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☆ Stephen Adams, Who Made Yale Music School Tuition-Free, Dies at 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stephen Adams, a billionaire whose anonymous $100 million gift to the Yale School of Music granted a tuition-free education to talented students embarking on careers in a capricious profession, died on March 14 at his home in Roxbury, Conn. His death was confirmed by his wife, Denise (Rhea) Adams. Mr. Adams, who graduated from Yale College in 1959, was not a musician himself. In 1999, he marked his class’s 40th-anniversary reunion by donating $10 million to the music school — the largest contribution it had ever received. Six years later, he and his wife surpassed that record when they made their $100 million gift, anonymously.

Persons: Stephen Adams, Denise, Rhea, Adams Organizations: Yale School of Music, Yale College, Wine Spectator Locations: Roxbury, Conn

☆ Mayor Eric Adams Grapples With Two Shocking Acts of Violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In one evening, barely an hour apart, Mayor Eric Adams was confronted with two tragic events that crystallized some people’s persistent fears about New York City. In recent months, he has repeatedly embraced a slogan — “Crime is down, jobs are up” — to drive both points home. But the violence on Monday undercut the argument that the city is becoming less dangerous and raised questions about whether Mr. Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul have done enough to address gun violence and safety on the subway. Mr. Adams recently increased police patrols on the subway, and Ms. Hochul ordered the National Guard and the State Police into the transit system.

Persons: Eric Adams, Jonathan Diller, Adams’s, Adams, Kathy Hochul, Hochul Organizations: Adams’s mayoralty, Gov, National Guard, State Police Locations: New York City, Queens, Manhattan

A Chinese business titan pleaded guilty on Monday to federal charges that he made more than $10,000 in straw donor contributions to political candidates — including, a person familiar with the case said, to a New York congressman and Mayor Eric Adams. Hui Qin, 56, of Old Westbury, N.Y., who was once listed on Forbes magazine’s list of billionaires, ran a now-defunct entertainment business called SMI Culture. Image Hui Qin Credit... ImaginechinaMr. Qin asked others to contribute to political campaigns of his choosing, and he agreed to reimburse them, in 2021 and 2022, according to prosecutors. The other figures who received donations were Representative Andrew Garbarino of Long Island and Allan Fung, a former mayor of Cranston, R.I., who ran for Congress, the person familiar with the case said. Both are Republicans, while Mr. Adams is a Democrat.

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☆ Mayor Adams Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Colleague in 1993
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A former colleague of Mayor Eric Adams said in a legal complaint filed on Monday that he asked her for oral sex in exchange for career help in 1993 and sexually assaulted her when she refused. The detailed complaint, which is part of a lawsuit that was originally filed in November in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act, said that the woman, who worked with Mr. Adams at New York City’s transit police bureau, asked him for help after she had been passed over for a promotion. Mr. Adams, who was a police officer, drove the woman, an administrative aide with the department, to a vacant lot and requested oral sex, according to the 26-page complaint. When she declined, he forced her to touch his penis and ejaculated on her leg, the complaint says. “The effects of that sexual assault, betrayal and astonishing abuse of power, continue to haunt plaintiff to this day,” the complaint said.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams Organizations: Mr Locations: Manhattan, New York

☆ Haiti’s Hospitals Survived Cholera and Covid. Gangs Are Closing Them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( David C. Adams | Frances Robles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It left a small hole in her cheek, just missing her jawbone and teeth. Unlike many Haitians wounded by gunfire in the middle of a vicious gang takeover of the capital, Port-au-Prince, Ms. Cenatus was actually lucky that day — she made it to a clinic. But she is still in pain, her wound swelling, and she cannot get any relief, with more and more hospitals and clinics abandoned by staff or looted by gangs. “My teeth hurt,” she said. “I can feel something is wrong.”A gang assault on Haiti’s capital has left an already weak health care system in tatters.

Persons: Taïna, Cenatus, ”, “ Locations: Haiti, Port, tatters

☆ A New Plan to Hire Thousands of Workers to Help N.Y.C. Families in Need
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

New York City is the nation’s largest municipal employer, but has struggled recently to recruit and retain employees. As of September 2023, there were over 20,000 vacant municipal jobs, according to Council data. City officials say they have recently hired 1,000 workers and reduced the delays in processing benefits. “This does not have to be our reality.”How the Plan Would Work: Partly by hiring CUNY students and seasonal workers. The second part of the effort would connect workers who are typically underemployed, including young people and asylum seekers, with seasonal city jobs such as cleanup crews or internships in various industries.

