Top officials in Mayor Adams' administration defended his stance that the City Council should not be granted the power to approve many mayoral appointments, arguing Tuesday that doing so would mark a return to the days of political patronage that defined the Tammany Hall era.
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NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell decried the Saturday night brawl targeting two officers as "reprehensible," adding that people will copy them after the suspects were released without bail.
The head of the New York City police officers union is demanding that the City Council fire a digital press aide who has advocated violence against officers.
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