
Boroughs in Brief
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Mayor Adams warns NYC migrant crisis price tag could soar to $12 billion
New York City is on track to spend as much as $12 billion on managing the local migrant crisis by mid-2025 — a staggering price tag that Mayor Adams warned Wednesday will necessitate more “across the board” cuts to city services. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Head of NYPD security for ex-Mayor de Blasio to surrender on charges in Manhattan DA’s obstruction probe
The head of former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s police security detail, Howard Redmond, is expected to turn himself in at Manhattan Criminal Court Wednesday on charges stemming from a probe into his efforts to stifle a city investigation into the ex-mayor’s misuse of his detail, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As many as 2,000 migrants to be housed in tent shelter on Randalls Island soccer fields
Mayor Adams announced Monday that his administration is opening a new migrant shelter on Randalls Island with capacity for 2,000 adults — one of the largest emergency housing facilities the city has erected since the asylum crisis started last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Internet star faces misdemeanor in Union Square riot case
Internet influencer Kai Cenat was freed from police custody early Saturday after he was charged with misdemeanors for sparking a riot in Union Square on Friday that drew thousands of people and resulted in dozens of arrests and injuries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York City Council passes bill to make outdoor dining permanent
Three years after the pandemic pushed thousands of New York City restaurants to start serving patrons on sidewalks and streets, the City Council on Thursday authorized a bill permanently weaving outdoor dining into the fabric of the city, while limiting the use of controversial street sheds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 800 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule since last week
Nearly 1,000 adult migrants have been ordered to leave city homeless shelters to make room for migrant families with children under a new policy that took effect last week, according to a top official in Mayor Adams’ administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams unveils nearly $500M anti-crime plan
Mayor Adams rolled out a multi-tiered plan Monday focused on taking preventative steps to combat gun violence in the city — but it was not immediately clear how his administration will gauge the success of the initiatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Court rules Mayor Adams’ administration must fix delays in food stamps and cash assistance
Mayor Adams’ administration must by early next year figure out a way to process all applications for food stamps and cash assistance in a timely manner after failing to do so for months in violation of federal and state laws, a Manhattan judge has ruled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ex-buildings boss tells NYC prosecutors Mayor Adams warned him before gambling probe went public
Former New York City Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich told investigators that Mayor Adams tipped him off to the possibility he could be reeled into an illegal gambling investigation — months before the Manhattan district attorney’s office executed a search warrant on Ulrich and its probe became public knowledge, two sources with knowledge of the matter told the Daily News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York approves skyscraper project with 1,200 housing units at WTC site
New York State has approved a project to build a mixed-use tower with 1,200 housing units at the World Trade Center site, officials said Thursday, promising a third of the housing stock would be affordable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 100 migrants told to leave NYC shelters under new 60-day rule
Over 100 migrants in the New York City shelter system have received notices requiring them to reapply for shelter under a program that limits stays to 60 days for single men, city officials said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

SAG-AFTRA holds star-studded rally in Times Square
SAG-AFTRA held its biggest rally yet on Tuesday, flooding Times Square with picketing actors and writers in what marked the 12th day of the recently launched actors’ strike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senator urges Assembly to pass climate bill as NYC set to bake
Pointing to challenging, sizzling weather conditions this summer ahead of the season’s first heat wave, state Sen. Liz Krueger on Monday put a little out-of-season heat on her Assembly colleagues to pass a climate sustainability bill that passed in the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ new 60-day shelter limit in NYC blasted by migrants
As word spread of a new city policy that will limit shelter stays to 60 days at a time for adult male migrants, asylum seekers are angry and worried about ending up in the streets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ NYC summer jobs program struggles to connect youth with high-paying industries
New York City’s ambitious summer jobs program — a priority of Mayor Adams — is falling short of connecting young people with high-paying industries, thanks to managerial missteps and bureaucracy that deter employers from stepping up, said a report released on Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Migrant adults can only stay in NYC shelters for 60 days at a time under new Adams policy
Adult migrants will only be permitted to stay in city shelters for 60 days at a time under a new policy announced by Mayor Adams on Wednesday that he cast as an effort to prioritize housing migrant families with children amid “unsustainable” overcrowding in the local shelter system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Governor Hochul issues orders to spur housing development in New York
Governor Hochul moved unilaterally to address New York’s housing crisis on Tuesday, issuing executive orders to spur housing development after failing to reach a home creation deal with state lawmakers last month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ reelection campaign reports raising $2.6M so far
Mayor Adams’ campaign announced Monday morning it has raised more than $2.6 million for his reelection bid so far, giving him a significant financial edge against any potential challenger he may face in the 2025 election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York City school safety agents will get bullet-resistant vests
School safety agents across New York City will be outfitted with bullet-resistant vests as soon as next school year as the NYPD tries to tamp down the growing increase in youth-on-youth violence, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

City Council overrides Mayor Adams’ veto of rental assistance bills in major rebuke
Mayor Adams suffered a stinging political setback Thursday as the City Council overrode his veto of a package of bills aimed at vastly expanding a rental assistance program for low-income New Yorkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

