Politics NY News Headlines Archive for August 20, 2025

Mamdani speaking to microphone about amNY report

Politics

amNY report of NYPD staffing crisis stirs up conversation in NYC Mayor’s race

By Ethan Stark-Miller & Dean Moses

Mayor Eric Adams cuts the ribbon at his new Harlem campaign office at 102 West 124th Street on Wednesday

NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams opens Harlem campaign office amid ballot-line dispute with election officials

By Adam Daly and Ramy Mahmoud

Ingrid Lewis-Martin.

Politics

Ex-Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin to be hit with additional corruption charges on Thursday, lawyer says

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Sam Berger

Inside Government

Dentro del Gobierno con PoliticsNY: Preguntas y Respuestas con el Asambleísta Sam Berger

By PoliticsNY Staff

SNAP

Supermarket manager in Bronx warns of SNAP cuts’ impact on small businesses

By Emily Swanson

NYPD recruits stand with right arms raised taking an oath

Blue blood infusion: NYPD welcomes largest recruit class in 9 years amid its ongoing staffing crisis

By Robert Pozarycki

The Muslims on Long Island and Town of Oyster Bay near a settlement for a lawsuit regarding the Masjid Al-Baqi mosque in Bethpage.

Nassau

Muslims on Long Island, Town Oyster Bay reach settlement

By Casey Fahrer

Sam Berger

Inside Government

Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with Assembly Member Sam Berger

By Lea Tomaswick

NY: Rally to loosen rules on Local Law 18 for homeowners

Politics

City celebrates nonprofits, public servants at inaugural human service awards

By Gabriele Holtermann

Nassau

Village of Great Neck gives go-ahead to new condo complex after contentious meeting

By Ryan Toohill

Social Security 90th Anniversary

Brooklyn

Slices and stories: AARP marks 90 years of Social Security at Bed-Stuy pizza pop-up

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil & Paul Frangipane

More from Around New York

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Opinion | Before expanding 340B, New Yorkers deserves transparency

A view of the front steps of New York City Hall.

Judge rules against Trump’s effort to strip NYC education funding over trans inclusion policies

hit-and-run

Ridgewood father injured by hit-and-run pickup truck driver, who remains at large weeks later: NYPD

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From court to community: How Brooklyn’s Dreamers N Doers is changing the game for local youth