Topic: Bill de Blasio

Two retired FDNY chiefs were arrested Monday on federal charges for allegedly accepting $190,000 in bribes to speed up building inspections.

New York State Sen. Jessica Ramos became the third person to announce on Friday their challenge to New York City Mayor Eric Adams in the upcoming elections next year.

Harvard University said Thursday that former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot will teach a class at the school starting this fall.

Laura Kavanagh was officially installed as the Fire Department of New York's commissioner on Thursday, marking the first time in 157 years a woman has led the FDNY.

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped out of the congressional race Tuesday after low ratings in opinion polls.

A New York City judge on Monday struck down a landmark law extending the right to vote in local elections to noncitizen immigrants who live, work and pay taxes in the city.

A New York court formally approved the state's new congressional and state Senate maps, setting the stage for some Democratic incumbents to face one another in primary races.

Bill de Blasio, who served as New York City's 109th mayor from 2014 to 2021, has announced his run for Congress, the Democratic politician said Friday.

The Supreme Court on Monday again declined to hear an appeal from New York City teachers who claimed they were unjustly fired or put on leave for refusing the city's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

The Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a lawsuit from a group of New York City teachers challenging a requirement that all public school workers be vaccinated against COVID-19.