Mayor Adams has sued the city’s Campaign Finance Board over its repeated denial of matching funds for his reelection campaign. The lawsuit, first reported by Politico on Tuesday, seeks $3.4 million that the mayor has been denied by the CFB, which has cited Adams’ five-count federal indictment in its decisions. “An indictment is not a … Read more
A two-stop ride on the B train Friday wasn’t enough to change the mind of Sean Duffy, the head of President Trump’s Department of Transportation, about how dirty and dangerous he thinks the New York City subway system is. “We’re not where this needs to be,” Duffy said of the subway’s cleanliness and safety after … Read more
Four of Mayor Adams’ top deputies submitted resignations Monday after telling him they’re concerned about his ability to govern following an unusual decision by President Trump’s Justice Department to drop his corruption indictment with politically charged strings attached, the Daily News has learned. The departures of First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor for Operations … Read more
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called on Mayor Adams to resign Monday, becoming the latest top-ranking city official to demand he step down as a push for his forcible removal also began taking shape. The speaker, who stopped short of demanding the mayor’s resignation after he was indicted on corruption charges in September, said in … Read more
Mayor Adams is canceling most public appearances this week and will undergo medical tests after not “feeling his best” over the past few days, according to a statement from his spokesman. The statement, issued shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday by Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy, said the 64-year-old Adams will “have a number of … Read more
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. Hagan Scotten, a prosecutor for Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams’ office, made the … Read more
Outgoing Schools Chancellor David Banks on Wednesday shut down rumors he wed his decade-plus partner First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright for spousal privilege as Mayor Adams’s top aides are ensnared in a federal corruption investigation. “I think anybody that would criticize me has probably never been in love,” Banks told FOX 5’s Good Day New … Read more