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Eric Adams
the city politic
Sept. 11, 2022
New York’s Leaders Are Sleeping Through a Housing Emergency
The political response should reflect the size and speed of the worsening crisis. It hasn’t even come close.
By
Errol Louis
getting around
Aug. 4, 2022
Eric Adams vs. New York’s Greatest Boat Ride
Pay the Staten Island Ferry staff, please.
By
Bridget Read
the unhoused
July 28, 2022
Trump’s Grotesque Plan to ‘End Homelessness’ Is Already Mainstream Policy
Among plenty of Democrats, too.
By
Alissa Walker
urban fauna
July 28, 2022
Rat Dinnertime May Be Pushed Back by 4 Hours
What is this, Europe?
By
Clio Chang
getting around
July 19, 2022
We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the Flood
The water is winning.
By
Clio Chang
the return to the office
July 13, 2022
No One Wants to Work for New York City Anymore
Blame the office, among other things.
By
Choire Sicha
the real estate
July 7, 2022
The Woo-woo Agents of Real Estate
Can unblocking your chakras get you a house? Maybe!
By
Bridget Read
nypd
July 6, 2022
The NYPD Changed Its Fitness-Test Requirements
And some cops are upset about it.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
June 27, 2022
Eric Adams Tracks Homeless Encampments on a Google Doc
It’s his “system,” and he gets mad when police don’t use it.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
June 23, 2022
Meet Eric Adams’s Other Brooklyn Apartment
An unofficial tour of the Prospect Heights co-op he forgot he still owned.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
June 23, 2022
Bring on the SUV Crushing
If New York City wants to do safety spectacle, let’s go big.
By
Alissa Walker
the rent is too damn high
June 22, 2022
Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are About to Get More Expensive
The Rent Guidelines Board voted, tenants booed, landlords cleaned up.
By
Clio Chang
cannabis
June 16, 2022
The Weed World Trucks Are Apparently Terrible at Parking
According to this week’s impound rate.
By
Clio Chang
politics
June 7, 2022
New Yorkers Really Don’t Like Adams, Hochul Because of Crime
A new poll shows fear of crime has skyrocketed and sent both Democrats’ approval ratings into a crater.
By
Nia Prater
our mayor
May 26, 2022
The Strange Case of the Mayor, a Bishop, and the Alleged Q Train Shooter
Fraudulent car loans are also tangentially involved.
By
Clio Chang
are u coming?
May 19, 2022
Rockin’ Out With the Mayor and ‘Late-Night Dorinda’ at the New Hard Rock Hotel
Don’t expect
Sid and Nancy
; it’s pretty swanky.
By
Brock Colyar
our mayor
May 11, 2022
Eric Adams Is Design’s New Hype Man
And by design, he means fashion.
By
Diana Budds
covid
Apr. 29, 2022
The
Good-Luck-With-That
Pandemic
The city has moved on. The rest is a little puzzle for you to solve.
By
Katy Schneider
getting around
Apr. 11, 2022
Fare-Evasion Arrests Are Back With a Vengeance
Eric Adams’s subway crackdown has arrived.
By
Clio Chang
the unhoused
Apr. 7, 2022
The 8-Hour Standoff Against a Homeless-Encampment Sweep in the East Village
Seven people were arrested after protesting the removal of the tents near Tompkins Square Park.
By
Sam Russek
housing
Apr. 1, 2022
The Cruel Theater of Encampment Sweeps
Adams’s task force cleared hundreds of sites. Five people accepted a bed.
By
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
our mayor
Mar. 29, 2022
Eric Adams, Dr. Oz, and Cara Delevingne Attend Credit-Card Party
It’s for paying your rent!
By
Clio Chang
the unhoused
Mar. 15, 2022
A 24-Hour Manhunt and a Fleeting Sense of Safety for Unhoused New Yorkers
The suspect in a fatal shooting spree is in custody. What the city does next will matter more.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Mar. 14, 2022
Eric Adams Greets the Week in Total Darkness
He’s also on TikTok.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Mar. 7, 2022
The Pandemic Is Over for Eric Adams
And he’s having a lot of fun!
By
Clio Chang
sweatpants city
Feb. 23, 2022
Eric Adams Hates Remote Work So Much
Now he’s making fun of your pajamas.
