Eric Adams Not Stepping Down + New York State Aims to Thwart Trump Policies
No. 412 | Monday, February 3, 2025
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Local News
Mayor Eric Adams denied reports that he was planning to step down as part of a deal with federal prosecutors to drop the charges against him.
New York State Attorney General Tish James has filed multiple lawsuits to blunt the impact of President Trump’s executive orders, including one to ensure that Medicaid payments are made to New York recipients and another to ensure that New York hospitals continue providing gender-affirming care.
Trump’s immigration raids are already targeting a significant number of New Yorkers without any criminal record, and are resulting in a shortage of street vendors as operators worry that tickets could result in their deportation.
Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill meant to protect from prosecution any New York doctors who prescribe pills for medicated abortions taking place out of state.
A court-appointed monitor found that the NYPD conducted thousands of illegal stop-and-frisks in 2023 without any efforts to curb the practice.
According to the MTA, car trip times have fallen between 10 and 30% since the implementation of congestion pricing earlier this year.
Election News
Assembly Member and NYC-DSA endorsed mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani offered a new housing proposal to build 200,000 new homes with public funding. Mamdani also sat for an extensive interview with the New York Editorial Board. (The Board has previously interviewed other mayoral candidates Brad Lander and Jessica Ramos.)
Housing Justice for All, the statewide tenant advocacy organization, has launched a 501(c)(4) called the New York State Tenant Bloc that hopes to counteract the real estate lobby’s spending on city and state elections.
Democrats in Albany are considering changing the laws around special elections so that the seat currently held by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R – Utica), who is Trump’s nominee for UN Ambassador, would be held vacant until the summer.
The City Council’s six Republicans cannot agree on their caucus leader.
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