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NYC looks to house migrants in notorious jail that once housed Jeffrey Epstein, John Gotti
City officials flagged the proposal to shelter asylum seekers in the defunct federal Metropolitan Correctional Center lockup in Lower Manhattan in an Aug. 9 letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul's administration.
NYC charter schools enroll wave of kids from migrant families: 'We want to help'
Charter schools are pitching in to address the migrant crisis by enrolling a wave of children of asylum seeking families.
Two top Mayor Adams execs, NYC elite whisk off to Martha’s Vineyard as speculation swirls about weekend wedding
Speculation is swirling that Big Apple political power couple, School Chancellor David Banks and First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, are set to tie the knot on Martha’s Vineyard this weekend.
Mayor Adams slams Hochul on migrants, calls for state to use executive order
“I think this is a national and statewide issue that has been unjustly dropped into the lap of New York City residents," the mayor said.
NYC parents 'alarmed' over DOE silence on migrant plan as school year nears
New York City public school kids will return to the classroom in just three weeks.
Scathing Hochul letter slams Adams migrant response as slow, claims offers of state help ignored
The harsh -- yet rare -- public criticism of the city's migrant response was laid bare in a scathing 12-page letter from Hochul's lawyer Tuesday night in the wake of...
NYC's new 'tent city' for 1,000 migrants at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center now open
The newest large-scale emergency?site, which took nearly two weeks to construct, will cater to roughly 1,000 adult migrant men in two separate tent structures, city officials said.
NYC school bus drivers could go on strike, Chancellor David Banks warns parents of 150K students
Negotiations with Amalgamated Transit Union are ongoing with the first day of classes for Big Apple public schools less than a month away, Banks revealed
NYC landlords can now be fined $10K per raid for renting space to illegal weed sellers
The law will see owners of commercial spaces fined under a two-strike system if they are busted knowingly leasing space to unlicensed sellers, the City Council announced Monday.
Staten Island politicians demand a 'halt' to plans to use Fort Wadsworth as migrant shelter site
Staten Island elected officials are making it known to City Hall and the Biden administration to halt plans to use Fort Wadsworth as a possible migrant shelter site.
NYPD brass visit site of Parkland mass shooting as it looks to boost security at NYC schools
The NYPD is working to boost school security measures after the department brass visited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 kids were murdered by a mass...
NYC migrant shelter to cost NY taxpayers $20M a month — $10G for every migrant: source
The makeshift facility off Manhattan is one of four migrant housing sites fully funded by the state as part of a desperate effort to keep up with the flood of...
Biden officials refuse to sign off on NYC military site for migrants — despite Hochul's personal pitch, sources say
New York’s top Democratic official made sure she was on the morning call with such Biden bigs as Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau -- and her office even...
City Hall, feds discuss housing homeless migrants at Staten Island military base
City Hall and officials from the Department of Homeland Security are discussing a deal to lease the facility -- which prior to closing in 1994 was one of the oldest...
NYC commish petitions against migrant shelters on Randall’s Island soccer fields
One of Mayor Eric Adams' own commissioners has circulated a petition calling on the Big Apple to backtrack on plans to erect a migrant mega shelter on Randall’s Island’s kiddie...
Judge kills Adams' bid to overhaul Medicare for 250K retired NYC workers
A judge's ruling Friday put the kibosh on Mayor Eric Adams' bid to move 250,000 city retirees off their traditional Medicare insurance plan.
Hochul, Adams strike deal to move 1,200 migrant families out of NYC
Gov. Kathy Hochul is also planning to operate 13 shelter sites outside of the city and staff it with the National Guard, according to sources.
NYC officials pin shelter evictions on migrant crisis
NYC officials testified before the City Council on Thursday as to why they're kicking out single adult migrants staying in city-run shelters after 60 days.
'Lack' of tight border policy, federal funding created 'unsustainable' fiscal picture for NYC: report
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli cast a cold eye on President Joe Biden’s ability to secure the southern border and stop a stream of homeless migrants to New York.
Biden's top aide meets with Adams, budget chief over NYC migrant crisis mayor fears could cost $12B
The closed-door City Hall meeting between Adams and Biden's director of intergovernmental affairs, Tom Perez, finally unfolded amid the mayor's repeated cries for more federal aid to help combat the...