Tag Archives: Eric Adams

NYC To Involuntarily Commit Mentally Ill Homeless

The New York Times reports: Mayor Eric Adams announced a major effort on Tuesday to remove people with severe, untreated mental illness from the city’s streets and subways, saying New York had “a moral obligation” to address “a crisis we see all around us.” The effort will involve hospitalizing people involuntarily, even if they do not pose an immediate risk …

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Diwali To Be NYC Public School Holiday Starting In 2023

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: Diwali will be a New York City public school holiday starting next year in 2023. Mayor Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Thursday the school calendar was moved around to make room for the important holiday for many religions. Officials eliminated “Anniversary Day” as a holiday, allowing the school system to add …

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NYC Mayor Declares Emergency Over Migrant Influx

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams declared a state of emergency Friday over the city’s migrant crisis and pleaded for financial and legislative assistance from the federal government and state lawmakers. The emergency declaration will suspend certain land use requirements in order for the city to more rapidly construct tent camps to house migrants, such as the controversial …

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Trump Border Wall Builder Hired For NYC Migrant Tents

Politico reports: A contractor tapped by Mayor Eric Adams to erect a migrant tent shelter in The Bronx received hundreds of millions of dollars to build former president Trump’s border wall, a City Council member told POLITICO. Last week, Adams announced a 1,000-bed tent facility in a remote section of The Bronx that wouldn’t comply with right-to-shelter laws — but …

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NYC Mayor Unveils Plans To House Migrants In Tents

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams announced in a press release Thursday that the city plans to house asylum seekers in temporary, refugee-style camps — a move that further illustrates the huge strain a recent influx of migrants has put on the city’s shelter system. Through an email put out by his press office, Adams’ team described the …

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NYC To End Vaccine Mandate For Private Employees

The New York Daily News reports: The city’s coronavirus vaccine mandates for private sector workers and student athletes are ending, but the inoculation requirement for municipal workers will remain — at least for the time being. Mayor Adams announced the roll back Tuesday at a City Hall press conference, stressing the need for New Yorkers to get their COVID booster …

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NYC Mayor Proposes Housing Migrants On Cruise Ships

The New York Times reports: As New York struggles to find housing for a wave of migrants, Mayor Eric Adams is seriously considering housing them on cruise ships — a proposal that homeless advocates have called insulting and alienating. Mr. Adams defended the idea on Monday and said the city was looking for “creative ways” to address a “humanitarian crisis.” …

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Adams Roasts Texas Gov For Busing Migrants To NYC

Politico reports: Mayor Eric Adams condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday for sending buses of asylum seekers to New York City — some of them against their will. “This is horrific, when you think about what the governor is doing,” Adams said in an early morning visit to the Port Authority bus terminal, where he greeted a bus transporting …

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NYC Mayor Rejects Gun Permit For “Bling Bishop” Pal

The New York Daily News reports: The Brooklyn pastor who called for clergy members to get special gun privileges after getting robbed at gunpoint got a rebuke from his longtime pal Mayor Adams, who said Monday he doesn’t support such a policy. Last Friday, blinged-out Bishop Lamor Whitehead urged elected officials to pass a law that would let members of …

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New York City Mayor Declares Monkeypox “Emergency”

New York City’s NBC News affiliate reports: New York City is declaring a public health emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak, a step that officials say will unlock additional tools to help slow the spread in the city that’s become the epicenter of another health crisis. Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan officially issued the declaration late …

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NYC Mayor Stands By His Accused “Bling Bishop” Pal

The New York Daily News reports: A day after allegations emerged that Bishop Lamor Whitehead bilked a Brooklyn woman out of her life’s savings, Mayor Adams defended his longtime friend on Friday, saying he’d continue to “try to mentor” the flashy preacher. “The bishop lost his dad — Arthur Miller was his name — during a police incident,” Adams said …

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NYC Mayor Pressures Feds On Monkeypox Vax Supply

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams raised alarm about New York City’s monkeypox vaccine “supply constraints” in a phone call with two of President Biden’s top public health officials late Tuesday as the city once again ran out of shots against the viral disease. In a statement Wednesday morning, Adams said he and his health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin …

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High Traffic Crashes NYC’s Monkeypox Vaccine Site

Politico reports: The city has tapped a new contractor to administer New York’s monkeypox vaccines, after the last provider botched appointment scheduling. Medical services company Affiliated Physicians will take over from walk-in clinic chain MedRite when the city resumes taking appointments on Tuesday — and handle things moving forward, according to reps from City Hall and the health department. New …

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COVID Hospitalizations Are Surging In New York City

The New York Daily News reports: Coronavirus infection rates are spiking in the city with more than 15% of all tests coming back positive on average in the past week, data from the Health Department shows — and it remains unclear if Mayor Adams will take any new steps to address the pandemic resurgence. While the weeklong test positivity average …

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NYC Drops COVID Alert System Amid “High” Case Level

The New York Times reports: New York City suddenly removed its color-coded coronavirus alert system this week just as newer Omicron subvariants are fueling another rise in cases and hospitalizations. Mayor Eric Adams and health officials quietly took down the city’s high profile alert system that warned New Yorkers when they were at a greater risk of catching the virus …

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Giuliani To “Scumbag” NYC Mayor: “Go Fuck Yourself”

The New York Post reports: Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that Rudy Giuliani should be investigated for filing a false police report over an alleged assault at a Staten Island supermarket — prompting the former mayor to tell Adams to “go f–k himself.” The mayoral smackdown began when Adams chided Giuliani for his “creativity and sensationalism” in claiming he could …

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NYC Mayor: Rudy Giuliani “Falsely Reported A Crime”

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams suggested Tuesday that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani falsely reported a crime — and that the Staten Island prosecutor probing assault charges against the man Giuliani accused should instead turn his attention to the former mayor. “I think the district attorney should — he has the wrong person,” Adams said at an unrelated …

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NYC Mayor To Stoners: “Enjoy Yourself, Light Up”

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams promised Friday to not take a “heavy-handed” approach toward those who sell marijuana illicitly in the city and gave New Yorkers his blessing to smoke more pot. While New York legalized recreational weed use last year, the licensing system that’s supposed to regulate cannabis sales isn’t expected to kick off until late …

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Names “Gun Violence Czar”

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams named a veteran violence interrupter as his “gun violence czar” Thursday as the city braces for the summer months when shooting rates historically tend to surge. Andre Mitchell — founder of Man Up!, a Brooklyn-based anti-violence group that has attracted scrutiny from city authorities in the past — will serve in the …

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Adams Wanted Subway Shooter To Surrender To Him

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams came under unfriendly fire Wednesday for his role in a bizarre day of negotiations with a subway murder suspect, with critics suggesting the ex-cop needed to let the NYPD handle things. Brooklyn Bishop Lamor Whitehead, a controversial figure with a pair of criminal convictions, said he brokered discussions about the suspect turning …

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