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Rikers Island Sees 19th Death This Year After Judge Gives Leaders More Time To Fix Its Messes

Somehow deaths have climbed even though the prison population has dropped.

Reason

Second wave of migrants arrives in NYC

NEW YORK — Buses packed with migrants from the southern border are arriving at Port Authority bus terminal as a second wave of asylum-seekers heads to NYC.

Tribune News Service

New York’s deputy mayor leads the charge against the city’s rat population

The ‘Rat Tsar’ that the city posted a job listing for will report to Meera Joshi, who shares Eric Adams’ hatred of the vermin

The Guardian - US

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NYC’s mayor seeks help, braces for additional asylum-seekers

New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city is in urgent need of federal help to cope with an expected surge in asylum-seekers.

Tribune News Service

For now, judge won't stop NYC mayor's homeless removal plans

A judge will not immediately halt New York City Mayor Eric Adams' plans to force mentally ill people from the streets and into treatment

The Independent UK

Adams to forcibly hospitalize homeless

Adams has no answer for homelessness — he should ask frontline workers

Salon

New cruise ship deal will bring 200,000 tourists, $100 million a year to NYC, mayor says

NEW YORK — A European cruise line’s expansion plans will bring an annual $102 million in new revenue to New York City — as well as more than 200,000 additional tourists per year, Mayor Eric Adams predicts.

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With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task

New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy to get them help

The Independent UK

How N.Y. Times helped GOP win the House

The Gray Lady told America that rising crime and worsening inflation were driven by Democrats. None of it was true

Salon

Will Eric Adams' 'Get Stuff Built' Plan Actually Get Stuff Built?

The mayor is proposing a long list of helpful, but marginal, reforms that would speed up the city's approval processes for new housing.

Reason

NYC mayor's $300 fine for rat infestation is dismissed

New York City’s mayor has beaten the rat rap

The Independent UK

NYC Mayor Adams backs renewed push for reparations bill in Albany

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams expressed support Thursday for an effort in Albany to lay the groundwork for Black New Yorkers to receive reparations for slavery — saying specific attention should be paid to still-existing companies that benefited from slave labor.

Tribune News Service

NYC Mayor Adams’ rat infestation ticket is dismissed

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is no longer on the hook for a $330 unpaid summons for a rodent infestation at his Brooklyn home, a review of city records shows.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk Isn't the Only One Fighting Regulators for Turning Offices Into Bedrooms

The rise of remote work has piqued developers' interest in converting empty downtown offices to apartments. Zoning codes and building regulations often make that impossible.

Reason

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The Independent UK

NYC’s rat-fighting Mayor Eric Adams is fined over infestation at his own Brooklyn property

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is such an enemy of rats that he once called a press conference to demonstrate a contraption for drowning them in poison

The Independent UK

NYC's rat-fighting mayor fined over infestation at own house

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is such an enemy of rats that he once called a press conference to demonstrate a contraption for drowning them in poison

Tribune News Service

Adams defends plan to force mentally ill into treatment, vows private hospitals are on board

Mayor Eric Adams defended broadening the city’s ability to involuntarily commit acutely mentally ill homeless New Yorkers after days of criticism, claiming his policy change had sparked “creative energy” and new ideas in approaching mental health.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: For NYC to treat seriously mentally ill people, Congress must step up

Even as advocates claim that New York will be abrogating the rights of mentally ill people, we strongly support Mayor Eric Adams’ push to more proactively assess unstable individuals who are living on the streets — and provide needed treatment to those who are indeed in the throes of crippling…

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The Guardian - US

Will the ‘cool, calm, collected’ Hakeem Jeffries change when in power?

Some believe Black lawmakers adapt to leadership by becoming more moderate – others disagree

Tribune News Service

NYC Mayor Adams’ mental health hospitalization plan greeted with skepticism from cops, EMS on the front lines

NEW YORK — The skepticism was swift and citywide, from police precincts to emergency rooms and EMS ambulances, when New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out his new plan to force the mentally-ill into medical treatment.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: New York will treat more mentally ill people against their will. Should California follow?

At 13, Maddie Delaney was first chair viola in the orchestra at her San Leandro middle school, keeping rhythm for the violins as her mother, Jennifer Williams, puts it — until she began to have delusions.

Fortune

NYC's mayor is declaring war on rats—but it's part of a bigger obsession with New York’s economic status and it could have a lot to do with remote work

Eric Adams's search for a "highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty" rat czar may also help him return more employees to offices.

The Independent UK

Now hiring: New York City ‘rat czar’. Requirements: ‘Killer instinct’ and ‘bloodthirsty’ attitude

Mayor Eric Adams has been waging a war against the brown rat for years. He wants a ‘director of rodent mitigation’ to lead the fight

The Independent UK

Rat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight

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The Guardian - UK

Athens hosts mayors from around world for summit on tackling antisemitism

Officials from 53 cities convene in Greece to seek ‘creative solutions’ to counter rise in anti-Jewish hate

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