Joe Anuta

5 days ago | politico.com | Joe Anuta |Jeff Coltin

Several court papers concerned the whereabouts of the mayor’s personal cellphone, which agents tried to seize in a dramatic confrontation with Adams — a former police captain — on Nov. 6, 2023. Federal gumshoes approached the mayor as he left an event at New York University in Manhattan and tried to seize his devices, but Adams did not have his personal phone on him and provided conflicting explanations of where it was. He said he left it at City Hall, but location data showed otherwise.

6 days ago | politico.com | Cris Seda Chabrier |Joe Anuta |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Mayor Eric Adams often touts his administration's effectiveness at fighting crime, but it has increased on his watch. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Eric Adams often laments a central paradox of his mayoralty: While most serious crime is declining, New Yorkers don’t feel any safer. That’s because, by the NYPD’s own metrics, they’re not.

6 days ago | politico.com | Cris Seda Chabrier |Joe Anuta

Murder has declined by 22 percent and shootings by more than 40 percent since Adams took office on Jan. 1, 2022. But every other type of crime the police department classifies as “major” is higher. Felony assaults rose by 29 percent, car thefts by 36 percent and robberies by 20 percent from the end of 2021 to the end of last year, according to the most recent year-end NYPD statistics.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joe Anuta |Cris Seda Chabrier

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams called the $115.1 billion spending plan he released Thursday the “best budget ever.”It’s unclear by what measure. The budget — which needs sign off from the City Council before it takes effect July 1 — includes less in savings as a percentage of city spending compared to last year’s executive budget, even as fiscal threats from President Donald Trump loom. And future gaps, budget experts recently warned, are growing to unsustainable levels.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joe Anuta

NEW YORK — The administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been uniquely embroiled in ethical issues, the city’s top investigator — an Adams appointee — said Thursday. “What we’ve seen over the past few years has been unprecedented,” Department of Investigation Commission Jocelyn Strauber said during a New York Law School breakfast. “An indictment of a sitting city mayor is unprecedented. Investigations of numerous senior officials in City Hall is unprecedented.