The Trump administration is pushing a new approach to America’s homeless crisis, favoring shelters and rehabilitation centers over long-term housing for people who use drugs and alcohol. Source: New York Times
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Trump and Mamdani Are Meeting for the First Time. Will They Play Nice?
By Gotham Rex on November 20, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will go to the White House on Friday. The stakes are high for the city. Source: New York Times
Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2025
The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another. Source: New York Times
Trump Administration Returns to Supreme Court in Food Stamp Fight
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2025
But the administration indicated it might not be necessary, as Congress moved toward a deal to fund the government. Source: New York Times
Hochul Raises Doubts About Mamdani’s Free Bus Proposal
By Gotham Rex on November 9, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said she had concerns about Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plan to make New York City buses free. She supports his proposal for universal child care. Source: New York Times
Trump vs. Mamdani: President Sees a Capable Foil in New York’s Next Mayor
By Gotham Rex on November 5, 2025
President Trump has berated Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, in public. But privately, Mr. Trump describes him as slick and a good talker. Source: New York Times
Judge Orders FEMA to Release $34 Million for New York Subway Security
By Gotham Rex on October 16, 2025
The administration has refused to release the money because New York is a so-called sanctuary city. It was “a blatant violation of the law,” the judge wrote. Source: New York Times
Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2025
It was not immediately clear what the president meant and whether the project, known as Gateway, had already been stripped of federal funding. Source: New York Times
For Mamdani and James, Twin Targets of Trump, a Political Bond Deepens
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2025
Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, and Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, have a kinship shaped in part by their shared opposition to the president. Source: New York Times
Trump Cuts to Counterterrorism Funds for New York Reach $187 Million
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2025
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York asked that the funding be restored, accusing the Trump administration of “walking away from the fight against terrorism.” Source: New York Times
Adams Says He Will Revisit N.Y.C. Schools’ Bathroom Gender Policy
By Gotham Rex on September 18, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams’s remarks, aimed at a policy allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, came two days after the Trump administration expressed concern over such guidelines. Source: New York Times
New York Loses Federal Grant for Head Start Program for Poor Families
By Gotham Rex on September 10, 2025
The city’s Head Start preschool programs will not be required to close this school year, but the change injected fresh uncertainty into an unsettled early childhood system. Source: New York Times
A Timeline of Hurricane Sandy
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2022
From a single wave off the coast of Africa to a $52 billion sea wall a decade later. Source: New York Times
Federal Covid Cash Kept New York State Afloat. That Could End Soon.
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2022
An influx of federal funds may have saved the M.T.A. and staved off painful budget cuts in Albany and New York City. There’s a fight over what comes next. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams Promotes ‘Radically Practical’ Agenda in Washington
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2022
Eric Adams spoke at a national gathering of mayors and focused on the importance of cities demonstrating that government can work. Source: New York Times