GOP gets new minority NYC council leader

GOP gets new minority NYC council leader but one pol threatens to sue
The Republican members of the Big Apple’s city council voted in a new minority leader, David Carr, Tuesday — with half of the party boycotting and threatening legal action.
NYC Council Republicans in disarray as leadership election challenged
The City Council’s small Republican caucus is facing an internal crisis after half of its members contested the validity of an election for a new minority leader that took place Tuesday and
Ariola challenges Carr’s victory as NYC Council minority leader
Three Republican council members, including Joann Ariola, were absent during the vote to elect a replacement for Minority Leader Joe Borelli.
GOP power struggle looms in NYC Council over minority leader post
Republicans in the New York City Council are bracing for a fight to fill the power vacuum left by Minority Leader Joe Borelli’s impending departure, and Councilmembers Joann Ariola of Queens and David Carr of Staten Island are at the center of it.
Carr elected NYC Council minority leader by half of Republican caucus as other half contests the vote
Tensions ratcheted up to a new high within the City Council‘s Republican Caucus on Tuesday. Half of the six-member conference held a Jan. 28 afternoon meeting where those present elected Council Member David Carr (Staten Island) as their new minority leader.
NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent criminals, alleged gang ringleader captured: 'Glad they're gone'
New York City residents expressed relief to see migrant criminals taken off the streets through ICE raids, according to ...
GOP Councilman Joe Borelli is calling it quits — after his 10-year NYC fight for common sense
Joe Borelli is resigning at the end of the month, ending nearly a decade as one of the few strong conservative voices in an ...
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Council prods city health officials for data on opioid settlement funds
Councilmembers Linda Lee and Mercedes Narcisse, who chair the mental health and hospitals committees, respectively, held a ...
NYC residents praise ICE raids after violent gang member captured
Immigration officials have been busy this week removing criminal illegal migrants off New York City streets, with many residents hailing the sweeps as making the Big Apple a safer place to live.
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NYC Council bill would crack down on former mayoral officials lobbying City Hall
More than a dozen New York City lawmakers are backing a bill that would prohibit certain employees in the mayor’s office from ...
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Immigration enforcement actions in NYC produce arrests and fear in New York City
As the immigration crackdown continues and some retreat in fear, people across New York City are stepping up and speaking out ...
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NYC neighborhoods losing cops to overnight subway patrol plan
In her state of the state address, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul promised the NYPD would patrol every single subway train ...
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NYC Building Permits See Q4 2024 Uptick, But Overall Construction at a Halt
There were 366 new building filings throughout the city in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 12 percent increase from the ...
Asian immigrant, former Congressional aide launches bid to topple Democratic Socialist Alexa Avilés in Brooklyn Council race
An Asian immigrant, Ling Ye, is seeking to topple Democratic Socialist Brooklyn Councilwoman Alexa Avilés in the June 24 ...