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New York City lawmakers, led by Mayor Bill de Blasio, are going over legislation that would give voting rights to illegal aliens in local elections.

Steven Banks was the most effective social-services director in New York City history — and when he left office, there were still 45,000 people sleeping in shelters. Is that a success?

There is life after the New York City Council.

A giant class of 35 incoming members with big ambitions.

The appointment by Democrat Eric Adams of a pair of long-time Republican officeholders to high-level positions in his City Hall is good for them, good for Adams and good for New York, as the new mayor puts aside ideology and partisanship in pursuit of best serving the public.

Adams, a former NYPD captain, said that the riot, which left more than 100 people injured and five dead — including members of the Capitol Police — still “haunts” him, but that “too many of those involved have yet to experience any real consequence for their actions.”

It’s unusual for a mayor to cross party lines for prominent hires, and the Trump connection underlying latest appointments is especially glaring considering Adams has long been a fierce critic of the twice-impeached former president.

‘The waters around the city haven’t been this clean since the Civil War, and I’m determined to help keep it that way.’

Rats, a group that has been hunting rats with dogs in New York since 1995, is summoned to infested neighborhoods