Latest Bill de Blasio News
NYPD gets a new top cop after months of turmoil. Jessica Tisch is the 2nd woman to lead the force
NEW YORK (AP) — Moving to stabilize an administration roiled by investigations, resignations and his own indictment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she'll be just the...
AP Race Call: Republican Nicole Malliotakis wins reelection to U.S. House in New York's 11th Congressional District
Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. Malliotakis is the only Republican representing any part of New York City in Congress. Her district includes Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn. Malliotakis ran against Democrat Bill de Blasio in the...
Ex-NYC COVID adviser is fired after video reveals he attended parties during pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City official who helped coordinate the city’s response to the pandemic was fired from his private-sector job after a recording showed him talking about attending a sex party and other private gatherings when the city was urging people to practice social...
New York City lawmakers approve bill to study slavery and reparations
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to study the city's significant role in slavery and consider reparations to descendants of enslaved people. If signed into law, the package of bills passed by the City Council would follow in the footsteps of...
