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☆ The ride for voting rights: Inside the journey to build Black voting power
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Donna M. Owens | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +12 min

Black Voters Matter has embarked on what the national advocacy and policy group has christened a Freedom Ride for Voting Rights. Its goals, BVM co-founders LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright note, are threefold: to amplify the need for federal voting rights legislation, build Black voting power, and advocate for Washington, D.C., statehood. People gather during the launch of the "Freedom Ride for Voting Rights" in Jackson, Miss., on June 19, 2021. Founded in 1869, the historically Black college became one of the epicenters of the civil rights movement. “Amen!”Barbara Arnwine, a lawyer, updated the crowd on voting rights legislation before Congress.

Persons: JACKSON, —, they’ve, “, Woodrow Wilson, BVM, LaTosha Brown, Cliff Albright, ”, Brown, Albright, Eric J, shelton, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr, Fannie Lou Hamer, Stokely Carmichael, Julian Bond, Tougaloo, Shelton, John Lewis, James Farmer, James Brown, Pastor Wendell Paris Sr, Isaiah, Kathy Sykes, Barbara Arnwine, Holder, Arnwine, ‘, We’ve, ” Brown, You’ve, Dustin Chambers, Reuters Albright, “ Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, “ ashe ”, they’re, We’re, Fred Shuttlesworth, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley, Denise McNair —, Kelly Ingram, King, Randall Woodfin, Novella Paige Organizations: Miss, Black Voters, Woodrow, Tougaloo College, Washington, D.C, Republican, Reuters, Washington , D.C, Freedom Riders, NAACP, Riders, Racial, . Riders, Greyhound, Owens Health, Wellness Center, John Lewis Voting, Coalition, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Student Nonviolent, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Baptist Church, Ku Klux Klan, Kelly Ingram Park, Capitol, Republicans, American, Facebook, Twitter Locations: America, Georgia, “, Selma, Alabama, Bronx, New York City, Jackson, Miss, Gulf, Carolinas , Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington ,, Paris, Mississippi, Shelby, Washington, Ebenezer, Atlanta, Birmingham , Alabama, Birmingham, Tennessee

☆ The UK's Covid vaccine program and delta surge means it's now a test case for the world
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com sentiment -0.98 time to read: +2 min

LONDON — The U.K. has one of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world, yet it's seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases largely attributed to the delta variant that first originated in India. Experts say that close attention is being paid to the latest data out of the U.K. as it could be a bellwether for others. And there is a fear that where the U.K. now treads, others — like the U.S. — could follow. "All eyes (are) on UK Covid trends," Kallum Pickering, senior economist and director at Berenberg Bank, said in a note Tuesday. Secondly, he noted that new hospital admissions had increased less than recorded infections — and by much less than during the winter wave.

Persons: Anthony of Padua, Kallum Pickering, Pickering Organizations: St, Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, LONDON, Berenberg Bank Locations: Bronx of New York City, United States, India, U.S

☆ Seeking a House in the Bronx for $600,000. Which Option Would You Choose?
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( Joyce Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

“My husband and I have always been living-below-our-means type people,” said Ms. Koszer, 31. Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]“It was just dumb luck not being able to go out for an entire year,” said Mr. Skwiat, 38. Mr. Skwiat, a software engineer, is currently working from home, but doesn’t mind commuting downtown, as long as he has the subway nearby. “When you have the budget that we had, you have to be willing to make compromises,” Ms. Koszer said. Having heard horror stories about co-op and condo boards, Mr. Skwiat was interested in buying a single-family house.

Persons: Melissa Koszer, Rob Skwiat, Koszer, Skwiat, “, ”, Ms Organizations: Downtown, Queens College Locations: New York City, Midwood , Brooklyn, Chinatown, East Brunswick, N.J, Bedford, Stuyvesant , Brooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn, SoHo, Kew, Hills, Queens, Washington Heights, Harlem, Marble Hill, New York, Bronx

☆ Defying 'defund police' calls, Democrat Adams leads NYC mayor's race
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

Eric Adams speaks at a New York City primary mayoral election night party in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2021. In initial results from Tuesday's Democratic primary election, Adams was the first choice on more than 31% of in-person ballots. But Adams was able to strike a balance between promising to reform the department and keep New Yorkers safe from crime. His success could offer clues about where Democratic voters stand on policing issues ahead of next year's congressional midterm elections. read moreShooting incidents are up nearly two-thirds over last year in New York City, from 386 through mid-June in 2020 to 634 in 2021.

