"Initial results of several hotly-contested state Assembly primaries offered a view Tuesday night into which way the political winds are blowing for New York City Democrats — with most incumbents holding onto their seats and maintaining the status quo." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York City is poised to impose strict limits on cell phone use in local public schools, as restrictions on their use gain traction across the country, Schools Chancellor David Banks indicated Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams shrugged off news Tuesday that the city teachers union no longer supports his controversial effort to enroll retired municipal workers in a Medicare Advantage plan, saying he’s confident his team will “resolve” the matter and that everything’s “going to be fine.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York City public schools will launch a division to better serve the city’s growing populations of English learners and students with disabilities, and push for more standardization how math is taught, education officials announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

City deputy sheriffs have seized so much cannabis from unlicensed pot shops amid a crackdown that the agency’s offices have become a weed wonderland, with pot stowed in every free nook and cranny they can find, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Governor Hochul signed legislation Thursday with the goal of reducing the harmful effects of social media on New York’s children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Plus, scorching temperatures making life miserable for millions from Midwest to New England Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to know what sparked Gov. Hochul’s about-face on congestion pricing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams on Monday reiterated his support for a ban on face masks proposed last week by Governor Kathy Hochul, but he did not say how such a ban should account for people wearing masks out of medical necessity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

The head of New York City’s Campaign Finance Board voiced support Friday for a number of City Council bills that would expand the watchdog entity’s straw donor enforcement powers amid ongoing issues and investigations related to Mayor Adams’ campaign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Plus, Taylor Swift exhibit opens in Jersey shore town where she used to summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

New York City will receive $27 million as part of a year-old settlement against Juul Labs, the controversial purveyor of vape pens that was ordered to pay out a total of $462 million as part of a court deal in April 2023, city and state leaders announced Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The battle over whether to shift broker fees from renters to landlords is landing on the City Hall steps Wednesday, but only after some behind-the-scenes intrigue forced one group off that coveted piece of New York City real estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Governor Hochul moved Monday to fund doula care and paid time off for expectant mothers before they give birth as she unveiled an $8 million plan for a new maternal health center in the Bronx. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Governor Hochul’s controversial decision to indefinitely delay the long-awaited Manhattan congestion pricing plan is being seen in Washington, D.C. as a political panic move to boost Democratic hopes of retaking the House of Representatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The City Council voted by a wide margin Thursday to expand its ability to block top mayoral hires, teeing up another potential veto battle with Mayor Adams, whose team has sharply criticized the move as a power grab that’d hamper municipal government operations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

In an abrupt about-face, Governor Hochul directed the MTA to abandon congestion pricing Wednesday, less than four weeks before the tolling program was set to kick into gear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams praised President Biden on Tuesday for his executive order capping the number of migrants who can be let into the U.S. and said he’s ready to offer “whatever they need” toward the Biden campaign’s re-election efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

As part of ongoing budget negotiations with the City Council, Mayor Adams has agreed to stave off some of his most controversial education cuts, including a large funding reduction for public schools with declining enrollment, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News late Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co…

If anyone doubted that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking direct aim at Mayor Adams, an upcoming radio show appearance might dispel that notion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

NYC bracing for another round of Canadian wildfire smoke this summer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

As investigators reportedly prepare to bring Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accusers before a federal grand jury, Mayor Adams said Wednesday that his team is still “in the process of looking into” taking back the key to the city he gave to the embattled rap impresario. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York City’s top health officials will have access to fewer than two dozen medical research journals, as the department has turned to outside funding for research articles following Adams administration budget cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams announced Friday that his administration is relaxing some test requirements for lifeguards in a bid to address staff shortages in their ranks that are expected to force swaths of city beaches to stay closed this holiday weekend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo has quietly been reaching out to politically-influential labor leaders a move being seen by many as a clear sign the disgraced governor’s plans to engineer a comeback are picking up steam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Plus, City EMTs, paramedics meet people they saved at annual ‘Second Chance’ celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Plus: NYPD seizes hundreds of vehicles in ‘ghost car’ crackdown and city councilmembers urge Eric Adams to rescind Diddy’s key to the city Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

