Mikella Schuettler

1 week ago | nypost.com | Matthew Fischetti |Mikella Schuettler |Craig McCarthy |Craig Mccarthy

The Roosevelt Hotel migrant shelter is set to close Tuesday – three years after it opened and quickly became a symbol of the city’s migrant crisis in the heart of Manhattan. There were fewer than 10 families of asylum seekers still in the former hotel as of Thursday, as the spot spent its final days as a migrant intake center in a very visible and highly trafficked area of midtown packed with tourists and commuters, The Post has learned.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Mikella Schuettler |Craig McCarthy |Craig Mccarthy

City comptroller frontrunner Mark Levine cozied up to a Big Apple MAGA supporter and election denier while locking down the Jewish bloc — after the Democrat campaigned that he would “take on Donald Trump.”Incumbent Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine recently accepted the endorsement of Victoria Zirkiev, a self-proclaimed Trump supporter, and touted the backing in a photo on his Instagram while meeting with a Jewish Charity last week.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Mikella Schuettler |Hannah Fierick |Matt Troutman

Mayoral contender Zohran Mamdani on Thursday continued to stumble defending the “globalize the intifada” rallying cry – as even fellow Democratic candidate Brad Lander, who cross-endorsed him, joined a pileup of criticism. The usually smooth-talking Mamdani devolved into word salad as he maintained the phrase is not an incitement to violence against Jews.

1 week ago | nypost.com | Mikella Schuettler |Matthew Fischetti |Matt Troutman

Twice the number of New Yorkers are turning out for early voting in the 2025 primary compared to four years ago, data from the city Board of Elections show. The dramatic 50% spike hints that the heated Democratic mayoral primary — which polls show is a tight two-way race between frontrunner Andrew Cuomo and runner-up Zohran Mamdani — has lit a fire under Big Apple voters.

2 weeks ago | aol.com | Kyle Schnitzer |Mikella Schuettler |Ben Kochman |Priscilla DeGregory |Matt Troutman

Kanye West made a brief shock appearance in at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial Friday morning in a display of solidarity for the disgraced Bad Boy Records mogul. The erratic rapper — who recently changed his name from “Ye” to “Ye Ye” — strode into the Manhattan federal courthouse around 11:10 a.m. alongside one of Combs’ sons, drawing screams and shouted questions from bystanders.