Veteran NYPD cop fired over drug test sues to get job back; NYC casino developers getting community pushback; Busy stretch of Broadway to get pedestrian plazas, fewer cars

Budget negotiations get underway in Albany; Hochul lukewarm on stripping Madison Square Garden’s tax exempt status; NYC Council votes to make it easier for asylum seeker students to get city-issued IDs

New York Daily News, March 17, 2023

Battle lines drawn in NY state budget fight; NYC ghost gun ring that sold cocaine busted; NYC Mayor Adams pays $300 rat infestation ticket after failed challenge

New York Daily News, march 16, 2023

NY Dem lawmakers want additions to Hochul's housing plan; NYC Mayor Adams’ inauguration committee accused of accepting ‘prohibited donations’;  Mayor Adams signs off on new laws

New York Daily News, March 15, 2023

Nor’easter prompts Governor to declare emergency; NY Dems want to end Madison Square Garden’s property tax exemption; NYC opening two new mega shelters for migrants as Brooklyn Cruise Terminal site closes this month

New York Daily News, March 14, 2023

New York Daily News, March 13, 2023

Two more FDNY chiefs ask to be demoted as shakeup in upper ranks continues; MSG move to Hudson Yards gets thumbs down from community board;

New York Daily News, March 10, 2023

NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams renews push to shut down Rikers Island; NYC Uber, Lyft drivers win pay raise in Taxi and Limousine Commission vote

New York Daily News, March 9, 2023

Governor Hochul again calls on Legislature to amend controversial bail reform laws; Charter school expansion plans spark resistance in Albany; Mayor Adams says stumping for Biden’s reelection won’t stop him from criticizing feds’ migrant crisis response

New York Daily News, March 8, 2023

Mayor Adams tapped for team of Biden reelection surrogates; Adams stands by FDNY commish amid turmoil in the department’s upper ranks; NYC isn’t expecting any more federal aid for migrant crisis this fiscal year

New York Daily News, March 7, 2023

Council says city’s getting more revenue than Mayor Adams expects; Mayor Adams appears to reverse himself on controversial remarks criticizing separation of church and state; Electric scooter battery fire in Bronx injures five firefighters and two civilians

New York Daily News, March 6, 2023

Sparks flying over Hochul’s proposed menthol ban; Judge rules sharing of sealed records at NYPD press conference with NYC Mayor Adams was illegal

New York Daily News, March 3, 2023

NYC Council uses $1.2M in leftover youth agency cash to launch migrant aid fund; NYPD no-show at Council hearing for SRG riot unit at George Floyd protests sparks outrage; MSG Networks launching streaming service

New York Daily News, March 2, 2023

More than 1.5 million in NYC facing hunger, shortages with end of pandemic-era SNAP benefits; Two NYC deputy fire commissioners ousted as top-rank turmoil continues in FDNY; NYC Mayor Adams’ administration supports anti-fat discrimination bill; more tepid on tattoos

New York Daily News, March 1, 2023

More than 2,000 gas work violations logged in NYC; NYC bracing for its biggest snowfall of otherwise unusually warm winter; NYC’s Dyckman Plaza in Inwood renamed

New York Daily News, February 28, 2023

NYPD lieutenant faces charges he manipulated probe of young detective; Bronx residents frustrated by stalled progress on Fordham Plaza revitalization; Panera, Starbucks stores in Hoboken, N.J., have shuttered dining areas to keep out homeless

New York Daily News, February 27, 2023

Hochul celebrates groundbreaking for new JFK Terminal 6; Brooklyn Senator pushes bill to end winter evictions; Ukraine supporters in Brooklyn mark first anniversary of Russian invasion with flags, anthem, speeches

New York Daily News, February 24, 2023

FDNY proposes 54% rate hike for EMS ambulance service; Outrage on Broadway as neo-Nazi group rallies outside ‘Parade,’ musical about a lynched American Jew Driver charged in death of Queens pedestrian;

