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*** What Follows was posted Weeks Ending 7.25.25 thru 11.2.25 ***
The most recent reports are located in the NYC Politics Media & Government Section of this website.
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NYC Mayoral Marathon Election Special
Candidate Positions, Funding, Endorsements, Polls & Media Malfeasance
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
This week we dedicated most of our news reporting resources to the NYC Mayoral Race, as there are only a couple days left before the majority of the electorate cast their votes. The second headline above, describes what will be covered in this report, which will be followed by a brief report about what's going on with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, which will include information and links to resources to help those who need it.
The photo above or at right was taken at the first NYC Mayoral Debate in the NBC TV Studio at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Photo credit to Adam Gray at Politico.
Billionaires Appear to be Going All Out to Defeat Mamdani - including Cheating
There's an old expression that goes something like this, "If you aint' cheating, you ain't trying hard enough." I personally find that axiom distasteful, as I was taught to play fair. But I have found it beneficial to keep it in mind when competing, as there are plenty of people among us, who embrace that philosophy. And as we all know, the rich are not immune from breaking the rules, and in fact oftentimes seem to relish the thought.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report about the NYC Mayoral Race & Debates 2025 featuring Mamdani, Cuomo & Sliwa.
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Eric Adams' Charter Revision Ballot Measures 2 - 6: Don't Give Up Your Legal Rights to the Billionaires - VOTE NO
Click Links that Follow to See for Yourself
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Charter Revision Ballot Measures / One Last Betrayal of Voters by Eric Adams. Eric Adams has floated five of the six measures [#'s 2 - 6] on the November 4th Ballot, in one last service to the billionaires and real estate developers who funded his campaigns and corruption legal bills. The donors have already received numerous Adams' favors including zoning changes, tax breaks, financing and / or even public land at what appears super discount prices.
Here's what the NYC Council thought of Adams ballot proposals.
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/
TV News is Failing you. Reasons to Vote NO on Ballot Measures 2 - 6. These ballot measures will strip you, the NYC voters, of most of your rights to legally object to any billionaire funded real estate developments in your communities. I urge you to VOTE NO on the ballot measures in order for you to maintain some sort of community control / legal rights, at a time when international money and billionaire real estate investors are hiking up the rents and cost of living here.
The graphic above or at right, was taken from the Village Preservation website, as they would like us and anyone else who's interested to help spread the word about how Eric Adams Ballot measures. Adams' Charter Ballot Revisions represent one of Eric Adams' last major efforts to aid and abet NYC and international billionaire investors and developers in being able to bulldoze through any community in NYC without obtaining much - if any - input from the community before they begin demolition and construction. Use the links below to view half hour videos, by various non profit community groups, opposing the measure.
Use One of Links Below to Learn Why You Should VOTE NO. But you don't need to trust me on this, as you can watch one of these half hour videos by different community groups explaining why you should vote against the pro billionaire developer measures, which 'working class' Mayor Eric Adams served up as an 'affordable housing fix'. To Adams 'affordable housing' usually means affordable to folks making between $100,000 and $250,000 per year.
And then Tell / Email / Text Your Family & Friends the Links. And after you inform yourself, make sure you inform your family and friends [aka We, The People] because the billionaire developers and international investors are already advertising deceitful narratives about how voting yes will be good for you - when in fact it is not. And they will use the uninformative, disinformative and distracting TV News to pummel the NYC electorate with the very dishonest, decades-old 'this is good for 'affordable housing' pitch' to convince NYC voters into giving up their rights. Why NYC should vote NO to the Charter Revision Ballot Questions November 2025.
https://www.villagepreservation.org/campaign/the-2025-charter-revision-proposal/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w5oEIPR__Y
An OpEd by a former NYC Councilmember and retired Supreme Court Justice urging Voters to protect their rights and VOTE NO to Eric Adams' pro billionaire real estate and international investor / anti community rights charter changes.
https://eastriverparkaction.org/2025/10/22/adams-vs-adams-family-values-nyc-style/
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2025/09/02/2955/
Scroll down to the ads with red white and blue coloring, that include the statement '2025 General Election / Early Voting' for details about where to find your poll site, their early voting hours, as well as other election related information.
