The then-first deputy mayor Sheena Wright at her last press conference on the dais with Mayor Eric Adams back on Sept. 17. After weeks of rumors, Wright offiically resigned on Oct. 8. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Turmoil Continues at City Hall as Adams Taps New First Dep and Another Aid is Arrested It was another day of turmoil as Mayor Eric Adams again faced the press in the City Hall rotunda without his usual entourage... News 09 Oct 2024 | 12:57
Mayor Eric Adams addresses the press at his weekly media avail on Oct. 1 which switched out of the normal press briefing in the Blue Room into the rotunda at City Hall. Many in the overflow press crowd sat on the floor or operated behind the bank of tv cameras. Adams, who is usually flanked by a host of deputy mayors, faced the press solo. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Embattled Mayor Facing Press, Vows He’s Not Stepping Down After Fed Corruption Indictment Without a lawyer or any of the deputy mayors who usually sat with him on a dais at his weekly media avails, Mayor Eric Adams... News 07 Oct 2024 | 12:58
Bronx resident Donovan Murphy was arrested on Oct. 2 and charged with the Sept. 28 rape of a 29 year old woman inside her apartment on E. 92nd St. and First Ave. ( Photo: NYPD) Cops Say East Side Rapist Caught A 28-year-old suspect from the Bronx was arrested and charged with rape for breaking in and strangling a 29-year-old woman... News 04 Oct 2024 | 07:10
Eric Adams (left) with his high powered attorney Alex Spiro as he meets the press outside Gracie Mansion shortly after he was hit with a 57-page federal indictment alleging bribery, conspiracy and wire fraud. ( Photo: Associated Press) Adams Pleads Not Guilty to 5 Count Fed Indictment Charging Bribery, Conspiracy and Accepting Lux Trips from Turks Eric Adams became the first sitting mayor in city history to be criminally indicted on September 26 when a federal indictment... News 27 Sep 2024 | 09:17
Mayor Eric Adams at his press availability back on Sept. 17 as he faced increasing questions about the federal investigations that ultimately resulted in his indictment on Sept. 26. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Mayor Adams Faces Indictment in Widening Federal Probe Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted in a widening federal corruption probe, according to a bombshell report first disclosed... News 26 Sep 2024 | 10:19
The photo of man, Raymond Kwok who was subsequently arrested after the NYPD released surveillance footage of the suspected wanted for stabbing a passenger in an East Village subway station after the victim accidentally bumped into him. ( Photo: NYPD) Suspect Arrested in East Village Subway Stabbing in Same Station Where Attack Happened Three days after stabbing a fellow passenger in the back after the victim accidentally bumped into him, a 27-year-old man... News 24 Sep 2024 | 04:11
An FDNY color guard streams pass the fountain in the vest pocket memorial park on W. 48th St. just of Eighth Ave. where friends and family members left red roses in memory of the 15 firefighters who died on 9-11 at Battalion 9, Engine 54, Truck 4 firehouse. It was the house that suffered the most casualties on 9-11. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) West Side House That Lost 15 Firefighters on 9-11 Marks Another Solemn Day Fifteen times the bell tolled as it has every year since 9-11, 2001 when 15 firefighters from Battalion 9, Engine 54 and... News 24 Sep 2024 | 01:30
Eric Goldstein (at podium) of the United Jewish Federation with then-NYPD Commissioner Kechant Sewell (center) and Mayor Eric Adams at a press conference announcing the arrest of two individuals in Penn Station. One defendant pleaded guilty for plotting an anti-Semitic terror plot this week and could face ten years in state prison. DA Alvin Bragg (far left) looks on. Charges against a second man are still pending. ( Photo: Mayor’s Photography Office) Guilty Plea for Man Accused in 2022 Anti-Semitic Terrorist Plot A man who was arrested in Penn Station nearly two years ago and charged in a connection with a terror plot to attack Jewish... News 22 Sep 2024 | 05:15
Mayor Eric Adams (center) surprised reporters at an Aug. 27 media availability when he said a cell phone ban that Education Chancellor David Banks had suggested was about to be rolled out for the start of the new school year instead was going to undergo further study. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Cell Phone Ban in City Schools Not There Yet But Could Happen A cell phone ban in all city public schools may happen, but the process is going slower than anticipated. And its not clear... Newsletter Special Section 20 Sep 2024 | 02:32
Though he captured each one of the 15 firefighters in the mid-town firehouse before they died on 9/11, he said he rarely if ever returns to the house where he was invited to live as a photographer in the year before the attack on the World Trade Center 23 years ago. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Photographer Remembers the Firefighters at West Side House That Suffered Greatest Number of Casualties on 9/11 On 9/11, shortly after 8:46 a.m., fifteen firefighters from Engine Company 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9–every man in the house... News 11 Sep 2024 | 11:08
A 45-year-old stabbing victim who was slashed in the face and neck on E. 5th St. somehow managed to reach this stretch of E. 14th St. on the night of Sept. 3 before he was transported by EMS to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Another Slashing in East Village A 45-year-old man was slashed in the face and neck with a knife on Sept. 3 in one of the latest attacks in East Village. 09 Sep 2024 | 12:45
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban at a press conference earlier this year. His cell phone was seized during a raid on his home on Sept. 5. Other top aides to Eric Adams also had homes raided that day. ( Photo: flickr.com) Feds Raid Homes of NYPD Commissioner and Several Top Mayoral Aides The FBI reportedly conducted raids on the home of police commissioner Edward Caban and three top aides to Mayor Eric Adams... News 06 Sep 2024 | 03:31
Parks Dept workers painting the lines around a new track that has appeared for the first time inside what was long known as the skateboard park that also housed a baseball diamond and basketball courts in the northern end of Tompkins Sq. Park. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Skateboarders Fear They Will be Sidelined as Iconic Tompkins Sq. Park Space Gets Makeover At one point, the NYC Parks Dept said they wanted to turn the run down asphalt playground in the northern end of Tompkins... News 04 Sep 2024 | 06:34
Police released the above surveillance video of a suspect in a random subway slashing on the UES and reported he was arrested days later. ( Photo: NYPD) East Side Subway Slasher Caught A 27-yea- old Queens man was arrested on Aug. 21 and charged in coonection with a random attack on the E. 96th St. subway... News 23 Aug 2024 | 04:07
Eric Adams at his Aug. 20 media availability at City Hall said he is letting the grand jury investigation “run its course.” Lisa HChief legal counsel to City Hall said the mayor has not be told he is a target of the probe. ( Photo) Adams Brushes Off Questions on FBI Subpoenas, Counsel Says Not Been Told He’s a Target Mayor Eric Adams did not spend much time dwelling on the implications of the latest round of subpoenas that recent reports... News 21 Aug 2024 | 04:52