City Council members attack Mayor Adams’ response to wildfire smoke that enveloped city
Elected leaders continued to attack Mayor Adams and top city officials Wednesday for their response to the wildfire smoke that blew into New York City from Canada in early June — claiming that Adams and his team were unprepared and failed to effectively communicate the risks to New Yorkers in a timely way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Governor Hochul signs campus hate crime prevention bill to ‘defeat the haters’
Governor Hochul on Tuesday urged New Yorkers to beat back bias and “defeat the haters,” signing legislation to bolster hate crime prevention policies at colleges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Details on the Mayor's alleged campaign straw donor?
Campaign finance records show Mayor Adams has been receiving campaign contributions from the man described as the ringleader in a sprawling straw donor scheme since at least 2005 — earlier than has previously been reported. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYC judge pauses minimum wage increase for DoorDash, Uber delivery workers
A New York judge on Friday hit the brakes on a planned city-ordered raise for food delivery workers, as he considers a court challenge to the wage hike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYC homeless advocates claim housing voucher expansion will save money, Mayor Adams disagrees
A package of bills approved by the City Council and vetoed by Mayor Adams could save the city more than $730 million annually on housing and social services costs, according to a report released Thursday by a homeless services provider. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dozens of senior apartments in NYC left vacant amid housing crisis
Dozens of apartments that are reserved for seniors and managed by New York City have been left vacant for years amid a citywide housing crisis, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli revealed in an audit released Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Correction Commissioner suspends captain working as investigator
Correction Commissioner Louis Molina ordered the suspension of a correction captain working for a city anti-corruption agency for not signing in at a jail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New bill to warn employees about 9/11 toxins
Employers with businesses in lower Manhattan on 9/11 will soon be required to alert past and present workers that they may have been exposed to harmful toxins from the terror attacks and seek help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYC budget deal will include $4 billion for affordable housing in 2024
New York City’s new $107 billion budget will include $4 billion in funding for affordable housing in the next fiscal year — a cash infusion Mayor Adams promised two years ago and which Council Speaker Adrienne Adams has pressed for in recent months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ popularity dips amid migrant crisis
New Yorkers have soured slightly on Mayor Adams’ job performance over the past month amid continuing migrant and housing crises in the city, according to a new poll. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYC bracing for more smoke from Canadian wildfires
The Big Apple is bracing for more pollution and air quality is predicted to take a dive as smoke from raging wildfires in Canada will drift to the Big Apple as soon as Wednesday night, say meteorologists. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Early NYC voting numbers a sign of low turnout for Tuesday’s primary election
If early voting is any indication, Tuesday’s primary election in New York City is shaping up to be a low turnout affair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Coalition for the Homeless slams the Mayor and Governor
In a scathing new report, the Coalition for the Homeless blamed New York City’s unprecedented homelessness crisis on Mayor Adams and Governor Hochul — saying that they’ve failed because of “poor planning, misguided strategies, underinvestment in proven solutions and bureaucratic ineptitude.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Low income New Yorkers would get ‘unconditional’ cash from city under new bill approved by NYC Council
New Yorkers in need would soon be able to receive cash from the city, with no strings attached. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What NYC needs to know about proposed MTA fare hikes
What you pay to ride New York City’s subways, buses and paratransit services is expected to rise this summer for the first time in seven years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rents are set to increase for 2 million New Yorkers...What you need to know
After months of deliberation, the final vote of the city’s Rent Guidelines Board is planned for Wednesday. The board determine rent increases for roughly 2 million New Yorkers living in rent stabilized apartments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Beds for 15,000 people sit empty in NYC’s public, supportive housing systems amid migrant crisis
There are enough vacant apartments in the city’s public and supportive housing systems to accommodate 15,000 people, according to data shared with the Daily News by Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, who’s questioning why Mayor Adams’ administration isn’t doing more to fill those units amid the continuing migrant crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams forces through privatized Medicare plan for retired NYC workers
Mayor Adams used executive authority Thursday to enact his controversial Medicare Advantage Plan for the city’s retired municipal workforce — overruling Comptroller Brad Lander, who has refused to sign off on the private health insurance switchover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel Penny indicted in Jordan Neely chokehold death
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Daniel Penny for the chokehold killing of Jordan Neely aboard an F train Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams, NYC teachers union reach tentative contract agreement
The city has reached a tentative contract agreement with the teachers union that provides annual raises, retention perks and a ratification bonus, Mayor Adams announced Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell Resigns
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigned Monday after 1 1/2 years on the job. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NYC leads the way on minimum pay for delivery drivers
Mayor Adams and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga on Sunday announced a new minimum pay rate structure for app-based restaurant delivery workers — a first for any city in the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News: Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend at risk
Hazardous air quality puts NYC packed weekend, with Governor’s Ball, Belmont Stakes and Puerto Rican Day Parade, at risk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams under fire for ‘lack of response’ to NYC hazardous air emergency
Mayor Adams faced heat Wednesday from public school parents and political critics who accused him of dragging his feet on mobilizing a government response to the hazardous plumes of smoke that have enveloped the city. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units
Mayor Adams rejects calls for disbanding NYPD’s new anti-crime units Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News: Mayor Adams unveils plans to house migrants in houses of worship
New York City will now begin housing migrants in houses of worship — its latest attempt to manage the more than 72,000 people who’ve flowed into the city since last spring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News: A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification
A plan to transform Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue creeps forward amid fear of gentrification. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News Week in Review, June 6th, 2023
The migrant crisis continues in New York; Mayor Adams not ruling out blowing this year’s municipal budget deadline; Billy Joel's moving out of MSG; The Mets beat the Phillies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Daily News Week in Review: Friday May 26th
Governor Hochul joins Mayor Adams in begging Biden to expedite migrant work permits; NYC Council votes to expand rent voucher access in face of Mayor Adams’ opposition; NYC child care, after-school workers pause programs to protest low wages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mayor's Migrant Crisis: New York Daily News Week in Review
Mayor Adams scolds NYC Council members for ‘disrespectful’ tone over migrant response; A new plan to reduce retail theft; Team Adams ordered to cough up nearly $20K in campaign finance-related fines; Governor Hochul’s popularity slips; Mets take first series in a month and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices