Federal agents raided the Crown Heights home of a top fundraiser for Mayor Eric Adams early Thursday, according to reports, leading the mayor to return to the city immediately after traveling to Washington D.C. to discuss the migrant crisis. The raid on the residence of Brianna Suggs, first reported by The New York Times, happened […]
Katie Honan
Katie is a reporter for THE CITY and co-host of FAQ NYC podcast.
Posted inManhattan DA's Office
Manhattan DA Drops Charges Against Guard Arrested After Tussle with Adams Advisor Tim Pearson
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office dropped obstruction and harassment charges against a guard at a migrant shelter arrested following a scuffle allegedly set off by Tim Pearson, a top advisor to Mayor Eric Adams. In Manhattan Criminal court Friday afternoon, an assistant district attorney said that after interviewing a dozen witnesses and reviewing body-worn camera […]
Posted inEric Adams
What We Know About Tim Pearson, the Eric Adams Operative Under Investigation for Shelter Melee
He’s got no public schedule to speak of. He’s rarely seen in public with Eric Adams, but has the mayor’s ear across a variety of subjects. He works for a quasi-city agency, the Economic Development Corporation, but runs point for City Hall on security in migrant shelters and makes top-level decisions about the New York […]
Posted inManhattan
A New Nuyorican: Famed Poets Cafe to Go Silent for Three Years
On a recent Friday at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the audience filled up the brick-walled space and ordered drinks as a DJ played hip-hop, soca and dancehall. Upcoming poets were scattered about inside as the host worked the crowd before the main event. It was almost like any other Friday Night Slam at what has […]
Posted inMigrant Crisis
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 […]
Posted inMayor's Office
Tongue Twisted: Adams Taps AI to Make City Robocalls in Languages He Doesn’t Speak
Mayor Eric Adams is using artificial intelligence to turn himself into a polyglot: sending out robocalls with his voice to New Yorkers in a slew of languages he does not speak — and spooking out ethics and privacy advocates. The mayor mentioned his multilingual calls at a press conference Monday announcing the new “MyCity Chatbot,” […]
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 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 […]
Posted inUncategorized
Schoolyard Fight Delaying Debut of Long-Awaited West Harlem Playground?
A newly-renovated playground and field to be shared by three West Harlem schools has remained unopened and unused for months, as some officials say it’s tied to a fight over after-school access. For more than a year, over a thousand students have been barred from the space next to 425 West 123rd Street — a […]
Posted inWeather
City Caught Flat-Footed on Flood as Deluge Dredges Up Past Lessons
Parents, public officials and climate advocates all say the mayor and his team were ill-prepared for the effects of a storm that was on the radar days before.