Policy & Government

Torres-Springer, who has been the Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development and Workforce, assumes her new role today.

A social worker who recently left a job at Rikers Island said correction officers often lock up mentally ill men in their cells for weeks and months, violating the law, the Daily News reported.

Mayor Eric Adams said he accepted the resignation of Phil Banks, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, during an interview on Spectrum News New York 1. Media reports also indicate that First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright will resign soon.

Keith Roberts, 67, served eight years in prison for a 1986 murder.

There are 12 new district leaders in Kings County.

The effort will try to prohibit domestic violence offenders from possessing firearms.

Only 30% of New Yorkers think the mayor should finish his term, the latest Marist New York City poll found.

The defendant, Erlene King, used straw donors and submitted forged documents in an attempt to steal $400,000 in matching city funds, according to federal authorities.

Tolib Mansurov of the United Elite Group was identified as the real estate developer, the Gothamist reported.

Eric Adams faced a barrage of questions from the media after he was indicted on five federal charges last week.