A range of critics have begun to pounce as Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers draw closer to a housing deal that would revive a tax break for developers and provide new good cause eviction protections to tenants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

With Mayor Adams’ authority over the city’s public schools on the line, a new study of mayoral control that painted an unfavorable picture of how parents and teachers feel about the status quo has added a new wrinkle to the debate in Albany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The feds will be footing more of the bill for a new bridge over Newtown Creek, putting $15 million towards the replacement of the 119-year-old Grand St. Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams defended himself Tuesday when questioned about a report that the federal probe into ties between Turkey and his 2021 mayoral campaign has honed in on upgrades he allegedly received on Turkish Airlines flights, but declined to offer more specific details on issues raised by the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/…

New York City parents and teachers feel shut out of key decisions about children’s education under the current system of mayoral control, according to a pivotal state Education Department report released Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, whose clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, has been retained to represent Mayor Adams against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a police colleague over three decades ago, according to court filings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Madonna files to dismiss fans’ lawsuit over late start of Barclays Center concert; Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists; Off-duty NYPD cop charged with assault in Brooklyn incident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams offered a sarcastic helping hand to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during his New York City stay, saying Thursday that the Republican could sleep in a migrant shelter “so he can see what he has created." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Critics of President Biden’s support for the war in Gaza Wednesday claimed that an impressive 12% of New York Democratic voters heeded their call to protest by casting blank ballots in the state’s presidential primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

A former NYPD deputy inspector who was friendly with Mayor Adams was sentenced to community service Tuesday for his ringleader role in a straw donor scheme that gamed the system to boost the mayor’s 2021 City Hall run and curry political favors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Critics of President Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza are pushing for Democratic voters to cast blank ballots in Tuesday’s otherwise snoozy primary as some Republicans plan to vote for Nikki Haley to express oppostion to former President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

An NYPD year-end report detailing how it works with at-risk officers is missing a key detail: How many of those struggling cops had to repeat the program? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The rollout of driverless cars in American cities has so far been pockmarked by speed bumps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Weeks of cautious optimism that New York lawmakers might approve the state budget on time have faded to the reality that talks will drag past the April 1st deadline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The MTA is expected to approve a congestion pricing tolling plan Wednesday, ahead of a June launch for the program — barring a judicial ruling favoring New Jerseyans or others who oppose the plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The City Council asked the state’s highest court Monday to reverse a ruling that struck down a law giving hundreds of thousands of noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote in local elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

One week out from the nominal deadline to approve the next state budget, Gov. Hochul and the Legislature are heading into a few days of furious negotiations, with school funding and tenant protections seen as likely sticking points. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mets owners’ Steve and Alex Cohen’s foundation is making the largest donation in the City University of New York’s history to a new workforce development center at a Queens community college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The NYPD pushed back Wednesday against criticism of how it uses social media — calling it critical to giving information to the public — even as a chief testified that the department will soon encrypt all its radio transmissions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams vehemently denied accusations Tuesday that he sexually assaulted a coworker in his car decades ago and vowed to not be distracted by the shocking claim — as his administration’s top attorney defended using city government attorneys to represent the mayor in the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

New York State has launched a comprehensive review of its sluggish process for licensing cannabis shops, Governor Hochul’s office said Monday, targeting a tortured legalization rollout that has allowed a sprawling market of unlicensed retailers to emerge across the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The number of yellow taxis on New York City streets is growing post-pandemic — but passenger demand has not kept pace, and a third of taxi medallions remain dormant, the Taxi and Limousine Commission says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Manhattan’s Upper West Side is awash with unlicensed weed shops — and the budding problem continues to grow worse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Governor Hochul visited “The View” on Wednesday, touting her efforts to tackle crime during her 30-month governorship, defending a polarizing new subway safety plan and offering a new account of her rise to the post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

