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The opening of this important piece by gets it right and turns the mirror where it belongs.
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New York reckons with a homeless epidemic and a killing. trib.al/a6B5urf
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Tonight I saw an amazing production of The SpongeBob Musical put on by students! Better than the original.
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More than 100 Sunset Park residents crowded into P.S. 24 for a heated community meeting Thursday evening to discuss the fate of Plaza Tonatiuh, a weekly pop-up market of food and arts that’s been operating without permits since 2021.
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Today's Google Doodle features Corky Lee, an important Chinese community activist who passed away during the pandemic. published an article to honor Corky in 2021. Read on to learn more about Corky and the history of Chinatown he documented: documentedny.com/2021/07/16/cor
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during press Q/A portion of this briefing, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Banks refused to answer Qs about the status of the investigation around the killing of Jordan Neely
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HAPPENING NOW: Deputy Mayor Banks hosts a public safety briefing at City Hall: youtube.com/live/LIq6QfNfF
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The pizza takes about pete davidson are annoying but the wildest thing is how many people are saying Spumoni Gardens is the “furthest part of Brooklyn.” Please look at a map!
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Eric Adams blasts FEMA for limited asylum-seeker funds, will move migrants out of NYC
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Sources in the Adams administration tell me as city runs out of shelter and hotel space, they are considering leasing college dorms and resorting to facilities in York and Medgar Evers College as options. Using public schools not in use during summer months has also been proposed
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An analysis of building records by has found that since 2003, of the 975 facade violations reported, about 500 of those fixes have yet to be certified by DOB, including the one at Jackson Houses where loose bricks fell off the wall last week.
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New: Zhan and Robert Petrosyants, Mayor Adams' scandal-scarred twin pals, are facing a new lawsuit alleging they bilked a businessman out of a $150,000 restaurant investment.
In a remarkable twist, the businessman's represented by Frank Carone's law firm.
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Live on : The Adams administration is considering a slew of ideas as it prepares for an expected surge of migrants after the expiration of Title 42 next week. Tents in Central Park, unused airplane hangars as shelters and building container homes are just some of the options.
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Pete Davidson just dropped off pizza from Spumoni Gardens for striking Writer’s Guild members in Greenpoint
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NEW: and partner groups are launching a multi-million-$ campaign to get abortion access on Florida ballots in 2024- an effort to undue to state’s new six-week ban.
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Police cracked down on the vending, which had ballooned to nearly 100 vendors, on Easter Sunday. Multiple children are breaking down describing how terrifying the experience was for them. Here’s Alejandro:
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It’s another big day for Queens, starting with announcing that the ’s CityTicket discount program is FINALLY coming to Far Rockaway.
There’s more work to do to ensure Far Rock families are treated with fairness in our transit system, but this is a critical step forward.
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For the last three years, our readers have helped make a powerhouse for impact-driven journalism. If you value our work, and want to continue bringing New York’s powerful accountable, consider becoming a member today: thecity.nyc/support
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. tracked dozens of data points on mental health support in NYC public schools.
Do they call 911 on students in crisis? Are there enough social workers and guidance counselors? Enter your school name below to find out.
projects.thecity.nyc/school-mental-
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NEW from Hochul:
- called video “horrific”
- family deserves justice
- calls acts by man and two others who held Neely down an “extreme response”
- says “it became very clear that, you know, he was not going to cause harm to these other people”
Transcription from her office:
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Here is Gov. Hochul's full remarks Wednesday on the death of Jordan Neely
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We published a very special package that captures bedrock principles of nonprofit local news
1/ INVESTIGATE: dug into what happens when schools call cops on kids, some as young as 5, many who are handcuffed.
It's a must-read.
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Per , 's mental health plan includes a “Mental Health Continuum,” which rolled out last year to connect schools directly to mental health clinics and mobile crisis teams, but the proposed city budget included no funding for the project. 🤨
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New from @THECITYNY & @propublica: @NYCSchools promised to stop routinely dialing 911 when students have mental health episodes. @AbigailKramer11 documents that many schools still call in cops and ambulances, and handcuff young kids. thecity.nyc/2023/5/4/23710
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we asked at the end: "do you mean consequences for the man who was killed or the man who put him in the chokehold?" she said: "I have to find out more about the situation, I just saw the video as I was coming in here..."
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Absolutely no compassion for Neely from @GovKathyHochul. Just endless babble about mental health episodes, parole, DAs, and judges because she believes cages and murder are the appropriate “consequences” for the “behavior” of simply trying to survive when society abandons you twitter.com/danrivoli/stat…
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Please take some time to read 's story about schools calling 911 on kids in emotional distress⬇️ Also be sure to check out the incredible resources from + to help families understand + navigate school-based mental health support.
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NYC schools call 911 on kids in emotional distress thousands of times a year - despite a pledge to stop relying on NYPD for students having mental health episodes, an investigation by @AbigailKramer11 for @THECITYNY + @propublica found. ny.chalkbeat.org/2023/5/4/23710
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A city program designed to assist small business owners in navigating the bureaucratic hurdles of running shop in Gotham has helped over 2,200 small businesses across the city avoid roughly $22 million in fines and violations. amny.com/business/city-
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"I hear people outside saying 'fight the power,' Negro we are the power!" says at National Day of Prayer event in Brooklyn, after saying it was prayer that lead the city and state to have so many Black leaders. "What are we gonna do with the power?"
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At a "Day of Prayer" event in Brooklyn, says he walked around for so many years telling people God had told him he'd become mayor on Jan. 1, 2022 that "Attorney General James probably thought back then, 'Eric must be on medication.'"
(James is in the crowd)
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Ed Sheeran is the mystery renter of the most expensive rental listing in Brooklyn, a 4-bedroom duplex in BK Heights going for $36,000 a month
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New from THE CITY: Supporting a child with mental-health needs can be daunting. Our new tool lets you look up their public school and see dozens of data points, including what resources the school has that can help.
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1/ After a 2014 legal settlement, NYC schools are only supposed to call 911 on students in distress as a last resort.
Since 2017, there have been about 1,370 instances of students in crisis who were handcuffed while waiting for an ambulance.
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Mayor Adams is now on CNN, talking about the chokehold death of Jordan Neely. He calls irresponsible for his tweet calling the incident vigilantism.
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Kathy Hochul became governor following her predecessor’s sexual harassment scandal and vowed to “change a culture of harassment and abuse." But one of her closest advisers had a history of sexually harassing women. w/
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Just noticed on 250 Broadway, across from city hall, giant WE ❤️ NYC posters
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Protestors swarmed a Manhattan subway platform Wednesday to protest the chokehold death of Jordan Neely at the hands of a fellow rider on the F train.
“That this happened is shocking and gruesome,” said Adolfo Abreu.
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Something's in the water in Queens: Elmhurst Hospital doctors voted to authorize a strike by a margin of 92% if they do not reach a deal on raises + hazard pay -- a week after Flushing & Jamaica hospital docs also voted to authorize a strike. w/
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"DOI and the Department of Finance declined to say why the sheriffs were not criminally charged."
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“12 members of the city Sheriff’s Office were suspended without pay on Tuesday for allegedly taking liquor and other goods that had been confiscated from bars and clubs that were raided during the peak of the pandemic for violating shutdown rules…”
thecity.nyc/2023/5/3/23709
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