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NYC councilwoman who bit cop hits sidewalk to raise money for legal defense
Brooklyn Councilwoman Susan Zhuang -- who infamously chomped a cop's arm during a homeless shelter protest -- pulled out the tin cup Saturday and bizarrely raised money on a public...
City Council scrambles to reassert control in power struggle with Eric Adams after mayor's ballot wins
City Council is taking on Hizzoner again after an embarrassing defeat over the November ballot by establishing their own Charter Revision Commission ahead of the 2025 and 2026 general election.
NYC bill shifting broker fees to landlords overwhelmingly approved by City Council
The City Council overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that would largely shift the cost of broker fees to landlords, in a hit to the real estate industry.
City Hall pauses 'fishy' lease agreement with Adams donor following cries of 'corruption' from NYC Council
Connor Martinez, the director of legislative affairs in the mayor's office, sent an email on Nov. 12 to the concerned councilmembers confirming the city lease at 14 Wall Street had...
Councilman Yusef Salaam -- one of exonerated Central Park Five -- calls for changing public safety laws after 7-year-old girl shot in NYC
The "senseless," potentially gang-related shooting -- which unfolded in Salaam's district -- is only the latest act of gun violence to touch Harlem youths, he said in a statement to...
NYC Dem Councilwoman slammed for praising pro-Trump post
Hard-core Democrats are seething that one of their own -- Staten Island city Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks -- praised a pro-Donald Trump-Make America Great Again statement posted on social media.
Disgraced ex-congressman and convicted sex pest Anthony Weiner mulls return to NYC politics
Disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner has his eyes on another political run — this time setting his sights on the New York City Council.
Assemblyman Harvey Epstein laughs off SNL skit riffing on his name
State Assemblyman Harvey Epstein said he was "totally surprised" at Saturday Night Live's ``fun'' skit linking his name to infamous pervs Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein.
Residents up in arms as entire police department of small Oklahoma town suddenly resigns
The entire four-person police department in Geary and two members of the city council quit on Thursday with little explanation.
Bloody, dying dad waited hour for NYC ambulance, grieving daughter says — as slowing EMS response times probed
A dying Vietnam vet's last thought before he died was why his New York City ambulance took nearly an hour to arrive, his grieving daughter told lawmakers Friday.
Joe Biden's 'garbage' gaffe: Letters to the Editor — Nov. 1, 2024
NY Post readers discuss President Biden calling supporters of former President Donald Trump “garbage.”
Mayor Adams' crony approves lucrative NYC real-estate leases that reek of 'corruption,' rages councilman
Jesse Hamilton -- a former state senator and longtime friend of Adams -- was a no-show at a hearing called by Councilman Lincoln Restler over his management of the city's...
Ban on brokers' fees —more City Council lunacy
For its next fit of genius, the City Council is poised to outlaw charging an incoming tenant the broker's fee for landing an apartment, as if it were that simple.
New York City needs to take back the ever-more powerful — and deranged — City Council
To save New York City, New Yorkers will have to come out and vote next year for sensible City Council candidates, and boot the lunatics who have been fueling Gotham's...
New York City workers may soon get paid sick leave — to care for their pets
Barking mad or brilliant?
Rikers Island inmate grabs NYC council member's butt during facility tour: sources
A locked-up sex offender groped New York City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse during a Tuesday morning tour of Rikers Island, The Post has learned.
Adams under pressure to remove gang members from NYC shelters: 'Matter of urgent public safety'
A bipartisan group of City Council members are demanding Mayor Eric Adams immediately start using legal resources to boot criminal gang members from NYC’s shelter system “as a matter of...
NYC councilwoman accused of biting cop's arm paid $25K in campaign cash to high-profile PR firm
Councilwoman Susan Zhuang paid $25,000 in campaign cash to consulting firm Actum, which has helped rehab her image after she allegedly bit a cop.
NYC Council bill would 'silence' NYPD's social media 'attacks': 'It's un-American'
NYPD honchos using social media platforms to rip lefty City Council members and other staunch critics would be “silenced” under new legislation being pushed by Queens Councilwoman Nantasha Williams.
NYC City Council candidate in 'leaked' sex tape with dominatrix makes documentary, admits stunt
Weiner's "campaign" imploded after he was caught in flagrante delicto at a BDSM dungeon in midtown.