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Bosom buddies: Adams leaning on Bloomberg, de Blasio for advice during transition
Mayor Eric Adams is picking the brains of his past two predecessors on how to govern America's largest city.
De Blasio to tap parks commissioner
Mayor Bill de Blasio will appoint former American Planning Association President Mitchell Silver parks commissioner on Friday, according to Crain’s New York. Silver, the chief planning and development officer for...
Ranks of de Blasio ‘do nothing’ paid staffers grow
Mayor de Blasio’s nonworking staffers are still enjoying themselves at city taxpayers’ expense — and their ranks seem to be growing. A day after The Post revealed on Tuesday that...
Idle de Blasio staffers paid to play while waiting for roles
More than a dozen mayoral staffers have been awaiting job placements for three weeks — and have so little to do that they’re watching Netflix and playing cards while on...
Mayor's team mum on lavish transition spending
Mayor de Blasio’s office refuses to explain several lavish expenses incurred during his transition. The mayor-in-waiting’s aides spent $601 for one night at The W Hotel in DC on Dec....
De Blasio's transition team drops big bucks
When they weren’t gearing up to fight for the poor, members of Bill de Blasio’s transition team were spending like the 1 percent. Campaign-finance reports released Wednesday show that the...
Officials botch de Blasio swearing in for Canadian VIPs
Novice city officials botched a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Canadian couple to see this week's mayoral inauguration up close -- yanking their VIP spots near the City Hall stage at...
De Blasio’s national impact
There are three questions about Bill de Blasio. First, and most obvious, is how he will do as mayor when it comes to the things that really matter — providing...
Spitzer gal pal Lis Smith, de Blasio split
Eliot Spitzer’s gal pal Lis Smith won’t be sticking with Team de Blasio, sources told The Post Thursday. Smith, the new mayor’s spokeswoman following his come-from-behind primary campaign and during the transition,...
Bill de Blasio takes office as NYC’s 109th mayor
Now it’s official: After two swearings-in — one at midnight New Year’s Eve at his home in Brooklyn, one the following noon by Bill Clinton on the steps of City...
Bloomberg blasted at de Blasio swearing in
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Mayor de Blasio’s inaugural guests took turns beating up on former Mayor Mike Bloomberg at City Hall Wednesday — even...
De Blasio vows 'fairer, more progressive' city in inaugural address
They’re about to turn the city on its head. Mayor de Blasio, flanked by his wife and two teenage kids, used his formal inauguration to promise that New York will...
Historic Bible goes missing after de Blasio swearing in
The FDR bible used by Mayor Bill de Blasio for his swearing in vanished after the New Year’s Day ceremony, sparking a panicked, hours-long search for the historic tome. “They...
Mayor Bill de Blasio takes oath of office
Mayor de Blasio vowed to take New York City in “a new progressive direction,” telling a crowd of 5,000 gathered Wednesday for his inauguration at City Hall: “We won’t wait....
Will Bill de Blasio meet Bloomberg standards?
Attention, New Yorkers: Start the new year with a prayer for our new mayor. Given the enormous challenges he faces, Bill de Blasio will need more than ordinary help. Divine...
De Blasio takes reins at City Hall
One era ended and a new one began one minute past midnight Wednesday as Michael Bloomberg turned over the reins of City Hall to New York City’s 109th mayor, Bill...
2 government vets to head de Blasio’s municipal-labor team
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio tapped two veteran government hands to tackle one of the toughest tasks of the new administration: labor talks. That’s because roughly 150 municipal contracts need renewal...
Bill de Blasio sworn in as 109th mayor of NYC
One era ended and a new one began one minute past midnight Wednesday as Michael Bloomberg turned over the reins of City Hall to New York City’s 109th mayor, Bill...
Bloomberg bids farewell after last day at City Hall
Mayor Bloomberg’s 12-year run of city government ended at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, when he emerged for the last time from City Hall and was greeted by hundreds of well-wishers. A...
Bloomberg to de Blasio: Do a good job
He ran as the anti-Bloomberg candidate. But Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio told the outgoing mayor in a chance encounter Tuesday that he'd like to collaborate with him on certain projects...