Manhattan Archives – Politics NY

32NJ SEIU and SAG AFTRA joined Starbucks baristas in solidarity at a strike demanding fair pay and better working conditions.

A cup of woe: NYC Starbucks workers walk off job, steamed over pay and staffing

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYC taxi drivers rally against ride-share cap lift

Can’t get a ‘brake’: NYC taxi drivers fume over plan to lift ride-share cap adding more Uber and Lyft vehicles to city streets

By Max Parrott

Manhattan City Council election winner Yusef Salaam

Manhattan election roundup: Few surprises, but history made with Yusef Salaam clinching City Council seat

By Mac Sorensen

Trump

His lips are sealed: Trump uncharacteristically quiet after judge scolds him on the witness stand

By Dean Moses

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg with New York pols hailing funding for the Second Avenue subway

Second Avenue Subway | Buttigieg joins New York pols in hailing federal funds for long-awaited East Harlem extension

By Max Parrott

Trump Fraud Lawsuit

With Donald Trump back at civil fraud trial, accountant testifies after key witness Michael Cohen postpones

By Michael R. Sisak & Jennifer Peltz, AP

Brooklyn

War in Israel: Over 60 arrested across NYC at protests over conflict a week after deadly terrorist attacks

By Dean Moses

NY: Triangle Fire Memorial Dedication

‘Making a statement’: New Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire memorial honors 146 victims, 112 years later

By Gabriele Holtermann

Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on Randall's Island

Indigenous Peoples Day: Randall’s Island plays host to celebration of Native American culture through song and dance

By Dean Moses and Amanda Moses

Congress Member Dan Goldman

Brooklyn

Congress Member Dan Goldman evacuates Israel after dodging rocket fire amid Hamas offensive

By Ben Brachfeld

Donald Trump in court

Trump loses again: Ex-prez fails in emergency appeal to halt civil fraud trial in Manhattan

By Michael R. Sisak, AP

Donald Trump

ZIP IT! Judge gives Trump gag order after series of bizarre rants outside Manhattan courtroom

By Dean Moses

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams speaks during a rally for Wrongful Conviction Day outside City Hall on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Advocates called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Wrongful Conviction Act.

Impacted individuals demand Hochul sign Wrongful Convictions bill

By Dean Moses

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Chelsea pol releases job bank to connect public housing residents with local jobs

By Max Parrott

Biden

Biden tells a Broadway theater packed for fundraiser that Trump is determined to destroy the nation

By Aamer Madhani, Brian Slodysko & Colleen Long, AP

Equal Rights Amendment forum speakers at Hunter College

Equal Rights Amendment ratification push continues at Hunter College forum in Manhattan

By Max Parrott

Eric Ulrich

A damning case: Ex-Buildings Commish Eric Ulrich ‘lined his pockets’ throughout public service career, DA Bragg alleges

by Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine speaks outside The Theater at MSG

Manhattan officials want The Theater at MSG razed to make way for Penn Station grand hall

By Max Parrott

A couple embrace at the 9/11 memorial in Lower Manhattan

Remembering 9/11 | NYC identifies remains of two more victims nearly 22 years after terror attacks

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about migrant crisis at Manhattan town hall

Republicans seize on Mayor Adams’ dramatic remarks that migrant crisis will ‘destroy’ NYC

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Half-life: City Council committee approves five-year extension for Madison Square Garden special permit

By Ben Brachfeld

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Biggest one yet: City opens immense Randall’s Island migrant center for 3,000 people as officials plead for fed aid amid crisis

By Dean Moses

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Hip-Hop 50th Anniversary: Mayor Adams compares his Gracie Mansion celebration to late Mayor Dinkins hosting Nelson Mandela at City Hall

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Reflection: DA Bragg discusses high profile indictments, social justice initiatives and crime with amNewYork Metro

By Dean Moses

More from Around New York

Two new developments of the Peninsula project in Hunts Point will bring 359 fully affordable units to the area.

Second phase of the Peninsula housing project breaks ground in Hunts Point

Russian Supreme Court judge Oleg Nefedov leads a hearing in the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.

RUSA LGBTQ+ blasts Russian Supreme Court ruling outlawing ‘LGBTQ movement’

Jersey Mike's

Jersey Mike’s opens new Fresh Meadows location with fundraiser for local schools

broadway junction

Proposed rezoning for 29-story towers near Broadway Junction inches forward