I was born in Brownsville, raised in Bushwick, and as Brooklyn Borough President, I advocated for the interests of the city’s biggest borough for eight years. Throughout my life, I have seen how much love and devotion Brooklynites have for our community — and how it in...
NEW YORK (AP) — Revised vote counts inNew YorkCity’s Democratic mayoral primary show Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams maintaining a thin lead, a day after a first attempt to report the results of a ranked choice voting analysis went disastrously wrong. The mayor’s race, part ...
In a Manhattan press conference, Williams told reporters that Adams had “abused his position as this city’s highest elected official, and before that as Brooklyn borough president, to take bribes and solicit illegal campaign contributions.” The mayor had "put the interests of his benefactors...
NYC Mayoral Hopefuls Take A Swing At Stickball Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz also took a turn pitching to Democratic candidate John Liu. Among mayoral hopefuls, long-shot Democratic contender the Rev. Erick Salgado led with a 180-foot hit. He topped several Democratic, Republican and...
Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn's borough president at the time, heard about the flagpole coming down and alerted his buddy Bruce Ratner, who arranged topurchase it from the church. Ratner was thedriving forcebehind the massive Atlantic Yards development (now called Pacific Park) that is, and will be...
Whether speaking out against police brutality or gentrification, Brooklyn Borough President and New York City mayoral hopeful Eric Adams makes sure his voice is heard. But he also courted controversy this year when he said he’d be a law-and-order type of mayor who would eschew a securit...
Bribery Theindictmentalleges that, since he became Brooklyn borough president in 2014, "Adams sought and accepted improper valuable benefits, such as luxury international travel, including from wealthy foreign businesspeople and at least one Turkish government official seeking to gain influence over him...
As part of that inquiry, federal prosecutors have sought information about a time period when Adams was still Brooklyn borough president, but had won the Democratic primary and was widely expected to be elected mayor in the fall. During that period, Turkish officials were trying to get the city...
The contenders include City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, banker Ray McGuire, former city sanitation commissioner Kathryn Garcia and former U.S. housing secretary Shaun Donovan. Yang has lived in New York City since attending law school at Columbia Univers...
The 42-year-old returned to his birthplace Tuesday afternoon and met with the President of Brooklyn Borough Eric Adams, who gave the team a warm welcome at the Borough Hall. The homecoming Brooklynite, who has been living in the Chinese capital of Beijing for nearly 10 years, said he's al...