Persons: Ms, Adams, Henry Garrido, Eric Adams’s Organizations: CUNY, District, City University of New Locations: York, New York City, City University of New York, New York

He learned from neighbors and others who dared venture into gang territory that Jude-Anne Hospital had been looted and cleared of anything of value. It was the second hospital he has had to close. “They took everything — the operating rooms, the X-rays, everything from the labs and the pharmacies,” Dr. LaRoche said. As politicians around the region scramble to hash out a diplomatic solution to a political crisis that has the prime minister, Ariel Henry, stranded in Puerto Rico and gangs attacking police stations, a humanitarian disaster is quickly escalating. The food supply is threatened, and access to water and health care have been severely curtailed.

Persons: Ronald V, LaRoche, Jude, Anne, “, Ariel Henry Organizations: Anne Hospital Locations: Haiti’s Delmas, Haiti, Puerto Rico

☆ Is New York City Back? Not for Everyone.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly four years after the coronavirus pandemic hit, New York City is back in many ways. As of September, New York City had the most jobs ever recorded. Tax revenue projections were $1.3 billion higher than expected for the current fiscal year, allowing Mayor Eric Adams to rescind midyear budget cuts that would have affected nearly every city agency. “We’re not surviving — we are thriving in this city,” Mr. Adams said at a recent news conference celebrating the city’s strong bond rating. The recovery of New York City, the nation’s financial capital, is critical to the American economy and to the eight million people who call the city home.

Persons: Eric Adams, “ We’re, Mr, Adams Organizations: Tourism Locations: New York City

Gangs attacked two prisons in Haiti, including the country’s largest penitentiary, and allowed prisoners to escape on Saturday night, according to Haitian officials, the latest instance of escalating violence and disorder in the country’s capital, which has been ravaged by gang violence for more than two years. While details of the attack remained murky, the government of Haiti released a statement Sunday saying that police officers were unable to prevent gang members from releasing “a large number of prisoners,” adding that several inmates and prison staff were injured. Haiti’s national penitentiary held nearly 4,000 inmates at the time of the attack and the other facility, the Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison, held roughly 1,400, according to local human rights groups. At least two of the country’s police unions went on social media on Saturday requesting that all police officers report to the national prison in Port-au-Prince, the capital, to help control the situation and prevent the inmates from fleeing.

Locations: Haiti, Port

A former U.S. ambassador accused of working for decades as a secret agent for Cuba indicated on Thursday that he would plead guilty, a move that would bring to a swift end the legal case over one of the biggest national security breaches in years. Manuel Rocha, 73, said in federal court in Miami that he would file a change of plea, signaling that he is prepared to plead guilty. He was charged in December with acting as an agent of a foreign government and defrauding the United States. Mr. Rocha is expected to plead guilty to two counts of conspiring to act as a foreign agent. Prosecutors are expected to drop the other charges; the wire fraud charge carried a 20-year maximum sentence.

Persons: Manuel Rocha, Rocha, Rocha’s Organizations: Prosecutors, Associated Press Locations: U.S, Cuba, Miami, United States

☆ Eric Adams Wants to Deport Migrants Who Are Accused of Serious Crimes
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For years, New York City leaders have relished the status of being a so-called sanctuary city, where local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials is limited. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams made it clear that his views were different. If he had his way, he said he would permit law enforcement in New York City to work openly with immigration authorities to more readily deport migrants who were suspected — not necessarily convicted — of serious crimes. “I don’t subscribe to that theory.”A reporter asked Mr. Adams, a first-term Democrat, about due process. “They didn’t give due process to the person that they shot or punched or killed,” the mayor countered.

Persons: Eric Adams, “, ”, Mr, Adams, “ There’s Locations: New York, New York City

☆ A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A former US surgeon general just got a taste of what frustrates countless Americans: a massive medical bill. AdvertisementAdams said his experience highlighted the exorbitant cost of medical care in the US and the lack of price transparency. AdvertisementIt's unclear why Adams' bill was so high since he said he hadn't received a breakdown of the charges. High-deductible plans have become more common as employers have shifted the cost of medical care to their workers. AdvertisementThe ER visit isn't Adams' first brush with an unexpected bill, and he fears it won't be the last.

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☆ N.Y.P.D. Drones Carrying Rafts Could Join Lifeguards in Beach Rescues
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | Corey Kilgannon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This summer, struggling swimmers off Coney Island might be met not just by a young lifeguard in an orange suit but also by assistance from above, in the form of a buglike device delivering an inflatable float. The raft-bearing drone is the latest in a series of gadgets promoted by Mayor Eric Adams as a way to improve life in New York City. Discussing the drone during his weekly question-and-answer session at City Hall on Tuesday, the mayor said it would begin flying as part of a pilot project to address a chronic summer problem. “They’re going to start out with Coney Island, and they’re going to grow from there,” Mr. Adams said, referring to the entertainment mecca on Brooklyn’s south shore. “I think it can be a great addition to saving the lives of those that we lose over the summer.”New York City may be known for its concrete-and-steel canyons, but it boasts 14 miles of city beaches, from Coney Island in Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach in Queens to Orchard Beach in the Bronx and South Beach in Staten Island.

