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Michael Gartland

Michael Gartland is an award-winning reporter who's covered four NYC mayors. Prior to coming to The News, he worked for the NY Post, The Bergen Record and The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C.

Lisa Zornberg, Chief Council to the Mayor and City Hall. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)

Top Adams’ lawyer demands ethics inquiry over councilman’s comments in Pearson sex harass case

May 4, 2024 at 12:37 p.m.

Mayor Adams' chief City Hall lawyer is demanding an ethics inquiry into Councilman Lincoln Restler for how he questioned administration officials about the city's handling of sexual harassment allegations against...

A migrant family leaves the Row Hotel in Midtown Manhattan January 10, 2024.

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NYC decision to move migrant families to sites with fewer services slammed by advocates

May 2, 2024 at 5:57 p.m.

The city's Department of Homeless Services forced at least six migrant families to move from city homeless shelters to hotels that offer fewer services to make way for an expected influx...

Protestors chant outside The City College Of New York (CUNY) one day after the NYPD cracked down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on May 1, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Nearly half arrested in Columbia, CCNY Gaza protests were outsiders, but unclear if they were ‘agitators’

May 2, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.

The issue of whether "outside agitators" were behind the protests at Columbia, CCNY and other schools has become a focus of intense debate. Mayor Adams, NYPD officials and college leaders...

Mayor Eric Adams (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News)

Adams’ screening policy for elected officials interferes with legally-required duties: council

May 1, 2024 at 5:34 p.m.

Under Adams' new process, elected officials are now required to fill out an online form to engage in discussions with administration officials about "enforcement" or issues "outside the scope of...

Former NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes Executive Director Hassan Naveed speaks at City Hall in June 2023.

NYC head of hate crimes prevention unit fired, plans to file discrimination claim

May 15, 2024 at 9:03 a.m.

The director of Mayor Adams' hate crimes prevention unit was fired from his post last week without being given reason for his dismissal — and is now planning to file...

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Bowman under fire for legacy admissions ‘hypocrisy’ as Congressional primary race heats up

April 26, 2024 at 5:02 p.m.

Two years ago, Rep. Jamaal Bowman introduced a bill in Congress seeking to prohibit preferential admissions for legacy applicants at elite colleges — but a video recently unearthed by the...

Scott Stringer in 2020. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Daily News)

Scott Stringer gets green light on defamation case against sex abuse accuser

April 25, 2024 at 6:26 p.m.

Scott Stringer, whose 2021 mayoral run was upended over sexual abuse allegations, got the go ahead Thursday to proceed with a defamation suit against his accuser, Jean Kim, in state...

Mayor Adams' latest city budget proposal would pump more than $62 million into hiring new NYPD officers — but keep in place a similarly-sized spending cut to New York's public library systems that their leaders say could deal an existential blow to their branches' ability to operate.

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Mayor Adams’ budget plan restores NYPD funding, keeps $58M cut to NYC libraries

April 25, 2024 at 8:18 a.m.

Mayor Adams' latest city budget proposal would pump more than $62 million into hiring new NYPD officers — but keep in place a similarly-sized spending cut to New York's public...

Demonstrators, inside and outside the Columbia University campus at Broadway and West 115th Street, protest against the Gaza war, Saturday, April 20, 2024.

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NYC Mayor Adams blames ‘outside agitators’ for anti-Jewish college campus bile

April 23, 2024 at 6:27 p.m.

Adams promised Tuesday that the NYPD will seek out and identify those he believes are trying to use the protests "to cause violence in our city."

Adams brushes off growing pushback on Randy Mastro for top city lawyer spot

April 23, 2024 at 5:07 p.m.

City lawmakers have lined up against Mastro, with the City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus Tuesday issuing a statement describing Mastro as "unfit to serve as the City's chief...

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