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NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports on the new round of budget cuts hitting the City of New York, and which department is getting a salary boost.

An innovative addition to New York’s ferry system will be hitting the water next summer, but not until its name is chosen by one lucky New Yorker. The ferry will become “New York Harbor’s first public, hybrid electric ferry.” It will take city-dwellers and tourists alike to and from Governors Island.  This contest was announced by Mayor Eric Adams...

Romney Smith reports on the new ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan that opened Wednesday, she gets commuter reactions.

New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get the shots, will...

New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers

Gaby Acevedo reporting on Mayor Adams call for more help with migrant crisis

Mayor Eric Adams flew to the U.S. border Saturday to get a firsthand look at the migrant crisis on the heels of his plea to the state for emergency aid. The mayor sounded a dire alarm Friday when he issued an emergency aid request to the state for help sheltering the flow of migrants that he said has pushed...

Mayor Eric Adams has flown to El Paso, Taxas, to see the crisis at the southern border first-hand. News 4’s Myles Miller reports.

Mayor Eric Adams sounded a dire alarm Friday when he issued an emergency aid request to the state for help sheltering the flow of migrants that he said has pushed New York City’s shelter system “to the brink.” “Based off our projections, we anticipate being unable to continue sheltering arriving asylum seekers on our own and have submitted an...

The Supreme Court ruled a Trump-era immigration policy known as “Title 42” can stay in place for now, allowing border agents to turn away asylum seekers in most cases. It was set to expire Wednesday, which Mayor Eric Adams said would make the city’s migrant crisis worse due to a big influx of asylum seekers. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo...

News 4’s Adam Harding reports.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is bracing for another influx of buses carrying thousands of migrants from the U.S. border with Mexico, as a Trump-era health edict is set to expire. The rule, known as Title 42, allows federal officials to prevent asylum seekers from entering the country during public health emergencies. The Trump administration invoked the rule during...

New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy to get them help. Mayor Eric Adams has directed police officers and city medics to take more psychologically disturbed people to hospitals. He says it is the humane thing to do. But his policy will have to navigate a legal...

Activists held a protest on Wednesday following New York City’s announcement to admit severely mentally ill persons to hospitals, even if they don’t consent. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

Mayor Eric Adams sent out a new directive explaining that first responders who encounter someone who might be a risk must transport them to the nearest hospital. Andrew Siff reports.

Bidding to address a mental health crisis on New York City streets and subways, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday that authorities would more aggressively intervene to get people into treatment, describing “a moral obligation” to act, even if it means involuntarily hospitalizing some. “These New Yorkers and hundreds of others like them are in urgent need of treatment, yet often…

Mayor Eric Adams is packing his bags before for jetting overseas for a pair of international visits later this week. The New York City mayor will take off Wednesday for an initial stop in Athens, Greece, where he’s scheduled to attend the 2022 Mayor Summit Against Antisemitism. Adams’ attendance in the conference comes on the heels of a foiled potential…

Mayor Eric Adams took steps Tuesday aimed at ending domestic violence in New York City and helping survivors. The mayor signed two bills designed to help victims of domestic and gender-based violence. The first bill, which is sponsored by New York City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán, will help establish a housing program for survivors. The program will provide survivors with...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams signed Tuesday domestic violence-Related bills.

New York City’s strictest-in-the-nation COVID vaccine mandate covering the private sector is officially over as of Tuesday, following last week’s health board vote to drop the nearly year-old program amid ongoing pandemic progress.