The Jamaica Observer6d
Portmore mayor under investigation for alleged assault of women at contentious meeting
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A police investigation is reportedly underway into allegations that Mayor of Portmore, the People’s National Party’s Leon Thomas, assaulted three women during a recent ...
Fox News5d
NY Gov Hochul decides NYC Mayor Adams' fate; ramps up oversight of city's top official
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will not begin proceedings to remove New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but instead plans to introduce new state and city legislation to provide more oversight ...
CNN5d
NY governor announces she will not remove Mayor Adams from office, at least for now
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday she will not use her executive powers to remove Mayor Eric Adams from office, at least for now, instead opting to propose a set of guardrails that aim ...
The Boston Globe5d
LA mayor dismisses fire chief over response to most destructive wildfire in city history last month
LOS ANGELES — Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a ...
Fox News4d
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sacks fire chief who said city failed residents in wildfires
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday announced that LAFD Fire Chief Kristin Crowley had been fired. Crowley had criticized Bass and other Democratic leadership with the city, claiming it had ...
CBS News4d
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removes LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley over handling of Palisades fire
Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday morning that she has officially removed Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley from her post effective immediately. Bass has appointed former Chief Deputy Ronnie ...
CNN5d
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing her response to Palisades wildfire
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Friday she has fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, citing in part her response to last month’s devastating Palisades wildfire, among the most des ...
Pacific Daily News3d
Mayors' council head: Pay feds to catch, kill feral pigs as USDA traps 1,000 of them a year
Richardson told the Mayors Council of Guam Wednesday that besides damaging crops and property, knocking over trash, and threatening car accidents, pigs on Guam carry disease at much higher rates ...
Rolling Out6d
How 5 Black mayors transformed Atlanta’s political legacy
Since 1974, the city has demonstrated how Black governance can transform an urban landscape, starting with the historic election of Maynard Jackson as the first African American mayor of a major ...
The New York Times5d
Why an Unknown Centrist Thinks He Can Become New York’s Next Mayor
Jim Walden, a lawyer with a string of high-profile cases but little name recognition, is running as an independent. In a moment of political upheaval, anything seems possible. By Ginia Bellafante ...
NBC News3d
Judge delays decision on whether to dismiss N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned a top Justice Department official who is seeking to dismiss corruption charges against embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams, a move that has led to the ...
NBC News5d
Gov. Kathy Hochul won't remove embattled NYC Mayor Eric Adams — for now
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday she won't — for the time being — remove embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams from office, but will instead impose limits on his power. Hochul in ...