ALBANY, N.Y.—In a poignant interview on ABC 7’s “Up Close with Bill Ritter” on August 3, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for a federal ban on assault weapons, citing a recent tragic shooting in New York City that left the city grieving. Expressing frustration with Congress and the President for lacking the “political…
ALBANY, N.Y.—Governor Kathy Hochul, appearing on NY1’s “Inside City Hall” on July 30, 2025, pressed for a national assault weapons ban in response to a deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting that killed four, including an NYPD officer, earlier in the week. Highlighting New York’s stringent gun laws, which she said have yielded the lowest gun homicide…
By Staff, July 29, 2025, New York — A gunman armed with an assault-style rifle entered 345 Park Avenue, a Midtown Manhattan office tower housing Blackstone, the NFL’s headquarters and other firms, and killed four people before turning the weapon on himself around 6:30 p.m. EDT Monday, officials said Wikipedia+2The Wall Street Journal+2The Wall Street Journal+2….
Proclamation of Election January 2, 2025 As a result of the resignation of Kalman Yeger from the City Council effective December 31, 2024, a vacancy has been created in the seat he has held as a Council Member for the forty-fourth Council district. Accordingly, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Section 25(b)(l) and…
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan led a roundtable discussion with 20 presidents of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to strengthen national security partnerships. The discussion centered on increasing HBCU students’ opportunities in national security careers and tackling the specific security issues these institutions encounter, such as domestic violent extremism. Sullivan emphasized the Biden-Harris Administration’s…
New Initiative Part of “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” City Releases Rezoning Lookback Reports to Show Costs of Zoning Restrictions in Low-Density Neighborhoods – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today unveiled a new initiative as part of his administration’s historic “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” proposal that will create tens of thousands of…