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Federal Leadership in Washington Continues to Fail the American Public
November 2, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
House Republican Speaker Johnson closes Congress' doors so he doesn't have to swear in the new Congresswoman from Arizona, and deal with a majority bipartisan vote to open the Epstein files to the public.
Senate Republican Majority Leader Thune keeps submitting the same bill for a vote over and over and over again [13x] getting the same result. That is the definition of insanity.
Trump flies overseas where both America's friends and foes appear to humor / deal with him like a child.
About the only thing the Republican leadership doesn't seem to be doing, is trying to find a working compromise, with the Democrats, to end the government shutdown.
TV News won't tell you this, because they don't know how to contextualize the news anymore. But Republicans control all three branches of government and have placed six of the justices on the Supreme Court. So, how some 40% of Americans can blame the Democrats for the shutdown is beyond me - except to say that they are relying far too heavily on uninformative Billionaire TV News - to be so damned ignorant, that they do not know that. They must be relying on news sources operated by billionaires like Rupert Murdoch [Fox, WSJ, NY Post, London Times, Sun, Australian] and Elon Musk [X.com] who appear to be hoodwinking them.
SNAP BENEFITS - UPDATE COMING AS EVENTS UNFOLD
Weekly News Updates
November 4, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
*** What Follows was posted Mid Week Ending 11.4.25
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Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Race
With 90% of Vote Counted, Mamdani Holds Commanding Lead
November 4, 2025 at 10.21 pm / NYC Politics Government & Media NYC, NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
It's been an interesting NYC Mayoral election, as it frequently is. But this year it was even more interesting, because of all of the machinations of the billionaires, in a desperate effort to hang onto the gravy train started by Bloomberg, and continued by Adams.
With 90% of the vote counted, Mamdani had won 50% of the vote, versus Cuomo's 42% and Sliwa's 7%, according to NPR. For details see - Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral Election.
https://www.npr.org
It Looks Like Five of the Six Ballot Measures Will Pass
As for the Charter Revisions on the back of the ballot, those revisions dishonestly sold as solutions to the affordable housing crisis passed [Measures 2 - 5], with 90% of the vote counted. They passed, in part, because too many voters rely on superficial-headlined, billionaire-controlled, Network TV News. Too many voters in NYC still don't realize that the 'affordable housing' talked about by the real estate industry and Eric Adams, is not really affordable to half or more of those who live in NYC [which means it's UN affordable housing].
Ballot Measures 1 & 6 have not yet been decisively decided with 90% of the vote counted, but Ballot #1, which is the erection of a sports complex and trails on government parkland, looks like it will narrowly pass [currently Yes 52% - No 48%]. And Ballot Measure #6, which was an effort to synch up the municipal elections with the national and state elections, looks like it will fail [currently No 53% - Yes 47%]. That #6 may fail is a good thing in my estimation, as the National and State races would overshadow and drown out the local races, where we have some small opportunity to hear what's going on.
We'll have more about the elections in our Weekend News Update.
GB 603 - FINAL - BIASED MEDIA REPORTING - 11.4.25
Is the Sky Really Falling?
Or is the Billionaire-Controlled TV News & Press is Trying to Manipulate You?
The Self-Serving Fat Cats, Billionaires Rupert Murdoch, Michael Bloomberg, John Catsimitides & Donald Trump, to Name Just a Few - Want to Scare You into Voting for their Preferred Candidate for Mayor - Andrew Cuomo
These Men are Using their Mass Media Outlets Like They Use Everything Else - to Enrich Themselves
November 4, 2025 / NYC Politics / New York City News / Billionaire TV News & Press / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Halloween is Over, but Billioniare TV News wants to Keep You Scared
Halloween may be over, but the billionaire press wants to keep you scared. You've had a great opportunity to witness their misuse of their mass media, doling out their scary narratives to manipulate voters, so they will vote for the overwhelming choice of the billionaires - former disgraced Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Let's take a look at a few examples while they are still fresh in our minds. The world has changed and so has the mass media. And like so much these days - it hasn't been changing for the good of the community. And in fact, it is just the opposite.