New York Daily News, February 23, 2023

George Santos names mysterious new campaign treasurer; NYC Mayor Adams hits Florida Governor for lax stance on gun laws; State troopers on Hochul’s NYC security detail probed over falsified time sheet allegations

New York Daily News, February 22, 2023

Governor DeSantis slams state bail laws, ‘woke’ politicians in echo of Mayor Adams; NYC Mayor Adams, hotel workers union make TV ad to bring Democratic National Convention to city; Chronic absenteeism climbs to record numbers in NYC schools

New York Daily News, February 21, 2023

Residents in NYC pushing back on explosion of new 5G Towers; Off-duty NYPD cops arrested for DWI; Beloved Brooklyn pastor fatally struck by SUV driver

New York Daily News, February 20, 2023

Hochul claims LaSalle battle won’t taint budget negotiations; Dearth of AI rules in NYC could leave Adams’ administration open to ‘biased outcomes’; Chick-Fil-A opens delivery workers’ rest stop as NYC street hubs stall

New York Daily News, February 17, 2023

Dems formally reject Governor Hochul’s chief judge pick; Mayor Adams tempers bail demands with calls to fund public defenders; ; Proposed delivery worker hub on NYC’s Upper West Side sparks outrage

New York Daily News, February 16, 2023

NYC Mayor Adams ordered to cough up $300 for rat infestation at Brooklyn residence; George Santos vows not to let ‘Twitter trolling’ force him from Congress; FDNY urges feds to take more action against dangerous e-bike batteries

New York Daily News, February 15, 2023

Governor Hochul’s proposed menthol ban, cigarette tax hike draws mixed reactions; Never-released internal NYPD report cites ‘shortcomings and missteps’ in response to 2020 George Floyd protests; Queens Councilwoman Vickie Paladino says NYC bicyclists should be forced to get licensed and insurance

New York Daily News, February 14, 2023

NYC pizzerias forced to pay out hundreds of thousands in settlements for wage theft claims; NYPD detective charged with stalking ex-girlfriend; Yankees icon Derek Jeter joining Fox MLB team; Elderly man shoved to Brooklyn subway tracks in random attack

New York Daily News, February 13, 2023

NYC opening two new specialized programs in Brooklyn for students with dyslexia; Mayor Adams appears in court to demand dismissal of rat infestation tickets; MSG asks NYC to continue operating storied arena

New York Daily News, February 10, 2023

NYC nurses follow up private hospital strikes; Mayor Adams claims ‘woke’ Democrats are driving minority voters out of party; MTA employees crowd court hearing for finance pro charged in Brooklyn subway worker assault

New York Daily News, February 9, 2023

NYC unions demand back pay for workers fired for refusing COVID shots; NYC Social Services Commissioner resigning after tumultuous tenure; Illegal weed shops in NYC to face eviction under new crackdown plan

New York Daily News, February 8, 2023

George Santos denies sexual harassment claim by prospective aide; Mayor Adams ends COVID vaccine mandate for NYC workers; Two high-ranking FDNY chiefs surrender titles in protest

New York Daily News, February 7, 2023

Nets trade Kyrie Irving; FDNY joins descendants to honor firefighters killed in 1923 line-of-duty train crash; NYPD cops shoot, critically wound man in Bronx confrontation; 15-year-old girl arrested for murder for using accelerant to set Bronx arson fire that killed stranger;

Mayor Adams faces heat for deploying cops to break up hotel encampment; NYC developer resubmits scuttled ‘One45′ Harlem housing plan; Trans nonbinary Broadway star withdraws from Tony consideration over gendered categories

New York Daily News, February 3, 2023

Governor proposes additional charter schools in NYC; Details on Hochul's $227 billion NY spending plan; 12 year old Brooklyn boy shot accidentally by friends