Persons: Eric Adams, Andrew Kelly, Adams, Maya Wiley, Democratic Party's, Joe Biden, we've, he's, Christina Greer, He's, Republican Curtis Sliwa, Black, Michael Hendrix, Greer, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Kathryn Garcia, Wiley, Joseph Ax, Colleen Jenkins, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, Yorkers, Democratic, Democratic Party, Fordham University, Republican, Guardian Angels, Manhattan Institute, New Yorkers, Manhattan . Wiley, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, United States, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx , Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan .

☆ Adams takes fragile lead in New York City Democratic mayoral primary, Sliwa wins GOP primary
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

Eric Adams, Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, greets supporters while campaigning the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, June 15, 2021. Ranked choice voting wasn't a factor because there were only two candidates in the race. We know that New York City said, 'Our first choice is Eric Adams.'" As ballot counting began Tuesday, a plurality of Democrats ranked Adams as their first choice in the race. New York City Republican Mayoral Front-Runner,Curtis Sliwa casts his vote at the Frank McCourt High School, as residents vote during the New York City mayoral primary election on June 22, 2021 in New York City.

Persons: Eric Adams, Curtis Sliwa, Fernando Mateo, Andrew Yang, Adams, hadn't, Kathryn Garcia, Blasio, Maya Wiley, Frank McCourt, Bill de Blasio, Garcia, Wiley, Yang, Scott Stringer, Shaun Donovan, Ray McGuire, Dianne Morales, Stringer, McGuire, Morales, De Blasio, hoarse Wiley, Sliwa, Republicans Sliwa, Mateo, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani Organizations: Democratic, New York City, Republican, Guardian Angels, New, Brooklyn, New York, New York City Republican Mayoral, Frank McCourt High School, Black, New York City's, Housing, Urban, Citigroup, Democrat, Wiley, Republicans, Guardian Locations: Sunset, Brooklyn , New York, New York City, New York, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan

Mayoral Race Live Updates: Eric Adams Wins Big Outside Manhattan to Take Lead in High-Stakes Primary Battle Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia trailed Adams as Andrew Yang, a former front-runner, conceded. Adams won big outside Manhattan in New York City mayoral primary. The Most Detailed Map of New York City Mayoral Primary Results See neighborhood-level election results from the first round of the mayoral race. Blue for The New York Times For the first time in a mayor’s race, New York City will use a system called ranked-choice voting. The same system will be operative for all city elections, including for seats in the New York City Council and the offices of the borough presidents, the public advocate and the New York City comptroller.

Persons: N.Y.C, Eric Adams, Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Adams, Andrew Yang, Sarah Blesener, The New York Times Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Wiley, Garcia, “ Adams, ”, Bruce Gyory, Ms, Christina Greer, Greer, Desiree Rios, Victor J, Susan Lerner, Mr, “, ” Andrew Yang, we’re, Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times Andrew Yang, Yang, Evelyn, galvanize, Andrew Seng, Scott M, Stringer, Corey Johnson, Brad Lander, Alison Gendar, Johnson, bode, Stringerand Mr, Lander, Jenny Sedlis, Williams, Jumaane Williams, Hilary Swift, Alvin Bragg, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Bragg, Farhadian, Vanessa Gibson, Member Antonio Reynoso, Mark Levine, Brad Hoylman, Donovan Richards, Elizabeth Crowley, Crowley, Vito Fossella, Steven Matteo, Mark Murphy, Precious Fondren, James Estrin, New York Times Maya Wiley, The New York Times Andrew Yang, New York Times Scott M, The New York Times Alvin Bragg, Dave Sanders, The New York Times Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Andrew Yang —, ” Mr Organizations: The New York Times, Democratic, New York, Fordham University, Voters, Yorkers, Associated, New, New York City Council, New Yorkers, Mayoral, Credit, New York Times, New York City, United Federation of Teachers, City Council, Academy, PAC, Manhattan, Council, Member, Republican, ., York, City Locations: Manhattan, New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New, Astoria, Long Island City, Queens, Manhattan ., It’s, York City, York, “, New York State, Black, Bronx, Staten, Bronx , Brooklyn, Staten Island, City, P.S, Upper Manhattan

Mayoral Race Live Updates: Eric Adams in the Lead After Winning Over Black and Latino Voters Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia trailed Adams as Andrew Yang, a former front-runner, conceded. Tuesday’s vote shows Adams won over Black and Latino voters. More than any other candidate, Mr. Adams built his coalition on a foundation of Black and Latino voters, and the strong support of labor unions. And while Kathryn Garcia, the former sanitation commissioner, dominated in much of Manhattan, Mr. Adams won in large swaths of Harlem. The same system was used for all city elections, including for seats in the New York City Council and the offices of the borough presidents, the public advocate and the New York City comptroller.

