– The City of New York — as part of a national coalition of nine local governments from across the country — has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), challenging the federal government’s effort to force cities and counties to agree to unlawful conditions to…
, Mayor Eric Adams—joined by Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos and MOME Commissioner Pat Swinney Kaufman—kicked off the sixth annual New York City Minecraft Education Battle of the Boroughs esports competition, challenging K–12 students to design a more inclusive, sustainable, future-ready NYC. The first-round prompt tasks teams with reimagining Pier 6 at the MADE Bush Terminal…
In a breezy chat on Alba Life TV, Mayor Eric Adams celebrated New York’s Albanian community (strong on family, faith, small business—and yes, public safety), recapped his first-ever-by-a-NYC-mayor trip to Albania, and pitched tighter business ties, tech exchanges (shoutout to e-gov IDs and AI), and a coveted direct NYC–Tirana flight—because layovers are so last regime….
– The City of New York today announced a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. DOE), U.S. DOE Secretary Linda McMahon, and two other members of the U.S. DOE to protect grant funding that New York City Public Schools is owed by the federal agency after it, last month, sought to block the…
New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against enforcement of New York’s law requiring background checks with ammunition sales in New York State Firearms Association v. James: “Once again, my office has successfully defended New York’s…
Year New York State Spending on Climate ($ billion) New York City Spending on Climate ($ billion) Total Spending ($ billion) Total Coal Production (Mt) China+India+Russia Total Oil Production (kb/d) China+India+Russia 2000 0.05 0.10 0.15 1880 10300 2002 0.06 0.12 0.18 2153 11765 2004 0.07 0.15 0.22 2755 13780 2006 0.08 0.20 0.28 3085 14330…