Mayor Eric Adams has promised 150 miles of new bus lanes in New York City, but some drivers and businesses say they have created headaches in the past. Source: New York Times
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Deadline Day for Unvaccinated Municipal Employees in N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams said he would prefer not to fire police officers, firefighters and teachers, but he values the vaccine mandate. Source: New York Times
Nearly 3,000 N.Y.C. Workers Have a Day to Get Vaccinated or Be Fired
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams has embraced a vaccine mandate for city workers and warned that thousands would get fired this week if they were not vaccinated. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams Clashes With Albany Democrats Over His Crime Plan
By Gotham Rex on February 9, 2022
Eric Adams’s harshest exchange during a state budget hearing was with a fellow Democrat whose brother was killed by gunfire at the age of 19. Source: New York Times
Adams Wants Tougher Bail Laws. Can He Get Other Democrats to Agree?
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams will need buy-in from prosecutors, judges and a Democratic-led State Legislature that may balk at some of his tough-on-crime prescriptions. Source: New York Times
In Arrears and Anxious
By Gotham Rex on February 8, 2022
Thousands of tenants in public housing in New York City are behind on the rent. The city is promising to avoid evictions. Source: New York Times
Did Eric Adams, an Avowed Vegan, Eat Fish? (Yes, and It Was No Fluke.)
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
The mayor has highlighted his plant-based diet. Now he says he is “imperfect” and tries to eat vegetables as much as possible. Source: New York Times
How the Deaths of N.Y.P.D. Officers Have Shaped Eric Adams
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
The mayor’s views on policing are tied in part to his relationships with families of officers killed on the job, as well as with police abuse victims. Source: New York Times
To Stop Gun Violence, This Police Captain Is Trying a Novel Approach
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2022
An N.Y.P.D. precinct in Brooklyn is seeing promise in a different kind of response to a shooting last spring: paying 15 teenagers to attend a “healing circle.” Source: New York Times
‘The Answer Is Not to Abandon Our Streets’
By Gotham Rex on February 4, 2022
President Biden outlines his strategy for helping New York accelerate the fight against gun violence. Source: New York Times
Biden Vows to N.Y. Officials That He Won’t ‘Abandon Our Streets’
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2022
The president visited New York City to show his support for law enforcement and detail his plans to work with the city to control gun violence. Source: New York Times
For Biden and Adams, a Meeting of Like Minds on Gun Crime
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2022
President Biden’s visit to New York on Thursday is meant to convey his desire to respond to violent crime while guarding against the danger of excess policing. Source: New York Times
Thousands Mourn N.Y.P.D. Officer Whose Dreams Ended With Fatal Shooting
By Gotham Rex on February 2, 2022
Wilbert Mora, one of two officers killed after responding to a 911 call in Harlem last month, was remembered at his funeral for his warmth and compassion. Source: New York Times
N.Y.C. Is Offering Free Home Delivery of Covid Antiviral Pills
By Gotham Rex on January 30, 2022
The pills, which require a prescription, are prioritized for those who test positive for the coronavirus and are at higher risk for severe illness. Source: New York Times
The Art Design for Abolitionist Place in Brooklyn Moves Forward
By Gotham Rex on January 28, 2022
Despite an ongoing legal challenge, New York City is going ahead with a plan for artwork at a new park that will feature messages of social justice, not the statuary some had sought. Source: New York Times