Mayor Eric Adams has often talked about a wrinkled photo of a fallen police officer that he kept in his wallet. Now that photo and the story have been called into question.
Tag: New York City
-
Orthodox Men Dominate Mayor Adams’s New Jewish Advisory Council
A majority of the advisers are Orthodox and only a quarter are women, drawing criticism from Jewish leaders including Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York.
-
Nancy Yao Withdraws as Director of Women’s History Museum
Nancy Yao was to lead a Smithsonian museum about the influence of American women. Her withdrawal came amid a review of how she had handled sexual harassment complaints in an earlier post.
-
Air Quality Worsened Nationwide After Fireworks Displays
Seattle, New York City and Los Angeles were among the places with high air quality indexes after fireworks celebrations.
-
Yusef Salaam Is Declared Winner of Harlem City Council Race
Mr. Salaam was one of the Central Park Five who were wrongly convicted and then exonerated in the rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park in 1989.