Persons: N.Y.C, Eric Adams, Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, Adams, Andrew Yang, “, ’, We’re, ”, Sarah Blesener, The New York Times Eric Adams, Adams’s, Bill de Blasio, Wiley, Garcia, “ Adams, Bruce Gyory, Ms, Christina Greer, Greer, Patricia Linen, Linen, “ We’d, Desiree Rios, Yorkers, we’re, Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times Andrew Yang, Yang, Evelyn, galvanize, Mr, Victor J, ” Susan Lerner, Alvin Bragg, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Dave Sanders, Donald J, Trump, Thomas Kenniff, Bragg, Farhadian Weinstein, ethicists, Aboushi, Williams, Lander, Jumaane Williams, Hilary Swift, Brad Lander, Corey Johnson, Johnson, Vanessa Gibson, Member Antonio Reynoso, Mark Levine, Brad Hoylman, Donovan Richards, Elizabeth Crowley, Crowley, Vito Fossella, Steven Matteo, Mark Murphy, Precious Fondren, Curtis Sliwa, The New York Times Curtis Sliwa, ” Mr, Sliwa, Eric, I’m, Andrew Seng, Scott M, Stringer, Alison Gendar, bode, Jenny Sedlis, George Floyd, Tiffany Cabán, Marjorie Velázquez, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Sandy Nurse, Alexa Avilés, Monica Klein, Alexandria Ocasio, Byron Brown, Andrew M, Cuomo, Walton, Mihir Zaveri, Michael Gold, James Estrin, New York Times Maya Wiley, The New York Times Andrew Yang, New York Times Scott M, The New York Times Alvin Bragg, The New York Times Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Andrew Yang — Organizations: New York, Mayoral, New, Yorker, Credit, The New York Times, Democratic, Fordham University, Episcopal Church, Springfield Gardens, Voters, Yorkers, Associated, New York Times, New York City, ”, New York City Council, Manhattan, Republican, Trump, Harvard, Harvard Law, Yale, Yale Law, City Council, Council, Member, ., WABC, Guardian, New York Police Department, United Federation of Teachers, Academy, PAC, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialists of America, Working Families Party, Working, Party, Democratic Socialist, Gov Locations: New, Manhattan, New York City, Brooklyn, Astoria, Long Island City, Queens, Black, Upper Manhattan, Bronx, Tremont, University Heights, East New York, Canarsie, Cambria Heights, Springfield, Harlem, Washington Heights, Manhattan ., York, “, New York, York City, Iraq, Upper, Inwood, Washington, Staten, Bronx , Brooklyn, Staten Island, ”, Cortez, Buffalo, India, American

☆ Trump sues NYC over termination of golf course contract. The case is likely to be dismissed.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Danny Cevallos | Danny Cevallos Is An Msnbc Legal Analyst Who Practices In The Areas Of Personal Injury | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

The Parks Department and the city were free to make a terrible business decision. Unfortunately for Trump, this is likely to be a short-lived legal adventure; the city can very probably get this case dismissed before it really even gets started. The Parks Department and the city were free to make a terrible business decision. The essence of an at-will contract is that it’s terminable even for lousy, ill-advised reasons. Of course, Trump being Trump, a dismissal here is unlikely to be the end; he likes courtroom dramas too much.

Persons: Donald Trump, who’s, Bill de, Blasio, Trump, Jack Nicklaus, Trump’s, Nick Paolucci, ” Organizations: White, New, The Parks Department, Trump, Department of Parks, ”, Trump Organization, United, MSNBC, Parks Department, The Washington Post Locations: New York City, Ferry, Bronx, America, New York, United States, The Washington

☆ Trump Organization sues N.Y.C. for canceling Bronx golf course contract after Jan. 6 riot
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Rebecca Shabad Is A Congressional Reporter For Nbc News | Based In Washington. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

