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‘The mayor lied to us’: Criminal justice activists in NYC demand new way to end solitary confinement

Posted on August 3, 2021

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Queens lawmakers call for Cuomo’s resignation in wake of AG’s report on sexual harassment claims

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Word on the street: New Yorkers say Cuomo should quit after bombshell sex harassment report

Posted on August 3, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Eric Adams, Hakeem Jeffries, other Brooklyn pols call for Cuomo to resign after AG report

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AG James report finds Cuomo sexually harassed, intimidated 11 women; Biden says he should step down

Posted on August 3, 2021

Commuter receives free vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at subway station in Brooklyn borough of New York City

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Levine, Espaillat hint for citywide mandatory vax

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Queens lawmakers urge Governor to release funds for community violence interruption programs as police investigate Corona gang shooting

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‘Passing the baton’: de Blasio throws support to Adams’ mayoral bid at City Hall rally

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Queens mass shooting reaction: De Blasio seeks gang takedowns, Cuomo says NYC crime ‘out-of-control’

Posted on August 2, 2021

People camp out on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington

Pelosi presses White House to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium

Posted on August 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Residents seek assisstance to avoid eviction at La Colaborativa in Chelsea

U.S. COVID-19 eviction ban expires, leaving renters at risk

Posted on August 1, 2021

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Queens

Adams calls for new gun violence task force after Queens mass shooting

Posted on August 1, 2021

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Politics

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal justice activists press NYC for real end to solitary confinement in jails

Posted on August 1, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles are parked outside the U.S. Capitol building the morning the Senate returned to session in Washington

Business

U.S. senators expect infrastructure bill text on Sunday, predict passage this week

Posted on August 1, 2021

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Dem lawmakers in Washington bring home the bacon

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress in Washington

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Trump urged Justice Dept. to overturn vote results, documents show

Posted on July 30, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

Locked out: Manhattan criminal justice protesters say they’re blocked from stop-and-frisk reform

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Lower Manhattan

City Hall protest over NYC homeless relocations leads to 11 arrests

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Brooklyn Paper

Former Councilmember Chaim Deutsch sentenced to 3 months for tax fraud

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Lower East Side

Stringer declines signing East Coast Resiliency Project contract — for now

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Adams huddles with NYC House members at D.C. meeting

Posted on July 28, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces that the Justice Department will file a lawsuit challenging a Georgia election law, in Washington

Politics

U.S. Justice Dept. warns states to tread carefully in auditing elections

Posted on July 28, 2021

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U.S. senators reach deal on major points of bipartisan infrastructure bill

Posted on July 28, 2021

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A more inclusive NYC: de Blasio signs executive order furthering accessibility efforts

Posted on July 28, 2021

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Lower East Side

Battle over East River Park resiliency project reaches Stringer’s office with protest

Posted on July 27, 2021

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De Blasio boasts record construction of affordable housing

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Op-Ed | City Council proposal may be a diner’s data disaster

Posted on July 27, 2021

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Felder, Transportation Alternatives lockhorns over bike safety legislation

U.S. House Committee investigating the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds first hearing in Washington

Politics

Police officers recount horrors from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Posted on July 27, 2021

A delivery person for Doordash rides his bike in the rain in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., November 13, 2020.

Politics

Op-Ed | Council’s data bill will harm vulnerable New Yorkers

Posted on July 27, 2021

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Upper West Side

Left behind: Public Advocate Williams calls out mayor, governor for ‘racist’ homeless relocations

Posted on July 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington

Politics

Biden nominates top prosecutors, including one to oversee Jan. 6 riot cases

Posted on July 26, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hosts an event marking the anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, in Washington

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Biden says ‘remains to be seen’ if immigration measure part of wider budget bill

Posted on July 25, 2021

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Bronx Dominican Day Parade brings hundreds of spectators and political power

Posted on July 25, 2021

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‘No more delay’: Schumer presses state to speed up rent relief for suffering New York tenants, landlords

Posted on July 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken attends a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in Washington

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Illinois’ Kinzinger is second Republican named to House panel investigating Capitol attack

Posted on July 25, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) speaks to the media in Washington

U.S. senators aim to stop vaccine misinformation by going after tech’s legal immunity

Posted on July 22, 2021

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Cuomo brings jobs to at-risk youths in crime-plagued Bronx

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New York, six other states settle opioid suit for $26B

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington

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Taking the ball and going home: McCarthy abandons 1/6 Committee after Pelosi rejects two Trumpist appointees

Posted on July 21, 2021

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EAGLE Act could make getting green cards easier for immigrants

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Get vaxxed, or else! NYC may suspend health care workers who don’t protect themselves from COVID-19

Posted on July 21, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A military aide carries the so-called nuclear football as he walks to board the Marine One helicopter with U.S. President Trump for travel from the White House in Washington

Politics

How safe is the U.S. president’s ‘nuclear football’? Pentagon watchdog to find out

Posted on July 21, 2021

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on Capitol Hill

Politics

The ‘nays’ have it: Republicans nix U.S. infrastructure debate, could resume next week

Posted on July 21, 2021

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NYS Independent Redistricting Commission seeks public input

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Biden administration approves controversial LaGuardia AirTrain project

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on federal government coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Washington

Fauci: Delta variant behind more than 80% of U.S. cases, vaccines still highly effective

Posted on July 20, 2021

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Criminal justice reform advocates push legislation giving parolees ‘earned time credit’

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Lincoln Hospital hosts blood drive, takes part in multiple community celebrations

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