More than a dozen community and advocacy groups are joining forces against a $900 million “Five Bridges Project” to “transform” the Cross Bronx Expressway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

City Council members are set to review a legislative package addressing youth mental health in public schools at a committee on mental health, disabilities, and addiction hearing on Monday morning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Eric Adams is agreeing to unlock $5 billion in city funding to secure a deal on his sweeping housing plan, according to three city officials with direct knowledge of the arrangement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch will become New York City's new police commissioner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As families continue to flee New York City over child care costs, a parent-led advocacy group is releasing a five-year proposal calling for free statewide universal child care for children as young as six weeks old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York City has elevated its “drought watch” to a “drought warning” amid ongoing record dry conditions in the five boroughs, officials said Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The MTA plans ramp up Manhattan’s congestion pricing tolls to $15 in 2031 — a sharp increase from the $9 charge Governor Kathy Hochul announced last week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Governor Hochul plans to relaunch the MTA’s congestion pricing program with a $9 base toll for passenger cars — marking a 40% reduction from the price previously approved by the MTA — according to four sources briefed on the governor’s plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York City Council approved new legislation on Wednesday that will eliminate hefty upfront broker fees for most renters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Plus - Dry winds in NY and NJ keep wildfires burning throughout the region; Bill to End Forced Rental Broker Fees Goes to Council Vote With Near Veto-Proof Support; New York City issues Code Blue as temperatures set to tumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Trump transition has begun and we have a few names from New York have made the list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The mayor’s girlfriend, who received a significant promotion and a roughly $50,000 raise after Adams took office in 2022, ended work on November 1st. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand glided to re-election on Tuesday, easily winning another six-year term as the junior senator from New York over longshot Republican challenger Mike Sapraicone, a retired NYPD detective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More than 1 million New York City residents voted early in this week’s high-stakes election — a new record, according to city officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ historic corruption trial will start in late April 2025 — just over two months before he’s set to face off against multiple challengers in next summer’s Democratic mayoral primary." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Republican-led congressional panel on the COVID-19 pandemic has referred former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution for allegedly lying at a closed-door hearing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some of Mayor Adams’ top advisers received pay increases this year that pushed their salaries above his, including David Banks, the since-resigned schools chancellor whose wage bump made him the highest-paid city government employee over at least the last decade, new payroll data shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic politicians in New York grew increasingly angry with Mayor Adams on Monday after he suggested it’s wrong to call Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a “fascist” — a stance the mayor took before the ex-president’s weekend rally in Manhattan, where speakers made racist remarks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Firefighters from across the country will join federal Homeland Security Department officials at the FDNY Fire Academy this week for a two-day deep dive on how to better tackle the scourge of deadly lithium-ion battery fires, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams defended Donald Trump Saturday against recent bombshell allegations by a former White House aide that the former president is a “fascist” who said positive things about Adolf Hitler and his Nazi generals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams’ administration recently carved out part of a citywide traffic camera contract in a way that stands to benefit a firm whose president is an ex-top aide to Phil Banks — Adams’ former public safety deputy who’s entangled in a federal corruption probe, according to city records and sources familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams said he would still run for reelection even if the city’s Campaign Finance Board rules he’s not eligible for matching funds — a huge potential hit to his campaign warchest as he faces several mayoral challengers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of New Yorkers are signed up to share their views at a marathon City Council hearing Tuesday reviewing the Adams administration’s sweeping “City of Yes” plan, which aims to boost the city’s housing supply by overhauling decades-old zoning regulations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mayor Adams has discontinued a controversial policy requiring local elected officials to seek permission via an online engagement form before speaking with senior officials in his administration about a range of issues, according to two sources directly familiar with the matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices