U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand glided to re-election on Tuesday, easily winning another six-year term as the junior senator from New York over longshot Republican challenger Mike Sapraicone, a retired NYPD detective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

More than 1 million New York City residents voted early in this week’s high-stakes election — a new record, according to city officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Mayor Adams’ historic corruption trial will start in late April 2025 — just over two months before he’s set to face off against multiple challengers in next summer’s Democratic mayoral primary." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Some of Mayor Adams’ top advisers received pay increases this year that pushed their salaries above his, including David Banks, the since-resigned schools chancellor whose wage bump made him the highest-paid city government employee over at least the last decade, new payroll data shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc…

Democratic politicians in New York grew increasingly angry with Mayor Adams on Monday after he suggested it’s wrong to call Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “fascist” — a stance the mayor took before the ex-president’s weekend rally in Manhattan, where speakers made racist remarks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice…

Firefighters from across the country will join federal Homeland Security Department officials at the FDNY Fire Academy this week for a two-day deep dive on how to better tackle the scourge of deadly lithium-ion battery fires, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Mayor Adams defended Donald Trump Saturday against recent bombshell allegations by a former White House aide that the former president is a “fascist” who said positive things about Adolf Hitler and his Nazi generals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Mayor Adams’ administration recently carved out part of a citywide traffic camera contract in a way that stands to benefit a firm whose president is an ex-top aide to Phil Banks — Adams’ former public safety deputy who’s entangled in a federal corruption probe, according to city records and sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad…

Mayor Adams said he would still run for reelection even if the city’s Campaign Finance Board rules he’s not eligible for matching funds — a huge potential hit to his campaign warchest as he faces several mayoral challengers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Hundreds of New Yorkers are signed up to share their views at a marathon City Council hearing Tuesday reviewing the Adams administration’s sweeping “City of Yes” plan, which aims to boost the city’s housing supply by overhauling decades-old zoning regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Mayor Adams has discontinued a controversial policy requiring local elected officials to seek permission via an online engagement form before speaking with senior officials in his administration about a range of issues, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Mayor Adams might think it’s “common” to accept tens of thousands of dollars in benefits to pressure a city agency, but it is “nonetheless illegal,” federal prosecutors argued Friday in opposing the mayor’s motion to toss a bribery count in his sweeping corruption case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The nation’s largest school district has a new leader. On Wednesday, Melissa Aviles-Ramos takes the reins from David Banks, who served as chancellor of the New York City Public Schools since the start of Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received less than $100,000 in donations over the past three months, a sharp downturn in fundraising that raises questions about how he’ll be able to afford his high-priced team of lawyers as he faces a federal corruption indictment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The New York City Department of Investigation’s staffing levels are so low that employees can’t go on vacation without “significant disruptions” to the agency’s work — a problem that’s becoming especially dire amid various corruption probes into Mayor Adams’ administration, according to a letter obtained by the Daily News. Learn more about your ad …

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said Monday she is satisfied with the avalanche of high-level resignations from Mayor Adams’ senior ranks after she urged him to clean house, the strongest endorsement she’s given Adams since the a federal corruption indictment against him dropped late last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices…

A real estate developer who calls himself “Turkish Trump” was among a group of businessmen who gave money to Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign as part of a 2023 fundraiser that’s emerging as a focus in the federal corruption case against the mayor, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Embattled NYPD Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to vacate his post as early as Friday after his background check hit a snag — and the city’s current Sanitation Department boss, Jessica Tisch, is seen as the top contender to replace him, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York City families are suing the nation’s largest school district for failing to help their children who struggle to find the will to attend school. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Serious crime dipped 3% in September, the ninth straight month with a decrease, the NYPD said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Phil Banks, Mayor Adams’ top public safety deputy and longtime friend, resigned over the weekend, the latest senior City Hall official to step down after becoming embroiled in federal corruption investigations that are rocking the administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

A new high school is coming to southeast Queens where students can earn credits through an early college program — for the first time in New York City’s history, offered by a historically Black university. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Jesse Hamilton, a former state senator now in charge of the city’s massive real estate portfolio, had his cellphone taken last week by state investigators at Kennedy Airport at the same time as they seized devices from Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Mayor Adams’ chief adviser, three sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News. Learn more about your …

