City Braces For Trump’s Planned Deportations + Mayoral Race Heats Up
No. 411 | Monday, January 27, 2025
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Local News
While Mayor Eric Adams has been angling for a pardon from President Donald Trump, city agencies have been preparing for how to deal with proposed raids from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other attacks on roughly half a million undocumented immigrants in New York City. Many migrant families are already keeping their kids out of school in fear.
An executive order from President Trump may derail New York from reaching its wind power targets.
Litigants in both sides of the case over management of Rikers Island face a deadline, but are no closer to a deal on what a “receiver” would entail.
Legislators in Albany introduced a new version of a proposed “mask ban,” which would not ban medical masks but rather would create a new criminal charge of “masked harassment.” This comes after opposition from civil rights groups killed an earlier version of the ban.
At least 15 current legislators in Albany are technically “retired,” meaning they collect a pension as well as their salary.
Despite warnings that remote work would destroy the value of Manhattan real estate, commercial real estate values in the City have increased.
Election News
City & State looked at mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make New York City buses free, and The City examined the online media strategy for his mayoral campaign.
Mayoral candidate Brad Lander announced a plan to tackle City Hall corruption.
Frank Seddio, the longtime boss of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, was appointed to head the City’s Board of Elections after a contentious backroom deal.
People are starting to hype billionaire heiress and New York Police Department commissioner Jessica Tisch as a potential mayoral candidate and the “next Bloomberg.”
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