The people's press, where you will find numerous and divergent opinions and reports, is on the web. The billionaire press is on TV. All six TV networks are controlled by billionaires, the families of billionaires, and the newest network is on his way to becoming a billionaire. That's why all TV News networks put out the same stories, hire the same attractive but empty-headed teleprompter readers, who have good diction, but not a lot of knowledge or insight or good questions about pretty much anything they are telling you.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report about the biased billionaire TV News coverage of the NYC Mayoral Race 2025.
This ends the local news feed _ 11.4.25
- CLICK here to read the rest of our November _ Queens News Updates 2025.
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ICE Raid in Chinatown - Letitia James Opens Portal for ICE Complaints & Data
California Passes No Secret Police Law [aka no Masks by Law Enforcement] & Chicago Judge Mandates the Wearing of Body Cams by ICE Agents Operating in Chicago
October 22, 2025 / Manhattan Community Issues Schools News NYC / Manhattan News NYC / Manhattan Buzz NYC.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2025 there was an ICE raid in Chinatown. Masked ICE agents arrested several street vendors allegedly selling counterfeit goods along Canal Street in Chinatown. ICE reported that several had police records, but this was not confirmed in the reports I read.
The photo above or at right, was taken earlier this year of goods being sold along Canal Street in Chinatown, not far from where the ICE raid took place this past week.
ICE Raid in Chinatown Sweeps Street Vendors
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/22/chinatown-ice-arrests-raid-counterfeiting-street-vendors/
A number of New Yorkers protested the raid which created a scene. In response to ICE's incursion into local law enforcement - as it is still unclear whether the vendors were here legally or illegally - was not aided nor done in tandem with the NYPD.
In order to ensure the protection of New Yorkers' rights, Attorney General [aka AG] Letitia James, set up a Federal Action Reporting Form so that people can notify the AG of actions by ICE agents of actions they believe may not be in compliance with NYS laws.
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-launches-portal-collect-photos-and-videos-ice-activity
NYS - Federal Action Reporting Form
https://ag.ny.gov/federal-actions-form
It's worth noting that the State of Californai has passed a No Secret Police Act that bans the wearing of masks by all law enforcement agents, unless there are extenuating circumstances. This seems a good law - as law enforcement agents should not ashamed to the work they do. And assuming they're doing their jobs properly - which is enforcing the law - they should be proud of the work they do, and so should the community.
California Passes a No Secret Police Act - Effective January 1, 2026
https://legalnewsfeed.com/2025/09/21/california-enacts-no-secret-police-act-to-ban-masked-law-enforcement-operations-by-2026/
And in Chicago, Illinois, a judge mandated that all ICE agents there, are now required to wear body cameras. This too seems a good idea, as it should protect the citizens of Chicago from unlawful use of force by ICE. And conversely, it should also protect the ICE agents by enabling them to demonstrate in court, that they followed the law.
Judge Orders ICE to Wear Body Cams in Chicago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/federal-immigration-officers-in-chicago-area-will-be-required-to-wear-body-cameras-judge-says/ar-AA1OBwyV
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Local Republican Group Chat includes Racist, Sexist, Nazi-Supportive Texts
Vice President Vance Fails to Effectively Condemn Them, in a Manner Reminiscent of Trump's Response to Charlotteville in 2017, Instead Defending the Young Republicans as if Children, while Citing the Inexcusable Texts in 2022 by a Democratic Attorney General Candidate in Virgina
Mother Used to Tell me "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"
It's Time for 'We, The People' to Lead by Example, as Current Electeds Do Not
October 15, 2025 / Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / National International Politics UN World Affairs / NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Just over a week ago, the texts from a group chat of Young Republicans were released. They contained a number of racist, sexist remarks, with one of the participants even telling the group that he 'loved Hitler'. And there were NYC / NYS Republicans who participated in the group chat.
At right is a video of Donald Trump in 2013 telling the interviewer that a government shutdown is "tremendously negative mark on the president". Like most of the things he says, it was another meaningless remark, designed to suit his purposes at that time.
