
Craig McCarthy
Craig McCarthy is the City Hall Bureau Chief at the New York Post.
Background
In his role, Craig reports and oversees a team of journalists to cover all things in government and politics in and around the Big Apple. He has won numerous honors, including the Investigative Reporters and Editors Freedom of Information Award and New York Press Club Award in Crime Reporting. He was also recently selected for the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Reporting Fellowship, his second time with the honor, and named a fellow for the Nation Press Foundation’s Reporting Conference on Criminal Justice in the Age of George Floyd. Craig earned his undergraduate degree at Montclair State University in English and graduate degree at Rutgers University in digital media.
Latest Articles
Adams makes another last-minute trip to DC to attend prayer breakfast where Trump will deliver remarks
February 5, 2025 | 10:44pmA City Hall spokesperson downplayed Adams’ attendance at the prayer breakfast, noting it’s a bipartisan event that several presidents, including former President Barack Obama, have spoken at.
Eric Adams reveals someone else ran NYC for an emergency stretch but no one knew
February 5, 2025 | 12:29pmAdams refused to detail the specific ailment that kept him uncharacteristically out of the public eye.
Two Long Island cop unions give full support for Trump's FBI director nominee Kash Patel
January 30, 2025 | 5:24pmTwo Long Island police unions voiced their support for President Trump’s nominee for director of the FBI Kash Patel as he testified in front of the Senate Thursday.
Adams reemerges from seclusion with fiery, campaign-style speech as few details revealed on 'scary' illness
January 30, 2025 | 4:35pm“Last week was scary, it was hard, I’m not going to lie to you,” is all he told the crowd at his annual interfaith breakfast held in New York Public...
Trump's DOJ leading talks with Eric Adams' team as NYC mayor seeks to have corruption charges dropped
January 30, 2025 | 8:54amPresident Trump’s new Department of Justice has opened talks between Adams' legal team and Manhattan federal prosecutors, The Post can confirm.
NYC sees dip in major crimes, new data shows
January 30, 2025 | 6:04amThe Big Apple saw a 2% drop in major crime?during this?fiscal year’s first few months?— along with a dip in transit crime, Mayor Eric Adams' annual report revealed.
Mayor Eric Adams to return to public schedule after undisclosed illness
January 29, 2025 | 4:15pmHizzoner has been holed up in Gracie Mansion since the weekend
City investigators ripped over claim that 'staffing issue' prevents 9/11 air toxins probe: 'Can't believe that it's that difficult '
January 29, 2025 | 3:54pmDepartment of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber testified Wednesday that her agency has nowhere near the staffing to do a "deep dive" required to investigate the potential decades-old mystery surrounding Ground...
Mark Levine nabs endorsement from Dem firebrand Richie Torres as NYC comptroller race heats up
January 29, 2025 | 7:00amLevine called the firebrand Dem's support a "real honor" and hopes to team up to "take on the cost of living, make New York more affordable and make life easier...
Republicans on NYC council in chaos after new minority leader selected
January 28, 2025 | 3:46pmThe Republican members of the Big Apple's city council voted in a new minority leader, David Carr, Tuesday — with half of the party boycotting and threatening legal action.
Mayor Eric Adams meets with union leaders, makes late-night jaunt as staff maintains he’s ill
January 28, 2025 | 1:06pmHizzoner’s SUV and security detail were spotted by The Post leaving the mayoral mansion at roughly 9:15 p.m. Monday — and appeared to have been gone for several hours.
Eric Adams' mystery illness takes him off NYC stage as rumors swirl about new charges, campaign seasons builds
January 27, 2025 | 4:52pmA mystery illness is keeping Mayor Eric Adams uncharacteristically off the public stage as a tough primary campaign looms and rumors swirl that he could face new criminal charges. Few...
'Lady in Red' Jenifer Rajkumar nixes comptroller run, will campaign for NYC public advocate instead
January 27, 2025 | 3:47pmQueens Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar -- a close pal of Mayor Eric Adams -- announced a new campaign to "better help a city in crisis" Monday after saying for months she...
Mayor Adams gave his brother's top fundraiser a security escort to Trump inauguration
January 22, 2025 | 6:30amHizzoner gave the VIP treatment to Alisa Roever, who founded the non-profit Angel's Helpers with Adams' brother Bernard, in the early hours of Monday morning as others struggled to get...
Adams accuses Biden aides of downplaying migrant crisis as passing a 'gallstone,' wasn't being a 'good Democrat' for speaking out in explosive Tucker interview
January 21, 2025 | 2:37pmAdams added that he believes the Biden Administration punished him for being vocal about the migrant crisis.
Mayor Adams attends Trump inauguration after last-minute invite -- sparking outrage for bailing on MLK Day events back home
January 20, 2025 | 8:37amMayor Eric Adams bolted to Washington, DC, in the middle of the night after he scored a last-minute invite to Donald Trump’s inauguration Monday – sparking condemnation from some black...
NYC Mayor Adams insists legal case didn't come up during Trump sit-down near Mar-a-Lago -- but Sylvester Stallone did
January 17, 2025 | 6:22pmMayor Eric Adams insisted his criminal case didn't come up during his powwow with President-elect Donald Trump near Mar-a-Lago on Friday — but offered few details about the high-stakes sit-down...
Adams to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago days before president-elect’s inauguration
January 16, 2025 | 7:15pmMayor Eric Adams will sit down with President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday — as rumors swirl of the indicted mayor angling for a pardon.
Mayor Adams avoids deep budget cuts in record-breaking $114.5B election year spending plan
January 16, 2025 | 7:12pmMayor Eric Adams unveiled a record-breaking $114.5 billion spending plan Thursday, serving up his first proposed city budget without spending cuts, in an election year. The spending plan for the...
NYC Mayor Adams' defense fund in corruption case owes $735K as legal fees pile up — and donors disappear
January 16, 2025 | 1:17pmThe fund is now more than $735,000 in debt as Adams' lawyers scrambled to prep for his trial in April, which is expected to come with a ballooning price tag.