For weeks, rumors spread among residents of the Row, a Midtown hotel turned migrant shelter, about how families would soon have as long as a year or as little as 30 days before they’d have to move out. In the absence of direct communication from hotel staff or the city, people talked. Those rumors were […]
Gwynne Hogan
Gwynne is THE CITY’s Brooklyn reporter, where she covers the latest news out of and impacting Brooklyn.
Posted inMigrant Crisis
Adams Operative Had Altercation at Randall’s Island Shelter Hours Before Fighting Guards at Touro
Hours before a top operative for Mayor Eric Adams got into a physical altercation with migrant shelter guards in Midtown Tuesday while attempting to enter without showing identification, he pulled a similar maneuver at the Randall’s Island shelter, according to an internal report obtained by THE CITY. The operative, retired NYPD officer Tim Pearson, was […]
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Adams Advisor Tim Pearson Grabbed and Shoved Shelter Guards, Say Witnesses
One of Mayor Eric Adams’ top advisors grabbed a migrant shelter guard by her neck and threw her to the ground, according to an eyewitness statement obtained by THE CITY. He also shoved another guard, the same report alleges. Tim Pearson, a retired police inspector who Adams has identified as a point man on migrant […]
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State Rules Spare Most Migrant Families from City’s 60-Day Eviction Notices
Thousands of migrant families could begin to receive 60-day notices to leave shelters in the coming days, where some of them have been living for the past year. But the impact will be narrower than advertised by City Hall, which has said any migrant family could receive a 60-day notice. Most migrant families with children […]
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City Will Send Migrant Families to Flood-Prone, Far-Off Tents
This article is part of an ongoing collaboration between Chalkbeat and THE CITY. Mayor Eric Adams announced two striking policy shifts for migrant families with children on Monday afternoon, in his latest attempt to get people to leave city shelters and discourage new arrivals from coming into them. City Hall said it would begin distributing notices to families […]
Posted inPolitics
Palestinian New Yorkers Feel Both Targeted and Ignored
Mahmoud Kasem, 36, owner of Al Aqsa, a Palestinian restaurant in Bay Ridge, said he was trying his best to go through the motions, coming into the restaurant from his home in Bayside, Queens and chatting up customers. “But inside it’s boiling, it’s like a volcano,” he said, speaking outside the restaurant on a Thursday […]
Posted inCity Council
Council Member Arrested for Bringing Gun to Protest Against Pro-Palestinian Campus Rally
City Councilmember Inna Vernikov was arrested after allegedly carrying a gun to a pro-Palestinian rally by the Brooklyn College campus on Thursday afternoon. The Republican representing Southern Brooklyn turned herself in at the 70th Precinct on Friday morning, accompanied by her lawyer, and was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. […]
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Shock, Anger, Fear in New York as Israel Goes to War with Hamas
Escalating violence in Israel and Gaza has rattled New York City, home to the world’s largest Jewish population outside of Israel and to enclaves of Palestinians spread across the city from Astoria to Bay Ridge. Amid a series of vigils and a few protests, the conflict has residents with close ties to the region glued […]
Posted inElections
Seven City Council Races to Watch This Election
New York’s politically purple neighborhoods are just weeks away from choosing their next City Council members in redrawn districts. And with expected low turnout in November’s elections, the results are anyone’s guess; public polling in Council races are very rare. Races to watch include conservative-leaning neighborhoods in The Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, including one newly […]
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Shelter Worker Scammed Families With Promises of an Apartment, They Say
Around a dozen migrant families desperate to move out of a Staten Island shelter said they were scammed out of thousands of dollars by an employee of the shelter, who promised them leases and furniture in newly renovated apartments, THE CITY has learned. The employee was fired after “serious allegations and evidence of dishonest and […]