J.D. Vance response to this news wasn't impressive, as he dismissed the chat, comparing their indiscretion, to that of under age kids. This was reminiscent of Trump's response to the Charlottesville tragedy in 2017, wherein a number of Trump supporters openly expressed their support of the White Nationalist march in Charlottesville. At one of the events surrounding the march, one of the anti-march protesters was killed by one of the white nationalist supporters when he ran his car through a crowd. Trump's response to this incident was that, "... there are good people on both sides ...". While he may be right - that there are some good people on both sides - this skirts the issue of the violent behavior by one of the white nationalists, which resulted in someone's death.
Vance also skirted the issue of bad behavior, by pointing out, accurately, that in 2022 the current Virginia Democratic Attorney General candidate had texted something, to a Republican colleague, about putting two bullets into the body of someone he didn't like, instead of putting them into anyone else. This was also an incredibly stupid comment by a government official.
Nothing violent happened in connection with the texts by the Virginia AG candidate in 2022, nor in connection with the texts of the Young Republicans, which were recently discovered and publicized.
Doing the Right Things. My Mother used to tell me that two wrongs don't make a right, and I believe this statement to be generally - but possibly not always - true. I think we all - We, The People - need to do a better job of acting like adults, meaning calling out people when they make inappropriate comments as well as for inappropriate behaviors, since our 'leaders' aren't leading by example. In a democracy we all share some small part of the credit and blame, through our actions and inactions. Democracy is a conversation and a civilly negotiated compromise. Authoritarianism is "My way or the highway" and what anybody else thinks or does, doesn't matter.
Vice President J.D. Vance Reacts to Young Republicans' Racist, Sexist, Nazi-loving remarks
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/republican-hitler-group-chat-nazi-politico/
Weekly News Updates
October 15, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
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Are the Charter Revisions on the 2025 Ballot Pro Affordable Housing or Another Real Estate Developer Power Grab?
Billionaires & Big Real Estate Funded Pols Support the Measures, While Community Activists Oppose Them
You Decide - See Below to Inform Yourself & See Onsite Ads 'Don't Wait, Vote by Mail' for Early & Regular Voting Times & Locations
September 9 - October 13, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The New York League of Conservation Voters did a nice job of articulating what's on the ballot and identifying what both proponents and naysayers say about each [1st link]. We also posted an OpEd dated October 12, 2025 for details of the position of City Club, a civic-minded community group, on four of the ballot measures. City Club has initiated a lawsuit over Charter Revision changes [2nd link]. And lastly, we've included the report of an informative local news source about the measures [3rd link].
https://nylcvef.org/citizens-toolkit/nyc-general-election-2025-whats-on-the-ballot/?sourceid=1014461&emci=38590d43-a0a8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=92c289eb-eca8-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=1384937
NYC News - City Club on NYC Sues to Review Zoning Changes of NYC Ballot Proposals 2, 3 & 4
https://www.gothambuzz.nyc/article/30/nyc-opinions-op-ed-new-york-city
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/09/council-weakening-housing-proposals-survive-board-elections/408000/
While Governor Hochul parroted the real estate developers' talking point [not plural], stating it's 'to solve the [25 year] affordable housing crisis', her statement was tepid [4th link]. But an outright NO would have been better. But all pols in NYC, NYS and the USA are challenged by the Supreme Court Citizens United decision which essentially allows the super rich billionaires to limitlessly spend to buy pols and elections, so that once in office, the pols will do whatever they want in order to get the funding to get re-elected. That said, Hochul appears to have tried to strike a balance versus press releases I've seen from the real estate industry pushing the changes in their favor.
It's worth noting that the billionaires, real estate developers, and the pols they financially support - including Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo - have been working to solve the affordability crisis in NYC for the past twenty-five years - with something close to ZERO success. To keep letting these same people, keep feeding at the public trough [via public land transfers, tax breaks, cheap financing, government subsidies, favorable zoning changes et al], with no end in sight, makes no sense at all.
Albany NYS News - Governor Hochul's Tepid Statement Supporting NYC Charter Revision Ballot Measures
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/statement-governor-kathy-hochul-108
Vote No on #2, #3, #4 & #6 if you want to protect yourself, your community and your children from even more NYC Oligarchy money and power grabs by billionaires and real estate developers. Eric Adams has already done enough damage to New Yorkers' ability to exercise their community rights, so don't let him hit us one last time, with this donor power grab, on his way out onto the street.