New York Daily News, February 2, 2023

Biden vows to kickstart NYC’s Hudson River rail tunnels; NYC public schools poised to reverse ban on controversial AI tool; NY Attorney General accuses Trump of lying on the record in response to lawsuit over company

New York Daily News, February 1, 2023

NYPD's plan to change discipline guidelines for misconduct; Representative George Santos vows to cooperate with ethics probe; Mayor Adams defends NYPD’s own anti-gun unit

New York Daily News, January 31, 2023

New York’s snow-less streak ties major record; Sharpton asks for peaceful protests in Tyre Nichols’ death; Mayor Adams’ pal named in sexual harassment lawsuit

New York Daily News, January 30, 2023

Queens daycare unlicensed and running out of basement illegally; Mayor Adams vows to improve NYC ‘quality of life’ in light-on-details State of the City speech; Madison Square Garden facial recognition attorney ban challenged by NY Attorney General

New York Daily News, January 27, 2023

Adams admin angers local leaders with plan for homeless shelter in Bronx area; Mayor Adams claims right-to-shelter law does not apply to NYC asylum seekers; Eighteen children injured in Queens daycare fire

New York Daily News, January 26, 2023

Hochul wants to address ‘inconsistency’ in New York’s bail law; Mayor Adams weighs in on the great stove debate; Representative George Santos claims he was mugged in broad daylight;

New York Daily News, January 25, 2023

Gov. Hochul gets highest job approval rate in new Siena poll; Mayor Adams launches newsletter to counteract ‘distorted’ NYC press coverage; East Harlem residents say drug injection site is hurting their neighborhood

New York Daily News, January 24th, 2023

ury to decide fate of Brooklyn man accused of abandoning family to fight for ISIS and train snipers; Wild melee in Manhattan ends with brawling brothers stabbed by security worker; Vandal smashes through fence of Staten Island synagogue

[Air:2023.01.23] New York Daily News, January 23, 2023

Governor Hochul ‘weighing options’ for Chief Judge; NYC Council has no plan to pass bill that would let Mayor Adams charge retired city workers for health care; Queens man gets 3 years in prison for fake prize notice scam that targeted elderly victims.;

New York Daily News, January 20, 2023

Democrats deny Hector LaSalle’s nomination to be state’s top judge; NYC Mayor Adams again floats possibility of housing migrants on cruise ships; Self-defense claimed in fatal Brooklyn sidewalk stabbing of ‘superfriendly’ pizzeria worker;

New York Daily News, January 19, 2023

FIFA soccer corruption trial kicks off in Brooklyn; Mayor Adams slams stigma against ‘the word vagina’ as NYC expands access to free abortion pills; NYC trial kicks off for ex-NYPD detective charged with perjury

New York Daily News, January 18, 2023

Body of 13-year-old girl washes up on shore of Brooklyn Bridge Park; NYPD captain forced out after collecting about $60K for hours he never worked; NYPD scaling back releasing graphic video footage that helps nab suspects

New York Daily News, January 17, 2023

Saks Fifth Avenue pitches ‘high-end’ casino on top of Midtown Manhattan store; With a truck depot opening in Harlem where housing had been planned, BP Mark Levine pushes to reverse course; Bills defeat Dolphins in Wild Card matchup with Damar Hamlin ‘supporting from home’

New York Daily News, January16, 2023

Nurses strike ends at NYC hospitals Mount Sinai, Montefiore after tentative deal reached; Mayor Adams unveils $102.7B budget; Brother of NYPD inspector arrested for impersonating an officer

New York Daily News, January 13, 2023

NYC nurses strike continues into third day; Judge blocks NYC from charging retired city workers $15 copays; Companies co-founded by top Adams adviser Frank Carone sued by major NYC real estate firms

New York Daily News, January 12, 2023

NYPD officer jumps from Queens building in apparent suicide; Gov. Hochul floats another N.Y. bail law rollback; NYC early childhood education staffers to remain in their current jobs

