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Mayor Eric Adams may have already violated New York City ethics law by asking the NYPD to hire his brother Bernard before obtaining permission from the City’s Conflicts of Interest Board, according to interviews with local ethics experts. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Mayor Eric Adams may have already violated New York City ethics law by asking the NYPD to hire his brother Bernard before obtaining permission from the City’s Conflicts of Interest Board, according to interviews with local ethics experts. “No city official can take an action to hire a brother or sister, without the prior approval of the Conflicts of...

Trying to get in front of any criticism over his decision to hire a family member during his first week on the job, Mayor Eric Adams played defense over the weekend and shared insight to his brother’s future role in the administration. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

New Mayor Eric Adams has ridden the New York City subway to City Hall for his first day on the job

Eric Adams took office just after midnight on Jan. 1 with a swearing in ceremony in Times Square. Hours later he rode the subway to City Hall, speaking with New Yorkers along the way. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.

NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams unveiled a team of deputy mayors on Monday, appointing five women to some of the city’s most important behind-the-scenes roles. Adams’ team said two of the new deputy mayors were the first of Asian descent in the city’s history. Topping the list as first deputy mayor is Lorraine Grillo, who has been Mayor Bill de...

An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be booted from New York’s City Hall and sent on long-term loan to the New-York Historical Society, after some City Council members objected to its presence because Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves. The Public Design Commission voted unanimously on Monday to remove the statue from the City Council chambers at City Hall. Instead,…

A statue of Thomas Jefferson that stood for nearly 200 years inside New York City Hall is coming down. Erica Byfield reports.

A little-known city board called the Public Design Commission is expected to approve the statue’s move on Monday from the City Council Chamber to the New-York Historical Society as a long-term loan.

Nearly a month after protesters started camping out outside New York City Hall to call for defunding of the police department, uniformed officers with riot shields moved in to clear out tents and people early Wednesday in a planned operation. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the decision was made after the location had less protestors and more homeless individuals. Katherine...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press secretary is leaving the role after 15 months by the mayor’s side, dealing with everything from the local backlash to his presidential campaign to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a thread of tweets Wednesday afternoon, Freddi Goldstein said that her last day as the mayor’s press secretary will be next week. “Working for the people...

Hundreds of ‘Defund the NYPD’ protesters remain camped out at City Hall despite the city budget passing — a budget that cut the NYPD budget by $1 billion. Tracie Strahan reports.

The number of #DefundNYPD protesters camping outside City Hall has grown to around 400 since last week. Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to slash $1 billion from the police department’s $6 billion funding next year. NBC New York’s Kai Saimonsen reports.

Police reform advocates started camping out in front of City Hall late Tuesday. They are for $1 billion in cuts to the nearly $6 billion NYPD budget.

As there are more calls nationwide to do away with statues of people with ties to slavery or racism, some City COuncil members are calling for a statue of President Thomas Jefferson to be removed from chambers in City Hall. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Speaker Corey Johnson, along with other members of City Council, wrote a letter Thursday to Mayor Bill de Blasio demanding a Thomas Jefferson statue be removed from City Hall

City hall delivered a truckload of meals to the Vernon houses today after News 4 reported that tenants in the NYCHA building were struggling to make meals without gas. Melissa Russo reports.

Top MTA brass was grilled Monday morning by members of the New York City Council on the agency’s proposed $50 billion capital plan.

Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with the mouth-like claw, until the...

The push for pot hit the stairs of City Hall in Manhattan Thursday.