Politics News – Page 54 of 141 – Bronx Times

Adams, Banks

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City Council calls on Mayor Adams to restore pre-K, 3-K budget cuts

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Assembly Member Landon Dais talks upcoming primary, legislative achievements and family life in the Bronx

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

City Comptroller Brad Lander speaks about migrant shelter limit report

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Report from Lander suggests NYC’s migrant shelter stay limit enforced in ‘haphazard’ fashion, ‘disregarded humanity’

NYPD and Sheriff's office members at illegal cannabis shop raid

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‘Padlock to Protect’: NYC boosts effort to shut down illegal cannabis shops with new state-granted authority

NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell

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City Council seeks probe into NYPD brass’ ‘intimidating and dangerous’ social media activity

Bernadette Ferrara speaking at a podium

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Ferrara resigns from CB11 following board vote to remove her as chair

By Camille Botello Conversation…

NYS Gov. Hochul at a desk with American flag behind her talking congestion pricing

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Hochul unpacks details of major effort to combat retail theft — including tougher penalties and tax credits

Rent Guidelines Board votes on preliminary rent-stabilized apartment increase

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NYC rent-stabilized tenants in danger of yet another increase after Rent Guidelines Board vote

Chinatown in New York

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Celebrating the power of NY’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community

Mayor Adams

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How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

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Week in Rewind: CB11 chairs stripped of leadership, mental health clinics come to Bronx schools, community boards weigh in on Metro-North megaproject and more

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Ground-breaking in Brooklyn as Black unemployment rate drops

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Black unemployment rate drops significantly in NYC, new economic report shows

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‘Community Board 11 requires intervention’: Board strips Ferrara, D’Angelo of leadership titles in meeting marked by disruptions and a resignation

By Camille Botello Conversation…

City Council Member Pierina Sanchez speaks during a news conference outside City Hall on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Sanchez is introducing a package of bills in response to structural collapses, most prominently a partial collapse in her district at 1915 Billingsley Terrace.

Bronx pol announces building safety legislation inspired by Billingsley Terrace collapse

By Camille Botello Conversation…

Mayor Eric Adams holds rally celebrating rollout of executive budget

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Mayor Adams’ $111 billion executive budget plan restores some critical cuts, but shuts out libraries

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BP Gibson touts strong economic recovery, plenty of Bronx pride in State of the Borough address

By Emily Swanson Conversation…

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National Ice Cream Day Is This Sunday—Celebrate at NYC’s Best Ice Cream Shops

The Hole, a contemporary art gallery being sued for not paying its artists.

Artists sue Bowery art gallery The Hole, alleging it sold $50K of their work and didn’t pay them

Schneps Podcasts

Brooke, Thank You For Coming Out (Minisode)

A picture shows the late O'Shae Sibley during a demonstration in Brooklyn after he was killed there in an alleged anti-LGBTQ attack.

Man sentenced to 20 years for killing O’Shae Sibley in homophobic gas station attack