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Mayor Says Mass Exodus Is Normal Behavior

Mayor Eric Adams and newly appointed First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer at City Hall on Oct. 8, 2024.

Despite several members of his inner circle heading for the door, Mayor Eric Adams at his weekly Tuesday media briefing insisted it’s business as usual for his administration and the rapid-fire resignations have nothing to do with swirling federal investigations.  “People wanted to go on with their lives and, working in government — it’s hard. […]

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Roaches, rust and rot: An inside look at the Kansas City tenant union rent strike against federally backed landlords 

Protestors with the Independence Towers Tenant Union stand behind a podium.

When you walk into the back entrance of Independence Towers, you’re met with a foyer filled with dust, debris and cobwebs.  Two rust-coated elevators loom against the back wall. Peeling paint and caution tape line the dirt-ridden hallways on either side.  Diasha White said it wasn’t always like this. She’s lived in the building for […]

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Feds Charge Mayoral Aide Mohamed Bahi with Interfering in Probe of Adams Straw Donor Scheme

Mohamed Bahi walks out of the gold colored front doors of 500 Pearl street. The address can be seen on the left of the frame.

Federal prosecutors charged an aide to Mayor Eric Adams with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in connection with the federal corruption case against Adams, in a complaint unsealed by a Manhattan judge Tuesday.  Mohamed Bahi, 41, senior liaison to the city’s Muslim community in the mayor’s Community Affairs Unit, is the first person after […]

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