Weekly News Updates
October 21, 2025 / Billionaire Press NYC Billionaire TV News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
*** What Follows was posted Week Beginning 10.21.25
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The No Kings Day Protests Score Record Attendance
No Kings Day Protests Trump's Abuse of Executive Power & Threat to Rule of Law
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Saturday - Monday, October 18 - 20, 2025 / Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
First, as noted below in the second video, House Speaker Johnson acknowledged that it was not a 'Hate America' rally. It was a peaceful protest of Trump policies that many Americans find increasingly offensive and abusive of presidential power. See report below, wherein we identify the biggest issues that the protesters have with how Trump is handling the Oval Office. Far too often, TV News distracts their audiences from important news by substituting it with sensationalist, ratings-grabbing political theatrics; instead of informing their audiences about the important issues of the day and things they should really know about the world around them.
According to the No Kings Day website, over 7 million people came out to protest Trump policies, in a strong showing of opposition to how Trump is handling the presidency. The lowest crowd size estimate that came in was around 5 million, with the consensus stating between 5 and 6.5 million people participated. The low estimate was up significantly [one million] versus the first No Kings Day protest in June 2025. Over 200 community organizations got involved. That said, it should also be said that 45% of those polled in the Real Clear poll of polls, still approve of Trump's job performance as of October 21, 2025.
The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. It's estimated that somewhere between 200,000 - 300,000 people protested in Manhattan alone. There were also protests held in each borough.
Over 7 Million Turn Out for No Kings Day Protests in 2,700 Cities & Towns in the USA
https://www.nokings.org/news/nearly-7-million-people-attend-overwhelmingly-peaceful-no-kings-day-of-action
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No Kings Day Protests Draw Between 5 - 7 Million in All 50 States
One of the Largest Single Day Peaceful Protests in Modern American History
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Saturday - Monday, October 18 - 20, 2025 / NYC, NYS & USA News / Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Republican Majority House Speaker, Mike Johnson completely, inaccurately - and uncorrrected - told the nation on Fox TV News, that the 'No Kings Day' protests were going to be 'Hate America' rallies.
The photo at right was taken in Manhattan on October 18, 2025 at the No Kings Day protest. Please read the protester's sign, "Hate America? Nah ... We just love our country enough to demand better." Mike Johnson really should get out more.
Take note that billionaire Rupert Murdoch's Fox TV News and other outlets have a decades long history of manipulating the perceptions of their viewers, in order to seek personal / corporate gain, by manipulating what Fox TV News [NY Post & WSJ] viewers see [deletions / amplifications of false facts like this one / and distortions] to vote for Murdoch's preferred pols, who will give him what he wants from the government and the people. This is a good example of one such manipulation.
House Speaker Johnson the Enabler. The following two links show 1) Mike Johnson, who is the third leading Republican / political leader in America, disinforming Americans in collaboration with Fox TV News about what to expect at the Saturday, October 18, 2025 No Kings Day rallies. The second video is 2) Mike Johnson glibly passing over / changing the subject about what he had just claimed a couple of days previously.
House Speaker Mike Johnson maliciously describing the No Kings Day Protests at the Hate America Ralies - move the cursor to 1.25 minutes into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7L_ZFPN-KE
House Speaker Mike Johnson Acknowledging what he had Said just Two Days Prior was False - move the cursor to 18 seconds into the video
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/johnson-defends-calling-anti-trump-protests-hate-america/story?id=126658207
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Governor Hochul Bans use of AI in Rent Pricing
October 16, 2025 / NYC Real Estate & Business. Queens Real Estate & Business News NYC / Manhattan Real Estate & Business News NYC / Bronx Real Estate & Business News NYC / Staten Island Real Estate & Business News NYC / Brooklyn Real Estate & Business News NYC / NYC Real Estate & Business News NYC / NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
On October 16, 2025 Governor Hochul signed into law a bill which bans the use of AI / software used by landlords to price rents. On August 23, 2024, the Biden Administration Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in tandem with the attorney generals of eight states, including the state of California, to ban the use of algorithyms in rental pricing software, claiming that it was essentially price fixing, which is a violation of anti-trust law.