WASHINGTON — The Trump Organization is suing New York City over its decision earlier this year to cancel the company's contract to operate an 18-hole golf course in the Bronx borough with views of the Manhattan skyline. The lawsuit said that after the riot, de Blasio “denounced President Trump in the most inflammatory terms” and “characterized the Trump Organization as 'an organization led by a criminal.'" The Democratic mayor said that the city had a right to sever a contract with any company that is engaged in criminal activity. "Inciting an insurrection against the United States government clearly constitutes criminal activity," he said at the time on MSNBC. The filing defended the company's right to keep running the golf course by listing “accolades and top rankings from major publications,” including statements from several professional golfers, such as Bryson DeChambeau and Dustin Johnson.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Bill de Blasio, President Trump, de Blasio, Blasio “, Trump, “, Joe Biden’s, Mitchell Silver, Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Johnson Organizations: The Trump Organization, New, New York, Trump, Capitol, “, City, Trump Organization, Democratic, United, MSNBC, Parks, de, Parks and Recreation Department, Trump Organization “ Locations: New York City, Bronx, Manhattan, United States, Ferry, de Blasio

☆ Trump Organization sues New York City for ending golf course contract
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

The Trump Golf Links golf club is pictured at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough of New York City, after the city severed several contracts with the Trump Organization in New York, U.S., January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Mike SegarWASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump's company sued New York City on Monday, accusing it of terminating a golf course contract with the Trump Organization to punish it after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, says the contract was improperly terminated by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration. The Trump Organization has managed the Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx borough since it opened in 2015. Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, interrupting the formal congressional certification of President Joe Biden's election victory.

Persons: Mike Segar WASHINGTON, Donald Trump's, Bill de Blasio's, De Blasio, Joe Biden's, Eric Beech, Noeleen Walder, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Trump Organization, REUTERS, New York, Trump, Capitol, Court, City, New, Thomson Locations: Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S, Manhattan, Central Park

☆ As NYC faces steep recovery, voters head to polls in mayoral election
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor Maya Wiley campaigns with U.S. Representative Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) at the Co-op City housing complex in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 7, 2021. Democratic registered voters outnumber Republican voters by more than a six-to-one ratio, state data shows. Voters also will choose from eight Democratic candidates seeking to replace Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who is retiring. Final results are expected the week of July 12, after the deadline for voters to fix, or "cure," deficient ballots has passed. Yang encouraged his supporters to rank Garcia as their second choice; Garcia stopped short of doing so but offered praise for Yang's campaign.

Persons: New York City Mayor Maya Wiley, Jamaal Bowman, Mike Segar, Bill de Blasio, Eric Adams, Andrew Yang, Kathryn Garcia, Maya Wiley, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Donald Trump's, Adams, Yang, Garcia, Wiley, Stringer, I've, De Blasio, de Blasio, we're, Curtis Sliwa, Fernando Mateo, Joseph Ax, Peter Szekely, Colleen Jenkins, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Democratic, New York City Mayor, U.S, REUTERS, New York City, Republican, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York Times, Wiley, Guardian, Thomson Locations: Bronx, New York City , New York, U.S, New York, November's

ET Eric Adams, in Midtown, promises to accept election results. “You’re cutting off a lot of people when you don’t have this in place.” Read moreJune 22, 2021, 12:14 p.m. Mr. Torres suggested afterward in an interview that Mr. Yang’s biggest nemesis wasn’t Mr. Adams, but the press. Maya Wiley — joined by Jumaane Williams, the New York City public advocate — posed with passers-by outside of P.S. When the New York City mayoral race began, two issues dominated: the pandemic and the police.