By
Clio Chang
getting around
Feb. 22, 2022
Buses Have Been Free Before
A humble alternative to a crackdown on fare evasion.
By
Clio Chang
composting
Feb. 18, 2022
Smoothie Mayor Says No to Expanded Composting
Good news for his enemy, the rats.
By
Clio Chang
stop the presses
Feb. 11, 2022
Manhattan’s Maskless Machers Love
The Music Man
— and The Mayor
Eric Adams is getting raves: “Hot, compassionate, strong, determined” — Diane von Furstenberg; “Pitch-perfect” — Barry Diller.
By
Shawn McCreesh
rikers
Feb. 8, 2022
Rikers Guards, Newly Emboldened by Adams, Are Punishing Inmates Who Speak Out
As conditions deteriorate, Adams’s recent decisions only worsen the understaffing problem.
By
Max Rivlin-Nadler
crime
Jan. 25, 2022
The Return of New York’s Most Notorious Cops
The new mayor and police commissioner want to fight gun crime by bringing back anti-crime units, which were disbanded after a history of abuse.
By
Nia Prater
streets
Jan. 19, 2022
New York City Is Finally Getting Raised Crosswalks
They serve the dual purpose of slowing down drivers and making pedestrians more visible.
By
Caroline Spivack
our mayor
Dec. 29, 2021
Eric Adams Is Returning His Well-worn Borough Hall Mattress to Aide
You know, the one he’s had in his office for the past two years.
By
Christopher Bonanos
getting around
Dec. 27, 2021
The New Department of Transportation Commissioner Is a Clear Improvement
Ydanis Rodriguez has a long track record of pushing safer streets policies in New York City, unlike his predecessor.
By
Valeria Ricciulli
new york city
Dec. 15, 2021
Eric Adams Names Keechant Sewell First-Ever Female NYPD Commissioner
Sewell, the Nassau County chief of detectives, was officially named to the position on Wednesday.
By
Matt Stieb
our mayor
Dec. 14, 2021
Eric Adams and Just His Mattress Are Moving to Gracie Mansion
There will be no West Elm for this mayor-elect.
By
Clio Chang
our mayor
Nov. 18, 2021
This Andrew Yang Administration Is Really Coming Together
Wait, who won?
By
Choire Sicha
our mayor
Nov. 3, 2021
Zero Bond Is Eric Adams’s Headquarters Now
Literally anything could happen under this nightlife mayor.
By
Choire Sicha
politics
Nov. 2, 2021
Eric Adams Romps to Victory As the Next Mayor of New York
The ex-cop who ran on fighting crime and reforming police at the same time is now poised to be the city’s strongest leader in generations.
By
Nia Prater
the city politic
Nov. 2, 2021
We Staked Out Eric Adams’s House in Brooklyn
And he came home. Twice!
By
Kevin T. Dugan
assessment
Oct. 15, 2021
Can Eric Adams Really Turn 25,000 Hotel Rooms Into Affordable Housing?
Even after all the past year’s closures, that’s a lot of real estate.
By
Kevin T. Dugan
developing
Aug. 9, 2021
Adams’s Office Gives a Thumbs-Down to Towers by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The greenhouses win out.
By
Kim Velsey
encounter
July 27, 2021
Kathryn Garcia’s Wide-Open Future
She’s out of a job and lost the primary, but the almost-next-mayor of New York is now a political celebrity.
By
Clare Malone
developments
July 7, 2021
Eric Adams Chooses McDonald’s Over Housing Density in Prospect Heights
The presumptive mayor is already backing away from campaign promises.
By
Kim Velsey
politics
July 6, 2021
How Eric Adams Did It
The likely next mayor didn’t look like it at the start of the campaign.
By
David Freedlander
politics
June 23, 2021
Can Eric Adams Hold On to His Lead?
What the first results of the mayoral race mean for him and his opponents.
By
Ben Jacobs
didn’t see this one coming
June 9, 2021
Eric Adams Gave a Tour of His Apartment; Everyone’s Still Asking Where He Lives
It’s a lived-in apartment. That much is clear.
By
Christopher Bonanos
ballot battles
May 21, 2021
In New York’s Chinatowns, Adams and Yang Supporters Are Bitterly Feuding
Community leaders know Adams better, but could Yang be their Asian Obama?
By
Rong Xiaoqing