Category: Politics
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Bruce Blakeman wants to play ball with NYC’s team-owning titans
Bruce Blakeman talks about ballclubs the way other politicians talk about bridges. Imagining his franchise wish list for the City and the State, and the titans and developers who would have to pay for it.
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Eric Ulrich’s Day in Court, Without a Jury
Three years after five indictments, the Adams-era buildings commissioner goes on trial Monday before a single judge. Two co-defendants have already admitted handing him $4,000 in an envelope.
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The Last Ride Around the Park
Romanch’s Law, the Central Park horse carriage phase-out, comes to a Council vote Thursday with 29 co-sponsors and the mayor’s blessing. The drivers’ union is promising a lawsuit; the horses have until June 2028.
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The Speaker Pulled Out Her Phone
Subpoenaed into testifying, Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI told the City Council that Grok has ‘strict controls.’ Julie Menin produced a sexualized image of herself it had made in under 30 seconds. Then the whistleblower spoke.
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At the Waldorf, Jessica Tisch Asks If Anyone’s Hiring
With the mayor’s left flank demanding her head after the Marble Hill ICE shooting, the police commissioner played the Al Smith Dinner for laughs, a few seats down the dais from the boss who says she isn’t going anywhere.
