Staffing at New York City courts has plummeted to “bleak” levels — potentially endangering judges, jurors and the public in what the union president called a “powder keg” situation. The New York State Court Officers Association says that up to 35% of posts are unfilled in the city and that applications have plummeted from over...

Mayoral long-shot candidate Michael Blake is suing the city’s powerful campaign finance agency in a last-ditch bid to be allowed onto the Democratic primary debate stage later this week. Blake — arguably the breakout star of last week’s first debate — claims the Campaign Finance Board nixed hundreds of valid donations that would have made...

In all but one of the lawsuits, Brad Lander was only a nominally listed defendant, with many of the suits filed against the City Council, a review by The Post found.