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Mayor Adams orders more budget cuts at NYC agencies amid grim fiscal outlook
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially announces bid for Democratic House leader
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) officially announced his bid on Friday to succeed Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. Just a day after Pelosi stepped down, the …
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New York State Dems undertake post-mortem after stunning midterm defeats: ‘It was garbage’
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With the results of this year’s midterm elections now mostly set in stone for New York, Democrats around the state have begun the bitter process of trying to understand what went wrong. Throu…
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Mayor Adams blames progressives for N.Y. midterm losses, angering fellow Democrats: ‘They’re at fault’
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Mayor Adams blamed progressive activists Thursday for his party’s spotty performance in New York’s midterm elections, infuriating fellow Democrats who say his finger-pointing is factual…
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New York Gov. Hochul declares victory over Republican opponent Rep. Lee Zeldin
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Kathy Hochul became the first woman elected governor of New York on Tuesday after overcoming a tighter-than-expected race and defeating Republican challenger Lee Zeldin. The Democratic incumbent, b…
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Ex-NYC Buildings head Eric Ulrich linked to former member of alleged mob-run gambling den
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Embattled former Buildings Department boss Eric Ulrich has political ties to a former member of a Queens social club that was recently busted by the feds for acting as a front for a mob-run illegal…
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Hochul, Zeldin spar over crime, offer closing arguments in N.Y. governor’s race on eve of Election Day
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‘Go back to Long Island!’: New York gubernatorial candidate Rep. Lee Zeldin met by protesters in Greenwich Village
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Rep. Lee Zeldin was showered with jeers by a gaggle of galled Greenwich Village protesters on Friday, as the Republican nominee for governor boldly barreled into the liberal Manhattan neighborhood …
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NYC Buildings head Eric Ulrich resigns after coming under investigation over illegal gambling
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Eric Ulrich stepped down as Mayor Adams’ Department of Buildings commissioner Thursday — just two days after it emerged that he’s facing a criminal investigation over illegal gamb…
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128K vote in NYC’s first 3 days of early voting
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About 128,000 New York City voters cast ballots in the first three days of early voting for the Nov. 8 election, the city Board of Elections reported Monday, as the governor’s race kicked int…
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'Tis the season for early voting in NYC which begins on Saturday, Oct. 29 - Sunday, Nov. 6
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‘Where’s Nancy?’: Intruder attacks Paul Pelosi, husband of House speaker, at San Francisco home
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A hammer-wielding intruder bent on finding House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke into her San Francisco home and brutally assaulted her 82-year-old husband early Friday morning, officials said, horrifyi…
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🐀🐀🐀 NYC Council passes bills to fight rats: ‘They have begun to define us’
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Rat’s all, folks. The New York City Council on Thursday passed four anti-rat bills, taking aim from multiple directions at the worsening vermin scourge menacing the five boroughs. The package…
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Hochul, Zeldin focus on crime, abortion and Trump in lone debate for New York governor
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Gov. Hochul and Republican challenger Lee Zeldin sparred over crime, abortion and the future of New York on Tuesday as they faced off in the sole debate between the two candidates ahead of Election…
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Why Lee Zeldin is gaining ground on Kathy Hochul in the N.Y. governor’s race
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Gov. Hochul’s road to a full term in this fall’s general election was once expected to be a cakewalk. It’s starting to look more like a minefield. Hochul, who dominated in the Dem…
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NYC removed 1,500 homeless encampments under Mayor Adams, 104 people accepted help: latest city data
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Mayor Adams’ NYC anti-rat garbage collection plan flops with building supers: ‘It’s not gonna make a difference’
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Mayor Adams rolled out a new set of garbage collection rules Monday that he vowed will deliver death to New York City’s rat population — but local building superintendents argued the ef…
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Trump endorses Republican Zeldin in New York governor’s race
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Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican candidate Lee Zeldin for governor on Sunday. With just weeks to go before the election between Zeldin, a current member of Congress, and Democratic…
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The latest from @michaelgartland as Biden unveils new border policy that could ease the flow of migrant asylum seekers from Venezuela to NYC
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President Biden’s administration quietly announced on Wednesday that Venezuelans who enter the U.S. illegally will be “returned” to Mexico and that those seeking asylum must secur…
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Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso to fire deputy Diana Richardson over toxic work environment
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