We're bringing you a special story today from our sports desk. Here's what you need to know as the Jets start their OTAs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Donald Trump won’t testify at hush money trial as defense rests its case; Rana Abbasova, Adams aide whose home was raided, is cooperating with feds’ campaign finance probe; New York State Senate to pass e-bike fire safety bill package Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Sen. Menendez bribery trial reveals N.J. businessman’s sweetheart halal meat deal with Egypt; Adams plans review of NYPD response to Brooklyn pro-Palestinian rally after cops punched protesters; Rudy Giuliani served Arizona indictment papers for election fraud scheme at 80th birthday party Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/…

No City Council members affixed signs to their desks during the chamber’s full meeting Thursday, complying with a directive from Speaker Adrienne Adams aimed at curtailing use of the historic pieces of furniture for messaging about the Israel-Hamas war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The New York City Council is doubling down on a push to better fund affordable housing in the city budget, a position fueled by the release of a report that found construction of new affordable housing units could plummet without more investment from the Adams administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Seventy-five illegal weed shops were shuttered in the first week of the Adams administration’s “Operation Padlock” crackdown on illicit marijuana sales in the city, officials announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams’ office recently started setting up one-on-one meetings between City Council members and Randy Mastro, an ex-federal prosecutor whose expected nomination as the city government’s next top lawyer has drawn intense pushback, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/…

New York State’s much-maligned Office of Cannabis Management will get new leadership and streamline its torpid permitting process for retailers, Gov. Hochul said Friday, moving to address failures that have allowed a sprawling illegal marijuana market to emerge in the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York City rolled out shelter-stay limits for migrant families in a “haphazard” way — without adequate policies or effective case management — Comptroller Brad Lander said Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

The city’s Department of Investigation has launched a probe into accusations that top NYPD officials flouted local laws by thumbing out what have been criticized as politically charged social media posts, a spokeswoman for the watchdog agency told the Daily News on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

An upstate New York judge Tuesday knocked an abortion rights measure off the fall ballot on procedural grounds, dealing a blow to Democrats who hoped it would energize supporters and boost voter turnout in the state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams is heading to Rome this week to meet with Pope Francis and participate in a conference hosted by the Vatican, City Hall announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

More than three dozen local elected officials are calling on Mayor Adams to discipline NYPD Chief John Chell over “illegal” and “dangerous” social media attacks that the police honcho has leveled against lawmakers, journalists and others in recent months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

More than 45% of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City Collegethis week were “unaffiliated” with the schools, NYPD sources told the Daily News on Thursday, though it’s unclear how many of the demonstrators were so-called “outside agitators” involved in driving the recent tumult on the campuses. Learn more about you…

Around 2 million New Yorkers living in stabilized apartments will likely see their rents climb for the third year in a row, after the board tasked with setting rates okayed a range of possible hikes at a raucous preliminary vote on Tuesday — as tenants and their board representatives walked out in protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po…

The City Council’s top tech official alerted Mayor Adams this week that his administration must by law publicly release all information gathered as part of his controversial new “engagement form” system, which requires local elected officials to ask for permission before speaking with senior city officials about various issues. Learn more about you…

The Adams administration’s signature housing plan — which involves building “a little more housing” in every neighborhood — kicked off with a formal approval process Monday after months of hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Amid ongoing fear of crime, more than 13,300 New Yorkers applied for licenses to carry guns in the city last year, a near-double increase compared to 2022 — and the NYPD’s financial bottom line has been boosted by the permit surge, according to a Daily News analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Students at the City University of New York on Thursday launched a pro-Palestinian encampment at City College, part of a wave of tent demonstrations sweeping the nation calling on universities to divest from Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News

Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal includes restored funding for the NYPD, but doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar cut to the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service reductions at library branches across the five boroughs. Learn more about your a…

Black, Asian and Hispanic NYC government workers continue to be paid less than their white colleagues, a disparity driven by a persistent pattern of low wages for women of color in the municipal ranks, according to a new study release by the City Council on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

In the first three months of this year, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received $22,462 in prohibited donations from a corporate entity and 10 individuals with city government business interests, according to a Daily News review of finance disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

New York State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $237 billion state budget, unlocking $2.4 billion for the city’s migrant crisis and providing a program to address the city’s dire housing shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesDoor New York Daily News