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Italian-American leaders boycott mayor's reception for Columbus day
Italian-American leaders plan to boycott Mayor de Blasio’s Italian-American heritage reception at Gracie Mansion on Thursday to protest his refusal to defend Christopher Columbus statues. The Gracie Mansion event precedes...
Curtis Sliwa arrested outside Gracie Mansion
Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa was busted Tuesday for trying to serve Mayor Bill de Blasio with a lawsuit outside Gracie Mansion. The outspoken activist was given a desk-appearance ticket...
David Dinkins celebrates 90th birthday at Gracie Mansion
His plans included a gala overflowed with guests.
De Blasio can't even keep Gracie Mansion from falling apart
The city’s falling apart — right outside Hizzoner’s back door. A section of seawall about a half a block north of Gracie Mansion crumbled into the East River after Saturday’s...
Gracie Mansion is racking up building violations
If Mayor de Blasio wants to reduce the number of building violations across the city he could start at home. Records show Gracie Mansion was slapped with six Buildings Department...
Gracie Mansion cops arrest guy who attacked elderly man
Two quick-thinking cops assigned to Mayor de Blasio’s security detail at Gracie Mansion arrested a man wanted for randomly attacking an 85-year-old in the area four days earlier, police said....
Cops on break arrest man wanted for assault
Two quick-thinking cops assigned to Mayor de Blasio’s security detail at Gracie Mansion arrested a man wanted for attacking an 85-year-old in the area four days earlier, police said. The...
De Blasio unveils his Halloween costume at Gracie Mansion party
Mayor de Blasio’s Halloween costume is giving New Yorkers “labor” pains. The city’s first couple donned early 20th-century garb to dole treats to tykes at their annual Gracie Mansion Halloween...
Artist denies he forced park worker to clean dog poop off shoe
The artist accused of demanding that a parks worker clean poop off his fancy European shoes fired back Friday, saying she's full of crap. Christos Palios, whose art was on...
Park worker forced to clean dog poop off artist's shoe
That really stinks! A pampered artist stepped in dog poop in the shadow of Gracie Mansion, demanded that Parks Department workers clean the mess off his fancy European shoes —...
De Blasio padded City Hall with 264 'special assistants'
Mayor Bill de Blasio padded the city payroll with 264 “special assistants” during the past fiscal year — a more than 140 percent increase over his predecessor, The Post has...
De Blasio gave staff hefty raises at taxpayer expense: report
Mayor Bill de Blasio played Santa Claus last year at taxpayers’ expense, doling out raises to almost his entire staff — with 92 exceeding 10 percent. Of the 475 mayor’s...
'De Blasio sucks!': Furious cops protest meager raise proposal
Hundreds of livid police union members staged a noisy protest outside Gracie Mansion Wednesday evening, chanting “de Blasio sucks” and “One-term mayor” in response to arbitrators’ recent 1-percent raise proposal....
Gracie Mansion neighbors furious at city for hogging public space
Visitors to Gracie Mansion are using Carl Schurz Park as their own personal parking lot, enraging neighbors of the 15-acre oasis. City Parks Department workers are also leaving personal cars...
Archibald Gracie portrait confused for George Washington -- in Gracie Mansion
Red-faced curators at Gracie Mansion admitted Friday that they mistakenly identified a portrait of Archibald Gracie, the 18th-century shipping magnate who built the historic home, as George Washington. The embarrassing...
De Blasio denies plan to dump George Washington portraits
The De Blasios have dumped portraits of George Washington and others from Gracie Mansion to add more diversity to the artwork hanging in his official residence, a report said. A...
De Blasio doesn't like bums lurking outside his house, either
There’s plenty of love for the homeless at City Hall — just not outside Gracie Mansion. A Post reporter who went undercover as a vagrant quickly got rousted near Mayor...
Gracie Mansion suffers after de Blasio cancels annual gala
The party’s over at the mayor’s house. The annual gala that raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to benefit Gracie Mansion disappeared after Bill de Blasio became mayor....
Chirlane McCray remembers her mother
“She loved to sew. She made our poufy nightgowns, and I still have her sewing machine,” said the first lady of New York City.
Asbestos discovered in Gracie Mansion roof
Asbestos has been discovered in the roof at Gracie Mansion and work to remove the potentially cancer-causing materials from New York City's mayoral residence will begin this month, city officials...