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‘He’s Open to Any Ideas We Have’: Mayor Adams Crushed Columbia’s Protests After Attending a Secret Meeting With Billionaires

Chat logs leaked to the Washington Post raise a host of questions about how the raids on student protesters came about

We Had to Threaten to Sue the Mayor to Get This Audio of His Robot Clone Speaking Yiddish

Hell Gate's Freedom of Information request turned up AI-generated recordings of the mayor speaking Yiddish, Haitian Creole, and Spanish.

Who Is Randy Mastro, the Lawyer Poised to Become a New Top Dog in the Adams Administration?

With rumors swirling about a new top lawyer in New York City—a former Giuliani deputy mayor who could potentially defend Mayor Eric Adams in civil court—we dug in to what New Yorkers should know about him.

April 17, 2024

Eric Adams Announces He’s Matured Into a Mayor Who Is Above Police Accountability

Asked about the lack of consequences for the cops who killed Kawaski Trawick, the mayor said that instead of pushing for accountability, he now has “an obligation and responsibility to use the skills I’ve learned as a pusher to get stuff done in our police department.”

April 16, 2024

Five Years After the NYPD Killed Kawaski Trawick, Eric Adams Is Still Acting Like He and His Family ‘Do Not Exist’

Nearly a year after a disciplinary trial for the cops who killed Trawick, the NYPD has still taken no action, and nobody will explain what they're waiting for.

April 11, 2024

Yes, His Top Aide Was Sued for Sexual Harassment, but Mayor Adams Raises a Good Point: 9/11

A mayor of NYC invoking the heroism of first responders on 9/11 to avoid answering substantive questions—what, is it 2007?

Most Libraries Will Only Be Open Five Days a Week Under Mayor Adams’s Budget

"It is astounding to me that we're in a situation where we are seriously contemplating losing universal six-day service."

March 12, 2024

Mayor Adams Cryptocurrency Holdings Update: HODL Pays Off

Who's laughing at Mayor Adams's decision to convert three paychecks into crypto now?

February 29, 2024