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‘My Mind Is Blown’: City Hall Staffers Reeling After Top Adams Officials Raided by Feds
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/06/eric-adams-fbi-raid-administration-city-hall/
Published: September 6, 2024 21:16
A day after news broke that federal investigators searched the homes and seized the phones of a slew of members of Mayor Eric Adams inner circle including two deputy mayors, a top advisor, and several police officials, the raids continued to send…
THE CITY Welcomes Beth Eisenstaedt as Chief Development Officer
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/06/the-city-welcomes-beth-eisenstaedt-as-chief-development-officer/
Published: September 6, 2024 17:17
NEW YORK, September 6, 2024 THE CITY, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to serving the people of New York, today announced Beth Eisenstaedt as its new Chief Development Officer. She joins from Mother Jones/The Center for Investigative Reporting,…
Five Years After Leaving Rikers, Lloyd Haynes Is Still Fighting City Jails for Answers
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/06/five-years-leaving-rikers-lloyd-haynes-fighting-for-answers/
Published: September 6, 2024 09:00
When a former Rikers Island detainee sued the city for failing to give him proper medical care — causing waste to accumulate and leak from his body — his lawyer asked jail officials for their policy on when people behind bars with serious health conditions…
FBI Raids Homes of Two Top Eric Adams Deputies
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/fbi-raids-homes-of-two-top-eric-adams-aides/
Published: September 5, 2024 16:52
A posse of FBI agents early Wednesday raided the homes of two of the highest ranking members of Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III, sources familiar with the situation told…
Ted Cruz Is Holding Up Bipartisan Action to Make E-Bike Batteries Safe
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/05/e-bike-fires-bill-delayed-ted-cruz/
Published: September 5, 2024 09:05
A federal bill the FDNY contends would help douse the dangerous trend of e-bike battery fires that has killed 31 New Yorkers in four years has been stalled in the Senate since July. The roadblock: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his rage against what he sees as…
Time to Get Ready for Summer — 2025
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/04/get-ready-summer-2025-guide/
Published: September 4, 2024 16:59
This article is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. School is starting, the mornings and evenings are getting cool, and the sun is going down earlier.…
AI, Cell Phones, Elections: What to Watch as Students Head Back to School
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/04/education-issues-new-public-school-year/
Published: September 4, 2024 16:09
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. More than 900,000 New York City public school students will return to the classroom on Thursday, ushering in a new academic year. It marks the start of…
NYC Is Burying More Bodies in Each Hart Island Mass Grave
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/04/hart-island-mass-graves/
Published: September 4, 2024 09:05
The New York City Human Resources Administration has increased the number of bodies in each of the city’s mass graves on Hart Island in recent months, with as many 200 caskets in each trench. That’s up from what had been a standard 150 caskets per trench…
New York’s Fashion Industry Is in Dangerous Decline, New Study Warns
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/04/new-york-fashion-week-industry-decline-partnership/
Published: September 4, 2024 09:00
The number of people employed in fashion-related jobs in New York City has plunged from 182,000 in 2014 to an estimated 129,000 this year — a decline of almost 30%. Students receiving fashion degrees at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Pratt…
Ex-Hochul Aide’s Indictment as Alleged China Operative Riles Local Community Leaders
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/03/hochul-linda-sun-indictment-china/
Published: September 3, 2024 23:57
This story was produced in partnership with Documented. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn on Tuesday revealed it has charged a former high-level official in the office of Gov. Kathy Hochul with unlawfully acting as an unregistered agent for the…
LISTEN: Is Eric Adams Hitting the Limits of His Political Prowess?
Published: September 3, 2024 23:43
Hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel dig into the mayor’s insistence on seeing through the nomination of a chief lawyer for the city even after lawmakers made it clear they wouldn’t approve his nominee. They also discuss what a second Trump…
How New York City Is Getting Screwed Out of $4.2 Billion in State Green Bonds
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/03/state-green-bonds-new-york-city-share/
Published: September 3, 2024 09:00
Expecting to see green, New York City officials are seeing red instead. Approved by voters statewide in 2022, the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act allows the state to borrow $4.2 billion to pay for big projects, such as…
For Rockaway Locals, Summer Is Best in September
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/03/rockaway-locals-summer-september/
Published: September 3, 2024 08:59
The breeze at Rockaway Beach gets a little stiffer as the August warmth begins to yield to the autumnal cool. The waves get a little choppier, and the opportunistic seagulls get a little more desperate with slimmer pickings to scavenge from fewer humans.…
Slew of Businesses, Including Starbucks and Shake Shack, Violating City’s Paid Sick Leave Act
https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/09/02/paid-sick-leave-violating-starbucks-amazon-labor/
Published: September 2, 2024 09:00
Ten years after the city passed a Paid Sick Leave Act, some of the worst recent violators are major corporations and franchises like Starbucks, Shake Shack, Chipotle and Amazon, records obtained by THE CITY show. Those are some of the companies slapped…