Governor Hochul Signs Law Banning Use of AI in Rental Pricing
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-signs-legislative-package-bolster-homeownership-and-strengthen-protections
Governor Hochul Signs Bill Banning Price Fixing Rentals by Landlords
https://citylimits.org/governor-signs-bill-banning-ny-landlords-from-setting-rents-via-algorithms/
Biden Administration files Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against AI Rentals Pricing / Price Fixing
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-realpage-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions-american-renters
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Attorney General Letitia James Wins Court Case Upholding NYS Law Requiring Gun Buyer Background Checks
October 15, 2025 / NYS & NYC Politics Courts. Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYS Attorney General Letitia James won an appeal by the gun industry of her defense of NYS laws requiring background checks prior to purchases of ammunition. This is a paragraph taken from her website providing the background details.
"New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), enacted in July 2022, requires individuals to pass a background check when purchasing ammunition. In September 2023, the New York State Firearms Association and four individuals sued to block the enforcement of New York’s law on background checks of ammunition sales. In May 2024, Attorney General James successfully defended the law after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York denied the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that they had not shown any likelihood of success on the merits. Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld the lower court’s decision."
For more information see -
Attorney General Letitia James Successfully Defends NYS Gun Laws
https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-wins-court-decision-upholding-new-yorks-law-background
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NYC Mayoral Debates Begin Next Week
And Then There were Three
October 10, 2025 / Manhattan & Queens NYC. Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The Campaign Finance Board cancelled the NYC Comptroller and the NYC Public Advocate Debates because not enough candidates qualified to meet the threshhold [two]. The good news is that the two Mayoral Debates will continue as scheduled. Thus, on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 7 pm [WNBC] and on Wednesday , October 22, 2025 at 7 pm [NY1] there will be debates among the three remaining Mayoral candidates - Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa.
NYC Mayoral Election - For Details see On Site Ads 'Don't Wait / Vote by Mail'
Voter Registration / Vote by Mail / Early Voting / Ballot Questions / Poll Site Locations
October 1, 2025 / NYC Citywide. Click on the 'Don't Wait / Vote by Mail' ads on this site to go to the Board of Elections website, where you can find all of the information identified in the headline and to obtain instructions for all of the above. It's just a click away.
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Three Casino Proposals Gain Approval by Fairly 'New' Community Boards
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 / Bronx, Queens NYC & Yonkers NYS. Queens Real Estate & Business News NYC / Manhattan Real Estate & Business News NYC / Bronx Real Estate & Business News NYC / Staten Island Real Estate & Business News NYC / Brooklyn Real Estate & Business News NYC / NYC Real Estate & Business News NYC / NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Proposals for casinos at Resorts World in Queens, Ballys in the Bronx, and the most recent approval at in Flushing Meadows Corona Park were all approved by community boards that have undergone significant turnover in the past five to ten years. Many of the reconstituted community boards now appear to serve the billionaires and real estate developers instead of their communities. A fourth casino proposal is for MGM Empire City in Yonkers, which was also approved.
NYC Queens News - CitiField Casino Proposal Passes Community Board
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/30/citi-field-casino-queens-casino-steve-cohen/
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NYS Inflation Refund Checks Coming Soon
To be Deposited or Mailed in October & November 2025
September 26, 2025 / NYS. Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics / New York City News / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
The Hochul Administration began sending NYS Inflation Refund checks to the 8.2 million residents of NYS. The refunds will be $150 / $200 or $400 per person depending on income and tax paying related persons status. The ostensible purpose of the checks is to help New Yorkers combat the negative impact of inflation on New Yorkers' household budgets. For details see -
NYS Albany News - NYS has begun Distributing Inflation Refund Checks
https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-inflation-refund-checks-are-now-being-sent-82-million-new-york
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Allegations of More Eric Adams & Associates Corruption
Not the Least of which is What Seems Flagrant Neglect to Maintain Integrity of NYPD Operations
August 22, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / Crime in NYC / NYC Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC News NYC / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC News & Weekend Briefs - Eric Adams Corruption Allegations Growing Again
The Scent of More Adams 'Related' Corruptions Continue to hit the Radar - And Network TV News Turns a Blind Eye
Separately, after three and a half years of 'getting stuff done' for billionaires and real estate developers, Adams has finally focused his attention on the working class voters of New York, handing out government money, in a manner that leads me to believe he thinks the public money is his own.
