Mayor: City will take action against Electric Zoo organizers
Tuesday, the mayor said the event was oversold by thousands of tickets.
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Tuesday, the mayor said the event was oversold by thousands of tickets.
Officials say all the videos, graphics and animations seen on posters and banners were created by students.
Mayor Eric Adams announced the "Subway Surfing Kills - Ride Inside, Stay Alive" campaign Tuesday, saying five New Yorkers died in the past year.
NYPD officials and Mayor Eric Adams share an update on security efforts over Labor Day Weekend.
New York City officials made a subway safety announcement Tuesday ahead of back to school later this week.
Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks spoke about safety on school campuses Friday.
A crowd gathered in Foley Square to demand action from the White House to accelerate a path to employment.
Adams raised questions about whether closing Rikers is the right move for public safety. But advocates and elected officials were having none of it.
Mayor Eric Adams wants the City Council to rethink its plan to close Rikers in four years, but Council Speaker Adrienne Adams says "no way." CBS New York political reporter Marcia Kramer has the story. Read more: https://cbsn.ws/3R3HVT0
New York City Mayor Eric Adams spent the morning trying to turn up the pressure on the federal government to help the city's asylum seeker crisis. CBS New York's Dave Carlin reports. Read more: https://cbsloc.al/3sx3cdA
Supporters rallied to demand Adams comply with the 2027 deadline to close Rikers.
The mayor continues to call on the federal government for assistance with the influx of asylum seekers. CBS New York's Elijah Westbrook has the latest on their efforts.
Hizzoner is none too pleased with Homeland Security's assessment of the city's handling of the crisis.
Under the new rules, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer.
He says it's a public safety issue.
Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday announced new guidelines clearing the way for the Muslim call to prayer to ring out freely.
Mayor Eric Adams is calling on the City Council to rethink the plan to close Rikers Island in 2027.
Mayor Eric Adams says there's simply no more room in the five boroughs for asylum seekers, but Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn't want them upstate. CBS New York political reporter Marcia Kramer has more on the strong words the mayor had Tuesday.
"If you're not going to do your job, mayor, then let Staten Island secede," Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said.
It came as more pressure was put on the Biden administration and Congress to do something about the massive influx of people seeking the American dream. CBS New York's Lisa Rozner has the story.
More than 100 business executives - representing almost every sector of New York's economy - are throwing their weight behind Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams in begging for help.
Save Harlem Now! led the effort ahead of the March on Washington's 60th anniversary, CBS New York's Jessi Mitchell reports.
Talks continue with the union for drivers and attendants. A strike could affect 4,400 routes across the city.
A coalition of some of New York's top business leaders is imploring the Biden administration to deal with a crisis that's "overwhelming" local resources. CBS New York's Marcia Kramer reports.
Dozens of people gathered to protest the city's asylum seeker crisis.
