The view from outside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University. Students said the glass was broken in order to place a lock on the door from inside. About a dozen students outside.

I asked Mayor Adams whether opinions expressed by NYPD Chief Chelll inflames the tensions between police and protesters, specifically in the case the NYPD is called in by universities. Mayor says everyone is entitled to their opinion and he supports Chell’s right to express his.

The Aggressive and Expensive Legal Team Defending Mayor Adams nytimes.com/2024/04/29/nyr… via Emma G. Fitzsimmons

'How did this wonky yet radical idea advance to the verge of enactment?' Charles Komanoff takes us back to 1969 when a newly dethroned Robert Moses opposed the idea in an essay called 'Is Rubber to Pay for Rails?' (The answer, 55 years later, will soon be yes.)

THIS IS NOT A DRILL TRAIN DADDY IS IN CHARGE 🫡

“If you need this much firepower, how problematic are these cases and how much is that going to distract you from governance?”

Basil A. Smikle PhD on Mayor Eric Adams’s new, partially-outside-funded legal team amid federal probe into some in his inner circle:

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The lawyer for the plaintiff in the sexual assault lawsuit filed against Mayor Eric Adams has not spoken much about the case. She said of the mayor's recent hiring moves: “The truth is the truth, no matter who your lawyer is or how many lawyers you hire.' shorturl.at/cjoIY

The Aggressive and Expensive Legal Team Defending Mayor Adams: “If you need this much firepower, how problematic are these cases and how much is that going to distract you from governance?” shorturl.at/cjoIY

Mayor Eric Adams dodges a question from Jonathan Lemire on MSNBC about whether library cuts can be undone and says this is the part of the budget process and he'll get to a deal with the City Council.

Mayor Eric Adams agrees with Al Sharpton on MSNBC that some protesters are 'hijacking the message' which had focused on standing up for human rights, and says some people are outside agitators and others 'don't fully understand the conversation, but are just going with the tone.'

Mayor Eric Adams says on MSNBC that protesters at Columbia should 'police themselves' and not call for violence. He says 'how good is your farm team?' and worries about young people who are not proud of this country - a 'frightening message.'

In a perplexing bureaucratic twist that seems lifted straight out of “Catch-22,” the military allows amputees to serve, it just doesn’t allow them to join. nytimes.com/2024/04/25/us/…

Nobody saw Andy Kim coming.

That's what he was counting on.

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Mayor Eric Adams says he hasn’t seen protests like this in NYC since 1991 when Al Sharpton was stabbed after the death of Yusuf Hawkins.
He says protesters are celebrating terrorists and calling for destroying Jews and “that has never happened before.”

Mayor Eric Adams says on WABC radio that he recently had a meeting with college presidents and told them “once one tent goes up,” take it down - it’ll just spread, noting that one protester threw a chair at a police officer and dented their helmet.

Mayor Eric Adams says on WABC radio that Columbia University doesn’t want the NYPD to return to clear encampments and that you can’t negotiate with protesters because they’re “unrealistic and antisemitic.”

Breaking News: New York City’s highly contested congestion pricing program, the first in the U.S., will go into effect June 30, the MTA announced. Legal and political disagreements still threaten to dilute or halt the program. nyti.ms/3JBI9M3

Breaking: Harvey Weinstein's criminal conviction in New York has just been overturned, and a new trial has been ordered. nytimes.com/live/2024/04/2…

Mayor Eric Adams is pressed on NY1 over whether he's nominating Randy Mastro and smiles: 'We're excited. Randy has a lot to offer. He has clearly been a great New Yorker.' He says he talked to Adrienne Adams and 'this is the process' - the Council provides checks and balances.

Mayor Eric Adams is saying in TV interviews this morning that 'every child who wants a seat will have access to a seat' in 3K and preK, but elected officials and advocates say that's not true. There are many neighborhoods that do not have enough spots.