The assignment carried a lot of risk and not much reward. The Long Island detective would try to shut down illegal gambling operations run out of backrooms in a shoe repair store, a cafe and a chess club. The work netted him around $8,000. But his employer wasn’t the police: It was the Bonanno crime … Read more
With New York City bearing the greatest burden of the nation’s migrant crisis, Mayor Eric Adams was expected to be a focus of the House oversight hearing on so-called sanctuary cities. But throughout the contentious Republican-led session on Wednesday with four big city mayors, Mr. Adams was treated like a sideshow, his discomfort visible. The … Read more
Declare a state of emergency because of New York City’s housing crisis. Build 50,000 homes on public golf courses. Triple subsidies for affordable housing. These are a few of Brad Lander’s ideas to address the housing crisis if he is elected mayor in November, according to a 30-page housing plan he is set to announce … Read more
Jennifer Griffin stood outside a movie theater on West 23rd Street in Manhattan, waving to a friend. “I’m here with all the other dorks!” she called out, using a prepositional phrase to get the attention of Lisa Kuklinski. Soon, they were joined by Miranda Schwartz, a copy editor who was wearing a shirt that read … Read more
The time between the end of the school day and the traditional end of the workday can be a logistical nightmare for working parents in cities like New York. One candidate in the mayor’s race has a far-reaching plan to help ease the high-stakes scramble to secure child care or paid activities to keep students … Read more
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the success of the city’s efforts to curb its rat problem. We’ll also look at Mayor Eric Adams’s testimony in the House. The last time Kathleen Corradi saw a rat in New York City was in December, when she went on a “rat walk” outing that was … Read more
Manhattan | 108 West 138th Street, No. 2B Central Harlem Condo $699,000 This one-bedroom, one-bath, 1,008-square-foot apartment has a kitchen with a pass-through window and granite countertops, an open living/dining area, a washer/dryer hookup, a bedroom with a large dressing area, and deeded storage, on the second floor of a six-story building with a virtual … Read more
The Trump administration is threatening to cut tens of millions of dollars in federal funding for Columbia University, making the school the first major target in its effort to root out what it considers antisemitic harassment on college campuses. A comprehensive review of Columbia University’s federal contracts and grants was announced Monday night, shortly after … Read more
Adrienne Adams, the first Black leader of the New York City Council, said on Wednesday that she would join the already crowded race for mayor with less than four months before the June primary. She is hoping to position herself as a principled and scandal-free alternative to the incumbent, Eric Adams, and the race’s presumptive … Read more
