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‘Booze Patrol’ Sheriffs Had ‘Man-Cave’ Full of Stolen COVID Liquor — But Escaped Criminal Charges
A group of city sheriffs drank liquor confiscated from bars and clubs that were raided for violating pandemic shutdown rules inside a “man cave” where boxes were placed to block surveillance cameras, according to an internal investigative report obtained by THE CITY. The sheriffs, who all worked for the city’s Department of Finance, brought the drinks, […] The post ‘Booze Patrol’ Sheriffs Had ‘Man-Cave’ Full of Stolen COVID Liquor — But Escaped Criminal Charges appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
This Secret Senate Committee Decides Whether Bills Live or Die
This story was originally published by New York Focus, an independent, investigative news site covering New York state and city politics. Sign up for their newsletter here. In the final two weeks of the legislative session, the New York State Senate will likely pass hundreds of bills — and let hundreds of others die without getting a […] The post This Secret Senate Committee Decides Whether Bills Live or Die appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
NYC Transit Chief Richard Davey Set to Depart Just Two Years Into Role
When Richard Davey was introduced in April 2022 as the incoming president of New York City Transit, he said he hoped to stick around longer than his predecessors in a job that he called “among the best in the world.” “I hope that whenever my tenure ends — hopefully it’s not in two years, hopefully […] The post NYC Transit Chief Richard Davey Set to Depart Just Two Years Into Role appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Mating By Moonlight: Horseshoe Crab Counting with New York’s Citizen Scientists
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. As the pinkening sun slipped behind the Manhattan skyline, a group of citizen scientists in waders paced along a scruffy rim of shoreline overlooking […] The post Mating By Moonlight: Horseshoe Crab Counting with New York’s Citizen Scientists appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
How NYC Elevator Inspectors Make Your Favorite Carnival Rides Safe
This story is part of Summer & THE CITY, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Days before the opening of the Staten Island Mall Carnival last Thursday, a team of city Department of Buildings inspectors checked every gate, seat […] The post How NYC Elevator Inspectors Make Your Favorite Carnival Rides Safe appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Lifeguards Get New City Contract Via Arbitrator After Years of Treading Water
The Adams administration on Friday announced it has reached a deal with the union representing lifeguards after more than a year of negotiations — and only after an arbitrator hammered out the details, officials said. To make it easier to hire new lifeguards, the new contract modifies some physical job qualifications. It also looks to […] The post Lifeguards Get New City Contract Via Arbitrator After Years of Treading Water appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
Local News Keeps Local Leaders Accountable
This piece is the fifth in a series that will take you through THE CITY’s impact and values. We hope this series will move you to contribute to our spring fundraising campaign. Reader donations make THE CITY’s work possible: we couldn’t do it without you. Without local news, local problems don’t get solved, and communities that […] The post Local News Keeps Local Leaders Accountable appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
How a Hotel Developer Bought Her Way Into Eric Adams’ World — Then Won Favors From City Hall
It was already dark when Mayor Eric Adams and his security detail pulled up to the curb of the Wyndham Garden, a drab hotel next to a strip mall in Fresh Meadows, Queens. At the time, his administration was paying for the hotel to shelter more than 100 formerly incarcerated New Yorkers integrating back into […] The post How a Hotel Developer Bought Her Way Into Eric Adams’ World — Then Won Favors From City Hall appeared first on THE CITY - NYC News.
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