Tag Archives: NYC

Nearly 100 NYC Teachers Suspended: Fake Vax Cards

NBC New York reports: Multiple NYC Department of Education employees have been placed on leave as of Monday for allegedly submitting fake vaccination cards — but the teachers union is threatening to sue to get its members back on the payroll. The DOE confirmed the suspensions Friday, saying that fewer than 100 employees had been put on unpaid leave. “Fraudulent …

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NYC Rejects “Dudeism” As Religious Vax Exemption

The New York Daily News reports: New York City does not abide. A city worker can’t use his belief in the religion of Dudeism — born of the movie “The Big Lebowski” — as a legitimate reason for exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for municipal employees, according to internal Law Department emails. An unidentified staffer had their religious accommodation …

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Mask Rule Still In Effect For NYC Airports And Subway

The New York Daily News reports: New York officials are taking matters into their own hands to keep masks mandated on public transit in the city after a Florida judge struck down a federal face-covering requirement as unconstitutional this week. The state-controlled Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the city’s subway and buses, the Staten Island Railway, the Long Island Railroad …

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NYC Mayor Plans Metal Detectors For Subway System

Gothamist reports: Mayor Eric Adams on Monday said he is considering three types of metal detectors to be used in the subway system in the wake of last week’s mass shooting on board a Manhattan-bound N train in Sunset Park. In his first in-person news conference since exiting COVID isolation, Adams offered few details on the added cost to the …

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Adams Calls For Crackdown On Violent Speech Online

The Hill reports: New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Sunday said that social media companies “must step up” to identify users that talk about violence online, adding that there is “a corporate responsibility when we are watching hate brew online.” During an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Adams, alongside NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, discussed accused Brooklyn subway …

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NYC To Raise COVID Alert Level Amid Spike In Cases

NY1 reports: New York City is expected to move to a “medium” COVID-19 alert level within the next week as its case count continues to rise, the city’s health commissioner said Friday. In an interview with NY1 on Friday afternoon, Dr. Ashwin Vasan [photo] said cases in the five boroughs were “rising steadily.” As of Wednesday, the department said the …

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NYC Subway Shooting Suspect Charged With Terrorism

The Associated Press reports: The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster’s call brought police to him on a Manhattan street. Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody about 30 hours after the carnage on a crowded rush-hour …

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BREAKING: Police Capture Subway Shooting Suspect

CNN reports: Suspected Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James was arrested by patrol cops in the East Village in New York City on Wednesday, three law enforcement officials tell CNN. Patrol cops from the 9th Precinct downtown arrested him, they said. Investigators have linked the gun found at the scene of the subway shooting to James, according to law enforcement officials. …

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“Person Of Interest” In Subway Mass Shooting Posted Anti-Gay Rant, NYPD Offers $50,000 Reward For Info

The New York Daily News reports: The person of interest in Tuesday’s mass subway shooting in Brooklyn has recorded dozens of hours of YouTube videos, ranting about Mayor Adams, homeless people in the subway system, gun violence, and how outreach workers are “homosexual predators.” Frank James, 62, remains at large after Tuesday morning’s attack, which left 10 people shot and …

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Police Identify Suspect In NYC Subway Mass Shooting

CNN reports: The U-Haul cargo van that police say is “connected with” the Brooklyn subway shooting has been located in Brooklyn, two law enforcement officials tell CNN. Investigators identified the suspect after finding a credit card at the scene that was used to the rent the van. The shooter, who fled the scene, was described by authorities earlier today as …

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NYPD: Subway Mass Shooter Had Three “Extended Round Magazines” But His Gun Had Jammed [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: According to a police official, the suspect was seen mumbling to himself before he put on the gas mask, released a smoke canister commonly bought online and opened fire with .380 caliber handgun. There were no working cameras in the 36th Street station, according to a police official. But police were able to get an image of …

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Witnesses: Brooklyn Subway Shooter Wore Gas Mask, Tossed Smoke Bomb, Suspect Is Still At Large [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: A gunman in a gas mask and an orange construction vest tossed a smoke bomb into a southbound R train and then opened fire on passengers early Tuesday, wounding five people, police sources said. The mayhem began just before 8:30 a.m. at the 25th St. station in Sunset Park. As the doors closed, the …

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BREAKING: Mass Shooting At Brooklyn Subway Station

NBC New York reports: Multiple people have been reported shot in the transit system in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell News 4, though the investigation is preliminary. Reports of shots fired in Sunset Park, near Fourth Avenue and 36th Street, came in around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. No information was available about a possible suspect. The NYPD …

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Manhole Explosion Sparks Times Square Panic [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Large swaths of Times Square were cleared out after a manhole explosion rocked Midtown Manhattan Sunday, police said. The blast erupted in a manhole on W. 43rd St. near Seventh Ave. just after 6:45 p.m., FDNY and Con Edison officials said. After the explosion — caused by a cable failure — a second and …

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Tests COVID+, Mild Symptoms

The New York Daily News reports: Mayor Adams on Sunday went into isolation and canceled public events for the week after testing positive for COVID and showing a light symptom of the dreaded virus, his office announced. “This morning, Mayor Adams woke up with a raspy voice and, out of an abundance of caution, took a PCR test that has …

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NYC Loses Bid To End Contract With Trump Golf Course

The New York Daily News reports: The city has no “legal foundation” to cancel its contract with former President Donald Trump’s golf course in the Bronx, a Manhattan judge ruled Friday. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to strip Trump’s name from the city-owned Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point Park in February 2021 after the Jan. 6 insurrection. The …

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Amazon To Appeal Vote To Unionize By NYC Workers

The Wall Street Journal reports: Amazon.com Inc. plans to appeal its loss last week against union organizers in New York, where workers voted to establish the company’s first U.S. union. The company’s intention was made in a legal filing made public Thursday. Roughly 55% of the workers from a Staten Island facility named JFK8 voted to side with Amazon Labor …

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Brooklyn LGBTQ Bar Destroyed By Arsonist [VIDEO]

NBC New York reports: A Brooklyn bar that was quickly becoming a mainstay for the LGBTQ+ community after being in business for just a few months is now closed after police said someone used a canister of gasoline to set it on fire. Everything inside Bushwick’s Rash Bar was left unrecognizable and torched, after it took just 30 seconds to …

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Gay Firefighter Sues FDNY, Says He Was Told He Could Be “Cured” And He Should Start Sleeping With Women

NY1 reports: A gay firefighter has filed a lawsuit against the city, the FDNY and the lieutenant who served as the chief diversity officer, alleging harassment and hostility. “I was at my lowest,” Corey Boykins told NY1 exclusively. “I was kind of just trying to still have respect for the job, because I do love the job. I do love …

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NYC Fires Anti-Masker After She Ambushes Mayor

The New York Daily News reports: Daniela Jampel has worked for the Law Department since 2016, according to city payroll records and her LinkedIn profile. She has also become a prominent figure in parent-led protests since 2020 to expand access to in-person schooling and relax mask rules for kids. On Monday morning, Jampel got access to Adams press conference by …

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