Tag Archives: NYC

NYC Presses State To Lower DUI Limit By Nearly Half

Gothamist reports: New York City’s top transportation official on Tuesday urged state lawmakers to pass a bill lowering the state’s DWI limit to .05, saying the state has historically been too slow to act on drunken driving laws. Ydanis Rodriguez, commissioner of the city Department of Transportation, reiterated Mayor Eric Adams’ support of the measure during a news conference at …

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Adams: NYC Will Evict Any Shop Illegally Selling Weed

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams and Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg put illegal cannabis shops on notice Tuesday that they will face eviction if they continue to break the law. Adams, Bragg and several other top elected officials announced that prosecutors will now rely on a decades-old public nuisance law to evict businesses selling marijuana without a license. …

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Mayor Drops Vaccine Mandate For NYC Employees

The New York Daily News reports: New York City municipal workers will no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — and those fired for refusing to get immunized can reapply for their old jobs, Mayor Adams announced Monday in a major pandemic policy reversal. The vaccine mandate for the municipal workforce, which has been in place since November 2021, …

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NYC Fire Department Ends Famed Beefcake Calendar

The New York Daily News reports: Perfectly chiseled pecs just don’t pay the bills anymore. After a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDNY Foundation has decided to scrap it’s once wildly popular Calendar of Heroes, which highlighted the city’s hunky and hot first responders, the Daily News has learned. First published in 2003, the $16 calendar was an …

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Arctic Blast Spurs Frostbite Warnings Across Northeast

Boston’s WBZ News Radio reports: Boston, get your winter gear ready. The oncoming weekend blast of arctic air is expected to bring bone-chilling temperatures to Greater Boston and the rest of Massachusetts. A Wind Chill Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service, which says Boston is in store for wind chills as low as -30 or lower on …

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Northeast To See Subzero Arctic Blast This Weekend

AccuWeather reports: An intense blast of Arctic air will barrel into the Northeast later this week to deliver quite a cold shock to the Northeast and neighboring Canada, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. For example, in Boston, after a high near 40 on Thursday, temperatures there will dip to 10 below zero on Saturday morning. “At peak during the outbreak from late …

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NYC Breaks Record For Latest Snowfall Of Any Winter

AccuWeather reports: No white Christmas to set a festive mood in Rockefeller Center. No snow to greet New Year’s Eve revelers in Times Square for the first full-blown celebration since the start of the pandemic. New York City has hardly looked like winter over the past couple of months due to a lack of snowfall. The Big Apple’s snowless streak …

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NY Rangers Decide Not To Wear Pride Night Jerseys

ESPN reports: The New York Rangers did not wear Pride Night jerseys or use rainbow stick tape during warmups on Friday night, despite promoting them in ticket sales materials leading up to the game. The Rangers promoted Pride Night to fans by saying players “will be showing their support by donning pride-themed warm-up jerseys and tape in solidarity with those …

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2024 Dem Convention Finalists: NYC, Atlanta, Chicago

The New York Times reports: The battle over where Democrats should host their presidential convention in 2024 has been unfolding for months in some of the country’s largest Democratic-run cities. It is at once an opaque insider’s game and a spirited debate over Democratic messaging and symbolism, shaped by regional rivalries, whispered disparagement of competitors and high-powered public jockeying. Atlanta, …

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NYC Set To Break Record For Snowless Days Streak

AccuWeather reports: The longest snowless streak lasted 332 days and ended on Dec. 15, 2020. This season’s streak is currently up to 323 days as of Jan. 26. No snow has been measured in the Big Apple since March 9, 2022, when 0.4 of an inch fell. AccuWeather forecasters say that with no significant chances of snow in the forecast …

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NYC’s $11B Grand Central Madison Terminal Opens

New York City’s ABC affiliate reports: The wait is over for many commuters, as the LIRR finally begins service at Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday. The station itself is called Grand Central Madison and it is built 17 stories below street level. That means it takes a few minutes to get there. From the street, most riders will travel down …

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Adams To Counter Media “Distortions” With Newsletter

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams is taking media coverage into his own hands. Adams, who has grown increasingly cranky lately with how he’s covered by the City Hall press corps, launched a newsletter Monday that he claimed will counteract “distorted” journalism about his administration. “You can report a distorted version of what I say. I want to …

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NYC To House Asylum Seekers In Cruise Ship Terminal

The Associated Press reports: New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers, Mayor Eric Adams said Saturday, announcing the latest in a series of facilities the city has set up — and sometimes shut down — as it strains to handle an ongoing influx. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will have …

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NYC To Offer Free Abortion Pills At City Health Clinics

Gothamist reports: New York City plans to offer free abortion pills at four sexual health clinics as early as Wednesday, a city-funded expansion that seeks to break down barriers to abortion in low-income communities, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. “New York City has always been a beacon of leadership in this nation, and we’re going to continue to lead,” said …

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New York City Nurses End Strike After Reaching Deal

The Associated Press reports: New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends this week’s walkout that disrupted patient care, officials announced Thursday. Nurses began returning to work Thursday morning, with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul greeting returning nurses at Mount Sinai just before dawn. Hochul, a Democrat, said that with the …

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NYC Plan Would Convert Empty Offices To Apartments

Gothamist reports: Mayor Eric Adams on Monday released details of a plan to turn empty offices into brand new apartments to help relieve New York City’s affordable housing crunch. Adams’ office conversion blueprint includes specific proposals to ease zoning restrictions and offer tax breaks to property owners. Remote work has drastically reduced the use of office space throughout New York …

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7000+ NYC Nurses Strike Over Staffing Levels And Pay

CNN reports: More than 7,000 nurses at two major New York City hospitals walked off the job Monday, arguing immense staffing shortages are causing widespread burnout and hindering their ability to properly care for their patients. The nurses say they are working long hours in unsafe conditions without enough pay – a refrain echoed by several other nurses strikes across …

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New York To Sell Casino Licenses At $500 Million Each

Gothamist reports: New York’s bid to award up to three licenses for full-fledged casinos advanced on Tuesday after officials unanimously voted to formally solicit applications, with an asking price of $500 million for each license. The latest round of solicitation for licenses has generated interest from Thor Equities, which has partnered with Saratoga Casino Holdings, the Chickasaw Nation and Legends …

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Ridership On Nation’s Subways Still Down By Half

The Hill reports: This week, New York subway officials grabbed a woman passing the turnstiles at the 161st St.-Yankee Stadium station and announced she had won a prize for being their billionth passenger of 2022. That sounds like a lot of passengers, until you consider that the New York City Subway carried 1.7 billion riders in pre-pandemic 2019. The nation’s second- …

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Man Attacks Cops With Machete Near Times Square

NBC News reports: Three New York City police officers were injured after being attacked with a machete near New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square, authorities said. The incident happened just after 10 p.m. ET at West 52nd Street and 8th Avenue, just outside of the high-security zone where revelers are screened at checkpoints, officials said at a news conference …

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