Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to social media to address split-ticket New York voters who supported her candidacy and President-elect Donald Trump, as Democrats grapple with the fallout of Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. On Monday, Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat, posted an election debrief to her more than eight million Instagram followers. She wondered how those who backed her reelection also voted…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling on Mayor Adams to resign because of federal investigations hovering over his administration. In the last two weeks, several top officials have announced departures, including the NYPD commissioner, health commissioner and Schools Chancellor David Banks. Despite the abrupt exodus, the mood was upbeat as the mayor introduced the next schools chancellor Wednesday. Melissa Russo reports.

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign in a post on social media Wednesday amid multiple federal investigations that have touched members of his administration and a handful of high-profile resignations. “I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a post on X. “The…

Among the questions: Did the mayor or the campaign’s defense attorneys go to the Justice Department to try to explain why criminal charges are not warranted. The mayor did not directly respond to that question on Tuesday. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

Tens of thousands of people in New York City have kicked off a week of demonstrations seeking to end the use of coal, oil and natural gas blamed for climate change.