Mayor Adams may face more charges in his historic federal corruption case for allegedly selling his political influence to Turkish powerbrokers in a years-long conspiracy — along with several others in his orbit “likely” to be indicted, prosecutors divulged in court Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Mayor Adams’ defense team on Tuesday accused Justice Department prosecutors of leaking information about the criminal investigation leading to his indictment on corruption charges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Mayor Adams moved to dismiss a bribery count against him in his federal corruption indictment Monday, describing the allegations as “extraordinarily vague” and claiming the sweeping case brought by Manhattan prosecutors is based largely on the word of a disgruntled ex-staffer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

It was a moment of high drama. Federal agents stopped Mayor Eric Adams on the street on November 5th and took his cell phones. As word of the seizure emerged November 10th, Adams declared he had “nothing to hide.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Questions about what’s next for Mayor Adams intensified Thursday after he was indicted on federal charges of bribery, fraud and foreign campaign donations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

The Adams administration’s “City of Yes” housing plan, aimed at tackling the ongoing affordability crisis by loosening outdated zoning restrictions to allow for “a little more housing” in every neighborhood, overcame a critical hurdle Wednesday with approval by the City Planning Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com…

NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks, the hand-picked head of the nation’s largest school district and a long-time family friend of Mayor Adams, is expected to resign amid a federal corruption investigation, PIX11 reported Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Vice President Kamala Harris will skip the Al Smith dinner next month in New York, her campaign announced. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Interim Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon said late Saturday the feds raided his homes and seized materials from two decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

The Daily News reported last year that a never-released internal NYPD report painted a damning picture of how police handled the protests that started two days after Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by police in Minneapolis. There were nearly 1,400 arrests, scores of allegations of police brutality, numerous instances of rioting and looting and …

Mayor Adams offered a somewhat different response Tuesday to questions about the swirl of federal investigations touching his administration, letting the press know he’s growing weary of continuous updates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Murders are down, but traffic deaths are up and emergency teams are taking longer to respond to calls, according to the city’s annual management report, released Monday by Mayor Adams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

As New York reviews how it allocates state aid to local school districts for the first time in years, more than 100 advocacy groups are coalescing around a handful of key changes they’d like to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

The flurry of federal investigative activity last week — with feds seizing the electronics of five of the mayor’s most senior officials — sent tremors through City Hall, raising questions about how they would affect Mayor Adams’ ability to govern effectively and offering new fodder for a growing roster of opponents as he heads into a mayoral electi…

NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban submitted his resignation Thursday, telling fellow cops he made the decision out of concern he’d become “a distraction” if he stayed put in the wake of his cell phone being seized by federal authorities as part of a sprawling corruption investigation that has ensnared the upper echelons of Mayor Adams’ administration.…

After being repeatedly stonewalled for pivotal data on the toxins that hovered over lower Manhattan following the terror attacks, attorneys for 9/11 survivors are suing for the never-released studies and documents created more than two decades ago — but New York City continues to stall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc…

Randy Mastro, Mayor Adams’ controversial corporation counsel nominee, removed his name from consideration for the city government’s top lawyer post late Tuesday — and blasted the City Council for subjecting him to a confirmation hearing he called “anything but fair.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

As the 23rd anniversary of 9/11 approaches, FDNY firefighters are making what they hope will be their final plea to Congress for long-term healthcare funding for first responders suffering from illnesses linked to toxic exposure at Ground Zero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Plus, two reporters from the Times and Post were ousted from NYPD headquarters media trailer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Plus, New York City suspends drilling around Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

On the first day of school Thursday, more than 11,000 New York City children will head into new buildings — in the largest school construction expansion in two decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Hochul and ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, has been arrested alongside her husband for working as an agent of China a month and a half after the feds raided their $3.6 million home in Manhasset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

New York City has agreed to pay $12 million to a former Wall Street trader paralyzed in a June 2020 pandemic-era police-involved shooting in Manhattan’s East Village, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Plus, a driver hits four cars and two pedestrians in a Brooklyn hit-and-run spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

The MTA cracked down on fare jumpers on 41 bus lines Thursday, the latest high-profile enforcement push to stem fare evasion on city transit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDi New York Daily News

Sarah Palin was granted a new defamation trial against The New York Times on Wednesday after a federal appeals court found “several major issues” tainted the first one in February 2022 – including jurors learning the judge had dismissed the case from breaking news alerts during their deliberations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho…