More than 45% of the pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University and City Collegethis week were “unaffiliated” with the schools, NYPD sources told the Daily News on Thursday, though it’s unclear how many of the demonstrators were so-called “outside agitators” involved in driving the recent tumult on the campuses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Around 2 million New Yorkers living in stabilized apartments will likely see their rents climb for the third year in a row, after the board tasked with setting rates okayed a range of possible hikes at a raucous preliminary vote on Tuesday — as tenants and their board representatives walked out in protest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The City Council’s top tech official alerted Mayor Adams this week that his administration must by law publicly release all information gathered as part of his controversial new “engagement form” system, which requires local elected officials to ask for permission before speaking with senior city officials about various issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Adams administration’s signature housing plan — which involves building “a little more housing” in every neighborhood — kicked off with a formal approval process Monday after months of hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amid ongoing fear of crime, more than 13,300 New Yorkers applied for licenses to carry guns in the city last year, a near-double increase compared to 2022 — and the NYPD’s financial bottom line has been boosted by the permit surge, according to a Daily News analysis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Students at the City University of New York on Thursday launched a pro-Palestinian encampment at City College, part of a wave of tent demonstrations sweeping the nation calling on universities to divest from Israel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ latest budget proposal includes restored funding for the NYPD, but doesn’t reverse a multi-million dollar cut to the city’s public library systems, sources familiar with the matter told the Daily News on Wednesday, raising the specter of additional service reductions at library branches across the five boroughs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black, Asian and Hispanic NYC government workers continue to be paid less than their white colleagues, a disparity driven by a persistent pattern of low wages for women of color in the municipal ranks, according to a new study release by the City Council on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the first three months of this year, Mayor Adams’ legal defense trust received $22,462 in prohibited donations from a corporate entity and 10 individuals with city government business interests, according to a Daily News review of finance disclosures. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York State lawmakers on Saturday approved a $237 billion state budget, unlocking $2.4 billion for the city’s migrant crisis and providing a program to address the city’s dire housing shortage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A legislative package boosting New York City in its battle against the estimated 2,500 unlicensed cannabis shops operating citywide has been secured in state budget negotiations, lawmakers said Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

City Council Democrats from the party’s progressive wing say they’ll work to block Mayor Adams’ expected plan to tap conservative legal heavy-hitter Randy Mastro as his administration’s next top attorney, setting the stage for a potentially contentious battle over his nomination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City could save up to $3.5 billion in migrant housing costs if it and the state government expand access to housing vouchers, a new report from the homeless services provider Win revealed Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A range of critics have begun to pounce as Governor Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers draw closer to a housing deal that would revive a tax break for developers and provide new good cause eviction protections to tenants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Mayor Adams’ authority over the city’s public schools on the line, a new study of mayoral control that painted an unfavorable picture of how parents and teachers feel about the status quo has added a new wrinkle to the debate in Albany. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The feds will be footing more of the bill for a new bridge over Newtown Creek, putting $15 million towards the replacement of the 119-year-old Grand St. Bridge on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams defended himself Tuesday when questioned about a report that the federal probe into ties between Turkey and his 2021 mayoral campaign has honed in on upgrades he allegedly received on Turkish Airlines flights, but declined to offer more specific details on issues raised by the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York City parents and teachers feel shut out of key decisions about children’s education under the current system of mayoral control, according to a pivotal state Education Department report released Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrity attorney Alex Spiro, whose clients include Elon Musk and Jay-Z, has been retained to represent Mayor Adams against a lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a police colleague over three decades ago, according to court filings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Madonna files to dismiss fans’ lawsuit over late start of Barclays Center concert; Upstate NY braces for massive influx of eclipse tourists; Off-duty NYPD cop charged with assault in Brooklyn incident Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mayor Adams offered a sarcastic helping hand to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during his New York City stay, saying Thursday that the Republican could sleep in a migrant shelter “so he can see what he has created." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Critics of President Biden’s support for the war in Gaza Wednesday claimed that an impressive 12% of New York Democratic voters heeded their call to protest by casting blank ballots in the state’s presidential primary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former NYPD deputy inspector who was friendly with Mayor Adams was sentenced to community service Tuesday for his ringleader role in a straw donor scheme that gamed the system to boost the mayor’s 2021 City Hall run and curry political favors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Critics of President Biden’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza are pushing for Democratic voters to cast blank ballots in Tuesday’s otherwise snoozy primary as some Republicans plan to vote for Nikki Haley to express oppostion to former President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices