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☆ Congressmen call on Biden to stop Greg Abbott from transporting migrants to Democratic-led cities after a 3-year-old child died on a bus headed from Texas to Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The lawmakers made the plea after a 3-year-old died on a bus headed to Chicago on Thursday. Abbott has been battling with the Biden administration over immigration issues for over two years. Greg Abbott from transporting migrants from the US-Mexico border region to cities across the country after a three-year-old child died while en route to Chicago on Thursday. We are saddened and horrified, but not surprised, by the death of a three-year-old child on a state-sponsored bus from Texas to Chicago," the lawmakers said. Governor Abbott's barbaric practices are killing people, and the Biden administration has an obligation to stop them."

Persons: Castro, Joe Biden, Abbott, Biden, Greg Abbott, Joaquin Castro of, apprehensions, Eric Adams, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Adams Organizations: Gov, Service, Democratic, Texas Republican Gov, Reps, Lone Star, Operation Lone Star, The Texas Division, Emergency Management, US Customs, New York Times, Associated Press, The Illinois Department of Public Health, Texas Division, White, New York City, Los Angeles Mayor Locations: Chicago, Wall, Silicon, Mexico, Joaquin Castro of Texas, Chuy, García, Illinois, Denver, Los Angeles , New York, Washington, Texas, Brownsville , Texas, Antonio, Marion County , Illinois, New York

☆ The Latest Migrant Battleground: New York City Soccer Fields
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Andy Newman | More About Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For months, as New York City has struggled to find shelter for more than 50,000 migrants, Mayor Eric Adams has sought to rally residents to push Washington for more help. “I need you to raise your voice on the federal level,” Mr. Adams said at a town hall-style event in Manhattan Thursday night. “I need you to say, as New Yorkers, ‘We deserve to be treated better.’”New Yorkers have been raising their voices. It seems as if every place city officials choose to house migrants draws a new backlash. One of the latest skirmishes is being fought on Randall’s Island, off the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where a tent complex big enough to sleep 2,000 men is being built atop four soccer fields, just as the fall season prepares to begin.

Persons: Eric Adams, Mr, Adams, ‘ Locations: New York City, Washington, Manhattan, New

Divisions among New York Democrats widened on Thursday around the influx of migrants arriving from the southern border, as the state attorney general took the unusual step of declining to represent Gov. Kathy Hochul in legal proceedings over how to care for thousands of newcomers. The attorney general, Letitia James, did not immediately publicize her reasoning. But a person familiar with her thinking said that Ms. James, a New York City native, had fundamental policy disagreements with the governor over the state’s role in managing the crisis. As thousands of new migrants overwhelm the five boroughs, he has asked the governor to provide greater financial assistance to the city and develop a coordinated plan to send arriving migrants across the state.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, James, Eric Adams Organizations: New York Democrats, Gov Locations: New York City, Manhattan

☆ Manhattan real estate is in 'crisis' as new construction flatlines, borough president says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York City's pace of housing construction has slowed to a trickle, despite a severe affordability crisis. Manhattan's borough president has identified about 200 sites where he says the city could build housing. We have to fix this," Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said in a tweet. The city approved 2,525 new units citywide and 1,208 in Manhattan in July 2013. A big portion of the opposition to the legislation came from suburban areas around New York City that didn't want to see more density in their communities.

Persons: Mark Levine, Levine, Eric Adams, he's, Kathy Hochul, It's Organizations: Service, Manhattan, Big Apple, New, New York, New York City, New York Gov, New York Housing, Republican, Democratic, Politico Locations: York, Manhattan's, Wall, Silicon, Manhattan, New York, New, New York City, Munsey, Nassau County, Long, Rye, Westchester County, New Jersey, Jersey City, Hudson County, York City

☆ Mayor Adams Says Migrant Influx Will Cost New York City $12 Billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The estimated cost of caring for tens of thousands of asylum seekers arriving in New York City will be $12 billion over three years, Mayor Eric Adams said Wednesday in his latest plea to federal officials to help manage the crisis. The city could have more than 100,000 migrants under its care by 2025, the mayor said, about twice the number who are currently living in the city’s homeless shelters. City officials had previously projected that it would cost $4 billion through the next fiscal year to process and care for the 96,000 migrants who have arrived in the city since the spring of 2022. Officials said they had raised the estimate as migrants continued to arrive in the city by the thousands.

Persons: Eric Adams Locations: New York City

☆ Twist in Dancer’s Killing as Key Detail About Suspect Is Corrected
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Hurubie Meko | Wesley Parnell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A witness said a group of men that included the teenager charged in the killing used homophobic slurs and told Mr. Sibley that they were Muslim, and he should stop dancing. Mayor Eric Adams and the police held a news conference at which the mayor stressed that the killing was not evidence of Muslim hatred of gay people. Now, it appears the man charged with Mr. Sibley’s murder is not Muslim at all. The suspect, Dmitry Popov, 17, is Christian, his lawyer said, altering at least one aspect of a killing that has drawn national attention. Mr. Sibley’s death had raised concerns about how the charged accusations could hurt relations between two marginalized communities, gay people and Muslims.

Persons: O’Shae Sibley, Sibley, Eric Adams, Sibley’s, Dmitry Popov Locations: Midwood, Brooklyn

☆ Should Bronx Parkland Be Used for a Cricket World Cup Stadium?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mayor Eric Adams has made no secret of his desire to push New York City as a sports mecca. He struck a deal in November to build the city’s first professional soccer stadium. He has pitched the region as a site for the 2026 World Cup final. But the mayor’s latest campaign — having the city be one of the hosts for next year’s Men’s T20 World Cup in cricket — has run into significant opposition. Mr. Adams wants to allow the Dubai-based International Cricket Council to build a temporary stadium with roughly the seating capacity of Fenway Park in the middle of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, right over the city’s largest expanse of cricket pitches.

Persons: Eric Adams, —, Adams Organizations: New, —, Cricket Council Locations: New York City, Dubai, Van Cortlandt, Bronx

☆ New York woman Barbara Lakin restores old Barbies for migrant girls
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New York CNN —Barbara Lakin sits on a bus in New York City, her fingers busy sewing blue thread into a tiny dress. On the seat beside her, six disheveled Barbie dolls stick out of her backpack. Cory CurtinUsing old Barbies she buys or donated dolls, Lakin, a New Yorker living in the East Village, restores the toys as gifts for the children. In March, the organization also opened the Little Shop of Kindness, where the migrants can shop for free and young migrant girls can receive the Barbies. This way, she can donate matching Barbie dolls and shirts to father-and-daughter duos who come to the store.

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☆ Opinion | Mayor Adams and New York’s Immigration Crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

We’re doing everything we can, and we’ve figured out how to do plenty of things that seemed impossible, too. Camille Joseph VarlackIngrid P. Lewis-MartinSheena WrightNew YorkThe writers are, respectively, chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams, chief adviser and first deputy mayor. To the Editor:Kudos to Mara Gay. Indeed, this city should be welcoming immigrants and asylum seekers with every resource we have. Not only is it the right thing to do, but history and current economists tell us it will profit the city immensely.

Persons: we’ve, Gay, Camille Joseph Varlack Ingrid P, Lewis, Martin Sheena Wright, Eric Adams, Mara Gay Locations: York

☆ For Mayor Adams, Any Day Has the Makings of Flag Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On any given weekday, there is a statistically significant chance that Eric Adams, the mayor of America’s largest city, will be conducting official New York City business next to the upturned tail of the famed “Charging Bull” sculpture, engaging in what appears to be one of his favorite activities: Raising flags. He does it with such frequency that it borders on obsession: Since taking office in January 2022, Mr. Adams has raised flags for at least 31 countries representing 16 percent of the United Nations’ member states. He has honored some places twice: Haiti, Ireland, Ukraine and the Philippines. He has also raised the flags for one U.S. territory, two transnational organizations and one holiday, Juneteenth. If he keeps his current pace, Mr. Adams is on track to raise flags for roughly 80 percent of the world’s countries by the end of 2029, should he win a second term in 2025 and serve it to completion.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams Organizations: New, United Nations Locations: America’s, New York City, Haiti, Ireland, Ukraine, Philippines

☆ Teenager Is Charged in Killing of Dancer at Brooklyn Gas Station
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the killing of O’Shae Sibley, who was stabbed to death on July 29 after a dispute over his dancing at a Brooklyn gas station. Mr. Sibley, a gay man who was a professional dancer and choreographer, was returning from New Jersey to his home in Brooklyn with four friends that night when the group stopped at a gas station in the Midwood neighborhood, the police said on Saturday. As they filled up their car, they played Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” album and began dancing, officials said, at which point a group of men approached and told them to stop. The men yelled homophobic slurs and anti-Black statements at Mr. Sibley, who was Black, and his friends, Mr. Kenny said, all while demanding they stop dancing. Bystanders acted as “peacemakers,” and the men shouting at Mr. Sibley’s group began to disperse, Mr. Kenny said — except for the defendant.

