The Merit Hotel, on W. 46th St., is one of six migrant shelters in Manhattan and 25 citywide that will close in the next two months including six in Manhattan. ( Photo: Merit Hotel ) 2 Migrant Centers in Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen to Close; Adams Plan to Shutter 25 Citywide Six migrant shelters in Manhattan, including two in the Chelsea/Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods, will be closing in the coming... News 11 Dec 2024 | 03:14
A glum faced Eric Adams, surrounded by equally glum faced aids such as the new first deputy commissioner Marie Torres-Springer (forefront to right of Adams in photo), at a press conference Nov. 6 to discuss the impact of the 2024 Presidential election on New York City. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Adams Hammered With Questions on How to Protect Immigrants in Age of Trump A glum Mayor Eric Adams, for the first time in two months trotted out a full contingent of aids as he addressed the press... News 06 Nov 2024 | 08:39
David Banks, seen at a Congressional hearing on education while he was still NYC Education Chancellor, said late last month he was going to retire at year end but now says he is leaving Oct. 16 and blames it on Eric Adams who demanded he leave early. His brother Phil Banks, deputy mayor of public safety said on Oct. 7 he is also resigning from the Adams administration. ( Photo: Associated Press) Two Banks Brothers, Once Part of Adams Inner Circle, Heading to Exits in Ongoing Turmoil Two of the Banks brothers, who were once part of the inner circle of Mayor Eric Adams, have resigned amid at least four federal... News 07 Oct 2024 | 02:17
David Banks said on Sept. 24 he was resigning as Education Chancellor, a week after federal agents raided the home he shares with his fiancé, first deputy mayor Sheena Wright. ( Photo: AP) Here’s What is Known in Widening Fed Investigations Surrounding Top Aids to Mayor Eric Adams (AP) — Nearly a year after FBI agents seized his phones, Mayor Eric Adams faces an expanding constellation of federal inquiries... News 25 Sep 2024 | 04:15
In happier times, United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew and Mayor Eric Adams at City Hall after the city reached a new contract agreement with the public school teacher’s union in June. Now the union is suing to halt budget cuts. Photo: Ben Fractenberg, THE CITY Teachers Union Sues City to Stop School Budget Cuts New York City’s teachers union is suing Mayor Eric Adams in an attempt to halt nearly $550 million in school budget cuts,... News 29 Dec 2023 | 05:41
Adams: NYPD, Fire and Sanit. Will Be Spared from Jan. Cuts, but No Guarantees for Future City agencies are being asked to cut another five percent from their budgets come January for the next fiscal year, but Mayor... Home 22 Nov 2023 | 12:42
Mayor Eric Adams announces a minimum wage hike for delivery workers, purportedly jetting from roughly $7 an hour to $19.96 an hour. Varied critics say that the amount is either too large or deceptively small. ( Photo Credit: Benny Polatseck/Mayoral Photography Office) NYC Deliveristas Granted Big Wage Hike In a buoyant press event on Sunday, June 11th, Eric Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) head Vilda... News 28 Jun 2023 | 11:24
Mayor Eric Adams takes a sledgehammer to an abandoned dining shed. He is promoting legislation that will make the sheds widely available on a seasonal basis for people who like outdoor dining–while still trying to placate other community members who find them to be a source of blight. Photo: Mayor’s Office. ( Photo via Mayor’s Office ) Dining Sheds May Become A Summer Staple. Is This Right...Or A Blight? In a concession to the restaurant industry, a bill introduced in City Council seeks to formalize the introduction of dining... News 25 May 2023 | 09:36
Mahl Hamdan, 2, has been staying at the Millennium Downtown Hotel with his father. Photo: Ben Fraactenberg, THE CITY 70 Families Displaced by Hurricane Ida Now Getting Boot From Downtown Hotel Displaced for a year and a half by Hurricane Ida, 70 families are set to be thrown out of their Lower Manhattan hotel at... Home 14 Feb 2023 | 08:42
Mandates End for City Workers; No Back Pay for Fired Workers Mayor Eric Adams ended the Covid-19 vaccine mandate for city workers and said fired workers can reapply for their old jobs.... News 13 Feb 2023 | 03:36
Mayor Eric Adams announced a new office for early childhood education. Photo: David Hadschuh/Chalkbeat Adams Creates New City Hall Office for Child Care, Early Childhood Education As New York City’s early childhood sector faces upheaval, Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the creation of a new office... News 13 Feb 2023 | 12:10
By October 2020, six months after the outbreak of COVID, restaurants took creative steps to insure safe and healthy dining for their patrons. Here, in the Flatiron District one uses a Manhattan take on an igloo, transparent but enclosed. Photo: Ralph Spielman Debate Surrounds the Future of Outdoor Dining as City Council Ponders Fate of New Regs There’s a new word in our Manhattanese argot” “Streeteries.” Loosely defined as on-street outdoor dining establishments, usually... News 12 Feb 2023 | 11:52
In the fall, P.S. 11 (pictured) welcomed an influx of new migrant students. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Are Public Schools Getting A Passing Grade? At P.S. 11, Camila, a third grade student, has been speaking Spanish during the school day—and not just during language classes.... Education Guide 01 Feb 2023 | 04:28
Mayor Eric Adams (third from right) attends Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, December 24, 2022. Photo: Diane Bondareff/Mayoral Photography Office Wishing Prominent Noo Yawkers a Happy 2023! What do the upper crust of New York hope for in 2023? What are their dreams, secret fears and goals? You and I? We just hope... Voices 27 Dec 2022 | 10:32
Two people were arrested for trespassing at Council Member Erik Bottcher’s apartment building on Monday, Dec. 19, according to an NYPD spokesperson. Photo via Erik Bottcher’s Twitter Hate At Erik Bottcher’s Doorstep Inside a Chelsea public library on Saturday, Dec. 17, children read “regular kids’ books,” sitting on the floor together,... News 22 Dec 2022 | 02:13
