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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday brushed aside the suggestion that Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's reelection loss was merely a warning sign for Democratic mayors, instead calling it a "warning sign for the country" at large. "I…

When I came to office, I inherited a city with many crises, including increasing crime. And my top priority has always been public safety. From day one, I got to work with the Police Commissioner, our Deputy Mayor and our team to make our…

At the Fairview co-op in Forest Hills, Queens, there’s a focus on the future as the climate crisis grows. “What are we going to leave our children? What are we going to leave our children’s children?” asked co-op board president Greg…

Juneteenth will be a paid city holiday this year for the first time in the five boroughs’ history, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday. The holiday, which falls on June 19 each year, is "a time for reflection, assessment and self-improvement,"…

Mayor Eric Adams floated building five new specialized high schools, one in each borough, with admissions criteria beyond standardized tests, according to a report. They would screen with “a different criteria that doesn’t have to only…

Six months after the powerful House Oversight Committee began investigating the sprawling Rikers Island complex, its chairwoman and two other members say conditions at the troubled city jail “remain unacceptable, and may be worse than…