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CUNY Approves $35 Million For Hunter College Building Upgrades
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/19/thomas-hunter-hall-cuny-hvac-repairs/
Published: April 19, 2025 14:00
The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The City University of New York Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved $35 million towards heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades at Hunter College’s…
Sanitation Pauses Fines for Failing to Compost
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/18/sanitation-compost-fines-suspended/
Published: April 18, 2025 17:47
The Adams administration announced Friday it is relaxing its enforcement on violations of a new citywide composting mandate, just weeks after it began issuing fines. Since October, all city residents have been required to separate their food waste and yard…
Your Cheat Sheet on Big Money in Local Politics
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/18/money-local-politics-independent-expenditure-newsletter/
Published: April 18, 2025 09:00
This article is adapted from our April 17 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, This week, we found out that five mayoral candidates will get millions of dollars in taxpayer-supported…
Brooklyn Food Pantry Loses Federal Migrant Aid Grants — for Feeding Migrants
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/17/trump-food-pantry-cuts-migrant-aid/
Published: April 17, 2025 22:08
The Trump administration has cancelled more than $1.3 million in federal emergency grants awarded to a Brooklyn food pantry to feed migrants, after advising the nonprofit it was suspected of violating U.S. law by serving food to “illegal aliens.” The move…
Trump-Ordered Halt to Wind Power Construction Casts Shadow on Offshore Project
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/17/trump-empire-wind-construction-clean-energy/
Published: April 17, 2025 21:57
New York’s first major offshore wind project suspended construction on Thursday in response to a stop-work order issued by the Trump administration — also potentially altering the future course of a city-owned Brooklyn port used as home base to support the…
Who’s Spending Big Money in NYC’s Local Elections? Here’s How to Find Out
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/17/independent-expenditures-political-money-guide-elections/
Published: April 17, 2025 19:45
We’ve told you about how much money local campaigns have brought in for the 2025 race. Especially for mayor, candidates have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in their effort to become the next boss of City Hall. But there’s a lot more money being…
Migrants in City Shelters Make Tough Decisions as Feds Warn: ‘It Is Time for You To Leave’
Published: April 17, 2025 18:02
A Colombian mother of a ninth grader had planned to move her family out of their Brooklyn migrant shelter at the end of the school year. That was before she got a menacing email from Customs and Border Patrol last week telling her she had seven days to…
Pressure Grows on Adams to Budget for Trump Funding Cuts and Recession
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/adams-trump-budget-reserves-recession/
Published: April 16, 2025 21:22
Mayor Eric Adams is coming under intense pressure to increase the city’s reserve funds as the threat grows of both big cuts to federal aid and an economic downturn that would reduce tax revenues. City Comptroller Brad Lander Wednesday called for the mayor…
NYCHA Paid Out Millions to Bribe-Paying Contractors Implicated in Corruption Takedown
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/nycha-super-bribes-contractors/
Published: April 16, 2025 18:11
One year after a sweeping corruption takedown at the New York City Housing Authority, law enforcement’s scorecard reads like this: 64 convictions out of the 70 housing authority employees arrested on charges of taking cash bribes to hand out contracts to…
Urged by Trump Allies, Rep. Elise Stefanik Looks at a Run for NY Governor
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/elise-stefanik-governor-campaign-trump/
Published: April 16, 2025 16:43
“This story was produced as part of a partnership between THE CITY and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute.” President Donald Trump’s allies are pushing Rep. Elise Stefanik to mount a run for New York…
Mayor Adams’ Legal Defense Fund Has Raised No Money This Year and Is $3.2 Million In the Red
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/mayor-adams-legal-defense-fund-zero-raised/
Published: April 16, 2025 13:56
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…
Framework in Place to Roll Back Some of New York’s Discovery Reform Law
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/discovery-reform-rollback-budget-heastie-hochul/
Published: April 16, 2025 00:17
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…
Unions Sue to Reverse Trump’s Dismantling of Labor Mediation Agency
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/unions-uft-afge-lawsuit-doge-mediation-service-trump/
Published: April 15, 2025 22:02
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…
City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/council-eric-adams-lawsuit-rikers-ice/
Published: April 15, 2025 17:49
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…
Federal Cuts Shrink Heating and AC Aid Program, Leaving New Yorkers in the Cold
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/heap-energy-assistance-applications-trump-cuts/
Published: April 15, 2025 17:10
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.…
Cuomo Mayoral Campaign Denied Millions in Matching Funds
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/cuomo-denied-public-matching-funds/
Published: April 15, 2025 16:25
Mayoral aspirant and former governor Andrew Cuomo was denied more than $2 million in public matching campaign funds Tuesday, which could hurt his primary election chances two months before the June primary. The former governor was conspicuously not on the…
How an Indicted Tow Trucker Gained Entree to the Top of the Adams Administration
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/queens-tow-truck-mike-indicted-eric-adams/
Published: April 15, 2025 09:00
In another mayoral administration, Mike Mazzio might have had a tough time opening doors at City Hall as he campaigned for a potentially lucrative contract for his truck-towing company. For one thing, Mazzio had been charged by the Manhattan District…
RFK’s War on Fluoride Rings Alarm With NYC Health Officials and Dental Experts
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/robert-f-kennedy-fluoride-tap-water-zeldin-health/
Published: April 14, 2025 21:56
New York City’s world-renowned tap water protects teeth as it quenches thirst, thanks to the fluoride it contains. But there’s a possibility that could change if federal fluoride standards do — and federal officials from two different agencies have…
LISTEN: Does Cuomo Want a Wedding or a Marriage?
