Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral primary based in large part on campaign promises tied to the cost of living, which voters say is their top issue even ahead of public safety. ( Photo: Madison Stewart, Zohran for New York City ) Mamdani Tops First Poll in Five-Person Sprint to November Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani officially won the Democratic primary as of July 1 after the third round of ranked-choice voting,... News 07 Jul 2025 | 02:01
Daily News reporter Christopher Sommerfeldt, at the 115th Pct in Jackson Heights where Mayor Eric Adams held his off-topic press briefing on June 24. Adams let Sommerfeldt take a seat at the weekly press briefing after threatening to bar him a weekly earlier for speaking out of turn. But Adams still refused to call on him. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Adams Continues His Absurd Feud with Daily News Reporter Mayor Eric Adams continued his feud with Daily News reporter Christopher Sommerfeldt at his weekly off-the-record press briefings... Voices 30 Jun 2025 | 10:17
Brad Hoylman-Sigal at his watch party for the Manhattan borough president race on June 24, primary night. He is projected to win after racking up 49 percent of first-choice votes to Keith Powers’s 38 percent. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) Hoylman-Sigal Overpowers Powers in Boro Prez Dem Primary West Side State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal is on track to win the Democratic primary for Manhattan borough president after... News 28 Jun 2025 | 07:46
Chris Sommerfeldt, the senior City Hall reporter for the Daily News, has been banned from future weekly press briefings by Mayor Eric Adams. ( Photo: LinkedIn) Daily News Says Adams Move to Bar City Hall Reporter from Briefings is ‘Unconstitutional’ In a testy exchange at Mayor Eric Adams’s weekly off-topic press briefing on June 17, Hizzoner said he was banning Daily... News 21 Jun 2025 | 10:28
Awning sign at 4149 Broadway in northern Manhattan advertises: “We Speed Up Bike.” ( Photo: Brian Berger) Don’t Hold Your Breath on 15 MPH Speed Limit for E-Bikes There are still shops in Manhattan advertising that they will alter e-bikes to go faster. And while Mayor Eric Adams recently... News 19 Jun 2025 | 05:43
NYC Comptroller as he is handcuffed by ICE agents at 26 Federal Plaza in downtown Manhattan June 17. Homeland security later claimed he was ( Photo: Citizen) Brad Lander Arrested by ICE Agents, But Charges Later Dropped City comptroller Brad Lander was seized by ICE outside immigration court Manhattan on June 17 as he accompanied a migrant... News 17 Jun 2025 | 04:59
Young attendee wears the craft project she created at the Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue. ( Photo: Christine Butler for MCNY) Fifth Avenue Transformed into a Cultural Playground for Museum Mile Festival Fifth Avenue shut down to cars but came alive with art, music, and crowds on the evening of June 10 as the 47th annual Museum... City Arts 16 Jun 2025 | 04:46
Mayor Eric Adams visited the Staten Island Ferry on April 8 and even posed for pictures with some of the unlicensed ticket sellers. The only authorized ferry service for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island said illegal ticket scammers have grown worse, depriving the city of $2 million to $3 million in ticket revenue annually. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) After Stabbing of Ferry Ticket Seller, Mayor Says He Plans Crackdown on Illegal Vendors It has taken the stabbing of one of the illegal ferry ticket sellers to get Mayor Eric Adams to take another look at the... News 13 Jun 2025 | 12:02
FDNY Medal Day 2025. Firefighter Michael D. Kotzo, Ladder Company 28, receiving the Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci Medal. First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro (left), FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker (second from left), and Mayor Adams also present. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Among 70 Honorees at FDNY Medal Day Are 18 Who Answered the Call in Manhattan Thousands of firefighters, their families, and friends filled the plaza and lawns at City Hall Park on June 4 for the annual... News 05 Jun 2025 | 06:44
Left: BP Mark Levine, CB1 Chair Tammy Meltzer, Council Members Keith Powers and Christopher Marte; Right: ticket vendors “guarding” the entrance to Battery Park and Castle Clinton at the Bowling Green subway stop. ( Photo: Brian Berger) City Council Members Marte & Powers Propose to Stop Tourist Ferry Ticket Scams Call it “the crackdown in Battery Park.” That’s the hope anyway, in the wake of legislation announced by Council Members... News 25 May 2025 | 08:45
Mayor Eric Adams (center) is joined by Rev. Al Sharpton (left), first deputy mayor Fabien Levy (second from right) , and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch (far right) at a press conference May 22 announcing measures the city is taking to protect Jewish institutions here following the killing of two Israeli embassy workers in DC on May 21. ( Photo: YouTube/Mayor’s Photography Office) NYPD Beefs Up Security at Jewish Sites Following Attack in DC That Left Two Dead The NYPD said it will step up patrols around Jewish houses of worship, yeshivas and museums, and Israeli government offices... News 23 May 2025 | 04:28
NYPD continues its blitz of writing criminal summonses for bikers who violate traffic laws. A poster on r/NYCbike spotted this action near W. 43rd St. on May 20. ( Photo: u/mrEddieNunez) Opposition Growing Against NYPD’s Criminalization Push for Bike-Traffic Infractions Less than a month into the NYPD’s program to issue criminal summonses to bicyclists who violate traffic laws with infractions... News 20 May 2025 | 03:57
“Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets” reads a sign scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag at a makeshift memorial growing on the Brooklyn side of the East River near the site where a tall ship of the Mexican Navy collided with the Brooklyn Bridge after it left the South Street Seaport. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Memorial Grows for 2 Mexican Cadets Killed After Tall Ship Collides with Brooklyn Bridge “Rest in Peace Proud Mexican Cadets.” That’s one of the signs, scrawled in Spanish on a Mexican flag near the site where two... News 19 May 2025 | 07:21
Related says it will no longer pursue its bid to obtain a casino license to build a gambling mecca at Hudson Yards with Wynn Resorts. Related plans to focus on housing and a possible a hotel on the large undeveloped parcel. City Council Member Erik Bottcher came out against the casino plan on May 19. ( Photo: Related Companies) Related and Wynn Drop Bid for Hudson Yards Casino After Bottcher Says He Is Not on Board It’s snake eyes for Related Companies and Wynn Resorts. Shortly after City Council Member Erik Bottcher said he could not... News 19 May 2025 | 05:38
Msgr. Joseph LaMorte (gold vestments, right), giving out communion at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, said Cardinal Dolan will be back in NYC next week and will tell what he can about the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Catholics Flock to St. Patrick’s to Celebrate 1st Made-in-America Pope Catholic worshipers flocked to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 11, the first Sunday following the election of Chicago native... Voices 15 May 2025 | 10:16
