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From @THECITYNY: The Saga of NYCHA's Lead Lies and the steep price paid: PART 1 thecity.nyc/2021/11/28/228… PART 2 thecity.nyc/2021/11/29/228…

New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/eri… via @THECITYNY

Not able to recall the last time a former NYPD commissioner sued the mayor who appointed him over corruption allegations thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/nyp… via @THECITYNY

The spoils of preliminary victory: Mamdani Nets Record Fundraising Haul While Adams and Cuomo Strike Out on Matching Funds thecity.nyc/2025/07/15/mam… via @THECITYNY

NYC Campaign Finance Board Matching Funds Scorecard after today’s board meeting: @NYCMayor Adams: ZERO again over continuing non-compliance @andrewcuomo ZERO (he’d suspended fundraising in May and didn’t request any) Democratic primary winner @ZohranKMamdani $1 million

Oromises promises. Plus Pool Finally Lands in NYC, Minus the Plus thecity.nyc/2025/07/14/plu… via @THECITYNY

Office Lease Deal With Adams Donor Moves Ahead After Review City Hall Won’t Release thecity.nyc/2025/06/30/14-… via @THECITYNY

City Government Whistleblowers Grow Scant, With Most Denied Protection | THE CITY — NYC News thecity.nyc/2025/06/30/whi…

In settlement w/ @NYCCOIB ex-Mayor de Blasio finally agrees to repay NYC taxpayers $320K for use of NYPD detail during his failed 2020 White House fantasy bid thecity.nyc/2025/05/14/de-… via @THECITYNY

Our ex-Mayor @BilldeBlasio throws in the towel, admits he ripped off taxpayers using his NYPD detail during his White House fantasy trip, agrees to pay $319,000 restitution - a record amount - plus a $10K fine. Here's @THECITYNY story that started it all: thecity.nyc/2019/07/15/de-…

Take the quiz! Check out the bobble heads! Figure out what to do in this year's mayoral battle! Brought to you by @THECITYNY and @Gothamist! projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-mayo…

PROS & CONS @andrewcuomo nets $1.5 million in public matching funds BUT Campaign Finance Board also flags his campaign for improper coordination with a supposedly “independent “ big $$ political action committee

Eric Adams Search Warrant Records Show Scramble to Evade FBI Scrutiny thecity.nyc/2025/05/09/eri… via @THECITYNY

“What we’ve seen in the past few years is unprecedented “ re: corruption probes at top levels of City Hall, sez @NYC_DOI Commissioners Strauber at NY Law School breakfast. Also notes Trump Justice motion to dismiss @NYCMayor Adams case: “It is not an exoneration of anybody.”

Investigation by @THECITYNY finds since a big corruption takedown last year @NYCHA has awarded millions of $ in contracts to vendors who publicly admitted bribing dozens of Housing Authority supers thecity.nyc/2025/04/16/nyc…

How an Indicted Tow Trucker Gained Entree to the Top of the Adams Administration thecity.nyc/2025/04/15/que… via @THECITYNY

Growing pushback from 19 elected NYC officials to Trump Organization bid to run Wollman Rink again, pushing @NYCMayor Adams to reconsider City Hall's rejection of $120 million offer by Central Park Conservancy to take on the job. thecity.nyc/2025/04/08/cen…

Our @NYCMayor stated flatly it was the "end of this chapter" after a judge OKd the Trump Justice Department's notion to dismiss his criminal case. But here @THECITY we are aware of a few more unfinished chapters out there. thecity.nyc/2025/04/03/eri…

Judge tosses ⁦@NYCMayor⁩ Adams corruption case but also charges Trump Justice Department’s intervention to aid its immigration deportation campaign “smacks of a bargain.” thecity.nyc/2025/04/02/may…

Ex-⁦@FDNY⁩ chief gets 20 months in bribe scheme uncovered by ⁦@NYC_DOI⁩. Here’s ⁦@THECITYNY⁩ reporting when he plead out: thecity.nyc/2024/10/01/fdn…

Our @NYCMayor this week claimed he was "fighting" to get matching funds his campaign was denied due to his criminal indictment. Three months after that denial, @THECITY finds no evidence of this alleged "fight." thecity.nyc/2025/03/28/eri…