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/andrew-cuomo-inner-circle-faqnyc-podcast/
Published: April 14, 2025 20:47
As the former governor racks up more big endorsements for his mayoral run while putting out reportedly AI-assisted policy plans and mostly avoiding the press, co-host Christina Greer asks if the frontrunner in the polls wants a marriage with New York City…
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now He’s in El Salvador’s Mega-Prison.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/bronx-ice-merwil-gutierrez-el-salvador/
Published: April 14, 2025 19:56
This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. The original article can be accessed here. Wilmer Gutiérrez still doesn’t understand how…
Feds Confirm Student Yunseo Chung Was Targeted by Sec. of State Rubio
Published: April 14, 2025 17:40
Federal government officials have confirmed for the first time that Columbia University junior Yunseo Chung is one of two legal permanent residents Sec. of State Marco Rubio personally identified for deportation amid a widespread crackdown on noncitizen…
Immigrants Keep Lining Up to Learn English as City Hall Cuts Support
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/english-second-language-speakers-other-united-neighborhood-house/
Published: April 14, 2025 16:17
Inside a classroom at the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park on a recent Monday morning, teacher Julian Colón was busy setting out notebooks, folders, pens and crayons on a table. Outside in the hallway, a sign taped to a wall reads “CLASES DE INGLÉS…
Notes From the Underground: A Look at Subway Cars New and Old
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/14/subway-train-cars-subway-guide/
Published: April 14, 2025 09:00
The new-look trains rolling on some of the lettered subway lines offer a glimpse into the fleet of the future. With wider doors, brighter interiors and advanced cameras, the cars known as R211s can now be seen on the A, C and G lines. As part of the MTA’s…
LISTEN: Brad Lander Says NYC Can Do Better Than ‘A Bully Who’s Also a Chicken’
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/12/brad-lander-candidate-interview-faqnyc-podcast/
Published: April 12, 2025 13:04
“I’m running to bring a safer, more affordable and better run city,” says city Comptroller Brad Lander, offering himself as the candidate with both a vision and “a track record of making government work for people.” In the latest installment of the pod’s…
Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Federal Immigration Judge Rules
Published: April 11, 2025 21:50
A federal immigration judge in Louisiana ruled Friday afternoon that detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil not charged with any crime can be deported, his attorneys confirmed Friday afternoon. Still, Khalil’s attorneys noted there are other outlets…
Columbia Student Hunted by Homeland Security Asks If She’s Hidden Name in Marco Rubio Memo
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/11/columbia-student-yunseo-chung-marco-rubio-memo/
Published: April 11, 2025 15:02
Attorneys for a 21-year-old Columbia University student fighting deportation asked a federal judge late Thursday to order the Trump administration to produce a letter from Sec. of State Marco Rubio that targets two activists for removal under a…
The Mayor’s Make-Your-Own Party Name: ‘Safe Streets, Affordable City’
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/11/eric-adams-independent-party-election-november/
Published: April 11, 2025 09:00
This article is adapted from our April 10 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, As I see it, one of the fun perks of running as an independent candidate, as Mayor Eric Adams is now, is…
Big Tax Breaks Get Bigger as Mega-Developers Challenge Assessments
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/11/hudson-yards-times-square-property-tax-breaks-real-estate/
Published: April 11, 2025 09:00
With a 40% break on what they’d normally owe the city in property tax, the owners of a luxury emporium at 20 Hudson Yards seem to have a good deal. But that hasn’t stopped them from filing appeals against the city claiming that they’re hugely overtaxed.…
City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight
Published: April 10, 2025 22:36
The New York City Council is gearing up for a legal battle over the city’s sanctuary laws barring local authorities from assisting in federal immigration enforcement. Lawmakers passed a resolution Thursday allowing Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to sue…
City’s Youth Lockups Are Failing Vulnerable Detainees, State Audit Finds
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/10/juvenile-detention-audit-contraband-acs-dinapoli/
Published: April 10, 2025 21:28
The city’s two juvenile detention centers are plagued with chronic absenteeism, a massive spike in contraband, and a failure to properly report thousands of serious incidents of violence and abuse, according to a new state audit. The 46-page review also…
How Sluggish Courts Help Keep Rikers Jails Full
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/10/courts-criminal-cases-rikers-island/