Persons: O’Shae Sibley, Sibley, ” Joseph Kenny, Eric Adams, Kenny, “, Sibley’s, — Organizations: New York Police Locations: Brooklyn, New Jersey, Midwood

☆ State court tells New York City to spell out needs in migrant crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, Manhattan, where a temporary reception center has been established in New York City, New York, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoNEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) - A New York State Supreme Court judge on Friday ordered the city of New York to spell out what it needs from the state to solve its migrant housing crisis, ratcheting up pressure on authorities struggling to respond as thousands of migrants seek refuge in the city. The order by New York State Supreme Court Judge Erika Edwards came after a hearing the Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless had asked the court to hold Friday, citing a 1981 consent decree under which the city and the state must shelter those in need. Edwards gave the city until Wednesday to identify state facilities and resources it needs to provide appropriate shelter. Following the court order, the New York City mayor's office said the city needed state and federal support to address a crisis, without offering specifics.

Persons: Mike Segar, Erika Edwards, Edwards, Kathy, Hochul, Dave Giffin, Eric Adams, Rachel Nostrant, Donna Bryson, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, New York, Aid Society, Coalition, Homeless, Reuters, New, Thomson Locations: New York, midtown , Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, New, York City, New York City

☆ Go check out this trove of photos showing Sam Bankman-Fried in his heyday in a private jet, penthouse, and FTX office — complete with a very messy desk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Sam Bankman-Fried hobnobbed, worked, and traveled in style in FTX's prime, Bloomberg reported. Photos show him with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, playing the odd sport, and reclining in a jet. The Sam Bankman-Fried once celebrated by investors and honored on the Forbes 30 under 30 list lived well. A new collection of photos published by Bloomberg shows the one-time billionaire seemingly in his element. The photos also show a somewhat comically jarring mish-mash in aesthetics that had perhaps come to symbolize the nouveau riche of crypto.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Eric Adams, Fried, Bankman Organizations: Bloomberg, New York City, Forbes, Bankman Locations: Bahamas, Palo Alto , California, New York

“This is a room full of people who truly believe in the ability to go up against Adams and win,” said Cristina González, one of the hosts, on Thursday, after word of the meeting leaked. Mr. Adams will likely be a heavy favorite to capture a second term. He remains broadly popular with the coalition of Black and Latino voters outside of Manhattan who sent him to Gracie Mansion. Evan Thies, a spokesman for the Adams campaign, said in a statement that the mayor had lowered crime and “invested billions of dollars in working people” and that polls showed he had strong support from New Yorkers. “The fact that these folks would rather play politics in some back room two years before the election, instead of help the mayor help working people, tells you all you need to know about what they really care about: their own power,” he said.

Persons: Adams, ”, Cristina González, Gracie, Evan Thies Organizations: Democratic, New Yorkers Locations: Manhattan, New

☆ NYC passes bill to make pandemic-era outdoor dining program permanent, with more specific guidelines
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Jessica Xing | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The New York City Council approved a bill Thursday to make the pandemic-era outdoor dining program a permanent part of the city, with some restrictions, according to the Office of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The city instituted the outdoor dining program in 2020 under the administration of Adams’ predecessor, Bill de Blasio, to assist the struggling restaurant industry during the height of the pandemic. Under the new bill, however, roadway dining structures such as outdoor sheds will need to be removed during the winter. Sidewalk dining will be allowed with a permit all year-round, according to a statement from the city council. People eat dinner in an outdoor sidewalk shed at a restaurant on Bedford Street in Greenwich Village on December 17, 2021 in New York City.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Bill de Blasio, Gary Hershorn, Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez, ” Adams, ” Velazquez, “ Organizations: CNN, The New, New, New York City, Corbis, Department, Transportation, NYC Council Locations: The New York, New York, Bedford, Greenwich Village, New York City, York

☆ What Happens When New York’s Shelters Run Out of Room?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Nicole Hong | More About Nicole Hong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But for New York City, the scene — made up of migrants waiting for beds in the city’s overburdened shelter system — was unusual. And it raised a difficult question: Will this become a new normal? New York has avoided the kinds of widespread encampments that are more common in cities on the West Coast, largely because of a unique legal agreement that requires the city to provide a bed for anyone who requests one. No other major city in America has a similar mandate, known as a “right to shelter.”But what happens when a city that is obligated to provide shelter for everyone runs out of shelter? This week, Mayor Eric Adams declared, in dire terms, that there was no more room left for migrants.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, Adams Locations: Midtown Manhattan, New York City, York, West Coast, America, San Francisco, Seattle, New York

☆ New York struggles to shelter, process asylum-seekers amid heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, Manhattan, where a temporary reception center has been established in New York City, New York, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike SegarNEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Knees to their chests, dozens of men from countries such as Venezuela, Mali, and Senegal sat on a dirty New York City sidewalk outside a Manhattan hotel Tuesday, awaiting asylum processing. New York state is bound by a decades-old consent decree from a class-action lawsuit to provide shelter for those without homes. Murad Awadeh, executive director of the New York Immigrant Coalition, said that this week was the anniversary of asylum seekers being bused to New York City from Texas. Dino Redzic, the owner of Uncle Paul's Pizza and Cafe next door to the Roosevelt, gives pizza daily to the men outside.

Persons: Mike Segar, Eric Adams, Adams, Hamid, Murad Awadeh, who've, Dino Redzic, Uncle Paul's, Roosevelt, Rachel Nostrant, Donna Bryson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Roosevelt, Port Authority, . State Department, New York Immigrant Coalition, Thomson Locations: New York, midtown , Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Venezuela, Mali, Senegal, New York City, Manhattan, Mauritanian, United States, Mauritania, Texas, Yugoslav

☆ A Federal Food Safety Case Reveals Latest New York City Rat Horror Story
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( William K. Rashbaum | More About William K. Rashbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The details of the case, made public on Friday, immediately entered the pantheon of New York City rat tales. This year, Mayor Eric Adams appointed the city’s first rat czar to confront the long-running rodent problem. Perhaps most famous was Pizza Rat, a large brown rat that went viral after video emerged showing it dragging a large slice of pizza down the stairs to an L line station in Manhattan in 2015. But it was Meat Rats — and several instances of selling misbranded chicken gizzards, pork spareribs and other meat — that put an end to Ya Feng, which ceased operations at the end of 2022. The lawsuit accused the company; its owner and president, Linmin Yang; and the warehouse manager, Kong Ping Ni, of violating the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act.

Persons: Eric Adams, Ya Feng, Linmin Yang, Kong Ping, Valerie Caproni Organizations: Inspection, Poultry, U.S Locations: New York City, Bronx, Manhattan

☆ New Yorkers Brace for a 2nd Straight Day of Dangerously High Heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Ed Shanahan | More About Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A heat advisory indicates potentially dangerous conditions for older and other vulnerable people; an excessive heat warning indicates anyone may be at risk. Although New Yorkers are no strangers to sweltering in summertime, the current hot spell is somewhat unusual: The Weather Service last issued an excessive heat warning for the area in August 2021, Mr. Ramunni said. The heat and humidity were expected to remain oppressive through Saturday evening, when thunderstorms are likely to move through. Central Park was a bit cooler, with the temperature peaking at 92 degrees and the heat index hitting 99. The city’s pools, which open at 11 a.m., will stay open for an extra hour, until 8 p.m., on Friday and Saturday.

Persons: Ramunni, Eric Adams Organizations: Weather Service Locations: New York, United States, New England, Newark , N.J

☆ Social clubs for the wealthy don't look like what they used to. Members at NYC's newest cook their own food and bring their own liquor.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Maxwell Social is New York City's latest social club with a spin: You have to cook your own food. It's a cool social club — where members are supposed to cook their own meals and provide their own liquor. From New York City Mayor Eric Adams visiting the private Zero Bond social club to TikToks poking fun of Soho House, people love — either going to or making fun of — these exclusive clubs. But Maxwell Social, the newest edition to the long list of New York City social clubs, is trying to buck this reputation with its own spin. Here, members can cook their own food and pour their own drinks.

Persons: Maxwell, Eric Adams, — Organizations: Tribeca, Service, —, New York City, Soho House, New Locations: New York, Wall, Silicon, York City, Soho, New York City

☆ Top of New York City crane crashes into street, injuring six
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, July 26 (Reuters) - Six people were injured in New York on Wednesday when the top portion of a construction crane caught fire and crashed into a Manhattan street during the morning rush hour, authorities said. [1/7]Members of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) and others gather after a construction crane caught fire on a high-rise building in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. "As you see from the debris on the street, this could have been much worse," New York City Mayor Eric Adams said during a press conference at the scene. In recent years, New York City has adopted more stringent safety measures for the towering cranes used to erect the massive buildings that define the skyline of the country's most populous city. More recently, a crane collapsed in lower Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood in 2016, killing a pedestrian, injuring three others and crushing cars parked on the street.

Persons: Amr Alfiky, Eric Adams, Frank McGurty, Brendan O'Brien, Nick Zieminski, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: YORK, Firefighters, New York City Police Department, Twitter, Reuters, Fire Department, City of New York, REUTERS, York City, Thomson Locations: New York, Manhattan, Lincoln, New Jersey, City of New, Manhattan , New York City, U.S, York, New York City, Manhattan's, Tribeca, Chicago

☆ Eric Adams' relationship with the NY tech community hits some snags
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2022. Since then, however, Adams' often-positive relationship with New York's tech community has soured in some ways. Adams' team also referred CNBC to two New York tech leaders: Andrew Rasiej, the chairman of NY Tech Alliance, and George Fontas, the CEO of tech lobbying shop Fontas Advisors. NY Tech Alliance is a massive tech trade group with 60,000 members, according to their website. Rasiej pushed back on the notion that Adams relationship with New York's tech community has soured.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Mayor Adams, Andrew Rasiej, George Fontas, Rasiej, Fontas, we're, Josh Gold, Uber, Airbnb Organizations: York City, New York Stock Exchange, New York, New, Airbnb, CNBC, NY Tech Alliance, Fontas, Technology, Innovation, Yorkers, Mayor, Adams City Hall Locations: York, New York City, U.S, New York, Washington

☆ New York City Tells Migrants There’s ‘No Guarantee’ of Finding Help Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City will immediately begin discouraging asylum seekers from seeking refuge here, distributing fliers at the southern border that warn migrants there is “no guarantee” they will receive shelter or services, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday. “We have no more room in the city,” Mr. Adams said during a news conference at City Hall. Mr. Adams said the city would intensify efforts to help the migrants connect with family, friends or outside networks in order to find alternative housing arrangements. If alternative housing arrangements are not available, single adult asylum seekers will have to return to the intake center and reapply for housing. It is unclear what would happen if there is not housing available at the intake centers.

Persons: Eric Adams, Mr, Adams Organizations: City Hall Locations: York City

[1/3] Asylum-seekers arrive at the Roosevelt Hotel where migrants are currently being housed in New York City, U.S., May 19, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File PhotoWASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - New York City will distribute flyers at the U.S.-Mexico border telling newly arrived migrants to "consider another city" and limit shelter stays for adult asylum seekers to 60 days as the city's Democratic mayor says it is straining to house them. New York City says that it has provided services to 90,000 migrants since last spring and that nearly 55,000 remain in its care. Thousands of those migrants arrived on buses sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican who has tried to shift the burden of receiving them to Democratic strongholds. "Please consider another city as you make your decision about where to settle in the U.S.," it reads in English and Spanish.

Persons: David, Dee, Delgado, Eric Adams, Greg Abbott, Adams, Joe Biden, Ted Hesson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Roosevelt, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Democratic, Texas, Republican, New York, Legal Aid Society, Coalition, Homeless, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Mexico, York City, New York, Washington

Despite falling poll numbers and critical news coverage, Mayor Eric Adams clearly has the continued monetary support of two influential spheres of influence: real estate leaders and the donor class from New York City and beyond. Mr. Adams has raised $1.3 million since January for his 2025 re-election effort in the latest reporting period, drawing maximum $2,100 donations from real estate magnates like Marc Holliday, the chief executive of SL Green, the city’s largest commercial landlord, and its founder, Steve Green; and Alexander and Helena Durst, members of The Durst Organization real estate dynasty, according to new filings with the city’s Campaign Finance Board. About $550,000 came from donors outside New York City who live in the suburbs, Florida and other states — a continuation of a pattern displayed early in his tenure, when he held fund-raisers in Beverly Hills and Chicago in his first months in office. As mayor, Mr. Adams has often taken positions that benefit the real estate industry, including being supportive of rent increases and criticizing state lawmakers for failing to replace a tax-incentive program for developers known as 421a.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Marc Holliday, Steve Green, Alexander, Helena Durst Organizations: SL Green, Organization, city’s Campaign Locations: New York City, Florida, Beverly Hills, Chicago

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