He's polling in the single digits but the $ keeps rolling in for Eric Adams from deep-pocket donors with specific asks from City Hall www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/16/e...

Federal immigration flaks repeatedly claim there's nothing to see on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza. Videos and @thecity.nyc data analysis say otherwise. www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/v...

Ex-Deputy Mayor Phil Banks pushed NYPD to assign a crony with zero financial background to a money laundering unit called "El Dorado." Asked why he wanted the gig, the crony said the unit's name "sounded cool." www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/f...

Facing a spike in inmate population, NYC Corrections come up empty in their request for more beds. www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/r...

A reality check from @thecity.nyc re: Democratic mayoral nominee Mamdani's "free buses" promise. www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/08/z...

Independent expenditure committee backing Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor claims it's a union-backed, but doesn't mention big $$ contribution from DoorDash @clauirizarry.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/17/d...

City launches program providing new e-bikes and safety tested lithium-ion batteries to get their untested unsafe batteries that had triggered hundreds of fires and 33 deaths off the street. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/12/e...

Wage theft. Sweatshop conditions. Brooklyn DA files criminal charges against HotHead Grabba owner & managers over dangerous work conditions exposed by THE CITY & @clauirizarry.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/04/b...

The NYPD's aggressive response to 2020 George Floyd protests against police brutality triggered more than 1,000 complaints of excessive force. Five years later @yoavgonen.bsky.social finds only a handful of cops received any type of serious punishment. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/n...

The Road to City Hall: Speaker Adams gets some good news from the city Campaign Finance Board. Ex-Gov. Cuomo not so much. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/30/a...

YTDAW: MTA set to spend millions more to firm that designed the glitchy OMNY fare payment system that's triggered 100s of complaints. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/m...

One of the true stars of the New York City press universe @tommyrobb.bsky.social is gone. Words cannot describe the loss, or what our city will be missing going forward. We at @thecity.nyc did our best to convey his amazing legacy: www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/28/r...

Ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio finally agreed to pay the city $320,000 for his misuse of an NYPD detail during his fantasy White House bid. But @thecity.nyc discovers taxpayers are still on the hook: www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/d...

Fed documents show how a proxy for the Uzbeki government choreographed straw donations to purchase the legitimacy of the Office of the Mayor to sanitize his human rights-challenged nation. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/21/e...

Investigation by @thecity.nyc finds since a big corruption takedown last year NYC Housing Authority has awarded millions of $ in contracts to vendors who admitted bribing dozens of Housing Authority supers www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/n...

Inside the Looking Glass Alternative Universe of New York City public housing www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/07/w...

Judge tosses NYC Mayor Adams' corruption case, but also charges Trump Justice Department's intervention to aid its immigration deportation campaign "smacks of a bargain." www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/02/m...

Early this week Mayor Adams said he was "fighting" to get matching funds denied to his campaign back in December. Three months later THE CITY finds zero evidence of this "fight." www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/28/e...

NEW Another top aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams exits: chief procurement officer Lisa Flores suddenly puts in her papers. Other top aides have hit the road, some after law enforcement inquires, others protesting Adams' deal with Trump re: dismissing his criminal case. www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/22/l...

Obscure NYC board controlled by Mayor Adams would have to approve Trump Organization's bid to run Wollman Rink - and confront the company's criminal and civil judgments. www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/t...

Boro-based jail goal to close Rikers Island by 2027 has a capacity for 4,100. Jail census just surpassed 7,000 for the first time since pre-pandemic. @reuvenblau.bsky.social explains why. www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/r...

NEW Trump Organization pushing Mayor Adams' team to operate Wollman Rink after mayor's office blows off $120 million Central Park Conservancy offer to replace and run it. Meanwhile Adams' awaits OK of Trump Justice Department dismissal of his criminal case... www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/15/t...

NEW The longtime pal Eric Adams put in charge of city leases pushed a brokerage that helps the city on those multi-million $ transactions to assign a friend he called "my broker" to handle those leases. www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/13/j...

Tech firm pitching fast charging EV hubs put on fast track after hiring former top aide to NYC Mayor www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/27/g...

After documenting top city election official's sexually inappropriate and racially biased harassment of 2 women staffers, Dept. of Investigation recommends he be fired or resign. City elections board docks him 15 days pay, but keeps him on the payroll. www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/08/b...

Will Brooklyn's Gold Coast expand? First came DUMBO, then the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Now comes a plan to reimagine deteriorating waterfront piers with housing & commercial development. But of course, there's a catch. www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/08/b...

NEW NYC Dept. of Investigation calls on NYC Board of Elections head to resign after accusing him of creating hostile work environment for 2 women staffers www.thecity.nyc/2025/01/07/b...

NYC Mayor Adams' lawyer today asks the judge in the mayor's bribery/fraud case to move a scheduled Friday court appearance to AFTER Jan. 20th. Not sure if that's at all related to President-elect Trump's musings about maybe pardoning Adams but who knows?

Law barring sale of volatile e-bike batteries that are NOT safety certified passes Senate w/ support from Sens. Schumer & Gillibrand. www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/18/e...

NEW Eric Adams' team acknowledges it declined to answer certain questions by an oversight panel about 2021 fundraising activities because it would become evidence in his upcoming criminal campaign finance fraud trial www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/17/e...

Panel that decides who gets public matching funds deals big blow to Mayor Eric Adams campaign which was hoping for millions more taxpayer $ www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/16/e...

Panel overseeing public matching funds for NYC campaign deals big blow to Mayor Adams re-election campaign which was hoping for millions more taxpayer $$$$$ www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/16/e...

Facing million$ in losses due to fare beaters MTA plans study on why riders do it, with categories such as "opportunists," "rebels" & "idealists." No category for "didn't feel like paying." www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/13/m...

For years NYC Mayor Adams repeatedly ignored NYC Campaign Finance Board's demands to explain dubious donations. On Monday CFB decides whether he gets millions of public matching funds for his reelection. www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/10/e...

With a federal judge leaning toward receivership, some top names step up to say they're willing to serve @reuvenblau.bsky.social www.thecity.nyc/2024/12/03/r...

The latest on NYC Mayor Adams' criminal case: Adams' defense team & feds remain miles apart on trial date for his bribery/campaign finance fraud case, per joint letter filed today.

Yet more eyes in the sky: NYCTA looks at relying on drones to monitor bus traffic, raising concerns by bus depot workers www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/27/m...

NYPD "quality of life" unit that grew from 18 to 165 members specializes in NO, NYC DOI report finds. As in NO info on civilian complaints, NO info on fatalities & injuries in car chases www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/26/n...