Jul 31, 2022 · A coalition led by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has released a four-year roadmap to “ending homelessness as we know it,” proposing several strategies to help the roughly 55,000 unhoused people in the city move into stable, affordable housing.

Dec 4, 2020 · New York City's long-awaited election results were finally certified Tuesday, four weeks after polls closed and just past the state's statutory deadline, making the five boroughs one of the last jurisdictions in the country to finalize the 2020 count.

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Jan 26, 2021 · Note- this article has been updated with additional endorsements from the UFT. Note- this article has been updated to note that Crystal Hudson is the former chief of operations for Council Member Cumbo, not former chief of staff.

Jul 27, 2022 · Dan Goldman, the lead counsel for the first impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, is among the Democratic candidates running to represent the new 10th congressional district, which includes parts of Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Jan 4, 2023 · Mayor Eric Adams announced last month the creation of a new office consolidating the city’s various civic engagement bodies, as part of his ongoing effort to streamline the functions of city government and, he said, to more actively engage the public in civic life.

Dec 2, 2021 · With the New York City general election results certified Tuesday, Democratic Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ tally finished at 754,000 votes, leaving him with close to 66% of the vote-share compared to Republican Curtis Sliwa’s 27%, or 312,000 total votes.

Oct 28, 2022 · Since Attorney General Letitia James dropped her short run for Governor and announced her bid for a second term as New York State’s top legal official, she has spent limited time on the campaign trail.

Sep 24, 2020 · (Source: Wikipedia (there appear to be some small discrepancies between the Wikipedia data and the NYPD Statistics as presently published)) There were 7,117 murders in Giuliani’s eight years as mayor of New York City and 6,171 murders in …

Dec 1, 2021 · Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ victory came with a hefty price tag. Over the course of the campaign, he raised just over $19.1 million, more than half of which was in public matching funds, and spent about $18.1 million, according to the latest financial disclosures.