Turkey Probe: Eric Adams Campaign Took Money from Leaders of Erdogan-Backed Foundation

Turkey Probe: Eric Adams Campaign Took Money from Leaders of Erdogan-Backed Foundation

The Turken Foundation is constructing the 21-story Turken House in Manhattan, Nov. 8, 2023. Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY By George Joseph, Bianca Pallaro, and Gwynne Hogan | November 8, 2023 Eric Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign accepted donations from three members of a foundation incorporated by Bilal Erdogan, a son of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and whose board […]

State Office for the Aging Honors Over 90 Older Adults for their Volunteer Efforts, Civic Contributions

State Office for the Aging Honors Over 90 Older Adults for their Volunteer Efforts, Civic Contributions

The New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) recently honored over 90 older adults for their volunteerism as part of NYSOFA’s annual Older New Yorkers’ Day celebration presented during a November 3 livestream. Awardees were nominated by New York’s 59 county Offices for the Aging and their partners who identified older adults making substantial contributions […]

What Adams missed in D.C.

What Adams missed in D.C.

By Emily Ngo, Jeff Coltin and Nick Reisman | November 6, 2023 Mayor Eric Adams landed in Washington, D.C. on Thursday at about the same time that federal agents were raiding his chief fundraiser’s home in Brooklyn. He pulled up to his first meeting but never got out of the car before deciding to return home. He was in the air […]

Trump 2.0: A Second Term Would See Him Pick More and Uglier fights on immigration

Trump 2.0: A Second Term Would See Him Pick More and Uglier fights on immigration

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | November 5, 2023 This op-ed is part of a series exploring what a second term would look like for either President Biden or former President Trump. Four years after he was elected on the promise to “build the wall,” Donald Trump left office with border apprehensions at their highest level […]

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

Eric Adams Donor Construction Firm Escaped Past City Graft Tangles

By Greg B. Smith | November 5, 2023 The federal probe of Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign fundraising that exploded into public view last week centers on KSK Construction, a Turkey-tied engineering firm that delivered more than a dozen donations to the mayor’s 2021 campaign that are now a subject of the investigation. But years before […]

U.S.-Africa Trade Program Must Be More Than ‘Symbolic,’ U.S. Trade Chief Says

U.S.-Africa Trade Program Must Be More Than ‘Symbolic,’ U.S. Trade Chief Says

By Joe Bavier | November 4, 2023 JOHANNESBURG, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The United States is looking for a “more useful and effective” trade program with Africa, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Saturday, as talks are underway to update a two decade-old duty free initiative. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which grants […]

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

Before FBI Probe, Eric Adams Campaign Accepted and Returned $10,000 in Donations Linked to Turkish University

Editorial credit: Bakhtiyar MD / Shutterstock.com By Bianca Pallaro, Yoav Gonen, and George Joseph | November 3, 2023 Less than two months before the 2021 general election, the Eric Adams campaign received five $2,000 donations from people listed as employees of Bay Atlantic University, a small Turkish-owned institution based in Washington, D.C. Now, the university-linked contributions […]

Progressives – and others – are Watching the Eric Adams Campaign Finance Inquiry Very Closely

Progressives – and others – are Watching the Eric Adams Campaign Finance Inquiry Very Closely

By Sahalie Donaldson | November 3, 2023 Shortly after news broke that New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ lead fundraiser’s home was being raided by the FBI,  Democratic political consultant Evan Roth Smith posted on X that “2025 starts today.” One day later, there is much that remains unknown about the broad public corruption investigation involving 25-year-old Brianna […]

Mayor Adams, DOT Commissioner Rodriguez, Lyft Announce Expansion, Improvements to Citi Bike System as Ridership Reaches Record Highs

Mayor Adams, DOT Commissioner Rodriguez, Lyft Announce Expansion, Improvements to Citi Bike System as Ridership Reaches Record Highs

Editorial credit: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com City and Lyft Will More Than Double Number of E-Bikes, Create Pathway to Electrify Stations, and Provide New Benefits for Members Citi Bike Surpassed Single-Day Ridership Record, Reached 200 Million All-Time Rides, and Opened 2,000th Station in September Adams Administration on Track to Install Record Number of Protected Bike Lanes […]