A Subpoena for Eric Adams + Columbia’s President Resigns
No. 388 | Monday, August 19, 2024
The NYC Thorn is a weekly roundup of local political news compiled by members of NYC-DSA.
Local News
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed Mayor Eric Adams in an ongoing corruption investigation.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, who was criticized by both protesters and the pro-Israel lobby for her handling of encampments at the school last spring, announced that she will resign.
A plan under Eric Adams’s administration will add 7,000 new residential units to the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx.
NYCHA residents in Coney Island voted against a Section 9 plan to attract new funding through a “preservation trust.”
Landlords have registered tens of thousands of new rent-regulated apartments in the face of new fines and penalties for removing them without approval.
A vacant lot in the Bronx that was abandoned by a charter school has now become an illegal dumping ground.
Election News
City Council Member Justin Brannan (Bay Ridge) announced he will run for City Comptroller, the position Brad Lander is leaving to run for Mayor next year.
Staffers on Jennifer Rajkumar 2016 campaign for State Assembly say that they were asked to work for rival campaigns as “spies.” Rajkumar, a key ally of Mayor Eric Adams, is also running for Comptroller in 2025.
An Albany Supreme Court judge ordered presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. removed from the New York ballot on the grounds that he has never actually lived at the address in Westchester County he designated as his place of residence.
The City paid over $120,000 to settle misconduct claims against former NYPD officer Alison Esposito, who is now running against Pat Ryan for Congress in the 18th district (Kingston).
The city’s Independent Budget Office found that moving all elections to even years would boost turnout and save the city $42 million per year.
The New York Times will no longer endorse candidates in New York for offices other than president.
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