"Show Me The Money" Eric Adams famously used to say. We should have listened. Adams can't seem to shake all of the corruption allegations that surround him, the members of his administration and the Administration itself. Allegations of bribes, numerous staff indictments, including of Eric Adams who is the first sitting NYC Mayor to be indicted in office.
Public Advocate Jumaane Williams sent a letter to the Mayor this week, questioning his management of the oversight of the NYPD. Adams has employed Trump-style tactics in dismantling the checks and balances in the system that have kept American government relatively corruption-free in modern times. Editor's Note. NYC government is far from clean, as you can see by how all of the publicly owned / controlled real estate is transferred, 'legally', to billionaires [and or their real estate companies] who are friends of or have funded two of the last three mayors' campaigns. For further details see - Stephen Ross and Related Companies have been feeding at the public trough.
We'll have more about Adams and the NYPD later. But in the meantime - For details see - https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/letter-to-mayor-adams-re-urgent-concerns-regarding-oig-nypd-staffing-and-oversight-capacity/
In a lawsuit filed July 16, 2025, a former NYPD Commissioner, Thomas Donlon, accused Adams of operating the NYPD as if it was a "criminal enterprise". More to follow.
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Is the FEC Chelsea NYCHA Demolition Project being Railroaded thru by Stephen Ross, Related Companies & Eric Adams prior to a Mamdani Mayoralty?
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 beginning at 6.30 pm - Manhattan CB 4 Meeting. Brooklyn Politics Government & Media NYC / Bronx Politics Government & Media NYC / Manhattan Politics Government & Media NYC / Queens Politics Government & Media NYC / Staten Island Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC Politics Government & Media NYC / NYC News NYC / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Find out what's going on with NYC owned property that appears Eric Adams is giving away. Attend via Zoom or in person. For details and to rsvp click here - FEC Chelsea NYCHA Demoliton Project. The train is departing the station, so there's little time to waste. Here's some related information we reported about this same subject [generally] a number of years ago - Bloomberg Mayoralty property give aways to Stephen Ross & Related Companies.
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Stagflation, Adams Tepid Endorsements but Strong Real Estate Funding & U.S. Taxpayers Funding Israeli Expansionism and Efforts to Deprive Palestinians of a Homeland
August 15, 2025 / NYC Business & Economy / NYC Politics & Government / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Stagflation May be Headed our Way
It Looks Like We May be Heading for a Stagflation Economy. According to 8.15.25 Yahoo Finance report, wholesale prices rose faster than expectations, up 0.9% in July, far faster than expectations. The core rate grew 3.7% vs an expected 3%. The Fed target rate is 2%. Services, not goods, were the driving force behind the inflation increase, and services are not tied to tariffs. We might be heading into a stagflation economy, where inflation continues or picks up, while jobs growth slows, as happened this month.
The contributors to a staglationary economy include that the U.S. dollar has lost 10% of its value since the beginning of the year. This means everything purchased outside of the U.S. will essentially cost 10% more to Americans. And tariffs will eventually add further to the inflation problem by increasing the cost of goods further.
TV News doesn't seem to understand that there's a lag time between when changes in the economy occur [like tariffs or currency valuation changes], and when the impact of them shows up at the cash register. Macroeconomic lag times range from three to eighteen months as these changes work their way through the economy. And speaking of TV News, it's worth mentioning that a stagflationary economy would be just the opposite of the 'Trump Economy' touted by Fox News during the Fall 2024 campaign cycle. For details see - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-hotter-than-expected-wholesale-prices-make-the-feds-september-rate-cut-decision-harder-155711746.html
Eric Adams Support Seems Fueled by Narrow Self Interests
Is Eric Adams Recycling Faith Based Campaign Endorsements? About a week ago, Eric Adams announced that he was being endorsed by 100 faith based leaders. The endorsements appeared to come from some of the same people who've been supporting Adams all along, some of whom I've seen at various mayoral events, and some of whom I believe stood with him when he announced his re-election bid as an Independent in June of 2025.
