Jeffery C. Mays

Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council reached a $112 billion budget deal that restored some unpopular cuts to key programs.

The City Council successfully pushed to reverse budget cuts that Mayor Eric Adams had proposed to libraries, cultural institutions and composting.

While many contested races had moderate and left-leaning Democrats squaring off, the deciding factor seemed to be the power of incumbency.

Representative Jamaal Bowman faces George Latimer in the state’s most-watched race, a costly contest that may speak to the Democratic Party’s direction.

Several State Assembly contests have become contentious as the June 25 primary nears, with the party grappling between moderate and progressive forces.

Lamor Whitehead, who prosecutors said was a career con man who ran a church, took in millions, which he spent on cars, clothes and jewels.

The city panel that oversees rents for one million stabilized apartments also backed increases of 5.25 percent for two-year leases.

Weeks before New York was to charge motorists to enter Manhattan’s business district, Gov. Kathy Hochul postponed the program, citing economic concerns.

Speaking to a more diverse crowd than his events usually draw, Donald Trump made a series of pledges to New Yorkers and railed against President Biden and the migrant crisis.

Donald J. Trump’s first rally in New York in eight years will be in the Bronx. Borough residents had mixed reactions.

Mayor Adams said that his comment, which drew criticism from the right and the left, was based on numerous conversations he has had with migrants.

The mayor praised the work of a migrant welcome center, which he visited at the end of a three-day trip, during which he also met with Pope Francis.

The meeting was a highlight for the mayor, who is in Rome to speak at a conference about world peace and often talks about how his Christian faith informs his leadership.

New York City’s mayor will attend a conference on peace during a three-day trip to Rome and the Vatican, where he is expected to meet Pope Francis.

Zellnor Myrie, a left-leaning state senator from Brooklyn, is moving to run against Mayor Eric Adams in the Democratic primary next June.

As Gov. Kathy Hochul urged business leaders to make technology widely accessible, a comment she made about Bronx children raised eyebrows.

Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying 1990s rapper who went to prison for murder.

The Council speaker requested an investigation of police officials’ use of social media to attack critics. The mayor’s office asked for an inquiry into a councilman’s behavior.

Mayor Eric Adams of New York defended the arrests of nearly 300 protesters and said he would not allow the protests to disrupt the city.

The mayor released a revised $111.6 billion budget, which included $2.3 billion that would restore some funding for schools and cultural institutions.

Arva Rice was asked to resign after she criticized police handling of a fatal shooting investigation and requested more money and power to investigate misconduct.

Mayor Eric Adams praised Randy Mastro’s “impressive” career as he moves to hire him as New York City’s top lawyer. A majority of the Council is believed to oppose his nomination.

The mayor’s speech at a “power breakfast” was interrupted by demonstrators who stormed the stage and accused him of abandoning the working class.

Protesters accused Mayor Eric Adams of failing working-class New Yorkers before being escorted off the stage at an event for business leaders.

Dana Rachlin, who filed a federal defamation lawsuit against the Police Department, said the string of recent attacks by high-level officials against critics was not surprising.

The administration of Mayor Eric Adams received criticism for taking nearly thirty minutes to send its first alert.

Mayor Eric Adams keeps finding eye-catching ways to seize the spotlight on the issue of public safety, even when the narrative turns against him.

Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the City Council, described the initiative in a speech that highlighted policies aimed at making New York a more affordable place to live.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s subway safety plan was meant to show how Democrats can take action on crime, but the response illustrated how the issue divides her party.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, amid a series of violent crimes on the subway, said she would deploy 1,000 members of the State Police and National Guard to the transit system.