Jumaane Williams Archives – Politics NY

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Brooklyn

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

By Lloyd Mitchell and Robert Pozarycki

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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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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

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Crime

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

By Dean Moses

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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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Housing & Homelessness

NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ sought for arrest over dangerous conditions in Washington Heights buildings

By Ben Brachfeld

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn council members play key role in overriding mayor’s veto of ‘How Many Stops’ Act

By Isabel Song Beer

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about purported solitary confinement ban

‘Sleight of hand’? Mayor Adams says ‘solitary confinement’ ban proponents engaged in misinformation to push bill through City Council

By Robert Pozarycki

Migrants help at Brooklyn community garden on MLK Day weekend

Brooklyn

Good works for MLK Day Weekend: Brooklyn migrants, volunteers give back at greenspace

By Dean Moses

Far right and left activists confront each other at Lower Manhattan migrant rally

Housing & Homelessness

Lower Manhattan rally to stop migrant shelter limits crashed by far-right activists

By Dean Moses and Ethan Stark-Miller

Rikers Island jail

Opinion

Op-ed | Punitive segregation ban will only endanger more correction officers on Rikers Island

By Antoinette Anderson

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams on Wednesday released his annual list of the “worst landlords” in New York City.

Housing & Homelessness

‘Worst Landlords’ in NYC: Inside a Hell’s Kitchen apartment house on list for squalor and neglect

By Aidan Graham

Housing & Homelessness

Housing advocates rally in Lower Manhattan to defend city’s right-to-shelter law

By Dean Moses

A NYPD Sergeant listens to a hand held radio

Brooklyn

The sound of silence: Four more Brooklyn NYPD precincts pull plug on radio frequencies in encryption effort

By Todd Maisel

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Politics

Trump must be held accountable: Caribbean pols

By Nelson A. King

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NYC Council passes Public Advocate’s bill to incentivize green building projects citywide

By Nelson A. King

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Politics

Williams calls for ‘federal agenda’ to support Caribbean asylum seekers

By Nelson A. King

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Politics

Brooklyn coalition honors Jeffries, Clarke on rise to senior congressional leadership

By Nelson A. King

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Activists call to disband the NYPD’s SRG ahead of City Council oversight hearing

By Gabriele Holtermann

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Advocates, pols rally at City Hall for the passage of bills requiring more police transparency during stops

By Emily Davenport and Paul Frangipane

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‘Getting dizzy just thinking about it’: Bronx borrowers scramble as student loan collections return

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert F. Prevost of the U.S., appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

Queer Catholics cautiously welcome Pope Leo XIV

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Twenty people indicted in Queens-based $4.6M vehicle theft ring after three-year probe: DA

NY: Things Fall Apart: Meena Hasan at the Old Stone House

Art installation at the Old Stone House connects Battle of Brooklyn to British colonization in India