City and state authorities have launched a sprawling interagency task force to combat so-called ghost cars carrying missing, modified or counterfeit license plates, Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul said Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The city is currently spending more money on housing and services per migrant than it did last summer, despite projections from Mayor Adams showing the overall price tag for the crisis is dropping thanks to reductions in the number of asylum seekers in the city’s care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday revived bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lieutenant Governor Brian Benjamin that were dismissed after a lower court found the feds failed to establish sufficient evidence of a quid pro quo between him and a campaign donor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Governor Hochul, who was weighed down by voter fears about crime in her closer-than-expected reelection victory in 2022, often says that public safety is her single most pressing priority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Governor Hochul is deploying 750 members of the Guard and 250 state and MTA police officers to subway stations to inspect passengers’ bags following a spate of violent incidents across the system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

An attorney for Mayor Adams said Tuesday there’s nothing to suggest he’s the “target” of any criminal probe in the wake of FBI raids at the homes of Winnie Greco, a top City Hall adviser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The city is creating a $50 million fund that will serve as collateral for minority-owned businesses attempting to secure loans for work on affordable housing projects, Mayor Adams announced Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The City Council’s latest tax revenue projection far exceeds the most recent forecast put out by Mayor Adams’ team — giving the chamber’s Democrats a new leg to stand on as they brace for a contentious budget battle that’s expected to center on whether to reverse the mayor’s cuts to public services and agencies. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…

FBI agents on Thursday raided two Bronx homes owned by Winnie Greco, a top aide to Mayor Adams, multiple sources confirmed to the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams unveiled a new economic plan Wednesday geared toward addressing climate change and creating 5,000 new jobs — and which his administration predicted will generate $55 billion of “economic impact” for the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The cost of comparable migrant services provided by contractors hired by Mayor Adams’ administration “varied widely” and came in “significantly higher” than what the city typically pays, leading to mismanaged taxpayer dollars, a report released Tuesday by city Comptroller Brad Lander revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad…

President Biden Monday was set to visit New York Monday afternoon for his second campaign trip of the month to the Big Apple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

A renewed push to weed out the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops in the city rolled forward Friday, another effort in what so far has been a largely losing battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

City transportation officials are asking Albany pols to expand New York City’s red-light camera program, which is set to end this year as fatalities from light-running reach a record high. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams called off a plan Wednesday to cut all city agency budgets by 5% this spring — but also announced he’s going to slash nearly $600 million in projected spending on housing and services for newly-arrived migrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Democrats found reasons for optimism after scoring a special congressional election victory in swing Long Island territory last week, but President Biden continues to show signs of weakness in deep-blue New York, according to a statewide Siena College poll published Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

E-bike safety checks and enforcement would be a key role of the new city agency Mayor Adams is contemplating to regulate New York’s growing food and package delivery industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Mayor Adams’ administration sued the owners of five major social media platforms Wednesday with an aim to hold them “financially responsible” for the city’s youth mental health crisis, joining a wave of similar legal actions brought by jurisdictions across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Four New Yorkers who are either at risk of becoming homeless or already living in the shelter system sued Mayor Adams on Wednesday for refusing to implement a package of laws that’d make it easier for them to access the city’s rental assistance program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Mayor Adams pushed back Tuesday on new state legislation that seeks to outlaw the 30- and 60-day limits his administration has put on migrants staying in New York City shelters, saying his policies constitute a “successful humanitarian response.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

Two progressive New York lawmakers are taking aim at 30- and 60-day migrant shelter stay limits in the latest challenge to the Adams administration’s controversial policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

20 NYC migrant shelters to face new 11 p.m. curfew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

The City Council empowered Speaker Adrienne Adams on Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams over his refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — but the speaker played coy on what exactly comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams is set to grant herself the power Thursday to take legal action against Mayor Adams’ administration over its refusal to implement a set of new housing voucher laws — a procedural step that carries outsize weight amid a tense relationship between the two top politicians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg…

Mayor Adams visited Albany on Tuesday to urge New York state lawmakers who hold sway over city resources to increase aid for the migrant crisis, asking for the state to cover 50% of the city’s migrant costs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News

Dwayne Montgomery, a former NYPD inspector and longtime friend of Mayor Adams, admitted as part of a guilty plea Monday that he helped orchestrate a scheme to funnel illegal donations into the mayor’s 2021 campaign coffers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesAf New York Daily News