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Josie Stratman

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city hall reporter at the New York Daily News

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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New: There's a new PAC in support of Zohran Mamdani, coming as the city's wealthiest drum up their own groups to try to defeat him. www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/11/n...
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New PAC forms to back Mamdani’s NYC mayoral bid as business community rallies to defeat him
The pro-Mamdani PAC, called OneNYC, was formed on Thursday, state filings show. Its treasurer is listed as Yasser Salem, who declined to share details about the PAC or if it had a specific agenda.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
New! Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the mayor's indicted ex-adviser, is playing an active role in the mayor’s re-election bid. She organized volunteers on a virtual campaign meeting, instructing them on how they could canvas and phone bank for the mayor www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/27/i...
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Indicted Adams’ ex-advisor Ingrid Lewis-Martin working on mayor’s re-election bid
Lewis-Martin helped organize campaign volunteers during a virtual campaign meeting, according to detailed information about the meeting obtained by the News. During the call, Lewis-Martin instructe…
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Winnie, who resigned as an Adams aide in 2024 after being raided by the FBI as part of a corruption probe, is now at Adams' rally. "I'm not campaigning...I love him, I love my community," she told @josiestratman.bsky.social when asked about her role in the rally. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/26/f...
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Former Adams advisor Winnie Greco back in action, helping drive turnout for campaign kickoff
In the days leading up to the rally, Winnie Greco, an ex-senior adviser to Adams whose homes were raided by the FBI last year, worked the phones and took other steps to get people to show up for th…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I’ve spoken to 10 union members at this Cuomo carpenters union rally. Only two live in NYC — the other eight live outside the city and therefore are not eligible to vote here, obv. Jersey: 3 Long Island: 3 Westchester: 1 Hudson Valley: 1 Bronx: 1 Queens: 1
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Cuomo’s car parked (illegally) outside union HQ. I asked a cop nearby if it was parked illegally. He said “yes.” Why? “Because it got two tickets already”
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s 2025 campaign has taken thousands of dollars in contributions from real estate industry players even though he ran for office on a promise to not take money from the business sector. w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/13/b...
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Brooklyn BP Antonio Reynoso has taken cash from real estate interests despite pledge
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso’s reelection campaign has accepted thousands of dollars in contributions from real estate industry players even though he ran for office on a promis…
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Cayla Bamberger @caylabam.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
New York City’s powerful teachers union announced Friday it won’t endorse in the Democratic mayoral primary, citing no clear consensus among United Federation of Teachers members this election cycle w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/13/u...
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UFT says it won’t endorse in NYC Democratic mayoral primary
The UFT’s seal of approval had been one of the last-remaining endorsements with the potential to shake up the race.
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Unlike in the first debate, Cuomo had several verbal flubs tonight, using the term "illegal immigrants" — which he later corrected himself on — and mispronouncing Zohran Mamdani's last name several times. Full rundown w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/12/c...
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Cuomo and Mamdani clash over age, experience and sexual harassment in NYC mayoral debate
Frontrunners Andrew Cuomo and Zohran Mamdan got into a number of heated spats over the importance of age, experience and personal integrity during Thursday night’s second and final Democratic…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Cuomo says he’s feeling “great” about tonight’s debate. “Hope to have a serious debate,” Cuomo said, touching my arm as he turned away.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Michael Blake will NOT debate tomorrow, a Manhattan Supreme Court justice has ruled today. "Petitioner has failed to meet this burden here."
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
New: Longshot mayoral candidate Michael Blake has sued the city's Campaign Finance Board, arguing he should be allowed to participate in the 2nd mayoral debate this Thurs. Blake’s profile has risen after a fiery appearance at the 1st debate last week. www.nydailynews.com/2025/06/09/l...
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Longshot NYC mayoral candidate Michael Blake sues CFB to go to second debate
Michael Blake, a longshot mayoral candidate, has sued New York City’s Campaign Finance Board over not being allowed in the second mayoral debate this week, arguing the board has unfairly deni…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Adrienne Adams is considering cross endorsing in the primary, she says. She doesn’t rule out throwing her support behind Zohran Mamdani. “We're still in talks with my team about cross endorsement, and we're going to see what happens.”
