New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams attends the “Hometown Heroes” Ticker Tape Parade on July 07, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid & Ben Max, Gotham Gazette Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams emerged victorious last week in the Democratic mayoral primary and is very likely to become the next mayor […]
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayoral nominee Eric Adams hold a joint news conference in Brooklyn where the two leaders spoke on the rising rates of gun violence in the City. – New York, NY – July 14, 2021 By Rachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY Eric Adams has good reason to take his post-mayoral-primary victory […]
A consultant repeatedly urged public housing managers to overhaul decrepit airflow systems in 240 complexes across the city. But NYCHA officials, who insisted there was no danger, did nothing for weeks as the virus raged.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The city’s public housing authority has long insisted that weak air circulation inside aging apartments did not contribute to the spread of COVID-19 among tenants during the pandemic’s peak last year. But internal emails obtained by THE CITY reveal some top NYCHA managers were warned repeatedly as pandemic raged […]
By David Cruz, Brigid Bergin, Wnyc and Gwynne Hogan, Gothamist Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley, the top two runner-up candidates in the Democratic primary race for mayor, officially conceded in their run for City Hall on Wednesday, after falling behind Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams for the Democratic nomination. During an announcement on Wednesday in […]
Joseph Makhani Allegedly Stole Two Harlem Brownstones in Complex Scheme to Defraud Owners by Using Forged Deeds and Other Falsified Real Estate Documents
By AG NY NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the indictment and arrest of Joseph Makhani, 58, of Kings Point, Long Island for stealing two brownstones located in Harlem at 107 West 118th Street and 135 West 131st Street. Makhani targeted the two Harlem brownstones using forged and falsified documents, numerous limited liability corporations […]
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Eric Adams attends the “Hometown Heroes” Ticker Tape Parade on July 07, 2021 in New York City. (Shutterstock) By Samar Khurshid, Gotham Gazette Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams claimed victory in the Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, with 50.5% of ranked-choice votes after almost all absentee votes were counted, […]
By Jose Martinez, THE CITY Straphangers suffered through more than 10,600 canceled subway trips in June due to a shortage of train crews, according to internal MTA records obtained by THE CITY. New York City Transit hadn’t scrapped that many trips in a month due to a lack of train operators or conductors since the […]
Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams holds press availability outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – June 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Gotham Gazette With nearly every vote counted and the latest unofficial tallies for the June election released on Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams took a seemingly insurmountable lead […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo makes an announcement regarding gun violence in the state at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. – New York, NY – July 6, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Yacob Reyes, Axios Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) issued an executive order Tuesday declaring gun violence a disaster emergency as part of a new strategy to curb gun-related crime […]
A day after the Board of Elections bungled its initial ranked choice voting tabulations, new numbers showed Eric Adams leading Kathryn Garcia by about 15,000 votes. But 125,000 uncounted absentee ballots could make the difference — and even keep Maya Wiley in the game.
Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidate Eric Adams holds press availability outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall. – New York, NY – June 24, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Josefa Velasquez and Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Eric Adams’ lead in the crowded mayoral race narrowed Wednesday as an unofficial tabulation of in-person votes cast put Kathryn Garcia within […]