“New York City Mayor Eric Adams pushed back Monday against newly detailed sexual assault allegations stemming from his time as a transit cop,” Politico reports.
Progressives Face Backlash in San Francisco
“For now, at least, San Francisco can no longer be called a progressive city,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
“Not after voters approved ballot measures Tuesday to loosen restrictions on the police and screen welfare recipients for drugs, while a measure to boost developers was leading and likely to pass.”
“Voters also backed a slate of moderates to run the local Democratic County Central Committee, whose endorsements could reshape who is elected in San Francisco for years. Four years ago, progressives won all but two seats on the DCCC.”
FBI Searches Houses Owned by Eric Adams Adviser
“FBI agents on Thursday searched two houses owned by a close aide to Mayor Eric Adams of New York,“ the New York Times reports.
“The searches of the properties owned by the aide, Winnie Greco, were part of an investigation being conducted with prosecutors from the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn.”
Will San Francisco Pick a Different Kind of Mayor?
New York Times: “If Mark Ferrell is successful in ousting London Breed again — this time through the action of voters, not of his fellow politicians — it will indicate that San Francisco has moved from the left to much more centrist politics.”
“That trend has already seemed apparent after the recalls of the city’s far-left school board members and its district attorney, as well as the elections of some moderate members of the Board of Supervisors.”
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Another Plane of Migrants Arrives in Chicago
“Hours after a plane from Texas carrying 355 migrants arrived early Sunday morning in Rockford, Mayor Brandon Johnson repeated his plea for more federal support to address the ongoing migrant crisis,” the Chicago Sun Times reports.
“After landing, the passengers were put on eight buses chartered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott… The buses dropped the migrants in the surrounding suburbs, and they are now making their way to Chicago via trains and other means.”
Migrant Surge Has Chicago, New York at ‘Breaking Point’
“The mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver said a nonending flow of migrants arriving from the southern border has pushed their cities to the breaking point heading into the New Year, as border crossings swell and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott keeps finding new ways to torment his Democratic rivals,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Abbott, a Republican who began sending migrants on buses to other states in spring 2022, doubled down on the strategy in recent weeks. He sent his first planeloads of migrants to Chicago and New York in part to flout regulations on where and when bus operators can drop off the migrants.”
Giuliani Regrets Not Taking Pension
“Rudy Giuliani, who filed for bankruptcy in the wake of a $148 million civil court ruling and faces a mountain of unpaid legal bills, said he now regrets not having the safety net of a government pension,” the New York City reports.
When asked why he never applied for a pension, Giuliani said: “Giving back to the city I love. Although I would like to take it now.”
Eric Adams Has 293 ‘Special Assistants’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) padded the city payroll with 293 “special assistants” during his first full fiscal year in office — a more than 20% increase over his predecessor Bill de Blasio, the New York Post reports.
Two of them tied for the largest salaries out of any of Adams’ aides, earning $246,898 each.
Miami Mayor Helped Saudi Arabia Rehab Its Image
“As Saudi Arabia sought to rehabilitate its image after decades of bad-for-business headlines about 9/11 hijackers, alleged police torture, public beheadings and the gruesome murder of a Washington Post journalist, the regime turned to an unlikely ally for PR and networking assistance: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R),” the Miami Herald reports.
“As a bonus, he was also able to significantly benefit a major client of the international law firm that pays him more than $1 million a year.”
Boston Mayor Sent Invitation to ‘Electeds of Color’
An official, on behalf of Boston’s mayor, mistakenly sent all city councilors an email inviting them to a holiday party that was meant exclusively for “electeds of color,” prompting an apology and mixed reactions, the Boston Herald reports.
The body includes seven white councilors and six of color.
Eric Adams’ Approval Sinks to Record Low
A new Quinnipiac poll in New York City finds Mayor Eric Adams (D) with an upside down 28% to 58% job approval rating — the lowest job approval rating for a New York City mayor in the history of the poll.
Eric Adams Accused of Sexual Assault
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has been accused of sexual assault in a legal action filed Wednesday night in a New York court, The Messenger reports.
ABC New York says the incident allegedly occurred in 1993.
Eric Adams’ Aide Told Staffers to Delete Their Texts
An aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) told colleagues to “delete” their text exchanges hours after the FBI raided her New Jersey home, the New York Daily News reports.
Mayor Who Used Racial Slurs Charged in Crimes
“The mayor of a small town in suburban New Jersey who was recorded four years ago using racial slurs and saying he would never hire a female police officer was charged on Monday with two unrelated crimes linked to his private landscaping business,” the New York Times reports.
Sal Bonaccorso (R) “was charged with official misconduct and accused of using his township offices and Clark employees to help run his private landscaping and oil tank removal business. Additionally, he is charged with forging an engineer’s signature on permit applications to remove underground storage tanks.”
Eric Adams Attended Nearly 80 Events Celebrating Turkey
Politico: “These revelations — uncovered through a Politico review of thousands of pages of public schedules from his time as borough president and reams of social media posts — shed light on Adams’ unusually strong relationship with Turkey, which has drawn scrutiny from federal investigators.”
FBI Raided Homes of Two More Allies of Eric Adams
On the same day that an FBI team searched the home of New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ (D) key fundraiser, other agents were raiding two other homes belonging to people with ties to the embattled mayor, the New York Times reports.
Miami Mayor Secretly Worked for Russian Oligarch
“Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R) earned payments totaling six figures advising two financial firms run by close associates of a Russian oligarch, two of several side jobs he refused to reveal to the public until he ran for president, with its more rigorous disclosure requirement,” the Miami Herald reports.
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