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
At City Hall yesterday, Mayor Adams encouraged asylum seekers to keep going to their immigration hearings. Just a block away from City Hall, people showing up for those court dates today are swept away and arrested by ICE.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Mayor Adams talks about the need to "tone down the rhetoric" (while surrounded by firearms). He doesn't condemn CM Paladino's call to have Zohran Mamdani deported: "Everybody needs to tone down their mean spirited, hateful language. And I'm not going to point out CM Paladino"
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
New: Mayor Adams today attended a “lunch with America’s bitcoin mayor” fundraiser hosted by crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce. In a Bitcoin 2025 speech earlier in the day, Adams urged crypto moguls to "support" local electeds like himself who like crypto www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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Mayor Adams touts the future of crypto in NYC, then hits a mayoral fundraiser
In brief remarks ahead of the lunch, at Maggiano’s Little Italy, Adams slammed Cuomo’s instatement of crypto licenses, which Adams has pushed to do away with, and praised the White Hous…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Mayor Adams speaks at Bitcoin 2025 in Las Vegas, following remarks from JD Vance. "Just as our flag still flies, Bitcoin is going to continue to fly in our country and NYC," he says, later reciting part of the pledge of allegiance and calling the crowd of crypto dudes the “Betsy Rosses of today”
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Since announcing his bid for mayor, Cuomo has exclusively attended mayoral forums where candidates are quizzed by moderators one-at-a-time — part of a campaign strat that has shielded him from public clashes with his opponents. w/ @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/20/c...
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Cuomo 2025 mayoral campaign strategy shields former governor from opponents, press
Since announcing his bid for City Hall nearly three months ago, frontrunner Andrew Cuomo has only attended mayoral forums where candidates are quizzed by moderators one-at-a-time — a key component …
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Comptroller Brad Lander announces he’s hit the max spending threshold for his mayoral campaign, raising over $8.3m. He notes he’s the second candidate to hit that cap. “We've got the support, the energy, the enthusiasm, the vision to bring down Andrew Cuomo,” @bradlander.bsky.social says.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Mayor Adams blamed his dyslexia as the reason he couldn’t unlock his phone for federal investigators who requested access as part of their probe into his campaign fundraising, he said Tuesday. www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/13/m...
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Mayor Adams blames dyslexia for being unable to unlock his phone for the feds
Mayor Adams pointed to his dyslexia as the reason he couldn’t unlock his phone for federal investigators who requested access amid a corruption investigation into political contributions to the may…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Mayor Adams is considering turning the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx into a semiconductor manufacturing plant — and he has discussed the idea with President Trump amid the administration’s ongoing trade war with China. w/ @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/09/a...
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Adams weighs turning Kingsbridge Armory into semiconductor plant amid Trump trade war
Mayor Adams is weighing the possibility of turning the Kingsbridge Armory into a semiconductor manufacturing plant, and he has discussed the idea with President Trump amid the administration’…
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
“Any attempt to reverse the law that requires the city to close Rikers is a useless, unproductive waste of fucking time,” Council Criminal Justice Committee Chairwoman Sandy Nurse told us after being informed of the discussions underway at City Hall.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
NEW: Mayor Adams is exploring a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island, and instead turn the borough-based sites intended to replace the notorious jail complex into housing. www.nydailynews.com/2025/05/02/m... w/ @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social
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NYC Mayor Adams exploring abandoning current plan to shut down Rikers Island
The mayor has asked top staffers to look into how many units of housing could be built at the borough sites in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
New: Last last year, Mayor Adams gave an ex-girlfriend his stake in a Brooklyn apartment they’ve co-owned together for decades, capping off years of confusion about the unit that began swirling during his 2021 run for City Hall. w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/29/m...
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Mayor Adams gives ex-girlfriend his share in Brooklyn apartment that stirred controversy
Mayor Adams late last year gave an ex-girlfriend his stake in a Brooklyn apartment they’ve co-owned together for decades, capping off years of confusion about the unit that began swirling dur…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Now Adams is wearing a new version of this shirt, reading, “in Dio confidiamo” which is “in God we trust” in Italian. “That’s why today, in Spanish, I'm saying, God, we trust because that's the time we need to lean on the faith,” the mayor says.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
NEW: The city’s Law Department will not represent Mayor Adams or his administration in the City Council’s suit against him over the ICE on Rikers executive order.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
NYC City Council has sued Mayor Adams and Randy Mastro over the Rikers/ICE executive order. “Today, in NYC a corrupt bargain is taking place in plain view: NYC Mayor Eric Adams, acting through his first deputy mayor, is using his official powers to pay off the Trump Admin”
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Mayor Adams’ first deputy mayor Randy Mastro can continue representing Madison Square Garden in its case brought by NBA legend Charles Oakley, a judge ruled Monday www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/14/d...
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Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro to remain MSG lawyer despite Oakley efforts
The judge’s decision comes after Oakley tried to get the judge to disqualify the Adams administration official from defending the arena, arguing earlier this month Mastro’s continued representation…
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The City Council has empowered itself to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers, arguing the move's “the poisonous fruit” of a deal he allegedly made with Trump’s admin to get his criminal case dropped. w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/10/n...