Published: April 10, 2025 09:00
Felisa Geddis got her first look at Dondre Richardson as police officers led him, handcuffed, from the 88th precinct house in Brooklyn on a Wednesday night in January 2020. Her 55-year-old cousin, L. Antonio Litman, had been stabbed to death nine days…
Trump Climate Cuts ‘Devastating’ to Local Flood Protection Projects
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/trump-cuts-fema-climate-spending-resiliance-flooding/
Published: April 9, 2025 21:12
Sharp Trump administration cuts to Federal Emergency Management Agency spending on climate resiliency are threatening projects meant to protect against flooding from rainfall and coastal storms across all five boroughs. FEMA on Friday cancelled the…
LISTEN: Adrienne Adams Says ‘I’m the Change the City Needs’
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/adrienne-adams-mayoeal-interview-faqnyc-podcast/
Published: April 9, 2025 19:42
“My vision for the city is to put the city back on track again. We are so tired of the trauma, we are so tired of the drama, we are tired of the scandal,” said City Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams. “As the first woman mayor of the…
NYU, Fordham Student Visas Yanked in Widening Federal Dragnet
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/nyu-fordham-student-visas-yanked-in-widening-federal-dragnet/
Published: April 9, 2025 19:14
Students at Fordham University and New York University had their visas revoked in recent days under President Donald Trump’s widening crackdown on foreign students, according to messages from school administrators. NYU President Linda Mills emailed…
How Trump’s Tariff Brinksmanship Could Still Pummel NYC’s Economy
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-paused-economy-wall-street/
Published: April 9, 2025 19:14
Stock markets rebounded somewhat Wednesday afternoon as President Donald Trump paused his latest round of reciprocal tariffs for 90 days. Even so, New York City’s economy is expected to take a beating — and things could get even worse should Trump reignite…
Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don’t Know Where Else to Turn
Published: April 9, 2025 09:00
On a recent Wednesday, the line began to form around the corner of 116th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard by 3 p.m., an hour before the Food Bank for New York City Pantry and Community Kitchen opened for a free dinner. “What time is it?” chef Sheri…
Adams Administration Inks Executive Order Allowing ICE Back on Rikers Island
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/rikers-island-ice-executive-order/
Published: April 9, 2025 04:10
New York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro signed an executive order Tuesday allowing Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reestablish an office on Rikers Island, rolling back a provision of the city’s sanctuary protections that had been on the books…
Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/08/central-park-wollman-rink-trump-organization-bid/
Published: April 8, 2025 22:18
With the Trump Organization vying to run Wollman Rink in Central Park, 19 elected officials on Tuesday asked Mayor Eric Adams to halt the bidding process and reconsider a proposed $120 million gift by the park’s nonprofit conservancy to refurbish and run…
Councilmember’s Cop Bite Charges Dismissed After She Undergoes Restorative Justice
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/08/cop-susan-zhuang-charges-dismissed/
Published: April 8, 2025 15:38
A Brooklyn judge dismissed the assault charges against Councilmember Susan Zhuang, the South Brooklyn Democrat who bit a police officer in a scuffle in her district against a forthcoming homeless shelter last summer. In a courtroom Tuesday morning,…
Nine Years After Fatal Shooting, NYPD Cop To Face Disciplinary Trial
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/08/brooklyn-road-rage-cop-killed-discipline-delay/
Published: April 8, 2025 09:00
In the nearly nine years since off-duty police officer Wayne Isaacs shot and killed 37-year-old Delrawn Small in an alleged road rage incident in Brooklyn, a criminal prosecution, an acquittal, two lawsuits, an appeal and three investigations have…
Green Card Holder Targeted for Detention Questions Basis for Warrant to Search Her Dorm
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/07/yunseo-hung-columbia-warrant-deportation-legal-challenge/
Published: April 7, 2025 22:38
Attorneys for a Columbia University student who has been living legally in the U.S. since age seven are questioning whether the Trump administration, which has been seeking to detain and deport her, “provided incorrect or false information” to a magistrate…
How a Group of EMTs Made a Speedy Escape From a Boss-Friendly Union
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/07/ems-workers-unions-bronx/
Published: April 7, 2025 17:56
For years, workers at Citywide Mobile Response, a Bronx-based ambulance service, griped about what they described as their absentee union. Whenever medical equipment and safe trucks were in low supply, they said, their complaints to management fell on deaf…