Persons: Andrew Yang, Gabriela Bhaskar, Eric Adams, James Estrin, New York Times Eric Adams, ”, Kathryn Garcia, “, Adams, Yang, Garcia, ” Mr, Cindy Schreibman, Mr, Schreibman, ” Read, Dana Rubinstein, De Blasio, Bill de Blasio, Jeenah, de Blasio, —, de, Tahirah Moore, Scott Stringer, selfies, Scott M, Stringer, Elise, Andrew Seng, “ It’s Scott Stringer, Guess, haven’t, we’ve, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Maya Wiley, Desiree Rios, Jacob A, Simpson, Riis, Ms, Curtis Sliwa, Frank, “ Curtis, Sliwa, Fernando Mateo, “ I’m, “ Curtis Sliwa, Nancy Regula, Sliwa grinned, Shih, Steven Cooperman, Sliwa’s, Cooperman, Ritchie Torres, Torres, who’s, Yang’s, wasn’t Mr, Read, Tony Cenicola, “ Hamilton, King ”, Sarah Blesener, Corey Johnson, ’ Corey Johnson, Dave Sanders, Adams’s, Johnson, Gay, it’s, Wiley, ” Wiley’s, Julia Savel, D9fXOqSWxR, ’ Eric Adams, Percy Sutton, Eric, ” Eric Adams, Eric Adams —, topsy, “ Eric, York’s, TlBpvEXaMB — Anne Barnard, didn’t, Maya Wiley —, Jumaane Williams, Evelyn, Michael Barbaro, Yumi Mannarelli, Misako Shimada Organizations: Mayor Thirteen, City Council, Manhattan ., New York Times, High School of Art, Midtown, New Yorker, Reuters, Brooklyn Public Library, Mayor, Democratic, Brooklyn Borough, Council, The New York Times, “, St, York, Settlement, Queensbridge, ”, New York, Republican, Frank McCourt High School, ., Democrat, Guardian Angels, —, Frank McCourt High, Guardian, Bronx Democrat, Credit, Broadway, Brooklyn Museum, Yorkers, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Twitter, Workers, Google, . Credit, Ebbets Field Middle School, selfies, Black, New, Upper, New York City, Police Department Locations: Manhattan, Midtown, Manhattan ., Midtown East, Brooklyn, ”, Washington, New, Hunan, “, Queens, New York, New York City, Chelsea, Bronx, Torres’s, Greenwich Village, City of New York, American, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Adams’s, Crown, P.S, Ebbets, Crown Heights , Brooklyn, Siders, York

☆ Fluid race heads to a finish as voters choose a mayor to lead N.Y.C.’s comeback.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com + 1.00 time to read: +1 min

As far as the eye could see, New York City was covered with Democratic candidates for mayor on Tuesday. Maya Wiley rode on the back of a scooter through Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Eric Adams, by turns triumphant and tearful, basked in the sound of supporters chanting his name after he voted in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The fractious primary, with more than a dozen candidates, has been filled with unknowns and is in some ways unprecedented. It is New York’s first citywide experience with ranked-choice voting, in which voters can choose up to five candidates in many of the races on this year’s ballot.

Persons: Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang, Eric Adams Organizations: Democratic Locations: New York City, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Bronx, Staten Island

As far as the eye could see, New York City was covered with Democratic candidates for mayor on Tuesday. Cindy Schreibman, a Manhattan voter who said she had ranked Mr. Adams first and Ms. Garcia second, spelled out the stakes. An alliance between Mr. Yang and Ms. Garcia in the campaign’s closing days — he urged his supporters to rank her No. “We need to turn the page from the politics of attack and division,” Mr. Yang said at a morning appearance in the Bronx. Mr. Adams, likewise, dismissed what he called efforts “to create a crisis on the day of the election” at a campaign stop in Midtown Manhattan.

Persons: Maya Wiley, Andrew Yang, Eric Adams, Sarah Blesener, ”, Kathryn Garcia, “, Cindy Schreibman, Adams, Garcia, ” Ms, Schreibman, Yang, Wiley, Bill de Blasio, —, Adams’s, ” Mr, Katie Glueck, Alexandra E, Petri, Sean Piccoli Organizations: Democratic, Bushwick , Brooklyn . Credit, The New York Times, New Yorker, City Hall, City Council, Republican Locations: New York City, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Bedford, Stuyvesant, Bronx, Staten Island, Bushwick , Brooklyn, Manhattan, New, Brooklyn, Midtown Manhattan

“I am going to be your mayor,” said Mr. Adams, who led the field in early results. At the same time, they believed Mr. Adams would be hurt by lower turnout in places like southeast Queens and Central Brooklyn. ET Eric Adams is leading in early results, with Kathryn Garcia and Maya Wiley competing for second place. Mr. Adams is ahead in every borough except Manhattan, and Maya Wiley and Kathryn Garcia are neck and neck for second place. Mr. Adams was winning overwhelmingly in the Bronx, and he was doing well in Queens and Brooklyn.

