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Eric Adams

  1. urban fauna
    The City’s Listing for a Rat Director Is a Bit MuchThe right candidate will have a “general aura of badassery.”
  2. migrant crisis
    Eric Adams Closes His Big Tent on Randall’s IslandMigrants are moving to hotels, which is what many advocates asked for in the first place.
  3. city agencies
    The Department of Buildings Seems Like a Mess Right NowThe Buildings commissioner was just interviewed in relation to an illegal gambling investigation, and that’s just the half of it.
  4. migrant crisis
    The Randalls Island Migrant Shelter Is Looking a Lot Less Temporary“There is no limit to how long people that are seeking asylum can stay in this facility.”
  5. haunted
    I Brought a Medium to Gracie MansionThe mayor says there are ghosts. I wanted to believe.
  6. migrant crisis
    Is Moving Migrants to Randalls Island a Solution?Critics of the plan say the mayor is swapping one isolated floodplain for another.
  7. parks and recreation
    The City Quietly Stopped Pruning a Lot of Its TreesAnd now it’s hurricane season.
  8. the city politic
    New York’s Leaders Are Sleeping Through a Housing EmergencyThe political response should reflect the size and speed of the worsening crisis. It hasn’t even come close.
  9. getting around
    Eric Adams vs. New York’s Greatest Boat RidePay the Staten Island Ferry staff, please.
  10. the unhoused
    Trump’s Grotesque Plan to ‘End Homelessness’ Is Already Mainstream PolicyAmong plenty of Democrats, too.
  11. urban fauna
    Rat Dinnertime May Be Pushed Back by 4 HoursWhat is this, Europe?
  12. getting around
    We’ve Surrendered the Subway to the FloodThe water is winning.
  13. the return to the office
    No One Wants to Work for New York City AnymoreBlame the office, among other things.
  14. the real estate
    The Woo-woo Agents of Real EstateCan unblocking your chakras get you a house? Maybe!
  15. nypd
    The NYPD Changed Its Fitness-Test RequirementsAnd some cops are upset about it.
  16. our mayor
    Eric Adams Tracks Homeless Encampments on a Google DocIt’s his “system,” and he gets mad when police don’t use it.
  17. our mayor
    Meet Eric Adams’s Other Brooklyn ApartmentAn unofficial tour of the Prospect Heights co-op he forgot he still owned.
  18. getting around
    Bring on the SUV CrushingIf New York City wants to do safety spectacle, let’s go big.
  19. the rent is too damn high
    Rent-Stabilized Apartments Are About to Get More ExpensiveThe Rent Guidelines Board voted, tenants booed, landlords cleaned up.
  20. cannabis
    The Weed World Trucks Are Apparently Terrible at ParkingAccording to this week’s impound rate.
  21. politics
    New Yorkers Really Don’t Like Adams, Hochul Because of CrimeA new poll shows fear of crime has skyrocketed and sent both Democrats’ approval ratings into a crater.
  22. our mayor
    The Strange Case of the Mayor, a Bishop, and the Alleged Q Train ShooterFraudulent car loans are also tangentially involved.
  23. are u coming?
    Rockin’ Out With the Mayor and ‘Late-Night Dorinda’ at the New Hard Rock HotelDon’t expect Sid and Nancy; it’s pretty swanky.
  24. our mayor
    Eric Adams Is Design’s New Hype ManAnd by design, he means fashion.
  25. covid
    The Good-Luck-With-That PandemicThe city has moved on. The rest is a little puzzle for you to solve.
  26. getting around
    Fare-Evasion Arrests Are Back With a VengeanceEric Adams’s subway crackdown has arrived.
  27. the unhoused
    The 8-Hour Standoff Against a Homeless-Encampment Sweep in the East VillageSeven people were arrested after protesting the removal of the tents near Tompkins Square Park.
  28. housing
    The Cruel Theater of Encampment SweepsAdams’s task force cleared hundreds of sites. Five people accepted a bed.
  29. our mayor
    Eric Adams, Dr. Oz, and Cara Delevingne Attend Credit-Card PartyIt’s for paying your rent!
  30. the unhoused
    A 24-Hour Manhunt and a Fleeting Sense of Safety for Unhoused New YorkersThe suspect in a fatal shooting spree is in custody. What the city does next will matter more.
  31. our mayor
    Eric Adams Greets the Week in Total DarknessHe’s also on TikTok.
  32. our mayor
    The Pandemic Is Over for Eric AdamsAnd he’s having a lot of fun!
  33. sweatpants city
    Eric Adams Hates Remote Work So MuchNow he’s making fun of your pajamas.
  34. getting around
    Buses Have Been Free BeforeA humble alternative to a crackdown on fare evasion.
  35. composting
    Smoothie Mayor Says No to Expanded CompostingGood news for his enemy, the rats.
  36. stop the presses
    Manhattan’s Maskless Machers Love The Music Man — and The MayorEric Adams is getting raves: “Hot, compassionate, strong, determined” — Diane von Furstenberg; “Pitch-perfect” — Barry Diller.
  37. rikers
    Rikers Guards, Newly Emboldened by Adams, Are Punishing Inmates Who Speak OutAs conditions deteriorate, Adams’s recent decisions only worsen the understaffing problem.
  38. crime
    The Return of New York’s Most Notorious CopsThe new mayor and police commissioner want to fight gun crime by bringing back anti-crime units, which were disbanded after a history of abuse.
  39. streets
    New York City Is Finally Getting Raised CrosswalksThey serve the dual purpose of slowing down drivers and making pedestrians more visible.
  40. our mayor
    Eric Adams Is Returning His Well-worn Borough Hall Mattress to AideYou know, the one he’s had in his office for the past two years.
  41. getting around
    The New Department of Transportation Commissioner Is a Clear ImprovementYdanis Rodriguez has a long track record of pushing safer streets policies in New York City, unlike his predecessor.
  42. new york city
    Eric Adams Names Keechant Sewell First-Ever Female NYPD CommissionerSewell, the Nassau County chief of detectives, was officially named to the position on Wednesday.
  43. our mayor
    Eric Adams and Just His Mattress Are Moving to Gracie MansionThere will be no West Elm for this mayor-elect.
  44. our mayor
    This Andrew Yang Administration Is Really Coming TogetherWait, who won?
  45. our mayor
    Zero Bond Is Eric Adams’s Headquarters NowLiterally anything could happen under this nightlife mayor.
  46. politics
    Eric Adams Romps to Victory As the Next Mayor of New YorkThe 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.
  47. the city politic
    We Staked Out Eric Adams’s House in BrooklynAnd he came home. Twice!
  48. assessment
    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.
  49. developing
    Adams’s Office Gives a Thumbs-Down to Towers by the Brooklyn Botanic GardenThe greenhouses win out.
  50. encounter
    Kathryn Garcia’s Wide-Open FutureShe’s out of a job and lost the primary, but the almost-next-mayor of New York is now a political celebrity.
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