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Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.

Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

April 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.April 9, 2025, 11:44 a.m.

After THE CITY revealed City Hall snubbed a $120 million gift to upgrade the Central Park facility, 19 elected officials urge Mayor Eric Adams to reconsider and put his solicitation for operators on ice.

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Health Care Costs Could Rise for NYC Employees as City Scrambles for Funds

March 31, 2025, 5:30 a.m.March 28, 2025, 4:16 p.m.

Funding shortfall stems from aborted switch to Medicare Advantage for retired workers — with $1,500 in annual charges now on the table in union-management discussions.

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City Contracts Director Resigns Suddenly, Latest Adams Appointee to Bow Out

March 22, 2025, 6:52 p.m.March 24, 2025, 1:24 p.m.

Lisa Flores was one of Eric Adams’ first appointments, in charge of tens of billions of dollars of business with nonprofits and private vendors.

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.

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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.

Weihong Hu leaves Brooklyn Federal Court after a hearing in her public corruption case.

Adams World: Investigated

Comptroller Urges Cancellation of $20M Contract Extension for Indicted Eric Adams Campaign Fundraiser

March 19, 2025, 6:00 a.m.March 19, 2025, 9:52 a.m.

Weihong Hu faces federal charges tied to alleged bribery at her Queens hotel housing formerly incarcerated people — and has surrounded herself with close allies of the mayor.

Mayor Eric Adams holds his weekly off-topic press conference at City Hall.

Campaign 2025

Eric Adams’ Latest Campaign Haul Pales in Comparison to the Competition

March 18, 2025, 5:11 p.m.March 18, 2025, 5:11 p.m.

While other candidates are raking in hundreds of thousands, the incumbent mayor is getting fewer and fewer donations.

Parks

Trump Org Presses Eric Adams for Wollman Rink Rights After City Hall Spurned $120M Nonprofit Gift

March 15, 2025, 9:49 a.m.March 15, 2025, 1:09 p.m.

The Central Park Conservancy offered the nine-figure gift to upgrade and run the skating oasis. City Hall instead solicited bids days after the election — handing the president a prized opportunity while Adams attorneys pressed to drop his corruption case.

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New NYC Deputy Mayor Lives and Votes in Peekskill

March 7, 2025, 11:03 a.m.March 8, 2025, 10:57 a.m.

City officials are required to live in the five boroughs. Jeffrey Roth, new head of city operations, announced a run for Westchester legislature last month.

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.

School buses pick up students in East Flatbush.

Eric Adams

How Adams Insiders Scored a Traffic Technology Tryout for a Favored Company

March 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 12, 2025, 2:10 p.m.

A top aide to ex-Deputy Mayor Phil Banks rolled into a high-paying job with BusPatrol after helping the firm get its cameras on board NYC school buses — and in line for a big contract.

City Hall

Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

Health Care Costs Could Rise for NYC Employees as City Scrambles for Funds

City Contracts Director Resigns Suddenly, Latest Adams Appointee to Bow Out

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

Comptroller Urges Cancellation of $20M Contract Extension for Indicted Eric Adams Campaign Fundraiser

Eric Adams’ Latest Campaign Haul Pales in Comparison to the Competition

Trump Org Presses Eric Adams for Wollman Rink Rights After City Hall Spurned $120M Nonprofit Gift

New NYC Deputy Mayor Lives and Votes in Peekskill

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

How Adams Insiders Scored a Traffic Technology Tryout for a Favored Company

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