Persons: Eric Adams, ’ Eric Adams, James Estrin, New York Times Eric Adams, Adams, ”, “, Adams’s, —, Andrew Yang, ” Mr, ” Read, India Walton, Lindsay Dedario, Buffalo’s, Byron Brown, Walton, Democratic Buffalo —, Frank P, Zeidler, . Brown, Andrew M, Cuomo, “ We’re, Ms, ” Ms, George Floyd, Mr . Brown, Cynthia Nixon, Read, Desiree Rios, Corey Johnson, Johnson, New York Times Maya Wiley, Hilary Swift, The New York Times Andrew Yang, Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times Scott M, Stringer, Andrew Seng, The New York Times Alvin Bragg, Dave Sanders, The New York Times Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Sarah Blesener, Andrew Yang —, Maya Wiley, ‘, The New York Times Maya Wiley, “ It’s, Wiley, Jon Paul Lupo, Kathryn Garcia, Michael Blake, Mr, Blake, she’s, Anna Garcia, Michelle V, I’m, haven’t, ’, Garcia, Maya Wiley’s, Eric Adams’s, Liz Krueger, Lovely Warren, Adrian Kraus, Malik Evans, Warren, Evans, Daniel Prude, Yang, New York Times Andrew Yang, Evelyn, galvanize, we’re, Ritchie Torres, Torres, Andrew, Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Raymond McGuire, Shaun Donovan, Raymond J, McGuire, The New York Times Raymond J, It’s, Michelle Jean, McGuire’s, “ He’s, Shaun Donovan’s, Lucas Donovan, Donovan’s, Willa Gilbert, Goldstein, Donovan, Scott Stringer, Scott M, Elyse Buxbaum, The New York Times Scott M, Hamid Kherief, Kherief, Stringer’s, Curtis Sliwa, Fernando Mateo, The New York Times Curtis Sliwa, Sliwa, Sliwa thundered, Rudolph W, Giuliani, “ That’s, Mateo, Michael R, Juan Pagan, Pagan, ” Ayton Eller, skullcap, he’s, Eller, Sliwa’s, we’ve, Bill de Blasio, Donald J, Nate Schweber, Andrew Yang’s, Declan Duggan, We’re, Duggan, Prince Wong, Wong, “ Yang, Saboo, Alvin Bragg, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Bragg, Farhadian Weinstein, Dan Quart, Tahanie Aboushi Organizations: New York Times, Mets, “, Social Security, Walton, Democratic, Democratic Socialists of America, Working Families Party, Democratic Buffalo, state’s Democratic Party, Gov, Bernie, Mr, The New York Times, York, City, ., New York, Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, Central Brooklyn ., Williamsburg , Brooklyn . Credit, Voters, ”, U2, Associated Press, New, New York City, Rockefeller Center, Wall Street, Queens and Brooklyn . Credit, Queens and Brooklyn ., Algerian - American Association, Republican, Midtown Manhattan, Bloomberg, City Hall, Guardian Angels, Steak House, Police, Trump, Republicans, Republican Party, Fernando Mateo Credit, Bronx Republican, George Washington University, Virginia Tech University, Manhattan Locations: Brooklyn, N.Y, Credit, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, New York, Buffalo, India, New, American, Buffalo’s, Western New York, City, ‘ New York, “ New York, Queens, Central Brooklyn, New York City, East Williamsburg , Brooklyn, ”, Rochester, York, “, Manhattan, Harlem, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, Queens and Brooklyn . Manhattan, Midtown, Yorker, Lower, Dominican Republic, Staten Island, Midtown Manhattan, Virginia, Tahanie

