Politics Archives – Metro US

NYC Charter Revision commission holds meeting

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NYC panel weighing ways to build more affordable housing and get voters to the polls through charter revision

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

By Jennifer J. Lee, The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Mayor Eric Adams speaks at NYPD briefing

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FIRST ON amNY: NYPD’s recruitment changes bring hundreds of new academy candidates amid staffing crisis

By Dean Moses

Cardinal Dolan speaking at St. Patrick's Cathedral

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Will NYC’s Cardinal Dolan or another American become pope in the next conclave? Not likely, say experts

By Adam Daly

protestors at Barnard College

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Uncovered! Hochul and lawmakers agree on public mask restrictions in new budget deal

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Mayor Eric Adams speaking at City Hall on 2025 NYC Mayor's Race

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Adams unveils after-school expansion and effort to make it universal, following similar plans from mayoral rivals

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about state budget deal

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Mayor Adams scores wins on discovery laws, involuntary removal changes in state budget deal

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens

By Sonja Dümpelmann, The Conversation via Reuters Connect

Adams administration announces advance payment of $5.4 billion to nonprofits.

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FIRST ON amNY: Adams admin releases over $5 billion in advance payments to nonprofit providers

By Jada Camille

Trump Eagles

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Eagles visit White House, with Trump and Saquon taking center stage

By Jack Tomczuk

Rent Guidelines Board members speak as push for rent freeze continues

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Adams won’t commit to rent freeze, urges rivals to consider small landlords

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Adams wearing sunglasses while speaking about housing investments

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Mayor Adams touts millions for NYCHA, supportive housing, tenant safeguards in self-proclaimed ‘best budget ever’

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Manhattan pols rail against Trump veterans care cuts

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‘Un-American’: Lawmakers, veterans sound alarm in Manhattan over Trump’s proposed VA cuts

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Shapiro tariffs

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Philadelphia economic experts, business advocates talk tariffs

By Daivik Bewtra

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Judge extends order blocking ICE from re-establishing Rikers Island office in win for City Council

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Keeping business tax exemption ‘too risky,’ Parker officials say

By Jack Tomczuk

One of the central proposals sponsored by Council Member Tiffany Cabán, will require the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice to provide public information on legal protections available to TGNCNBI individuals.

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City Council approves sweeping protections for trans and gender-diverse communities

By Adam Daly

NYC Mayor's Race candidates Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo

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NYC Mayor’s Race: TV ads begin to heat up as Mamdani hits Cuomo as one in the same with Eric Adams

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Attorney General Letitia James touts Speaker Adams for mayor

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NYC Mayor’s Race: AG James, union leaders pitch Speaker Adams as best candidate to take on Trump, stop Cuomo

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James speak about congestion pricing and second Trump administration

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Trump tariffs: New York joins interstate lawsuit seeking to stop largest ‘federal tax hike in history’

By Adam Daly

housing City Council

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City Council probes Mayor Parker’s $2 billion housing plan

By Jack Tomczuk

The District 2 City Council seat is wide open for the five candidates running in the Democratic primary race

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2025 Election: The candidates running in Manhattan’s competitive City Council District 2 primary race

By Adam Daly

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Trump Tower shut down after climate protester spray paints over president’s ’45’ sign

By Dean Moses

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Campus crackdown: Inside Trump’s war on higher education

By Thomas Gift, The Conversation via Reuters Connect

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Multicultural chambers host candidates forum, amid high-profile no-shows

By Robert Pearl

Speaker Adrienne Adams

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NYC Mayor’s Race: City’s largest public sector union backs slate with Speaker Adams on top, shutting out Cuomo

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Adams and Trump border czar Homan at street gang bust announcement

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Latest NYC street gang bust sees Mayor Adams double down on cooperation with Trump ‘border czar’ Homan: ‘I know the side I am on’

By Dean Moses

Mayor Adams entering court amid federal corruption case

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Three more federal prosecutors tied to Mayor Adams’ dismissed corruption case resign from Trump Justice Department

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Mayor Eric Adams speaks about 2025 Mayor's Race

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Eric Adams accuses Council Speaker of using policy spats as springboard to challenge him

By Ethan Stark-Miller

Cop arrests vandal who vandalized Manhattan Tesla dealership

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Caught red-handed: Environmental activists vandalize Tesla dealership in Manhattan to protest Elon Musk on Earth Day

By Dean Moses

voter primary

Metro Philadelphia

Voter registration deadline approaching for May primary election

By Jack Tomczuk

Participants at the Feb. 23, 2025 rally in Central Park proudly waved Israeli flags and carried posters with the pictures, names, and ages of the hostages still in Hamas captivity.

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New York leads the nation in reported antisemitic incidents in 2024: ADL

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, and Queens Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, left, are leading the field in the 2025 New York City Democratic mayoral primary, according to the latest poll

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo and Mamdani gain ground as Democratic primary turns into two-person race

By Adam Daly

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NYC Mayor’s Race: Cuomo racks up nearly two dozen key clergy members on Easter Sunday

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

Man getting food at NYC food pantries

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EXCLUSIVE: AG Letitia James pushes back against feds’ nonprofit funding cuts

By Barbara Russo-Lennon

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