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Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell The town’s largest municipal staff union on Tuesday night time introduced its rating of endorsed Democratic candidates within the 2025 NYC Mayor’s race, placing Metropolis Council Speaker Adrienne Adams at primary — a major win for the speaker that might give her marketing campaign a much-needed increase. The union, District Council 37 (DC 37), additionally ranked Queens Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani quantity two and Brooklyn state Sen. Zellnor Myrie third. The group is making the most of the town’s ranked-choice voting system by encouraging voters to rank the three candidates within…

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and CM Erik Bottcher benefit from the granite slide. Picture by Gabriele Holtermann One other Metropolis finances is on the negotiating desk, and tough selections lie forward as we brace for the chaos Trump may inflict on our metropolis. However one factor is evident: we should lastly fund our parks and greenspaces just like the essential infrastructure they’re. The Parks Division maintains 30,000 acres of public area citywide — that’s extra land than the whole borough of Manhattan. But its finances nonetheless hovers at simply 0.6% of the Metropolis’s complete spending—lower than 1 / 4…