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Demonstrators rally outside City Hall against Mayor Eric Adams' executive order allowing ICE and other federal agencies back onto Rikers Island.

Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE’s Return to Rikers Island

by Gwynne Hogan April 21, 2025, 3:18 p.m.April 21, 2025, 3:18 p.m.

The move came after the City Council sued to stop City Hall’s executive order allowing federal authorities to return to the jail a decade after they departed.

People laid white roses at the World Trade Center's 9/11 Memorial.

Health

Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

by Katie Honan April 21, 2025, 4:55 a.m.April 18, 2025, 4:39 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams has been slow to criticize the moves of the Trump administration, which have 9/11 survivors and first-responders on edge.

A migrant shelter resident reviews a notice from Customs and Border Patrol warning them to leave the country within seven days.

Migrant Crisis

Migrants in City Shelters Make Tough Decisions as Feds Warn: ‘It Is Time for You to Leave’

by Gwynne Hogan April 17, 2025, 2:02 p.m.April 17, 2025, 3:15 p.m.

Countless residents of city shelters, including many who had been here lawfully until the Trump administration changed the rules, were told to self-deport within a week or take their chances.

Economy

Pressure Grows on Adams to Budget for Trump Funding Cuts and Recession

by Greg David April 16, 2025, 5:22 p.m.April 17, 2025, 3:06 p.m.

Set aside more money in reserves, City Council, comptroller and finance experts urge.

Mayor Eric Adams walks out of 500 Pearl street with a furrowed brow in a blue suit and red tie.

Adams World: Investigated

Mayor Adams’ Legal Defense Fund Has Raised No Money This Year and Is $3.2 Million In the Red

by Yoav Gonen April 16, 2025, 9:56 a.m.April 16, 2025, 9:56 a.m.

The trust has accumulated $2.2 million in new expenses, almost entirely for high-priced celebrity attorney Alex Spiro and his team at Quinn Emanuel.

City Hall

City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island

by Gwynne Hogan April 15, 2025, 1:49 p.m.April 15, 2025, 1:50 p.m.

Council attorneys argue that in inviting immigration enforcers the mayor violated conflict of interest laws that bar public servants from getting benefits from their job, citing his deal with Trump’s Department of Justice.

Mayor Eric Adams highlighted his religious faith during his weekly City Hall press conference.

Immigration

Adams Administration Inks Executive Order Allowing ICE Back on Rikers Island

by Gwynne Hogan and Reuven Blau April 9, 2025, 12:10 a.m.April 9, 2025, 10:01 a.m.

After the Trump administration demanded the mayor’s cooperation on immigration enforcement, a deputy authorizes federal officials to resume operations at the city’s jail complex.

Wollman Rink ice skaters enjoy a temperate late-winter day.

Manhattan

Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

by Greg B. Smith April 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.April 9, 2025, 11:44 a.m.

After THE CITY revealed City Hall snubbed a $120 million gift to upgrade the Central Park facility, 19 elected officials urge Mayor Eric Adams to reconsider and put his solicitation for operators on ice.

Campaign 2025

Newly ‘Independent’ Mayor Eric Adams Rails Against Democrats in Forum Debut

by Claudia Irizarry Aponte April 3, 2025, 6:03 p.m.April 3, 2025, 6:04 p.m.

Rev. Al Sharpton hosted mayoral hopefuls just after Adams abandoned his Democratic primary bid.

Mayoral advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin speaks with reporters during the weekly off-top press conference at City Hall.

Adams World: Investigated

Multiple Probes Into Eric Adams’ Inner Circle Persist, Even as Mayor Escapes Prosecution

by Greg B. Smith and Yoav Gonen April 3, 2025, 3:59 p.m.April 4, 2025, 9:26 a.m.

A slew of Adams’ closest allies have had their phones seized and homes searched by law enforcement, leading to 11 resignations and 3 indictments — so far.

Eric Adams

Judge Temporarily Blocks ICE’s Return to Rikers Island

Anxiety Is Side Effect of Staffing Cuts at Sept. 11 Health Program

Migrants in City Shelters Make Tough Decisions as Feds Warn: ‘It Is Time for You to Leave’

Pressure Grows on Adams to Budget for Trump Funding Cuts and Recession

Mayor Adams’ Legal Defense Fund Has Raised No Money This Year and Is $3.2 Million In the Red

City Council Sues Eric Adams Over Executive Order Allowing ICE Back Onto Rikers Island

Adams Administration Inks Executive Order Allowing ICE Back on Rikers Island

Trump Org’s Bid to Run Wollman Rink Gets Growing Pushback From Manhattan Reps

Newly ‘Independent’ Mayor Eric Adams Rails Against Democrats in Forum Debut

Multiple Probes Into Eric Adams’ Inner Circle Persist, Even as Mayor Escapes Prosecution

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