Jenifer Rajkumar Archives – Politics NY

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn lawmakers among more than a dozen pols arrested in ICE protest at Federal Plaza

By Ethan Stark-Miller and Dean Moses

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols and community groups unite in support of Haitian immigrants

By Gabriele Holtermann & Lloyd Mitchell

Man in suit stands in front of crowd holding signs and speaks to press.

NYC public school funding: Pols and advocates rally at Tweed Courthouse to condemn federal cuts in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

By Shea Vance

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Politics

Judge squashes Mayor Adams’ emergency orders blocking solitary confinement ban in city jails

By Adam Daly

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams addresses Town Hall meeting of Caribbean-American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke in Brooklyn on Monday, June 16, 2025.

Brooklyn

Caribbean candidates win Democratic Primary Elections in NYC

By Nelson A. King

Primary voter on Upper East Side

Politics

PRIMARY RESULTS: Unofficial tallies of how New Yorkers voted in key races

By Robert Pozarycki, Adam Daly, Ethan Stark-Miller and Shea Vance

Ballot boxes in a episcopal church in New York

Brooklyn

Things to Know for the 2025 Primary Elections

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

Jumaane Williams, Jenifer Rajkumar, and Marty Dolan are the three Democratic contenders for this cycle's NYC public advocate election.

Politics

2025 Elections: Who are the Democrats running for NYC public advocate?

By Shea Vance

New Yorkers protest Trump travel ban and anti-immigrant policies

Trump travel ban on 12 African and Asian nations ‘racist’ and un-American, New York pols and advocates say

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki

Public Advocate Debate June 4

Politics

Williams, Rajkumar trade blows over misconduct allegations, Mayor Adams ties in heated Public Advocate debate

By Adam Daly

A new name for the Third Avenue Bridge

By Abbie Martin Greenbaum

Man with bullhorn speaks out against ICE and Trump at rally in Manhattan

Politics

Manhattan rally blasts ICE as ‘Trump’s gestapo’ a day after NJ mayor arrested while visiting immigrant detention center

By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki

NJ Mayor Ras Baraka following ICE arrest by Trump admin

Politics

‘Emergency rally’ in Manhattan scheduled to protest Trump admin’s arrest of NJ Mayor Ras Baraka at ICE facility

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Queens

Jenifer Rajkumar’s Public Advocate campaign gets $1M boost in matching funds

By Colum Motherway

mayor eric adams with prayer leaders in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Mayor Eric Adams rallies against criticism at Ocean Hill church, tells supporters he’s ‘going nowhere’

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

Mayor Adams at press conference

Politics

Crisis at City Hall: Hochul meeting with NYC pols on Mayor Adams’ future as possible removal looms

By Robert Pozarycki

Brooklyn church members pray for Mayor Adams

Politics

Mayor Adams rallies with supporters at Brooklyn church against ‘negativity’ centered around dismissal of his federal criminal case

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

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Brooklyn

City Hall to meet with Brooklyn childcare centers fighting closure as providers, pols slam Mayor Adams

By Paul Frangipane & Kirstyn Brendlen

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Queens

Rajkumar gains strong endorsements from Queens officials in Public Advocate race

By Colum Motherway

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Queens

Jenifer Rajkumar drops comptroller bid to challenge Jumaane Williams for Public Advocate

By Colum Motherway

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn pols call for Mayor Adams’ resignation, fair trial amid historic indictment

By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil

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Brooklyn

City Council passes landmark legislation to acknowledge and address legacy of slavery, paving path for reparations in NYC

By Gabriele Holtermann

NYPD officer on radio

Crime

Over and out? NYPD says that some police radio channels will not be encrypted, and remain open to public

By Dean Moses

A corrections officer in a NYC jail

Mayor Adams ‘state of emergency’ in NYC jails blocks parts of City Council-approved solitary confinement law

By Robert Pozarycki and Dean Moses

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The Bronx Chamber of Commerce board members saluted its 2017 Veterans Luncheon honorees.

Bronx Chamber of Commerce seeks nominations for annual veterans luncheon honoring local heroes

“Blue Moon," directed by Richard Linklater, is running at the Angelika Film Center and the AMC Lincoln Square 13.

Ethan Hawke stars as fading lyricist in melancholic ‘Blue Moon’

Unity Hall as it once stood on Myrtle Avenue near Cypress Hills Street in Glendale.

This Glendale hall had a rocky history steeped in local politics: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

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Proposed Downtown Brooklyn tower could obstruct neighboring views, change landmark row