Craig McCarthy is the City Hall Bureau Chief for the New York Post, specializing in reporting on local issues in New York City. With a background in police reporting, Craig covers topics related to crime, law enforcement, and city governance. His work has also been featured in Lexology and The Courier-Mail.
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Craig McCarthy's coverage is heavily focused on local government and politics, particularly in New York City. His articles predominantly feature breaking news, evolving stories, and government announcements related to topics such as Mayor Eric Adams' initiatives, the migrant crisis, crime trends in NYC, legal policy regulations as well as law enforcement activities.
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By: Craig McCarthy, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a $111.6 billion executive budget for fiscal year 2025 that restores $515 million in school funding and will put more cops
By: Amanda Woods, Craig Mccarthy, Jorge Fitz-, Larry Celona
Four cop-hating city council members have done an about-face after getting spooked by death threats — and are now desperate for the NYPD to keep them safe.
Sex pest Harvey Weinstein moved back into Rikers Island Friday afternoon, one day after his notorious rape conviction was overturned.
By: Carl Campanile, Craig Mccarthy, Kevin Sheehan
The Post was able to identify more than 100 suspected illegal pot shops in short order, just by reaching out to local officials.
Derek Floyd, 36, suffered cardiac arrest and passed away April 15, four months after the city gave him the boot as part of a larger effort to pare down staff and pay for housing and services for the tens of thousands of migrants flooding the Big Apple.
City lawmakers called on the mayor and FDNY officials to help the family of an ex-firefighter who died after he was fired to cover costs for the migrant crisis.
Columbia University got blasted from all sides Tuesday for refusing to call in police to roust the anti-Israel mob that illegally took over a campus building.
By: Craig Mccarthy, Kevin Sheehan, Haley Brown
Mayor Eric Adams denied that the layoff of Derek Floyd was tied to cuts to cover the cost of the city’s migrant crisis.
By: Jorge Fitz-, Max Rivera, Craig Mccarthy
City Hall, the NYPD and the MTA are handing out fliers to discourage migrant kids from peddling candy in the subways and on Big Apple streets — a source of income for some migrant parents.
Columbia University should open its checkbook if school leaders want the NYPD to stay on the Ivy League campus through May 17 and “babysit unruly students,” a bipartisan group of city pols fumed Wednesday.
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