Published Sep. 26, 2024, 3:58 a.m. ET
By Vaughn Golden, Aneeta Bhole and Craig McCarthy
Mayor Eric Adams already has several Democratic challengers in the 2025 race — and more contenders may seize his bombshell indictment as an opportunity to throw their hat in the ring.
Adams vowed to keep leading the Big Apple once news of the indictment broke Wednesday night, but whether he drops his reelection bid remains to be seen.
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Updated: Sep. 26, 2024, 9:12 p.m. | Published: Sep. 26, 2024, 1:21 p.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
CITY HALL — City Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore) said he’d consider a mayoral run if Mayor Eric Adams leaves or is removed from office and a nonpartisan special election is called.
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams announced five charges against Adams in relation to his Turkish connections before and after he became mayor.
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Published Sep. 25, 2024, 11:14 p.m. ET
By Aneeta Bhole, Vaughn Golden, Craig McCarthy and Patrick Reilly
Embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams is facing mounting calls to resign by local politicians after he was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday night amid a federal investigation into his mayoral campaign and administration.
Several top members of Adams’ campaign have already resigned amid the City Hall chaos following a number of federal raids at officials’ homes earlier this month, sparking concerns of Adams’ ability to lead the Big Apple moving forward as he deals with legal troubles.
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Published Sep. 25, 2024, 4:34 p.m. ET
By Craig McCarthy, Reuven Fenton and Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
It’s looking more like the City of Maybe.
Mayor Eric Adams’ ambitious “City of Yes” citywide rezoning initiative is getting serious pushback from city lawmakers, who are looking to stall the plan while a federal corruption probe of City Hall plays out.
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Updated: Sep. 25, 2024, 6:08 p.m. | Published: Sep. 24, 2024, 5:50 a.m.
By Kristin F. Dalton | kdalton@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A portion of NYC’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal was developed due to multiple requests from faith-based organizations and campuses throughout the city to loosen current regulations that make it difficult for them to build homes on their property, according to a spokesman for the Department of City Planning.
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Published Sep. 21, 2024, 4:02 p.m. ET
By Joe Borelli
Hypocrite, thy name is Varma.
Believe it or not, it takes a lot for the blue-state diehards of the Big Apple to start paying attention to a conservative commentator.
But when Steven Crowder published a secretly recorded video, it cut right through the jugular of our political divides, exposing the open hatred we seem to all share for one type of villain.
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Updated: Aug. 26, 2024, 12:08 a.m. | Published: Aug. 25, 2024, 5:50 a.m.
By Paul Liotta | pliotta@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A City Planning Commission vote on a controversial housing plan looms on the horizon, but city officials offered no signs this week that they’re looking back.
Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he had heard the feedback, including the overwhelming opposition from Staten Island, but his main goal is to get more housing built through the “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” plan.
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Updated: Aug. 21, 2024, 2:31 p.m. | Published: Aug. 21, 2024, 12:33 p.m.
By Carol Ann Benanti | benanti@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A dedicated NYFD firefighter, who was a loving father, husband, neighbor and friend, was memorialized Saturday during a street co-naming ceremony at the corner of Lyndale Avenue and Koch Boulevard in the South Shore town of Eltingville.
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Published: Aug. 20, 2024, 3:13 p.m.
By Priya Shahi | pshahi@siadvance.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Great Kills Veterans Memorial now bursts with color, featuring three large planters filled with vibrant flowers and neatly landscaped plants.
On Tuesday morning, Borough President Vito Fossella, Councilman Joseph Borelli (R-South Shore), and representatives from the South Shore Business Improvement District (BID) celebrated the completion of this beautification project.
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Published Aug. 17, 2024, 10:10 a.m. ET
By Rich Calder
Except in rare emergencies, NYC correction officers will no longer be allowed to use pepper spray to protect themselves or inmates on Rikers Island and other Big Apple jails, under a “reckless” new bill being considered by the City Council.
Far left Democratic Councilwoman Sandy Nurse’s legislation would require correction officers to first get authorization from tour commanders before firing “high-powered oleoresin capsicum sprays” — better known as pepper sprays – on out-of-control detainees.
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