New York Daily News, January 11, 2023

Damar Hamlin released from hospital a week after cardiac arrest; NYC nurses’ strike at Mount Sinai, Montefiore leaves hospitals severely short staffed; Brooklyn judge agrees to step down, accused of racist anti-gay outbursts

New York Daily News, January 10, 2023

Nurses strike averted at two more NYC hospitals; Outrage as NYC girls’ wrestling left out of state competition; Thieves steal bag of $300,000 cash by distracting armored truck guard outside Brooklyn Chase bank

New York Daily News, January 9th, 2023

NYC crime up 22% in 2022; Nurse walkout threat remains at five NYC hospitals; Hillary Clinton to be Columbia University professor

New York Daily News, January 6th, 2023

Nearly 1,000 NYC government vehicles becoming all-electric; Brooklyn Assemblyman Lester Chang seated as session begins;

New York Daily News, January 5, 2023

Governor Hochul vetoes bill to prohibit building schools near highways; Mayor Adams hit with two more tickets for rat infestation; Five wounded in series of Midtown Manhattan slashings and stabbings in 3-hour span;

New York Daily News, January 4, 2023

Confirmation of Governor Hochul’s chief judge pick is questionable as opposition mounts; Hudson River rail tunnel construction in NYC starting in 2023; MTA-contracted security guards arrested for pummeling straphanger in Manhattan station

New York Daily News, December 30, 2022

Former judges praise Governor's pick for top judge; NYC to donate 2 sanitation trucks to Puerto Rico for Hurricane Fiona cleanup; Mayor Adams was in Virgin Islands during storm that flooded homes in Queens

New York Daily News, December 29, 2022

MTA honors Bronx resident as billionth subway rider of 2022; At least 29 dead in Buffalo blizzard; Migrants bound for NYC spent five days on buses after getting stuck in winter storm

New York Daily News, December 28, 2022

NYPD launches crackdown on holiday drunk driving; New federal legislation will help victims of EBT fraud by refunding stolen money; Release secret Rikers Island violence data, NYC members of Congress demand of federal monitor

New York Daily News, December 23, 2022

NYC’s first legal recreational pot dispensary opens in Manhattan next week; Brooklyn Assemblyman-elect defends residency at hearing; NYPD cop shot in foot during clash with gunman on Brooklyn street

New York Daily News, December 22, 2022

Two killed on L train subway tracks in Manhattan; Emotionally disturbed man busted in hammer attack on transit worker in Manhattan; NYC landlord racked up 2,980 open violations;

New York Daily News, December 21, 2022

Governor Hochul celebrates Brooklyn groundbreaking of affordable, supportive housing campus; Mayor says NYC migrant surge will strain ‘every’ city service; Uber, Lyft drivers protest in NYC after lawsuit stalls pay raises;

New York Daily News, December 20, 2022

Uber lawsuit halts raises, devastates drivers; Rikers Island correction officers contribute to flow of drugs and other contraband in NYC jails; NYC nurse accused of assault exonerated by Ring camera — but NYPD wouldn’t look at it

New York Daily News, December 19, 2022

NYC seizes 600 pounds of weed in crackdown on illegal pot sales; NYC Council proposes housing construction targets for every neighborhood; NYC wins key ruling in plan to mandate Medicare Advantage Plan for retired city workers

New York Daily News, December 16, 2022

Mayor Adams tells progressives who bash the rich to ‘leave’ NYC; Hochul, Adams unveil a blueprint for changeNYC rolling out child care subsidy program for migrants, other undocumented children

New York Daily News, December 15, 2022

NYC to address lack of spots for preschoolers with disabilities; Mayor Adams defends NYC social services official accused of inappropriate behavior in past jobs; The Trump Organization was held in criminal contempt in secret trial for ignoring subpoenas

New York Daily News, December 14, 2022

MTA spending $1M per month on private security guards in subway system; Rikers Island shoplifting suspect dies of suspected overdose; NYCHA sets rules for voting on Preservation Trust funding

