Justice Department Accuses Adams Prosecutors of Politicking and Hypocrisy
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Justice Department Accuses Adams Prosecutors of Politicking and Hypocrisy

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top Justice Department officials issued an extraordinary attack on Friday on the Manhattan prosecutors who brought the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, releasing a selection of their internal messages in a further attempt to discredit the case. The…

Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor
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Brad Lander Would Declare Housing Emergency if Elected N.Y.C. Mayor

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Declare a state of emergency because of New York City’s housing crisis. Build 50,000 homes on public golf courses. Triple subsidies for affordable housing. These are a few of Brad Lander’s ideas to address the housing crisis if he is elected mayor in…

Adrienne Adams Enters Mayor’s Race to Defeat Eric Adams (No Relation)
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Adrienne Adams Enters Mayor’s Race to Defeat Eric Adams (No Relation)

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Adrienne Adams, the first Black leader of the New York City Council, said on Wednesday that she would join the already crowded race for mayor with less than four months before the June primary. She is hoping to position herself as a principled…

Most Voters Want Eric Adams to Resign as Approval Rating Hits Record Low
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Most Voters Want Eric Adams to Resign as Approval Rating Hits Record Low

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Just 20 percent of New York City voters approved of Mayor Eric Adams’s job performance in a poll released Wednesday, and more than half said he should resign, demonstrating that he faces a daunting path to re-election this year. Mr. Adams’s approval rating…

Takeaways From a Contentious Hearing on Big-City Immigration Policies
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Takeaways From a Contentious Hearing on Big-City Immigration Policies

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines House Republicans cast the mayors of four major American cities as willful impediments to President Trump’s mass deportation agenda during a tense congressional hearing on Wednesday. But in doing so, Republicans also gave the leaders a national platform to passionately defend their cities’…

Adrienne Adams, N.Y.C. Council Speaker, Attacks Trump Ahead of Potential Mayoral Bid
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Adrienne Adams, N.Y.C. Council Speaker, Attacks Trump Ahead of Potential Mayoral Bid

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The annual State of the City address by the speaker of the New York City Council, Adrienne Adams, would typically be seen as a blueprint for the Council’s agenda in the coming year. But her speech on Tuesday carried far more weight. Ms….

A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City
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A Black Studies Curriculum Is (Defiantly) Rolling Out in New York City

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Late last fall at the Hugo Newman School in Harlem, two social studies teachers handed out pages of hip-hop lyrics to their seventh graders, and then flicked off the lights. The students appeared surprised. They had been studying ancient matriarchal societies, including Iroquois…

Cuomo Jolts New York’s Mayoral Race as His Challengers Attack
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Cuomo Jolts New York’s Mayoral Race as His Challengers Attack

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For months, the race for mayor of New York City felt stuck in suspended animation. No more. The contest burst into motion on Sunday as a new front-runner, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, began a comeback campaign in Lower Manhattan, and Mayor Eric…

David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
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David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines David Johansen, the singer and songwriter who was at the vanguard of glam rock and punk as the frontman of the New York Dolls, died yesterday at his home on Staten Island. He was 75. His death was confirmed by his stepdaughter, Leah…

Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams
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Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The speech by Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, in the closing week of Black History Month, seemed to be hitting all the right historical notes. He outlined the lineage tying together Nat Turner, Marcus Garvey, Rosa Parks and Barack Obama and…