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NYC Council passes $112.4B budget with 3 dissenting votes from democratic socialists over 'NYPD pet projects'
June 30, 2024 | 6:38pmThe New York City Council adopted a massive $112.4 billion spending plan Sunday in a 46 to 3 vote -- with 3 democratic socialist representatives Tiffany Cabana, Shahana Hanif and Alexa...
City Council takes Adams for a ride on risky budget 'plane'
June 30, 2024 | 3:24pmMayor Adams brandished a toy airplane to boast of his $112.4 billion budget agreement with the City Council — but the deal showed he'd had no flight plan.
Anti-Israel marchers toss fake blood at human-rights float and block street, grinding NYC Pride parade to a halt
June 30, 2024 | 3:02pmAnti-Israel demonstrators busted through barricades at New York City’s NYC Pride parade Sunday, threw fake blood at a Human Rights Campaign float and temporarily blocked the march, videos show.
Record-breaking $112.4B NYC budget deal reverses majority of Adams' cuts
June 28, 2024 | 11:54amThe full scope of reversals had yet to be unveiled, but the mayor and speaker touted a $58 million funding restoration to libraries Thursday night.
Eric Adams’ stunning super booster is a ‘RHONY’ candidate, top NYC broker and fervent supporter of the mayor
June 27, 2024 | 10:15pmStunning Srugo — who is politically charged on issues from education to Israel — has supported Adams since the beginning of his administration.
$58 million in NYC library funding restored, branches expected to reopen Sundays
June 27, 2024 | 9:32pm"In the final hours of negotiations, City Hall relented on many of the Council's calls for funding restoration,” a source told The Post. “It came down to the wire."
NYC pool season opens with belly-flop as lifeguard shortage prompts partial closures
June 27, 2024 | 6:35pmMayor Eric Adams declared Thursday that 50 public swimming pools are open for the summer, although city officials later clarified the sites will continue to face partial closures because of...
Don't be fooled, New York, the far left is still rising AND setting Democrats' agenda
June 26, 2024 | 7:08pmModerate Democrats are crowing that the resounding 17-point defeat of Rep. Jamaal Bowman shows the center is holding and rising.
Mayor Eric Adams parties in Hamptons as NYC faces rampant crime, budget talks, says he's 'allowed to go and rest'
June 25, 2024 | 11:58pm“No one feels like anyone is in charge and his answer is to skip town and go party . . . in the Hamptons?” said a disillusioned Democratic insider.
NY pols' 'cooling center' cold shoulder is shameful
June 25, 2024 | 6:28pmMayor Adams' office sent out an appeal to 225 local elected officials and staffers to offer their offices as "cooling centers" to the public, and only six responded.
Feds probing Eric Adams and top adviser’s trips to China
June 25, 2024 | 2:10pmBoth the FBI and Manhattan federal prosecutors have flagged at least one trip taken by Adams that was partly funded by the Chinese Communist Party when he headed the Brooklyn...
NYC launching new learning tool to help kids conquer 'fear of math' in public schools next fall
June 24, 2024 | 7:56pmThe curriculum differs from traditional mathematical learning by engaging students in open-ended discussion, less use of technical terms and steering clear of step-by-step equations.
Adams commission takes aim at City Council spending, dodges public safety for now
June 24, 2024 | 7:47pmMayor Eric Adams’ charter commission is first taking aim at council spending — dodging public safety, the sticky main issue Hizzoner tasked the group with addressing, a new report shows.
UFT boss Michael Mulgrew threatens to blow $600 million hole in NYC finances
June 24, 2024 | 7:26pmIf United Federation of Teachers boss Michael Mulgrew and the Municipal Labor Committee back out of their Medicare Advantage deal with the city, costing it $600 million a year, their...
NYC pols refuse to open offices as cooling centers during weekend heatwave
June 24, 2024 | 7:07pmNew York City's elected officials and community boards couldn't be bothered with helping residents cope with the stifling weekend heat wave -- despite a direct appeal from Mayor Eric Adams' administration.
Reversing course, NYC teachers union president opposes changes to Medicare
June 24, 2024 | 1:11amUnited Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew has withdrawn support for controversial changes to health care for thousands of retirees after his slate of allies got trounced in union elections...
Bay Ridge parents, pols push to block legal pot shop near schools, churches
June 23, 2024 | 1:25pm"The establishment of an adult-use retail dispensary at this location, where there is heavy foot traffic of students (going back and forth to school) daily, would result in the increased...
Mayor Adams quietly makes city's 'migrant crisis' permanent with budget spending
June 23, 2024 | 12:32pmIn his budget proposal, the mayor has finally admitted to reality — the migrant “crisis” is here to stay, to the tune of $4.7 billion next year.
Junior's Restaurant owner eyes run for mayor
June 23, 2024 | 10:18amRosen recently met with campaign strategist Hank Sheinkopf, Bill Cunningham and Mitchell Moss, who served as political advisors to former three-term mayor, Mike Bloomberg.
NYC opening adult homeless shelter 5 feet away from pre-K-5 school, parents fuming
June 22, 2024 | 1:02pmThe city is quietly planning to open a homeless shelter for adult men and women at a former hotel attached to a lower Manhattan public school – a move that...