Persons: Eric Adams, ’ Eric Adams, James Estrin, New York Times Eric Adams, Adams, ”, “, Adams’s, —, Andrew Yang, ” Mr, ” Read, India Walton, Lindsay Dedario, Buffalo’s, Byron Brown, Walton, Democratic Buffalo —, Frank P, Zeidler, Mr, Brown, Andrew M, Cuomo, “ We’re, Ms, ” Ms, George Floyd, Mr . Brown, Cynthia Nixon, Read, Desiree Rios, Corey Johnson, Johnson, New York Times Maya Wiley, Hilary Swift, The New York Times Andrew Yang, Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times Scott M, Stringer, Andrew Seng, The New York Times Alvin Bragg, Dave Sanders, The New York Times Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Sarah Blesener, Andrew Yang —, Maya Wiley, ‘, The New York Times Maya Wiley, “ It’s, Wiley, Jon Paul Lupo, Kathryn Garcia, Michael Blake, Blake, she’s, Anna Garcia, Michelle V, I’m, haven’t, ’, Garcia, Maya Wiley’s, Eric Adams’s, Liz Krueger, Lovely Warren, Adrian Kraus, Malik Evans, Warren, Evans, Daniel Prude, Yang, New York Times Andrew Yang, Evelyn, galvanize, we’re, Ritchie Torres, Torres, Andrew, Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Raymond McGuire, Shaun Donovan, Raymond J, McGuire, The New York Times Raymond J, It’s, Michelle Jean, McGuire’s, “ He’s, Shaun Donovan’s, Lucas Donovan, Donovan’s, Willa Gilbert, Goldstein, Donovan, Scott Stringer, Scott M, Elyse Buxbaum, The New York Times Scott M, Hamid Kherief, Kherief, Stringer’s, Curtis Sliwa, Fernando Mateo, The New York Times Curtis Sliwa, Sliwa, Sliwa thundered, Rudolph W, Giuliani, “ That’s, Mateo, Michael R, Juan Pagan, Pagan, ” Ayton Eller, skullcap, he’s, Eller, Sliwa’s, we’ve, Bill de Blasio, Donald J, Nate Schweber, Andrew Yang’s, Declan Duggan, We’re, Duggan, Prince Wong, Wong, “ Yang, Saboo, Alvin Bragg, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Bragg, Farhadian Weinstein, Dan Quart, Tahanie Aboushi Organizations: New York Times, Mets, “, Social Security, Walton, Democratic, Democratic Socialists of America, Working Families Party, Democratic Buffalo, state’s Democratic Party, Gov, Bernie, Mr, The New York Times, York, City, ., New York, Democratic Party, Democratic National Committee, Central Brooklyn ., Williamsburg , Brooklyn . Credit, Voters, ”, U2, Associated Press, New, New York City, Rockefeller Center, Wall Street, Queens and Brooklyn . Credit, Queens and Brooklyn ., Algerian - American Association, Republican, Midtown Manhattan, Bloomberg, City Hall, Guardian Angels, Steak House, Police, Trump, Republicans, Republican Party, Fernando Mateo Credit, Bronx Republican, George Washington University, Virginia Tech University, Manhattan Locations: Brooklyn, N.Y, Credit, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, New York, Buffalo, India, New, American, Buffalo’s, Western New York, City, ‘ New York, “ New York, Queens, Central Brooklyn, New York City, East Williamsburg , Brooklyn, ”, Rochester, York, “, Manhattan, Harlem, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn, Queens and Brooklyn . Manhattan, Midtown, Yorker, Lower, Dominican Republic, Staten Island, Midtown Manhattan, Virginia, Tahanie

☆ Campaign volunteer for Eric Adams stabbed in The Bronx
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( David K. Li Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

A campaign volunteer for New York City mayoral hopeful Eric Adams was stabbed while canvassing Sunday in the Bronx, police and the candidate said. A member of Team Adams -- who has been working hard & volunteering every day -- was stabbed in the Bronx today @ 149th St & Morris Ave. pic.twitter.com/KLhwNIa9u5 — Eric Adams (@ericadamsfornyc) June 20, 2021Within hours of the attack, Adams' rivals chimed in with their well wishes for the victim. My thoughts are with your volunteer, their family, and your entire team, Eric," Andrew Yang tweeted. Shaun Donovan called the attack "abhorrent" and said: "My thoughts are with this volunteer, his family, and all of Team Adams.

Persons: Eric Adams, QbomlWydT6, Adams, — Eric Adams, Eric, Andrew Yang, Maya Wiley, Shaun Donovan, Team Adams, Team Donovan, Dianne Morales, Kathryn Garcia Organizations: New York, NYPD, Democratic, St, chimed, Team, Yorker Locations: Bronx

☆ New York City Police Increase Payments for Anticrime Tips
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Ben Chapman | ) www.wsj.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +1 min

The New York Police Department is increasing payments for crime tips as it seeks to end an increase in shootings and homicides, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday. The NYPD’s Crime Stoppers program would raise payments for anonymous tips to $3,500 from $2,500 to aid detectives in investigations, Mr. de Blasio said. The changes were announced after a violent weekend in the city in which the NYPD recorded 19 shootings and two homicides on Saturday and Sunday. A volunteer for Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ mayoral campaign was also stabbed on a sidewalk in the Bronx on Sunday. NYPD Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said at a press briefing Monday that the NYPD in 2020 received more than 1,000 tips under the Crime Stoppers program.

Persons: Bill de Blasio, de Blasio, Eric Adams ’, Adams, Rodney Harrison Organizations: New York Police Department, NYPD, Brooklyn Borough, Eric Adams ’ mayoral Locations: New York City, Bronx

☆ A volunteer for NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams was stabbed while out canvassing in the Bronx
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

A volunteer for Eric Adams' campaign was stabbed in the Bronx on Saturday. A 42-year-old volunteer for the campaign of Eric Adams, who is running for mayor of New York City, was stabbed Sunday while out canvassing in the Bronx, the campaign said. "A member of Team Adams — who has been working hard & volunteering every day — was stabbed in the Bronx today," Adams, a former police officer, tweeted. My thoughts are with your volunteer, their family, and your entire team, Eric," Andrew Yang, who is in the race, tweeted. New York City's mayoral primaries take place on Tuesday with a crowded field of Democrats, including Adams and Yang.

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☆ Truckers are getting six-figure salaries as food suppliers scramble to find drivers – and it's pushing up the price of fryer oil and chocolate by as much as 50%
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Food suppliers are hiking up trucker wages and food prices as they struggle to find drivers, per the NY Post. One New York company said it had to hire truckers from Alabama and put them up in hotels in the Bronx. Chefs' Warehouse told The Post that this was pushing up prices for oil, salt, and chocolate. One company told the Post that as well as boosting trucker salaries, it had raised the price of meat by 20% and chocolate by 30% to cope with its slim margins. A lack of truckers isn't the only thing pushing up food prices for consumers.

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☆ On Last Day of Primary Race for N.Y.C. Mayor, Candidates Look to Lock In Votes
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-21 | by ( Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com + 0.00 time to read: +8 min

Mayor, Candidates Look to Lock In Votes A crowded field of Democratic contenders is crisscrossing the city in a race that is still very much up for grabs. Joshua Bryson, 55, said that he had not yet decided who to vote for but that he was considering Mr. Yang. In 2013, the last time there was an open election for mayor, New York City saw no candidate-specific super PACs. At least 14 individuals identified as billionaires by Forbes magazine have donated to mayoral-related super PACs. And three of the top six spenders on television, digital and radio advertising in the mayor’s race are super PACs.

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Covid News: India’s ‘Black Fungus’ Crisis Spreads Brazil’s Covid death toll surpassed 500,000, behind only the United States and India. India’s ‘black fungus’ epidemic spreads in the wake of the Covid crisis. Doctors believe that India’s crowded hospitals, and their dire lack of medical oxygen, left the fungus an opening. Without enough oxygen, doctors in many places injected patients with steroids, a standard treatment for doctors battling Covid globally. Many scientists believe that the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic evolved in animals and jumped at some point to humans.

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New York City police released a video Friday showing two children getting caught in the middle of a shooting as a gunman chased down a 24-year-old man in broad daylight in a Bronx neighborhood. ET Thursday in front of 1551 Sheridan Ave. as he attempted to target the 24-year-old man. The 10-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy, who are siblings, were near the vicinity of their home when they got trapped in the gunfire, NBC New York reported. Both children "were very fortunately not injured," New York City police tweeted. New York City police data shows that shooting incidents are up by 64 percent over the last year, with at least 634 shootings reported in the city so far this year.

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☆ The kids are finally out of the house, and parents are feeling separation anxiety
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-19 | by ( Elizabeth Chuck Is A Reporter For Nbc News Who Focuses On Health | Mental Health | Particularly Issues That Affect Women | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +7 min

With tears welling up in her eyes, Azoug realized she was experiencing something she had not anticipated feeling after getting time away from her kids: separation anxiety. In most cases, parents' anxiety will be temporary as they get used to time apart from their kids again, psychologists say. She added that most will not have true separation anxiety disorder, which is characterized by excessive distress over leaving loved ones. Still, run-of-the-mill separation anxiety may be more intense than it was before the coronavirus upended our lives, Alvord said. "What helped me is to actually enjoy the newfound freedom," she said, adding that the separation anxiety did not last for long but that it was "very powerful."

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☆ New York City Poised to Ease Fines on Small Businesses Hit by Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-16 | by ( Rich Calder | ) www.wsj.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +1 min

The New York City Council is set to approve legislation Thursday that provides relief for small businesses, including easing code enforcement and slashing the cost of thousands of fines that mom-and-pop shops and restaurateurs were issued in the past eight years. The two-bill package to aid a business sector hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic has more than enough council support to be approved at Thursday’s meeting and eventually become law, city officials said. All other unpaid city code violations dating back eight years would qualify for a 25% discount. The new 90-day program will go into effect sometime in the new fiscal year beginning in July and can be extended another 90 days. City officials are expecting to collect up to $40 million in unpaid fines through the initiative.

Persons: Mark Gjonaj, Andrew Cuomo Organizations: New, Bronx Democrat, Department of Finance, Gov, Democrat Locations: New York

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