Mayor Bill de Blasio is kicking the city’s coronavirus-induced budget crisis down the road to the next administration by deferring $164 million in union payments until next summer. The agreement with District Council 37, the city’s second-largest municipal union, allows de Blasio to skip payments due to the union’s employees and retirees Read more…
Bill de Blasio has privately told Major League Baseball that he will do everything he can to stop Steve Cohen from buying the Mets. The Post has learned that Hizzoner called MLB commissioner Rob Manfred earlier this month and told him outright that he opposed the idea of a hedge-fund Read more…
Mayor Bill de Blasio remains a stumbling block in the sale of the Mets to colorful hedge-funder Steve Cohen, declining Monday to rule out a city holdup of the deal that beleaguered Amazins fans have craved for so long. Because the Mets’ stadium, Citi Field, technically sits on city-owned land, avowed Boston Red Read more…
Punctuality-challenged Mayor Bill de Blasio more than met his match on Tuesday, waiting for 3 1/2 hours on line in Brooklyn to vote, as he again blasted the Board of Elections for the glacial process. After joining a blocks-long line around the Park Slope Armory at 1:20 p.m., Hizzoner first Read more…
Charlie Monlouis-Anderle was engaged in what they said was a peaceful protest in Brooklyn the evening of June 3 when New York City police officers in full riot gear surrounded the demonstration on all sides and allegedly began beating protesters with batons. Monlouis-Anderle, who uses they/them pronouns, couldn’t recall ever hearing police Read more…
With extra points for hypocrisy to add to his obvious anti-Semitism, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is a blight on what used to be one of the greatest cities in the world. It is nearly impossible to understand why residents of this diverse and allegedly liberal city tolerate Read more…
Santa may not be coming to Macy’s this year, but Mayor Bill de Blasio is already playing the Grinch — telling people not to leave New York to visit friends and family for Thanksgiving or any of the winter holidays to prevent a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. “I hate to say it Read more…
Mayor de Blasio put city agencies on notice Wednesday over complaints coming from Orthodox Jewish communities about the enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines. De Blasio said Orthodox leaders have expressed “a real concern” about discriminatory enforcement since several neighborhoods were put under lockdown because of spikes in coronavirus cases. Mayor de Read more…
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s high profile missteps on reopening city schools and tracing coronavirus infections could endanger the Big Apple’s recovery from the pandemic, a study published Thursday warned. The Regional Plan Association’s 26-page examination of New York City’s health and recovery reveals that the five boroughs are well-positioned to Read more…
Mayor Bill de Blasio was excluded from participating in New York’s major Columbus Day event Monday, The Post has learned. The head of the Columbus Citizens Foundation confirmed that de Blasio was not invited to speak at this year’s alternative event to the Columbus Day parade that was canceled because Read more…