Stephen Brown

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Stephen Brown

The MTA and federal transportation department have reached a deal that will keep congestion pricing cameras on into the fall, a new court filing indicates. The new timeline was included in a document detailing a proposed schedule of legal briefings in a suit brought by the MTA against the federal government. Both sides agreed on a briefing schedule through October.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Stephen Brown

Columbia University bowed to many of President Donald Trump’s demands Friday in a bid to restore $400 million in federal funding. Columbia interim President Katrina Armstrong announced she will ban masks on campus, with exemptions for health or religious reasons, train three-dozen campus police officers with authority to arrest people, and appoint a new senior vice provost who will conduct a “thorough review” of the Middle East studies department.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Stephen Brown

President Donald Trump's administration canceled $400 million in federal funding for Columbia University on Friday, citing what it called "relentless violence, intimidation, and anti-Semitic harassment" on campus. The federal education department said the university had failed to comply with antidiscrimination laws.

2 months ago | gothamist.com | Stephen Brown

The Department of Justice has directed federal prosecutors to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams, the Associated Press and New York Times reported Monday, handing him a political lifeline as he seeks reelection. News of the directive comes on the same day the Democratic mayor ordered his senior officials to refrain from criticizing President Donald Trump, whom Adams has courted since his reelection, according to the outlet THE CITY.

Dec 19, 2024 | gothamist.com | Stephen Brown

Mayor Eric Adams’ closest adviser has surrendered to Manhattan prosecutors, according to multiple news reports. Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who until this past weekend was Adams' chief adviser, was spotted by photographers from the New York Daily News walking into the criminal courthouse ahead of an expected arraignment on bribery charges on Thursday. The New York Times reported the charges will involve two businessmen who allegedly gave Lewis-Martin’s son a $100,000 loan he used to buy a Porsche.