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NYC Council gives itself power to sue Mayor Adams over ICE on Rikers, citing Trump concerns
The City Council empowered itself Thursday to sue Mayor Adams over his decision to let ICE agents operate on Rikers Island, arguing the move is “the poisonous fruit” of a deal the mayor…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
1st Dep Mayor Randy Mastro doesn’t answer repeated Qs on any guardrails for ICE on Rikers & says it’s “disrespectful” to even ask the question of whether feds would unjustly deport people or share info ICE will target “violent transnational gangs” but didnt back that claim up, either
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Alleged cop-biter/NYC CM Zhaung's charges dropped after she participated in a restorative justice program where she sat down with the cop she was charged with chomping “It made the most sense for both sides to resolve the case this way," her lawyer says www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/08/n...
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NYC Councilmember Susan Zhuang, arrested for biting cop, has charges dropped
Zhuang, a first-term conservative Democrat, was charged with biting NYPD Deputy Chief Frank DiGiacomo in the arm, drawing blood, during a July 2024 protest against a planned homeless shelter in Ben…
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
USDOT Sec. Sean Duffy said today he might sic DOGE on the MTA -- a New York State agency -- based on the voluminous experience he gained from... riding two stops on the B train. City Hall wouldn't tell us where -- but the Daily News made it happen anyway:
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Trump transportation secretary Sean Duffy tours NYC subway with Mayor Adams, says ‘not where this needs to be’
A two-stop ride on the B train Friday wasn’t enough to change the mind of Sean Duffy, the head of President Trump’s Department of Transportation, about how dirty and dangerous he thinks…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Sean Duffy, Trump’s transportation secondary, slammed congestion pricing as “classist” where roads are only accessible by the “elites” Mayor Adams stood next to him and didn’t defend the program. Duffy remarks afterwards said that “some would say” the subway is a shithole
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Molly Crane-Newman @mollycranenewman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Today’s story on the death of the case against Eric Adams, updated with more from Judge Ho’s scathing opinion and a hard no comment from Emil Bove w/ @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social + @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/02/f...
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Federal Judge Ho dismisses public corruption case against Mayor Adams ‘with prejudice’
A federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed the sweeping public corruption charges against Mayor Adams  — denying an effort by Trump’s Justice Department to have them, tossed “without …
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Chris Sommerfeldt @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“You can’t un-ring the bell,” ex-NY State Democratic Party executive director Basil Smikle said of the Trump pawn accusations he believes Adams will continue to face even as his indictment is over. The mayoral primary's June 24. w/ @josiestratman.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/02/e...
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Eric Adams isn’t facing criminal charges, but the specter of Trump is likely to haunt his campaign
Adams’ mayoral race rivals made clear Wednesday they will continue to paint him as willing to do President Trump’s bidding, a theme given fresh ammunition by Manhattan Federal Court Jud…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
“I've never seen anyone do such a good job of defining the deep state,” Mayor Adams tells Andrew Schulz on his pod of FBI Director Kash Patel's book, which has been widely slammed as conspiratorial & worse Adams repeatedly praised the book during the 2 hr pod www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/02/m...
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Mayor Adams, facing criticism over ties to Trump, touts book by FBI chief Kash Patel
Mayor Adams, in his address to New Yorkers on his federal corruption charges being dropped, promoted a highly controversial book about the so-called deep state by Trump FBI Director Kash Patel.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Mayor Adams takes this opportunity to promote “Government Gangsters” a book written by FBI Director Kash Patel in which he rages against the “deep state”
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Mayor Adams declines to address his case after a retail theft event at the Met, weaving between priceless works of art as he strutted away from reporters
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New: Adams admin files a declaration of support in AGs’ suit against Trump admin over HHS cuts. Acting health commish Michele Morse writes the $100m cuts to CDC funding would be devastating and “unnecessarily increases risks to the health and lives” of New Yorkers
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Mayor Adams didn't say Tuesday how he plans to address a potential billion-dollar budget hole in the upcoming fiscal year as Gov. Hochul’s office again made clear the city would not be getting migrant funding that it’s seeking. with @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/01/a...
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Adams offers no answers as state spending plan may leave $1B hole in NYC budget
Mayor Adams declined to say Tuesday how he’d address a potential billion-dollar budget hole as Gov. Hochul’s office again made clear the city would not be getting the level of migrant f…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
New: Rep. Adriano Espaillat has endorsed Councilmember Keith Powers in the race for Manhattan borough president, Powers’ most prominent endorsement yet www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/31/n...
