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Labor

‘Finally There Is Justice:’ Former Tobacco Sweatshop Workers Relieved Over Wage Theft Indictment

June 6, 2025, 1:27 p.m.June 6, 2025, 3:07 p.m.

Workers overcome with emotion as they learn their former bosses were charged with more than $310,000 in wage theft and more.

Employment

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 6, 2025, 3:35 p.m.

Both a longtime incentive to locate jobs outside Manhattan and a new proposal to boost employment in the city’s central business district will vanish unless the state legislature acts soon.

Jessica shared a photo of her husband and child after he was detained by ICE officials.

Trump istration

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 7, 2025, 8:24 a.m.

Jean Carlos, Jessica and their two-year-old daughter are among the families broken apart by ICE agents as they ramp up arrests.

Mayor Eric Adams and former State Sen. Jesse Hamilton are seen at separate press conferences in a diptych image.

Adams World: Investigated

City Council Charter Proposes Independent Lease Review After Adams Scandal

June 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.June 6, 2025, 10:10 a.m.

Review of billions of dollars in office space deals would move to the city comptroller, after an official close to Mayor Eric Adams attempted to steer a city agency to a political donor’s Wall Street building.

NYPD

Video of NYPD Pursuit Shows Cops Abandoning Site of Deadly Crash

June 5, 2025, 9:56 p.m.June 5, 2025, 11:05 p.m.

The crash and flames killed Francisco Guzman Parra, 31, following a police vehicle pursuit from The Bronx to Upper Manhattan.

Andrew Cuomo

Cuomo Claimed These NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorsed Him. They Say They Never Did.

June 5, 2025, 6:16 p.m.June 5, 2025, 7:46 p.m.

Seven public housing tenant association presidents told THE CITY that they were surprised to see their names on a list of Cuomo backers.

Accessibility advocate Dustin Jones attends a TLC Queens press conference about 50% of the taxi fleet being able to pick up people in wheelchairs.

Taxis

TLC Finally Hits 50% Accessibility Target After Years of Delays

June 5, 2025, 3:08 p.m.June 5, 2025, 3:08 p.m.

About 5,000 yellow taxis are now wheelchair accessible, up from just over 200 in 2013.

The Bronx

A Powerful Bronx Politician Dines on Developers’ Double Donations

June 5, 2025, 1:33 p.m.June 5, 2025, 1:33 p.m.

An expert calls the six-figure haul of a committee established by borough president candidate Rafael Salamaca “extraordinary” for an unpaid party seat.

Campaign 2025

NYC Mayoral Candidates Battle Each Other — and Trump — in Chaotic 9-Way Debate

June 4, 2025, 10:36 p.m.June 4, 2025, 10:36 p.m.

Affordability and crime also took center stage in the first of two Democratic primary debates.

Trump istration

Families in Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Ups

June 4, 2025, 9:29 p.m.June 6, 2025, 1:51 p.m.

Over the course of Wednesday, THE CITY witnessed at least 15 people arrested at routine, mandatory check-ins with the agency as the Trump istration escalates its crackdown.

‘Finally There Is Justice:’ Former Tobacco Sweatshop Workers Relieved Over Wage Theft Indictment

Job-Promoting Tax Breaks Are on the Brink of Blowing Up

‘They’re Taking People,’ Man Separated From U.S. Citizen Wife Tells Her Moments Before His Immigration Courthouse Capture

City Council Charter Proposes Independent Lease Review After Adams Scandal

Video of NYPD Pursuit Shows Cops Abandoning Site of Deadly Crash

Cuomo Claimed These NYCHA Tenant Leaders Endorsed Him. They Say They Never Did.

TLC Finally Hits 50% Accessibility Target After Years of Delays

A Powerful Bronx Politician Dines on Developers’ Double Donations

NYC Mayoral Candidates Battle Each Other — and Trump — in Chaotic 9-Way Debate

Families in Tears and Panic Outside Immigration Office as ICE Accelerates Round-Ups

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