Councilmembers call for a hit of pot enforcement

Councilmembers call for a hit of pot enforcement

In a rare show of unity, a bi-partisan group of city councilmembers, including several from Queens, penned a letter calling on the state to give the city more power to enforce illegal cannabis.

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Council rails against Adams’ budget cuts

Council rails against Adams’ budget cuts

The New York City Council is pushing back on Mayor Eric Adams’ recent budget cuts to libraries, education, police and other agencies, arguing that their own projections show that new revenue can stave off the cuts.

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Council grills Adams administration on air quality response

Council grills Adams administration on air quality response

Smoke from Canadian wildfires fell over the city, which gave the majority of the five boroughs, including Queens, a hazy, orange tint, and brought the worst air quality the city has seen since the metric began being recorded. To members of the New York City Council, just as confounding as the color of the skies was the Adams administration’s response to the emergency. And so, on Wednesday, city councilmembers grilled agency heads on the city’s response to the unprecedented event. 

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Lawmakers question DOC’s ability to get detainees to court

Lawmakers question DOC’s ability to get detainees to court

While Department of Correction officials say that their ability to get detainees to their court appearances has markedly improved over the past year, others say the corrections agency isn’t being forthcoming about its practices.

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