NEW YORK — Life in the city has been especially grim for Latino New Yorkers these days, a recent survey revealed — laying bare the compounding obstacles Mayor Eric Adams faces in serving a key constituency. Hispanics experiencing steeply deteriorating quality of life reported the sharpest drop in satisfaction of any race or ethnicity in […]
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Art Can Help by Robert Adams (2021, Trade Paperback)
Hochul, Adams present a united front on public safety after subway security tiff
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled on Tuesday that their relationship is too important to let a power struggle over who polices New York City subways get in the way. The Democratic executives rushed to “reinforce the depth” of their alliance, as Hochul said, after hints of a rift last […]
Rikers replacement jails squeeze city spending elsewhere, Adams’ budget official says
Mayor Eric Adams has blamed his unpopular budget cuts to municipal services on a migrant crisis that has so far cost the city more than $4 billion. Now, his team is identifying a new target: the mandated closure of the detention complex on Rikers Island that Adams inherited but never fully embraced. City budget director […]
FBI raids home owned by top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams
Associated Press (AP) — Federal agents raided a home owned by a top advisor to New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday. An FBI spokesperson confirmed that federal agents carried out a raid at a Bronx address. Records show the property is owned by Winnie Greco, a longtime fundraiser for Adams who has served […]
Adams cancels upcoming budget cuts amid migrant savings
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, facing mounting opposition over budget cuts and migrant spending, said Wednesday the city will cancel a third round of budget cuts set to take effect in April. The announcement also relaxes a hiring freeze and other controls that limited spending on contracts. It is the latest walk-back of budget […]
Eric Adams tussles with the Post
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday found himself on uncomfortable terrain navigated by many New York Democrats — a public fight with the city’s influential, right-leaning tabloid that has largely spared the mayor its trademark vitriol. The day after The New York Post published a cover piece accusing the mayor of overseeing a […]
Hundreds of couples renew marriage vows in Adams County
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Gettysburg is known for its history but on Saturday it was all about love. Over 100 couples from several different states flocked to Adams County to renew their marriage vows in the heart of historic Gettysburg. It’s part of the “Gettysburg Loves Love” event. The vow renewal was led by the […]
Adams’ NYPD pal pleads guilty to spearheading 2021 campaign straw donor scheme
Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector who has been friends with Mayor Adams for years, pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he masterminded a scheme to funnel illegal donations into the mayor’s 2021 campaign coffers. Montgomery entered the guilty plea to one count of conspiracy during a morning hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court, a spokeswoman […]
Adams County Integrated Health Care Services, others, band together to help locals
Jan. 31—OTHELLO — Adams County Integrated Health Care Services and several other health care and outreach agencies based in the Columbia Basin came together Thursday to support Othello community members’ needs for the Othello Matters outreach event at the Othello Church of the Nazarene. The event was coordinated by IHCS Mental Health Counselor Charlotte Hillman. […]
NYC library use surged before Adams budget cuts eliminated Sunday service: data
New York City’s public libraries saw large spikes in visitors and social program participation in the months before Mayor Adams’ budget cuts prompted them to eliminate Sunday hours at all their branches and scale back other services as well, newly released data shows. The data was tucked into the Preliminary Mayor’s Management Report that Adams […]
Former Sinn Fein leader Adams faces a lawsuit in London over bombings during the ‘Troubles’
LONDON (AP) — Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams faces a lawsuit by three people who were wounded in bombings attributed to the Irish Republican Army that date back more than 50 years, a judge said Friday. Adams can be sued as an individual but not as a representative of the IRA, Justice Michael Soole […]