Rep. AOC calls for Mayor Adams to resign

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Wednesday September 25, 2024 [Donate now]( [Rep. AOC calls for Mayor Adams to resign amid intensifying investigations]( [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits outside with sunglasses on]( [Ocasio-Cortez is the most prominent New York Democrat to urge the mayor to step down so far.]( More Stories From Today [Mayor Eric Adams stands in front of a crowd]( [Mayor Adams' signature 'City of Yes' housing plan passes key NYC commission]( [The key approval sets the landmark plan up for a fight in the City Council.]( [A view of the East River waterfront from Manhattan looking out to Queens.]( [MTA worker tasted water flooding in Queens-Midtown Tunnel to determine source of leak]( [An MTA worker found it to be salty, which meant it was coming in from the East River and not from a burst water main.]( [A train conductor stands next to an Amtrak train at New York's Pennsylvania Station in February 2018.]( [Amtrak train derails near Penn Station, backing up NJ Transit, Amtrak service in NYC area]( [A set of wheels on the train came off the tracks just south of the station around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Amtrak said.]( [MTA board members raising their hands to approve the capital plan.]( [MTA board approves massive construction plan, sending Gov. Hochul $33B invoice]( [The plan is scheduled to run from 2025 to 2029.]( [A line of sanitation department trucks blocking off a street in Soho where President Biden made an appearance on "The View"]( [NYC sanitation trucks key to President Biden's security during Manhattan visit]( [About a dozen salt spreaders served as security barriers for Biden Wednesday as he appeared on “The View” in Lower Manhattan.]( [A photo of Staple Street in the rain.]( [NYC's dry streak to end with rain Wednesday into Thursday, forecasters say]( [The city hasn't seen significant rainfall for nearly three weeks.]( [Bacteriologist Erik Devereaux holds a mosquito that he will check for the West Nile Virus.]( [Here’s what to know after NY’s first mosquito-borne EEE death since 2015]( [An upstate New York resident died after testing positive for eastern equine encephalitis virus on Monday, officials said.]( [A surveillance photo of the white Mercedes Benz police say has been used in multiple armed robberies.]( [NYPD: 2 men in a Mercedes are allegedly robbing people at gunpoint across the city]( [Police say the duo has been stealing cash and high-end watches at gunpoint from West Concourse to Gravesend.]( [A person in a pink suit and a hat holds an American flag and smiles for the camera.]( [Meet some of the newest Americans at an NYC citizenship ceremony]( [More than 27,000 people in the New York metro area became citizens in the first six months of the year.]( [the empty parking lot in front of the Bridgehampton Kmart]( [Extra Extra: The Bridgehampton Kmart held strong]( [Because the once-mighty retailer's final full-size location is closing, here are your afternoon links: The country's first Black country club is in New Jersey, Adams once again defends cops in Brownsville subway shooting, Bridgerton Ball goes full Fyre Fest and more.]( [MTA crews responding to flooding from Tropical Storm Ophelia at the Fourth Avenue-9th Street station in Brooklyn.]( [MTA says New York's mass transit is in dire need of climate resilience upgrades]( [“If we ignore these threats we risk the survival of the system itself – and New York,” a new MTA report states.]( [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]( [Gothamist]( [WNYC Studios]( [NJPR]( [WQXR]( [New Sounds]( Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.