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New York City fired 1,430 municipal workers over their refusal to get the Covid-19 vaccine. “Our goal was always to vaccinate, not terminate, and city workers stepped up and met the goal placed before them,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement. “Out of all the new city employees who received notices two weeks ago, only two who worked last week are no longer employed by the city. I’m grateful to all the city workers who continue to serve New Yorkers and ‘Get Stuff Done’ for the greatest city in the world.” Most of the workers who were fired worked for the Department of Education....
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday introduced a new vaccine mandate for private businesses as part of the broader efforts to stop the spread of Covid-19, including the newly-identified omicron variant. So far, at least eight cases of omicron have been confirmed in New York State. “We’ve got omicron as a new factor. We’ve got the colder weather which is going to really create additional challenges with the delta variant, we’ve got holiday gatherings,” de Blasio, whose term ends next month, said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “We in New York City have decided to use a preemptive strike to...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) has announced that businesses in New York City will be required to ask for proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine starting mid-August. This is part of the mayor’s initiative to get more of the city vaccinated, where currently 66% of adults are fully vaccinated. The mandate will require people to show their vaccine card before entering the premises of a restaurant, bar, club, gym and other establishments. De Blasio has already required “all persons newly hired for employment by any City agency must provide proof of having received at least one dose of an appro...
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All of New York City’s government employees will be mandated to either get COVID-19 vaccine or provide weekly testing starting on Sept. 13, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday. “This is about our recovery. This is about what we need to do to bring back New York City. This is about keeping people safe. This is about making sure our families get through COVID ok. This is about bringing back jobs. You name it,” de Blasio said in his morning press conference. The Mayor emphasized during the conference that September will be the “pivot point” of the city’s recovery from the pande...
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The Trump Organization is suing the city of New York for ending its contract for a golf course at Ferry Point Park. The contract was terminated in January shortly after the Capitol insurrection on January 6. The lawsuit states that the city and Mayor Bill de Blasio “denounced President (Donald) Trump in the most inflammatory terms” and “incited others to terminate business with Trump-related entities the day after the riot.” A spokesman for the city law department said: “The actions of Mr. Trump to incite a deadly riot at the Capitol on January 6th caused a breach of the Ferry Point contract b...
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The New York City Board of Corrections has voted to end solitary confinement in the City’s jails, though critics still say that the changes do not do enough for inmates. But the new model, which is set to be put into effect in the fall, offers wide-ranging changes to make conditions more “humane” for prisoners. The changes include giving inmates a chance to receive attorney representation at infraction hearings, to spend at least 10 hours outside of a cell and to participate in more social functions with those around them. Under the new rule, jail systems would not be able to keep an inmate ...
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has signed a new $212 billion budget deal for the state, which will legalize mobile sports betting and raise taxes on the wealthiest residents. This fiscal 2022 budget, which also includes $29 billion in aid for schools, $29 billion for public and private green economy investments and $2.5 billion for rent and homeowner relief, aims to revitalize New York’s economy after the state endured months of hardship during the coronavirus pandemic. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) also weighed in on the matter, calling this new deal the “best state budget we’ve ever seen for...
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President Joe Biden told reporters in front on Marine One on Tuesday afternoon that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) should step down if state investigations determine he is guilty of sexual harassment as alleged by three woman against the governor. “Takes a lot of courage to come forward,” Biden said. “So, the presumption is they should be taken seriously. And it should be investigated. And that’s what’s underway now.” ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos later asked Biden in an interview if Cuomo should step down if his harassment is confirmed and Biden said, “Yes.” “I think he’ll probably end up b...
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New York City sanitation worker Dominick Madden was arrested by the F.B.I. in January after he was identified as one of the rioters in D.C. during the Capitol insurrection. In a declassified report from the Justice Department, a name-redacted F.B.I. investigator details the several steps Madden took to be at the insurrection and his conduct during the riots. Madden’s picture was first shown in a New York Post article calling him a “NYC sanitation worker,” as he had not yet been identified. F.B.I. investigators reviewing footage saw Madden in multiple surveillance cameras and public videos of t...
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that the city will be canceling several Trump projects because of the president’s involvement in the Capitol riots. Mayor de Blasio said specifically that “inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government clearly constitutes criminal activity. The City of New York will no longer have anything to do with the Trump Organization.” The canceled projects include Trump’s management of two ice skating rinks near the Central Park Carousel and a new golf course at Ferry Point in the Bronx. The Trump Organization is expected to suffer massive financ...
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