
Chris Sommerfeldt
City Hall Reporter at New York Daily News
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5 days ago |
nydailynews.com | Chris Sommerfeldt
Randy Mastro, Mayor Adams’ top deputy at City Hall, ordered the Sanitation Department this week to stop fining most building owners over failing to comply with the city’s new mandatory composting rules — a reversal that comes despite the mayor’s strong backing of the program, sources told the Daily News on Friday.
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6 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Josephine Stratman |Chris Sommerfeldt
By Josephine Stratman and Chris Sommerfeldt - New York Daily News (TNS) NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams brushed off concerns about the $3 million debt he owes his criminal defense attorney on Thursday, saying that how he pays off his legal fees is "between Eric Adams and his attorney."The mayor owes the millions to his lawyer, Alex Spiro, for his work on Adams' now-dismissed federal corruption case. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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6 days ago |
gazettextra.com | Chris Sommerfeldt
NEW YORK - City Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez and a former senior NYPD official with reputed links to China's Communist Party have agreed to pay fines after admitting they misused their official positions by campaigning and fundraising for ex-Vice President Kamala Harris and Mayor Eric Adams, new records reveal.
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6 days ago |
thederrick.com | Josephine Stratman |Chris Sommerfeldt
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams brushed off concerns about the $3 million debt he owes his criminal defense attorney on Thursday, saying that how he pays off his legal fees is “between Eric Adams and his attorney.”The mayor owes the millions to his lawyer, Alex Spiro, for his work on Adams’ now-dismissed federal corruption case. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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6 days ago |
nydailynews.com | Josephine Stratman |Chris Sommerfeldt
Mayor Adams brushed off concerns about the $3 million debt he owes his criminal defense attorney on Thursday, saying that how he pays off his legal fees is “between Eric Adams and his attorney.”The mayor owes the millions to his lawyer, Alex Spiro, for his work on Adams’ now-dismissed federal corruption case. “Unless you guys are chipping in money, why are you asking me?” he replied to a reporter’s question about the sizable unpaid bill at a weekly press briefing.
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