New York Daily News, December 13, 2022

Man caught driving 2 kilograms of fentanyl into Queens; Man arrested in clash with cop, Drag Story Hour protesters at NYC public library; Woman punched by stranger who yells anti-gay remark inside Manhattan subway station

Man caught with 2 kilos of fentanyl in Queens;

Nearly 14% of all New Yorkers live in poverty; Mayor Adams’ rat infestation ticket is dismissed; NYC subway station agents will spend more time helping riders outside token booths;

New York Daily News, December 9, 2022

The Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud in NYC; Mayor Adams makes another push for federal prosecutors on gun cases involving convicted felons; Historic Greenwich Village gay bar declared a city landmark after decade long effort

New York Daily News, December 7, 2022

Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog walker gets prison sentence; Mayor Adams defends plan to force mentally ill into treatment; Brooklyn Councilman Ari Kagan officially switches parties

New York Daily News, December 6, 2022

Former Brooklyn prosecutor pleads guilty in pot distribution ring; NYPD officers shoot man after stolen car chase and gunfight in Bronx near Yankee Stadium; Mayor Adams’ mental health hospitalization plan greeted with skepticism from cops

New York Daily News, December 5, 2022

Governor talks housing crisis and teases priorities and policy ideas; Mayor says NYC should have ‘no plea bargain rule’ for prosecuting hate crimes; NY task force takes down ghost gun ring

New York Daily News, December 2, 2022

Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn is elected leader of House Democrats; ‘Gone Girl’ actress Lisa Banes’ killer Brian Boyd sentenced to 1-to-3 years in prison; Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights up in NYC;

New York Daily News, December 1, 2022

Governor announces $46.5M in grants awarded to three Long Island colleges; Mayor Adams’ new plan to force treatment upon homeless mentally ill; N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James files lawsuit accusing upstate nursing home of misusing $18 million in state funds

New York Daily News, November 30, 2022

FDNY makes diversity push; Mayor Adams touts NYPD subway rescue;  NYPD sergeant punished for wearing pro-Trump patches at Black Lives Matter protest

New York Daily News, November 29, 2022

Man critically hurt by hit-and-run driver in East Village; Manhattan chef fighting 9/11 illness battle; Ex-Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr. removed from flight

New York Daily News, November 28, 2022

Hochul approves 2-year ban on fossil fuel cryptocurrency mining; Texas firm that built NYC’s doomed migrant tent overcharged city more than $130K as part of COVID contract; Men robbed to make it rain at NYC strip club

[Air:2022.11.24]  New York Daily News, November 24, 2022

Governor Hochul signs anti-bias bills; Mayor Adams defends mostly sparing NYPD from latest budget cuts; Fifth Avenue will open to pedestrians during holidays

New York Daily News, November 23, 2022

Biden declares federal emergency in western New York; Mayor Adams slams Twitter as platform for hate speech and violence; N.Y. hands out first recreational weed dispensary licenses

New York Daily News, November 22, 2022

Nets lift Kyrie Irving’s suspension after emotional apology; Broadway Boxing events coming back to NYC; Nets lift Kyrie Irving’s suspension after emotional apology; Details on man fatally struck by Manhattan train

New York Daily News, November 21, 2022

Ax-wielding man enters New York Times building; Wrongly convicted man freed by Queens court; Brooklyn Democrat Representative could become House’s first Black minority leader in new Congress

New York Daily News, November 18, 2022

New York City Football Club stadium deal provides affordable housing; New York’s concealed carry gun laws reinstated; Notorious NYC pickpocket busted;

New York Daily News, November 17, 2022

New York lost at least $11B in unemployment fraud during pandemic’s first year; NYC budget balloons to $104 billion under Mayor's revised fiscal plan; Morgue worker busted for stealing Louis Vuitton bag from dead man

