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Edu Hermelyn, a Democratic district leader married to party leader and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has been named “Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives” in the city’s Department of Social Services…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Focus on ‘Efficiency’ Will Keep Thousands of New Yorkers Needlessly Homeless

‘Thousands of units of supportive housing—affordable housing with onsite support services for people experiencing homelessness who face additional barriers to stability—are standing vacant for months while more than 70,000 New…

ByLaura Mascuch 3Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: NYC Needs a Mayor’s Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs

‘AAPI New Yorkers deserve to be heard in the halls of power, and we need a mayor who will recapture our diverse communities’ support and confidence.’

ByAnita Gundanna

ByVanessa Leung 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Justice Politics

As First Black Speaker, Adrienne Adams Takes Helm of Majority-Women NYC Council

Adams stressed unity in her first speech as City Council’s new leader, saying the legislative body—the most diverse in the city’s history—would prioritize addressing the pandemic, including the recent shortage…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Politics

New Year, New Mayor: The Eric Adams File

It’s official: Eric Adams is now the mayor of New York City. Already, our new mayor has been off to an almost dizzying start, part of a pledge to “Get Stuff…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEse Olumhense 1Comment

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Dec 2021

Government News Politics

A Tale of Two Speakers? Adrienne Adams And Francisco Moya Both Declare Victory in Race to Lead Council

In statements Tuesday afternoon, both Moya and Adams, who are Queens Democrats, projected victory in the coming contest for speaker. The body will officially vote on one speaker—who essentially sets…

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Politics

City Watch: Behind the Drama of the NYC Council Speaker’s Race

City Limits reporter David Brand speaks with Politico New York’s City Hall Bureau Chief Sally Goldenberg about the ins and outs of the race to lead the incoming City Council.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government News Politics

Mayor-elect Eric Adams Raises Around $1.2M For Transition, Inauguration

As of Nov. 30, according to a disclosure statement produced by the transition team, Adams had raised $993,478 from around 530 donors, including nearly 150 from outside New York City.

ByEse Olumhense 0Comments

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Oct 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Is New York City Really Anti-Business?

‘When Brooklyn Borough President and likely next New York mayor Eric Adams declared that under his watch, “New York will no longer be anti-business” one could wonder what city he’s…

ByDoug Turetsky 3Comments

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Sep 2021

Economy Government

Curtis Sliwa Targets Mayoral Rival Eric Adams Over Tax Plans and TikTok Pals

Sliwa, who is unlikely to win the mayor’s race because of the high numbers of Democrats in New York, criticized Adams’ hobnobbing with city elites and trendy teenage TikTokers, claiming…

ByEse Olumhense 2Comments

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