On Labor Day, Mamdani Debuts ‘Worker Power’ Office to Support Union Organizing
Workers without unions will soon be able to leverage the resources of City Hall to help organize and have a voice on the job.
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Signal trouble: Disappearing messages in Mamdani influencer chat trigger ‘corrective action’
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration said Friday it took corrective action after learning that disappearing messages had been enabled in a Signal chat used by City Hall to communicate with social media influencers, a…
Mamdani Team Deletes Auto-Delete in Influencer Chats
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s chief counsel said Friday that he took “immediate corrective action” after learning a City Hall communications staffer set some chats on an encrypted app to “auto-delete” official messages.
Mamdani to modernize NYC emergency planning, designate Sept. 11 day of service
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that his administration plans to modernize New York City’s nearly two-decade-old framework for keeping government running during emergencies and formally designate Sept.
Federal Monitor Says Mamdani Jails Chief Is Blocking Rikers Island Oversight
Top Correction Department leaders are actively working to undermine the court-appointed officials overseeing the troubled jail system, the federal monitor warned Thursday, accusing the commissioner and other leading…
Bitter brew: Starbucks tops NYC Comptroller’s list of employers committing labor violations across city
Dozens of companies, big and small, across the five boroughs have made New York City Comptroller Mark Levine’s second-annual list of city businesses committing the most labor violations, released ahead of Labor Day.
Daily Links: Lack of Routine Maintenance Eyed in 2024 Brooklyn Subway Explosion
In the News Keeping the Cookout Going [NYT] Kirbee’s Brings Texas BBQ Smoke, Green Spaghetti to Brooklyn [NYT] MTA Audit Finds Widespread Maintenance Failures [amNY] Mamdani Restores Year-Round Al Fresco Sans Noise,…
Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them.
Ex-Probation investigator sharpens ‘sexual favoritism’ argument after city calls allegations ‘rumors and gossip’ in dismissal bid
A former Department of Probation (DOP) chief investigator has amended her whistleblower lawsuit after city lawyers moved to dismiss it, explicitly arguing that an alleged prior relationship between Commissioner Sharun…
Warning Signal? Mamdani’s City Hall is using encrypted app to reach influencers, and watchdogs want to know if messages are being saved
Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced scrutiny Wednesday over his administration’s reported use of the encrypted messaging app Signal to communicate with a network of social media influencers — raising questions about whether…
Mamdani Appears to Defend City Hall’s Reported Use of Encrypted Influencer Group Chat
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday appeared to defend his team’s use of Signal to communicate with hundreds of online influencers after a report that his head of “new media and cultural communications” sends them talking…
NYC Human Resources Administration Extends 174K-SF Lease in Midtown
The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS) extended the lease for a government agency in Midtown South.
Council Grills Mamdani Health Team Over Deadly UES Legionnaires’ Outbreak
City councilmembers grilled local health officials over the Mamdani administration’s response to a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side this summer that killed 11 people and ranked among the…
AI gets a timeout: Mamdani puts one-year moratorium on generative AI for younger NYC students
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that the nation’s largest public school system will impose a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative artificial intelligence (AI) from 2-K through eighth grade, while…
From Parking Lot to Memorial? Queens Borough Prez Wants City to Buy Paved-Over Black Cemetery
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards is calling on the city to purchase the site of a historic burial ground in Elmhurst, Queens, that was turned into a parking lot and transform it into a memorial for the enslaved…
Mamdani’s Zoning Appointee Faces Testy Nomination Hearing
The nomination of city planning official John Mangin, who championed zoning reform and housing supply efforts, reignited debates about NIMBYs, YIMBYs, and community input in land use decisions.
Mamdani Ends Adams’s Chromebook Spending Spree
New York Focus had spotlighted the T-Mobile contract, which cost the city $3.5 million a month to equip Chromebooks with cell service.
DHS Chief Says ‘Rotten Apple’ Crackdown Is Over, Slams Mamdani and Hochul
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin came to New York City on Tuesday to announce the completion of “Operation Rotten Apple” after targeting 2,100 immigrants across the state for arrest in the past month, he…
NYC’s first racial equity plan sets new framework for future budget decisions
New York City plans to incorporate a racial equity review into future budget planning under its first citywide racial equity plan, released Tuesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration.
Photos | U.S. SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler joins CM Paladino to criticize Mamdani’s government-owned grocery store plan
United States Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler discussed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan for government-run grocery stores in New York City during a press conference on Tuesday, Sept.
Mamdani and NYC Council Tackle Legionnaires’ Prevention With Dueling Plans
This story was originally published by Healthbeat.
Hochul, Mamdani accuse Trump of ‘defunding the police’ by withholding $87 million in NYC counterterrorism funding
Nearly a year after President Donald Trump publicly said his administration would reverse steep cuts to New York’s counterterrorism funding, Gov.
Goodbye to ‘Crashland’: Mamdani admin fills in block of Brooklyn’s Ashland Place bike lane left empty by previous admin
The city Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Tuesday that it has finally filled in a crucial link missing from Brooklyn's bike lane network for years: A protected bike lane on Ashland Place that the prior…
None of the homeowners suing over Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax are subject to it. Can the case still stand?
None of the homeowners suing over the rollout of the city’s pied-à-terre tax on New Yorkers’ pricey second homes are actually subject to the tax, a fact that the city told the Staten Island Supreme Court judge hearing…
Mamdani Rushes To Patch up NYC Childcare Payments After Providers Report Delays
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.
NYC Wants 2,100 Public Restrooms, but City Hall’s Bathroom Strategy Is Backed Up
The release of a citywide strategy for building 2,100 public bathrooms will be delayed after Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s team said the task is too complicated to meet its deadline.
Illegal E-Motos Still Being Shipped To NYC Despite Mamdani Cease-And-Desist Deadline
Massive online retailers Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist are defying a Mamdani order to stop selling dangerous and illegal e-motos.
Friday’s Headlines: NYDN BQE BS Edition
The Daily News editorial board offered a boneheaded critique of Mayor Mamdani's plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Mamdani Ends $200M Adams-Era Deal for T-Mobile Internet Service on Student Laptops
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.
Judge rules Adams, Mamdani broke law by failing to release racial equity plans according to charter-mandated timelines
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled that both former Mayor Eric Adams and current Mayor Zohran Mamdani broke the law by not releasing racial equity plans according to city charter-mandated deadlines.