expand child care across the state, including a free program for 2-year-olds in New York City starting in the fall. “The cost of child care is too damn high,” Hochul said at an event at a YMCA in Flatbush, Brooklyn. “We know this is a determinative […]

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Lower Manhattan Thursday morning was met with protests, one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Noem traveled from Minneapolis to New York City to announce the completion of “Operation Salvo” alongside high-ranking ICE and Customs and Border Protection […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani accepted the resignation of Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber Thursday, closing out an extraordinary tenure for the city’s top anti-corruption fighter that included the investigation and ultimate indictment of the mayor who appointed her, Eric Adams. “We thank Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber for her unwavering fight against corruption. We look forward to […]

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