Mayor

New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to convert his first paycheck this week into two cryptocurrencies. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

Months after declaring that he would take his first three checks in cryptocurrency in an innovative bid to narrow digital and financial divides, New York City Mayor Adams now says federal law is kind of in the way of him keeping his promise. Adams, then mayor-elect, made the “pay me in Bitcoin” pledge shortly after his November victory. It was…

In a new memoir, former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs talks about the challenges he faced growing up and how anti-poverty initiatives can give others a chance.

Mayor-elect Eric Adams hopes New York City students can attend schools without face masks before the end of the academic year. Fresh on the heels of his mayoral victory last week, Adams told CNN’s Dana Bash that he would like to see the mask mandate for the city’s youngest residents dropped if scientific data supports it. “If we can...

Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced that he plans to take his first three paychecks as New York City mayor in cryptocurrency. Responding to a tweet by Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who said he will take his next paycheck entirely in Bitcoin aiming to be the first politician to do so, Adams said: “In New York we always go big, so...

Eric Adams wins the race for New York City mayor, topping Republican Curtis Sliwa to become the second Black man to become mayor in the city’s history. Romney Smith reports.

NBC New York’s Andrew Siff checks in on the top mayoral candidates in the final weekend before Election Day.

The Democrat who will likely become New York City’s next mayor says he does not intend to get rid of the city’s program for gifted and talented students, nipping plans that outgoing Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said in an interview on CNN on Friday that de Blasio can’t get rid of the...

New York City will phase out gifted and talented classes in its schools, opting to end a program that critics said entrenched racial divides in the nation’s largest public school system, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed Friday.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new plan to help Broadway get back to business which includes vaccinating the theater community.

Democrat Ray McGuire raised $2.5 million for his mayoral campaign since January as the New York mayoral primary race heats up.

Andrew Yang enters an already crowded race to be mayor candidate pool. Reported by Andrew Siff.

The 2020 presidential hopeful said Wednesday he is running for mayor of New York. “I am running for mayor because I see a crisis – and I believe I can help,” said Andrew Yang.

The mayor and former police chief of a northern New York town was arrested on drug charges after an undercover drug operation, authorities said. Timmy Currier, the mayor of Massena, threw a gram of crack cocaine out of his car window before his arrest Tuesday, the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The sheriff’s office...

David Dinkins, New York City’s first and only Black mayor, has died at 93. Jonathan Dienst and David Ushery report.

Leaders, and residents remembers NYC’s First Black Mayor, David Dinkins. Tracie Strahan reports.

Ray McGuire, a top executive at Citigroup, is set to leave the bank and run for mayor of New York.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner briefed the public on Tuesday after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall and brought torrential rain to Houston and the surrounding region.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a new multi-agency task force Tuesday to crack down on illegal fireworks as complaints across the five boroughs soar to unprecedented levels for this time of year. Katherine Creag reports.