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NYC Rep. Adriano Espaillat endorses Keith Powers for Manhattan borough president
The congressman’s endorsement is a significant gain for Powers, as Espaillat holds sway in upper Manhattan and among many Latino voters.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
A new grand jury is reviewing Ingrid Lewis-Martin's case, who is already facing influence peddling charges, as part of an ongoing investigation into the former chief advisor to the mayor and her associates, DANY lawyers said Thursday. www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/27/a...
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New grand jury reviewing Ingrid Lewis-Martin corruption case: DA
Prosecutors are pursuing the possibly of more charges, with ongoing probes that extend beyond just the bribery charges Lewis-Martin, the former chief advisor to the mayor, her son and other associa…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Zellnor Myrie has a new plan to push back on Trump funding threats: - hire 50 "frontline" lawyers to defend against Trump’s agenda, and argue w/holding fed $$ amounts to coercion - “nuclear option” of w/holding state and local tax payments to feds gov www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/26/m...
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Mayoral candidate Zellnor Myrie proposes strategy to fight Trump funding cuts
Myrie’s blueprint comes as the president has threatened to pull funding over the city’s stances on the MTA, schools and migrant services, among others.
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Former Acting USA Sassoon was given just 40 mins to brief DOJ officials on the logistics of Mayor Adams’ fed corruption case and had no time to go over other issues connected to the DOJ’s reasons for dropping the case, she wrote in a newly unsealed letter www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/25/f...
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Former federal prosecutor Danielle Sassoon given just 40 minutes to brief DOJ on Adams corruption case
Sassoon was given just 40 minutes to brief Department of Justice officials on the logistics of Mayor Adams’ federal corruption case and had no time to go over other issues connected to the DOJ’s re…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New unsealed filings in Mayor Adams' case: Danielle Sassoon was concerned with how quickly Emil Bove ordered the dismissal -- she wanted to wait for Todd Blanche's confirmation. "No need to wait," Bove said, as Blanche was "on the same page."
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
10% of the 423 donors who maxed out their contributions to Cuomo’s mayoral campaign were also financial supporters of Adams’ successful 2021 campaign. In total, the ex-gov raked in at least $126,000 total from 135 defector donors W/ @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/20/d...
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Dozens of Adams donors shifting loyalty to Cuomo, Adrienne Adams in 2025 NYC mayoral race
Dozens of donors to Eric Adams’ first run have defected from the mayor and instead poured tens of thousands of dollars into the campaign coffers of two of his top challengers, former Gov. And…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A Greek-American reception at Gracie Mansion set for Thurs has stirred controversy after senior Adams administration officials revoked an award for one of the honorees at the last minute. w @grahamrayman.bsky.social & @c-sommerfeldt.bsky.social www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/17/c...
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City Hall revokes a planned Greek heritage award, sparking accusations of mayoral race politics
A reception at Gracie Mansion for the Greek-American community set for Thursday in advance of the group’s annual parade has stirred controversy after senior Adams administration officials rev…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
New: 2/3 of the city’s emergency management budget is federally funded and at risk. “Bottom line: ... We need to prepare for a world in which we can’t necessarily depend upon the federal government for support during or after emergencies." www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/14/t...
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Trump budget slashing puts more than 60 percent of NYC emergency management jobs at risk
The agency relies on about $110 million in federal and state grants each year — but if the president follows through on threats to pull funding, much of that money could disappear, leaving the agen…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At Council budget hearing, @nycemergencymgt.bsky.social Zach Iscol says 2/3 of the city's Emergency Mngmt budget relies on fed and state grants -- a point of concern to him bc of 5-yr trend of fed funding falling. He doesn't mention Trump, who has shown a willingness to dip fingers into city funds
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New: Comptroller Lander is demanding more info from the Adams admin about subpoenas aimed at migrant shelters — coming as the mayor is facing increasing calls to take a tougher stand against the president’s increasingly aggressive immigration actions. www.nydailynews.com/2025/03/13/c...
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Comptroller Brad Lander wants info on migrant shelter subpoenas as Adams faces heat
Comptroller Brad Lander is demanding more information from the Adams administration about a probe aimed at migrant shelters, the Daily News has learned — coming as the mayor is facing increasing ca…
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Josie Stratman @josiestratman.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The mayor addresses the subpoenas that went out to migrant shelter hotels: “The workers should not be getting caught up in the politics of it,” Adams says. “And that is who my heart goes out to. And I say to them, ‘I'm sorry you're going through all of that we’re seeing.’”
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