New York Headlines

• Mayor Eric Adams Wins Fight Over Rat Infestation Fine

  (by Stephen Merelman and Michael LaForgia for The New York Times 26 minutes ago)
  The mayor, who had been issued a summons for rats at a property he owns in Brooklyn, defended himself at a hearing this week.
  
  

• NY Democrats mull December session on pay raises – but not rising crime

  (by Zach Williams for The New York Post an hour ago)
  State lawmakers are considering a vote this month on a legislative pay raise so that they could take effect in January rather than 2025.
  
  

• Lawyers sue MSG over ban, fight to attend Jerry Seinfeld and Christmas shows

  (by Priscilla DeGregory for The New York Post an hour ago)
  A second law firm has sued Madison Square Garden for banning its lawyers simply because their client has a case against the venue.
  
  
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• NY Democrats defend AG Letitia James over increasing calls for sex harass probe

  (by Zach Williams for The New York Post an hour ago)
  NY Democrats are circling the wagons to protect state Attorney General Letitia James.
  
  

• In the Deal to Free Griner, Putin Used a Familiar Lever: Pain

  (by Anton Troianovski and Valerie Hopkins for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  By seizing the basketball star, the Russian president made things so painful for the U.S. that it capitulated and turned over a convicted arms dealer. Can the same tactic work in the war in Ukraine?
  
  

• Mayor Adams’ Plan for NYC’s Housing Crisis Would Relax Rules for Developers

  (by Sarah Garland and Dean Chang for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  The mayor proposed reducing requirements that he said slow the construction of new homes as the city contends with a housing crisis.
  
  

• Advocates for Mentally Ill Call for Restraining Order to Halt Removal Plan

  (by Andy Newman for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  A motion in federal court called for a temporary restraining order, saying Mayor Eric Adams’s plan would violate constitutional rights.
  
  

• Who Is Viktor Bout, Arms Dealer in Swap for Brittney Griner?

  (by Valerie Hopkins and Alan Yuhas for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  Viktor Bout has been accused of supplying arms to Al Qaeda, the Taliban and rebels in Rwanda. His exploits helped inspire a 2005 film, “Lord of War,” that starred Nicolas Cage.
  
  

• More Americans Are Being ‘Wrongfully Detained’ and Held Abroad

  (by Michael Cooper for The New York Times 6 hours ago)
  A State Department official said over the summer that there were between 40 and 50 Americans being wrongfully detained by foreign governments.