Reading List
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Chuck Schumer Meets With Mamdani but Refuses to Endorse Him
This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he met with Democratic New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, but declined to make a formal endorsement. Mamdani, who won the mayoral primary by […]
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Where Are Driverless Cars Going in New York City?
Years before Mayor Eric Adams gave Waymo the green light to test its robot cars in parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn, the company spent millions trying to woo public officials in hopes of someday having its autonomous vehicles cleared to cruise New York City streets. Lobbying records reveal that Waymo — a subsidiary of Alphabet, […]
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LISTEN: Eric Adams Amps the Absurdity Up to 11
The incumbent mayor polling in the single digits regained the spotlight after Labor Day as he insisted he was running to somehow win a second term, not auditioning for a job as the Trump administration’s new ambassador to Saudi Arabia. But even then, he seemed at least as concerned with dragging down Andrew Cuomo as […]
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These Immigrants Became Immigration Court Judges. Trump Just Laid Them Off.
Judge David Kim was on the bench for a merits hearing on an asylum case at 26 Federal Plaza Thursday afternoon when he received an email informing him he’d been laid off, “effective today.” “I had to stop the hearing,” he recalled. Kim was one of two immigration judges, both immigrants themselves, in New York City […]
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CUNY Colleges to Get Anti-Discrimination Coordinators
THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Amid increased pressure from federal and state leaders, New York colleges must designate a staffer by next year to address hate crimes and discrimination under a new law applying to both public and private institutions. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the […]
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