To control the arrival of migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending to New York City, Mayor Eric Adams has signed an executive order limiting when charter buses can drop off migrants in the city. The New York Times reports Adams’ executive order will require charter bus companies to provide 32 hours of advance notice before the migrants arrive and limit the times of day they can be dropped off. The order comes after 14 charter buses of migrants arrived in New York From Texas on a single night last...

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order effective immediately for private buses carrying asylum seekers into New York City from Texas. The executive order will require these charter buses to provide information about the people they are transporting and give 32 hours notice before arriving in the city. Charter buses will now be required to drop off asylum seekers in the city only between 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. Monday through Friday at designated locations. Drivers and bus companies that do not follow these...

New York City lawmakers passed legislation Dec. 20 that will ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails. Introduced by New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, the bill puts a 4-hour limit on isolating inmates when there is an immediate threat or a high risk of violence to themselves or others in “de-escalation” units. Only inmates involved in violent acts should be placed in confinement for longer periods of time, but they would need to be out of their cells for 14 hours a day in order to receive the...

In a comment that immediately caused a backlash, the mayor of New York City referenced the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center in calling New York the “greatest city on the globe.” In an interview that took place on Sunday, Dec. 17 on WPIX-TV, Mayor Eric Adams was asked to describe 2023 by Dan Mannarino. “New York,” Adams said. “This is a place where every day you wake up, you could experience everything from a plane crashing into our Trade Center to a person who’s celebrating a...

New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams generated controversy this week during an interview with a local television station when he said that one of the things that makes New York City the “greatest city on the globe” is the possibility people could experience a terrorist attack there. The moment happened during an interview with host Dan Mannarino on WPIX-TV’s “PIX on Politics” when Adams was asked to describe 2023 in one word. “Mr. Mayor, we’ve come to the end of what was a very eventful 2023,” Mannarino said. “So...

NEW YORK -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams is headed to Washington, D.C. on Thursday for meetings on the city's asylum seeker crisis. This is set to be the mayor's 10th trip down to D.C. to discuss the issue. He cancelled his last visit after the FBI raided his chief fundraiser's home. Adams is set to meet with FEMA leaders, as well as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The mayor has continued to voice the need for more federal support. • Related Story:...

Mayor Eric Adams blasted the “vile show of antisemitism” at a Queens high school when a “radicalized” mob of students rioted this week after learning a teacher attended a pro-Israel rally, forcing her to hide in an office. Teenagers at Jamaica’s Hillcrest High School shut down the school for two hours on Monday as they marched through the hallways in a pre-planned protest after finding a Facebook post of the teacher attending a rally holding a sign that read, “I stand with Israel.” The terrified teacher locked herself away as...

The mayor is being accused of sexually assaulting a woman “in 1993 while they both worked for the City of New York" New York City Mayor Eric Adams is being accused of sexual assault according to a legal summons filed Wednesday in New York County Supreme Court. According to the court filing obtained by PEOPLE, a woman is accusing Adams, 63, of sexually assaulting her “in 1993 while they both worked for the City of New York.” In addition to sexual assault, the filing claims the plaintiff suffered battery and...