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
About two dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Barnard College in Manhattan occupied the lobby of the school’s main library on Wednesday, escalating a confrontation with school administrators and leading to several protesters being taken into custody, the police said. Chanting “Free Palestine” and wearing masks and kaffiyeh over their faces, the protesters began their sit-in inside … Read more
Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Tuesday that 15 corrections department employees had been put on leave in connection with the death of Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old inmate in a medium-security prison in central New York. Ms. Hochul said that while the matter was under investigation, “early reports point to extremely disturbing conduct leading to Mr. … Read more
House Republicans on Wednesday accused the Democratic mayors of New York, Denver, Boston and Chicago of harboring criminal immigrants in an acrimonious congressional hearing over what role large cities should have in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Under fiery and angry questioning from Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, the mayors defended their policies and … Read more
The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed charges against a dozen Chinese citizens accused of being part of a sophisticated hacking ring that steals data from American businesses and people to sell to the Chinese government and others. In twin indictments in New York and Washington, the U.S. government laid out detailed charges against a hacking … Read more
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at measles outbreaks and whether you need another shot. We’ll also get details on the State of the City address by the City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams. Measles cases are surging in rural West Texas, raising concerns about this highly contagious virus. Two unrelated cases have been reported … Read more
The last snowfall in New York City is fading from memory. It didn’t amount to much — less than half an inch — and didn’t stick around for long. What did linger was the 28 million pounds of salt that was dumped on the streets that day, causing some people to speculate that there was … Read more
Two top Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee have begun an investigation into the Justice Department’s request to drop federal criminal charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York. They accused the department of covering up a quid pro quo agreement between the Trump administration and the mayor. In a letter on Sunday to Attorney … Read more
Senate Democrats on Tuesday asked a New York committee that disciplines lawyers to investigate whether the acting deputy attorney general violated rules of professional conduct by demanding that prosecutors abandon a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City. The request, filed by the 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked the … Read more
After fentanyl sickened three toddlers and killed a fourth at the Divino Niño day care, its proprietor, Grei Mendez, professed to be caught up in a bewildering catastrophe. She told investigators at a police precinct in 2023 that she had no idea how narcotics had gotten into the day care, which she ran out of … Read more