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Mayor Adams privately told a group of business leaders yesterday he removed ex-NYPD head Tom Donlon after he refused a mental acuity test despite allegedly being "off." Donlon's lawyer says he's now prepping a defamation suit against Adams over the matter. nydailynews.com/2025/07/18/ada…

NYS has settled a lawsuit brought by former Andrew Cuomo aide Brittany Commisso for nearly half a million dollars, according to her attorneys. Commisso’s case accused Cuomo of groping her in 2020, making sexualized remarks about her looks and other inappropriate behavior.

New video via @thenyic shows conditions for migrants on 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, which House members including @NydiaVelazquez @RepEspaillat have not been allowed to access to inspect.

Scoop: The first glimpse inside ICE's makeshift holding cells in Manhattan, where immigrants are being held for increasingly long stretches. By @GwynneFitz & @haideechu @THECITYNY thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/vid…

Including one launched by Hank Sheinkopf supporting … ??

Another week, another batch of new IEs in the mayoral election. cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/…

Sliwa once again says he’s not the Trump candidate, says they’ve had a love hate relationship

BREAKING: Former NYPD commissioner and FBI agent Tom Donlon plans to sue Mayor Eric Adams and his ex-top spokesperson for claiming he was an old man with cognitive issues. nypost.com/2025/07/21/us-…

“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday he’ll pack his bags and flee to Florida if he loses the NYC mayoral race to socialist Zohran Mamdani.” nypost.com/2025/07/19/us-…

All the whalers become failures in the ocean of success

Inbox: 1199SEIU endorses Dem nominee Zohran Mamdani for mayor. The health care union backed Andrew Cuomo in the primary.

NYPD Bypassed Facial Recognition Ban to ID Pro-Palestinian Student Protester thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nyp… via @THECITYNY @sssmaldo

The CEO of @SLGreen, NYC's biggest commercial landlord, spent much of his company's latest earnings call praising Eric Adams, for whom he's fundraised. He also said @ZohranKMamdani's primary win has affected zero deals, CJ Hughes reports @CrainsNewYork: ebx.sh/fjioOl

70% of Mayor Adams’ Fox News appearances have been in the last 6 months. The independent incumbent needs a new coalition to tackle the general election— he may be using Fox News to build it. Read the story @CityAndStateNY cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/…

“Almost all of Adams’ appearances on Fox networks this year have come since he announced he would run for reelection as an independent candidate.” @devynnovikoff with a great look at the mayor’s appeal to conservative audiences. cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/…

Eric Adams is celebrating endorsements from a coalition of about a dozen uniformed workers unions today

New: @RichardBuery, chair of the Charter Revision Commission convened by Mayor Adams, confirms that the panel will not propose a ballot question to implement open primaries. The matter has garnered a lot of pushback over the last few weeks, including WFP who'd threatened to sue

Eric Adams' $1.5M fundraising haul since the primary includes: • $70K from 63 employees of SL Green • $23.6K from 20 employees of @JLL • $21.7K from 21 employees of Cushman & Wakefield, which recently got dropped as the city's top broker amid scandal crainsnewyork.com/politics-polic…