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6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor
Six people were charged Friday in an alleged scheme to divert tens of thousands of dollars in public money to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign months before his election.
NYC Mayor Adams likens complaining constituent to plantation owner
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) faced criticism and demands for answers regarding the city’s housing crisis during a community conversation held earlier this week. Residents raised concerns about rent increases on rent-stabilized apartments. The frustration peaked when one housing activist accused Adams of being controlled by the real estate industry, citing two years…
Former VP Mike Pence announces 2024 presidential bid: June 7 rundown
The field of GOP candidates for the 2024 presidential election continues to expand, as former Vice President Mike Pence has officially announced his bid for the White House. And pharmaceutical giant Merck has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the Biden administration’s drug pricing plan. These stories and more highlight the rundown for…
NYC considers housing migrants in private homes
New York City continues to struggle with an influx of migrants, and with a shortage in shelter and hotel space. The city is now considering calling on residents if they have an extra room to house an asylum-seeker. It’s one of many ideas Mayor Eric Adams is considering in order to keep the overflow of…
Eric Adams suggests housing illegal immigrants in private homes
New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed his vision to house illegal immigrants in “faith-based locales” and private residences on Monday.”There are residents who are suffering right now because of economic challenges,” Adams, a Democrat, said. “They have spare rooms. They have locales, and if we can find a way to get over the 30-day rule and other rules that government has in place, we can take their $4.2 billion, $4.3 [billion]. It may be now that we potentially have to spend.”
Share of immigrants in US labor force hits 27-year high
The share of immigrants in the labor force hit a 27-year-high in 2022. People born outside of the U.S. made up 18.1% of the overall labor force, up from 17.4% in 2021. According to the Labor Department, the number of immigrants entering the labor force or looking for jobs rose to 29.8 million, a 6.3%…
Asylum-seekers have to wait 6 months to work in US per federal law
Asylum applicants in New York City are stuck in limbo and unable to work despite a strong desire to do so, according to the mayor and governor. The elected leaders are now calling for a change to federal law which requires asylum-seekers to wait at least six months before they can legally get a job. …
Eric Adams asks for investigation into disputed story about homeless veterans being displaced by immigrants
Judge blocks NYC from sending migrants north to Orange County
Another county in New York has won a restraining order against New York City from sending migrants across their border. Since May 11, 186 migrants have arrived in Newburgh, a town in Orange County about an hour north of Manhattan. The new order from a state Supreme Court judge allows those migrants to stay in…
New York City reforms reading curriculum as students fail assessments
New York City is overhauling its approach to reading instruction in response to worrying data that showed half of students in third through eighth grade cannot pass a reading assessment. Education officials in the city have said the current curriculum failed to follow the science of how students learn to read. As a result, the…
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