Earlier this week Adams also picked up an endorsement from former NYS Democrat Governor Paterson, who is legally blind, and who switched his allegiance from Cuomo in the Democratic primary, to Adams running as an Independent.
A group of police unions also endorsed Adams this week, but notably missing was the largest NYC police union, the NYPBA. The NYPBA had previously endorsed Adams in the 2021 election, reportedly unenthusiastically. This may be why the NYPBA is holding back their endorsement again, or it could be that the NY Patrolmens Benevolent Association union is not happy that Adams has sullied the name of the NYPD, having been charged in a lawsuit with turning the NYPD into his own personal "racketeering enterprise".
- CLICK here to read the rest of our NYC News & Weekend Briefs regarding possible Stagflation, Adams, Mamdani & Israeli takes steps for deny Palestinians a homeland using U.S. taxpayer aid.
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In Nearly Four Years has Eric Adams done Anything to Rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Have Privately Controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplified another seemingly Trump Epstein Big Lie? Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?
August 1, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Eric Adams has Succeeded in Helping Billionaires Build Luxury Housing, but He has Failed to Stop Landlord Harassments of NYC Tenants & the Alleged Cheating of Black & Brown Homeowers out of Their Properties via Deed Theft - Documented in Film Slumlord Millionaire and in an OpEd by FEC NYCHA Tenants
News Analysis, Opinion & Insight. This story is not likely to show up on your TV screen in a timely fashion, because real news stories and real news insights rarely do. And too often, by the time they do, it's far too late to make a difference.
This is the trailer to a recent film that came out regarding landlord harassment in NYC, as well as about black and brown homeowner deed theft - neither of which Eric Adams appears to have done much about, during his nearly four years in office as NYC Mayor - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuuBlQJh86M
If you find the trailer interesting enough, you can watch the full one hour and 22 minute long film on PBS until 8.26.25 - at which time it expires. Viewing the film now is free, but it is preceded by two short PBS promos before the film begins - https://www.pbs.org/video/slumlord-millionaire-3sgi7g/
Eric Adams claims to be a pro housing Mayor. It is true that he's been very supportive of housing projects by billionaires and international investors. But Adams has not advocated much - if at all [eg. the Rent Guidelines Board rent increases during his one term in office] - for tenants. And he's not been a champion of the black and brown people to whom he tells what now seems his phony personal housing insecurity story. You know, the one about him bringing his clothes to school as a child for fear of eviction. This story wouldn't be the first nor the only lie he has publicly told New Yorkers. And Adams appears to be helping multi-billionaire real estate developer Stephen Ross move FEC NYCHA tenants out of their homes, so that Ross can grab even more NYC land than he already has.
But don't take my word for it.
- CLICK here to read the rest of our report about Eric Adams doing nothing to rein in Landlord Harassment & Slumlord Millionaires? Billionaire controlled TV News Networks Spread & Amplify what seems another Trump Epstein Big Lie and Why Did Trump Have to Travel to Scotland to Find out that the Palestinians are Starving in Gaza?
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Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support, While Adams is Facing More Corruption Charges & Trump Tries to Put the Epstein Genie back in the Bottle
July 25, 2025 / NYC Politics & Government / NYC Social Issues / Gotham Buzz NYC.
Eric Adams Facing More Corruption Charges vis-a-vis NYPD & Mamdani Beats out Cuomo for Union Support
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Meanwhile former NYPD Captain, Mayor Eric Adams, was hit with yet another set of corruption charges in court, this time alleging that Adams had turned NYPD operations into a criminal enterprise. See graphic above or at right.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime, take a look for yourself at what kind of a 'law and order' Mayor Adams is - https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/16/nypd-donlon-lawsuit-adams-racketeering/
NYC mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani, has secured the backing of a number of large NYC unions support, beating out former Governor Cuomo for unions that had previously supported him.
We'll provide details sometime later, but in the meantime here's a video Mamdani did, taking a pre-emptive shot mocking the adolescently edited NY Post, instead of the other way around https://www.facebook.com/reel/1066919915568285
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