City Council

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.

Randy Mastro speaks to city council in hopes of being elected corporate council. Mastro wears a dark blue suit and red tie. The city council chambers is filled with people. the people in the background are out of focus.

City Hall

Ex-Giuliani Aide Randy Mastro Tapped as Adams’ First Deputy Mayor

March 20, 2025, 6:10 p.m.March 20, 2025, 6:10 p.m.

The new pick previously withdrew a bid to be the city’s corporation counsel last fall after an outcry from the City Council.

Trees cover a street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Nov. 10, 2021.

Parks Department

Growing Concern: Parks Dept. Gives Multi-Million Dollar Tree-Planting Job to Contractor Facing Federal Time

March 20, 2025, 5:28 p.m.March 21, 2025, 11:56 a.m.

Griffin’s Landscaping has two active contracts with the city totaling $15 million and three contracts for $25 million. Its owner, Glenn Griffin, faces up to five years in prison on bribery and illegal dumping charges.

NYPD

NYPD Commissioner Touts Tougher Discipline for Officers Who Commit Misconduct

March 11, 2025, 5:09 p.m.March 11, 2025, 5:09 p.m.

After predecessors under Mayor Eric Adams lowered penalties, Jessica Tisch announces two measures to bolster discipline on the force.

Department of Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley Liddie testifies at a City Council budget hearing.

Jails

Rikers Now Looks to Bring Back Nonprofits After Kicking Them Off Island

March 7, 2025, 5:22 p.m.March 7, 2025, 5:25 p.m.

Two years ago, Department of Correction officials said they could cut costs by in-sourcing social and educational programs for detainees. It did not work out.

Asylum Seeker Operations director Molly Schaeffer, left, and Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Manuel Castro prepare to testify at a City Council budget hearing.

Immigration

NYC Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Muted on Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda

March 6, 2025, 5:31 p.m.March 19, 2025, 2:56 p.m.

Questioned by Council , Manuel Castro refused to criticize the president and wouldn’t say if City Hall had warned him to stay quiet.

Adrienne Adams

Speaker Adams’ Lincoln Center Speech Doubles as First Performance of Her Mayoral Campaign

March 4, 2025, 2:38 p.m.March 4, 2025, 2:39 p.m.

In her ‘State of the City’ address, the City Council leader touted her experience as a citywide leader and said New York needs “partnership over patriarchy.”

Campaign 2025

Adams vs. Adams: City Council Speaker Takes Steps to Mayoral Race

Feb. 27, 2025, 2:50 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 2:50 p.m.

Following chants of “Run, Adrienne, run!” and increased from her colleagues, Adrienne Adams said she launched a campaign committee late Wednesday, as a former governor also considers ing the fray.