New York Daily News, November 16, 2022

Trans rights activists clash with TERF protesters outside NYC City Hall; Mayor Adams overhauls NYC’s embattled rental assistance program; Rudy Giuliani raid fails to produce criminal charges

New York Daily News, November 15, 2022

NYPD detectives release images of suspect in Manhattan subway slashing; NYC stripped $533M in federal funding from Department of Correction; Brooklyn Bishop suing hip hop station over ‘drug dealer’ charge

New York Daily News, November 14th, 2022

NYC Mayor Adams orders closing of migrant tent camp; Mayor Adams blames progressives for N.Y. midterm losses; Loaded gun found in 6-year-old Bronx boy’s backpack

New York Daily News, November 11, 2022

Uneven election night draws out division for democrats; New Yorkers approve $4.2 billion environmental bond act; Nets tab Jacque Vaughn as Steve Nash’s full-time replacement

New York Daily News, November 10, 2022

Midterms bring big voter turnout in NYC; Group allied with mayor pumps $10K into Lee Zeldin’s GOP bid; Queens robbery crew carjacks, zip-ties and kidnaps man

New York Daily News, November 9, 2022

Hochul, Zeldin spar over crime on eve of election day; Ex-NYC Buildings head linked to former member of alleged mob-run gambling; New York City voters accounted for about 37% of the ballots cast in the state

New York Daily News, November 8, 2022

Climate on the New York election ballot; Governor Hochul works to toughen "Blue Wall; Canine owners locked out in turf war with baseball players over Brooklyn park

New York Daily News, November 7, 2022

NYC seeks to rent more hotel rooms for migrants; Hochul rips Zeldin over defense of far-right group; NYC Buildings head resigns

New York Daily News, November 4, 2022

New York absentee ballot laws upheld by appellate court; Body of NYPD Officer found in Guyana; Mayor Adams not ruling out removal of NYC Buildings head

New York Daily News, November 3, 2022

Poll shows Hochul leads Zeldin by 8 points in New York governor’s race; NYC secures federal grant to roll out 51 all-electric school buses; Retired NYPD Detective racked up lawsuits that cost NYC more than $80K

New York Daily News, November 2, 2022

About 100K vote in NYC’s opening weekend of early voting; NYC pay transparency law to go into effect; NYC-approved company caught immediately rejecting low-income housing applicants for having criminal records

New York Daily News, November 1, 2022

Mexican protesters’ civil assault case against Donald Trump heads to trial in the Bronx; Pair wrongly convicted of Malcolm X’s murder to get $36 million from New York;

New York Daily News, October 31, 2022

NYC Council Speaker open to legislation ensuring tech chief doesn’t carry gun at work; NYC Council passes bills to fight rats; NYPD warns Extremists may target Election Day voting sites

New York Daily News, October 28, 2022

Far fewer migrants now coming to NYC; Mayor Adams unveils new resiliency efforts ahead of Hurricane Sandy anniversary; New York City Council to pass anti-rat legislation

New York Daily News, October 27, 2022

Teenage boy shot in leg outside Staten Island high school; NYC Council presses DOC commissioner on reasons for contraband drugs entering jails; NYPD officers, supervisors accused of stealing, drinking liquor at Electric Zoo fest

New York Daily News, October 26, 2022

Governor says state red flag law is working; Mayor Adams tones down bail reform rhetoric; Confusion over NY evidence reform law leads to some criminal cases being tossed

New York Daily News, October 25, 2022

NYC rolls out new subway crime crackdown and homeless plan; Potential winter surge in COVID cases leaves New Yorkers unfazed; Critics blast pistol-packing Adams administration official

New York Daily News, October 24, 2022

Mayor Adams shrugs off fired staffer’s comments about him, but calls anti-NYPD rant ‘unacceptable’; Long Island lawyer accused of attacking cops at the Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection  Mayor Adams touts ‘substantial’ drop in NYC migrant wave — as new tent camp stands largely empty

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