Why Did Eric Adams Have So Cellphones?
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Why Did Eric Adams Have So Cellphones?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One surprising detail emerged in the trove of documents released about Mayor Eric Adams’s federal corruption case: The mayor used at least seven different cellphone numbers during the yearslong period in which he was under investigation. Mr. Adams had a ready explanation for…

Records Offer Glimpses Inside the Doomed Prosecution of Eric Adams
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Records Offer Glimpses Inside the Doomed Prosecution of Eric Adams

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Months after federal prosecutors in Manhattan secured a five-count corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, federal authorities were still forging ahead with their investigation into his dealings. They obtained a new warrant authorizing them to search the phone of a…

Board Backs Rent Increases for a Million N.Y.C. Apartments
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Board Backs Rent Increases for a Million N.Y.C. Apartments

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The New York City panel that decides annually if and how much rents can go up for almost one million rent-stabilized apartments voted on Wednesday in favor of increases, after landlords said they needed more money to pay for rising expenses. The nine-member…

After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn
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After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A small group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, shadowed by a heavy police presence, rallied in Brooklyn on Monday night to condemn the actions of a crowd of pro-Israel counterprotesters who verbally and physically assaulted a woman there last week. After gathering at Barclays Center,…

Adrienne Adams, in NYC Mayor Campaign, Pitches Big Guaranteed Income Program
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Adrienne Adams, in NYC Mayor Campaign, Pitches Big Guaranteed Income Program

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Adrienne Adams, the New York City Council speaker who is running for mayor, will propose on Monday a guaranteed basic income program that would be the largest of its kind in the United States. It would aim to help more than 21,000 homeless…

It’s Day 1 of a New Mayor’s Race in New York
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It’s Day 1 of a New Mayor’s Race in New York

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One Democratic primary candidate, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, cut a video offering himself as an antidote to the perceived political chaos. Others warned that Mr. Adams was undermining his party’s chances in November. And a centrist lawyer who is running as an independent,…

Eric Adams Will Run for NYC Mayor as an Independent
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Eric Adams Will Run for NYC Mayor as an Independent

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines “Although I am still a Democrat, I am announcing that I will forgo the Democratic primary for mayor and appeal directly to all New Yorkers as an independent candidate in the general election,” he said. In the video, Mr. Adams denied the corruption…

Judge Ends Eric Adams Case, but Says U.S. Cannot Use Charges as Leverage
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Judge Ends Eric Adams Case, but Says U.S. Cannot Use Charges as Leverage

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A judge on Wednesday dismissed federal corruption charges against Eric Adams, ending the first criminal case against a New York City mayor in modern history and underscoring how President Trump’s Justice Department is using prosecutorial power to advance his agenda. In his ruling,…

Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History
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Opinion | The Fantasy of Annexing Canada Has a Long and Mortifying History

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Franklin, said to be “pitifully unwell,” returned home, accompanied by a Montreal couple who took “such liberties in taunting at our conduct in Canada,” he reported, “that it came almost to a quarrel.” Congress appointed a committee to investigate the Canadian fiasco, producing…

To Finally Close Rikers, Panel Suggests Making It Someone’s Only Job
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To Finally Close Rikers, Panel Suggests Making It Someone’s Only Job

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A commission on closing the Rikers Island jail complex urged New York City to appoint two senior officials to focus solely on shutting down the notoriously troubled jail, part of a series of recommendations designed to accomplish a goal mandated six years ago….