City Council News

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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.

Housing

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

May 29, 2025, 12:45 p.m.May 29, 2025, 1:56 p.m.

The Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan allows housing where gas stations and warehouse now stand — including an 18-story tower at the disputed site where the iconic Sherita billboard stood.

Pro and anti-Airbnb demonstrators clashed in City Hall Park after a bill was introduced in the City Council to make it easier for some homeowners to provide short-term rentals, Dec. 9, 2024.

Campaign 2025

Special Interests Spend Big to Reshape City Council

May 22, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 22, 2025, 8:42 a.m.

Airbnb, Uber and the Real Estate Board of New York are among the major power players looking to pick winners in the election.

Candidate Clarisa Alayeto in a campaign image stands on a street wearing a blue cardigan, blue and white button down shirt and long loc'd hair.

Campaign 2025

Judges Reject Ballot Attack From Big-Money PAC in Bronx Council Race

May 7, 2025, 1:17 p.m.May 7, 2025, 2:52 p.m.

Clarisa Alayeto will remain on the ballot for the Democratic primary next month after fighting off a legal challenge from a deep-pocketed independent expenditure group backing her opponent.

Campaign 2025

13 City Council Races to Watch in NYC’s June Election

May 5, 2025, 5:00 a.m.May 7, 2025, 10:21 a.m.

All 51 seats in the city’s legislative body are up for grabs this year.

Trump istration

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

April 25, 2025, 4:19 p.m.April 25, 2025, 4:46 p.m.

The lawyer representing the City Council, which sued to block Mayor Adams from allowing ICE an office on Rikers, blasted the arrangement as a “corrupt deal.”

South Bronx Council candidate Will López had campaign posters posted to small-business windows at The Hub

Campaign 2025

Wall Street Mogul Pours Additional $650K Into PAC ing Council Candidates

April 25, 2025, 11:56 a.m.April 25, 2025, 11:56 a.m.

Michael Jenkins, founder of the financial firm Jane Street, has been putting big money into contests that usually have much lower spending caps.

Economy

Pressure Grows on Adams to Budget for Trump Funding Cuts and Recession

April 16, 2025, 5:22 p.m.April 17, 2025, 3:06 p.m.

Set aside more money in reserves, City Council, comptroller and finance experts urge.

A student speaks at a Sunset Park English as a Second Language class about briefly being detained by ICE.

Immigrants

Immigrants Keep Lining Up to Learn English as City Hall Cuts

April 14, 2025, 12:17 p.m.April 17, 2025, 2:28 p.m.

City agency funding has not kept pace with increasing needs since the city’s migrant population grew, new report finds. Providers say they’re struggling to meet the overwhelming demand.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams speaks at a rally outside City Hall against Mayor Eric Adams' executive order allowing ICE and other federal agencies back onto Rikers Island.

Immigration

City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight

April 10, 2025, 6:36 p.m.April 10, 2025, 6:39 p.m.

Lawmakers signed a resolution Thursday allowing Speaker Adrienne Adams to sue Mayor Eric Adams and the Trump istration.

City Council

City Council Charter Proposes Independent Lease Review After Adams Scandal

Council OKs Apartments for Industrial Stretch in Brooklyn

Special Interests Spend Big to Reshape City Council

Judges Reject Ballot Attack From Big-Money PAC in Bronx Council Race

13 City Council Races to Watch in NYC’s June Election

ICE Blocked from Rikers as Judge Extends Order Halting Cooperation With Feds

Wall Street Mogul Pours Additional $650K Into PAC ing Council Candidates

Pressure Grows on Adams to Budget for Trump Funding Cuts and Recession

Immigrants Keep Lining Up to Learn English as City Hall Cuts

City Council Gears Up for Sanctuary City Fight

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