The Latest Breaking News from City Hall

Sadiq Khan suffers blow as deputy mayor for policing and crime quits City Hall

Sophie Linden follows Amy Lame out of City Hall and is the third deputy mayor to quit in a matter of months

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024

City Hall set to overrule council by approving 449 new homes in Tooting's Springfield Village

Councillors warned the project would put ‘unreasonable pressure on public transport and surrounding road networks’

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2024

Ex-NYPD commissioner rejected discipline for cops who raided Brooklyn bar now part of federal probe

In late August, shortly before resigning under a cloud of scandal, New York City’s former police commissioner blocked the discipline of three officers involved in a melee outside a Brooklyn juice bar

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024

New York mayor Eric Adams charged over Turkish 'luxury travel travel and hotels' bribery

Eric Adams has said he will remain in office, describing the charges as ‘entirely false, based on lies’

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2024

New York Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges of bribery and fraud

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, on Thursday was indicted on federal criminal charges that include allegations he accepted and sought illegal contributions to his campaign for mayor. Adams said he is innocent and vowed to fight the charges at a press conference outside Gracie Mansion.

France 24 · Sep 26, 2024

Ex-NYC COVID adviser is fired after video reveals he attended parties during pandemic

A former New York City official who helped coordinate the city’s response to the pandemic has been fired from his private-sector job

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024

ULEZ vandals face justice but avoid jail for £4,500 of damage in camera attacks

ULEZ vandals behind £4500 of camera damage have been sentenced

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2024

Sadiq Khan's deputy mayor for environment pledges to curb plane trips after clocking up 40,000 air miles

Mete Coban was dubbed ‘high carbon Coban’ due to number of flights in previous job

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2024

Sadiq Khan to voice opposition to Donald Trump during New York visit

Sadiq Khan is on a four-day trip to New York during which he hopes to hit the headlines by expressing opposition to Donald Trump regaining the US presidency.

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024

First Trump said Haitian migrants in Ohio were ‘eating the pets’. Now he says they’re ‘destroying America’

‘You may never see me again, but that’s okay,’ Trump jokes after saying he’ll visit Springfield, city at center of his false claims that migrants are eating people’s dogs and cats

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024