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Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) faced off with President Donald Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday over the safety of New York City's subways and the lack of affordability of driving into Manhattan.

Nadler accused Duffy of claiming there was a "surge in subway assaults," and that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority was withholding the information from the public.

"Are you aware that major crime in the transit system, including assaults, is down 3% since last year and down 8% since 2019?" Nadler asked....

A number of Wall Street bankers, executives and hedge fund managers expressed panic and disbelief Wednesday after the upset victory of Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary election Tuesday night.

“I’m depressed and sad,” said Rick Sandler, who runs the Midtown Manhattan hedge fund Eminence Capital, speaking with The Wall Street Journal. “If Mamdani becomes mayor, I will likely move my business and family out of New York.”

What began as an 11-person race to lead the Democratic Party ticket ultimately became a showdown between Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York who resigned amid sexual harassment allegations. ...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D), who's running to be the city's next mayor, was arrested by ICE agents at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

Politico's Jeff Coltin posted the arrest video to X, writing, "Mayoral candidate Brad Lander was cuffed and detained by ICE agents after asking to see a warrant for people who were detained after an immigration hearing. Video from the city comptroller’s press secretary @chloecbristow. She says he’s still being held in 26 Federal Plaza."

amNewYork reported, "The city’s elected financial watchdog, and a Democratic candidate for mayor, appeared at 26 Federal Plaza on the morning of June 17 to observe immigration hearings involving individuals marked for potential deportation. Lander’s arrest, which amNewYork observed, occurred as the comptroller and his staff walked arm-in-arm with an immigrant whom federal agents — representing ICE, the FBI and the Treasury Department, each of whom wearing masks to conceal their faces — moved to seize after a court hearing. Moments earlier, the immigrant had their case dismissed pending appeal."...

At least four deputy mayors to Eric Adams are expected to resign amid fury over the Donald Trump administration's order to dismiss charges against the New York City leader, according to a new report.

The resignations would be the latest fallout following accusations that Adams was involved in a "quid pro quo" agreement with Trump to get rid of corruption charges in exchange for backing the president's immigration agenda.

Last week, seven federal prosecutors resigned as the Department of Justice dropped the corruption charges. The legal move came after Adams, a Democrat, publicly agreed to work with the Trump administration's efforts to rid New York City of undocumented migrants....

NEW YORK — When a seven-story Bronx apartment building partially collapsed Monday afternoon, creating a jaw-dropping scene of devastation, some residents were away on vacation, others at work and still others were at home, forced to spring into action to save themselves. “Let’s go, let’s go, just leave everything,” tenant Sadie Martinez recounted telling her brother before they snatched up her 1-year-old and the family dog. “I was scared for my baby, not me.” There was no immediate warning the building would crumble, but Martinez recalled hearing a loud noise that afternoon as she was preparin......

NEW YORK — City Hall has taken steps to help migrants leave New York City by offering them free fare to anywhere in the country or world and made life tougher by limiting shelter stays. Wait times to get a bed can stretch as long as a week. Some migrants have had enough. Their city of dreams has become a nightmare. With winter coming, many have reached new lows and levels of desperation and have decided that a one-way ticket out of the Big Apple is their best shot at a brighter future. Disillusioned migrants, preparing to leave the city, told the Daily News outside the St. Brigid reticketing s......