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☆ The Wife of Haiti’s Assassinated President Is Accused in His Killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( David C. Adams | Andre Paultre | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Haitian judge has indicted 51 people for their roles in the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, including his wife, Martine Moïse, who is accused of being an accomplice, despite being seriously wounded in the attack. Instead, it says that she and other accomplices gave statements that were contradicted by other witnesses, suggesting that they were complicit in the killing. The indictment also cites one of the main defendants in the case in custody in Haiti, who claimed that Mrs. Moïse was plotting with others to take over the presidency. The accusations echo those contained in a criminal complaint filed by a Haitian prosecutor and submitted to Mr. Voltaire. The official charge against Mrs. Moïse is conspiracy to murder.

Persons: Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, Judge Walther Voltaire, Moïse, Voltaire Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Haiti, Haitian

NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl Sunday is here — and, as always, there's a vast roster of advertisers ready to vie for fans' attention during game breaks. Airing a Super Bowl commercial is no easy feat. “This Super Bowl is a blast from the past. She added that “everything old is new again,” with successful Super Bowl ads or messages from the past making more returns this year. Of course, not all advertisers release their ads ahead of the game, so there will be surprises on Sunday.

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A Haitian prosecutor has recommended charges against 70 people for the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Among the former Colombian soldiers and Haitian government officials accused in the case is one unexpected name: former First Lady Martine Moïse, who was seriously injured in the attack. Instead, it says that she and other accomplices gave statements that were contradicted by other witnesses, suggesting that they were complicit in the attack and notes that one of the main suspects in custody in Haiti claimed Mrs. Moïse wanted to take over the presidency. The complaint did not provide any more details about Mrs. Moise’s statements. Her lawyer denied the accusations.

Persons: Jovenel Moïse, Martine Moïse, Moïse Organizations: Colombian, The New York Times Locations: Haiti

☆ Mayor Adams Is Braced for Defeat on 2 Criminal Justice Bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The New York City Council is expected to override Mayor Eric Adams’s veto of two criminal justice bills on Tuesday, delivering what would be a major defeat to Mr. Adams and his administration’s emphasis on strengthening law enforcement efforts. The bills, which would force police officers to document more of their interactions with the public and would end solitary confinement in city jails, have opened a bitter rift between Mr. Adams and Democratic leaders in the City Council. Mr. Adams, a Democrat who ran for office on a public safety message, has warned that the bills would make the city and its jails more dangerous. He vowed to fight the override until the last moment and encouraged moderate council members to support him. “Crime is down, and New York remains the safest big city in America,” Mr. Adams said in a statement, adding that the bill to document police stops would “undermine that progress and make our city less safe.”

Persons: Eric Adams’s, Adams, ” Mr Organizations: New, Democratic, City Council, Democrat Locations: New York, City, America

☆ Meta's retreat from news accelerated in 2023, leaving publishers scrambling for traffic
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

At Mother Jones, a 48-year-old nonprofit magazine specializing in politics and investigations, the implications were dramatic. "The firehose of Facebook traffic was never going to pay for our journalism, for the majority of our journalism," Bauerlein said. Last decade, many publishers saw their "social traffic decline pretty dramatically," with Facebook deprioritizing text-based articles in favor of video content, Cholke said. "If we all end up finding news in the metaverse, then you'll be finding Mother Jones in the metaverse," she said. What Mother Jones won't do, she said, is "bet everything on one platform, because that never works out."

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☆ When YouTuber Lizzy Capri pivoted away from kids' content, she took a big financial hit. She says it was worth it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In early 2023, YouTuber Lizzy Capri felt trapped in "creator prison." Starting in 2017, Capri became known online as "Lizzy Sharer" (she became "Lizzy Capri" in 2019). In the world of influencers, having a "niche" — specific content geared toward a specific audience — is often praised as an asset. In March 2023, she published a video titled "Goodbye to the old Lizzy..." to announce her content would change. Lizzy CapriThe hard pivot was tough financiallyWhen she pivoted, Capri did it more for herself than for the business.

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☆ Opinion: Our possibly short national nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over,” President Gerald Ford said. “Our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the Trump-Biden nightmare,” the former UN ambassador said. If not, it won’t be as protracted a “national nightmare” as the two-year-long Watergate scandal that put Gerald Ford in the Oval Office. Though, depending on your point of view, the real nightmare could begin after the swearing-in. Yet, John Avlon wrote, Trump and some members of the House GOP, want to tank an emerging compromise in the Senate that would couple border security measures with aid to Ukraine.

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☆ Mayor Adams Vetoes Police Transparency and Solitary Confinement Bills
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a failed and unusually protracted effort to convince the New York City Council to rescind a bill requiring the police to document more of their interactions with the public, Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the legislation Friday, arguing that it would harm public safety. “We cannot handcuff the police,” Mr. Adams said at a news conference at City Hall, where he was surrounded by community supporters and police officials. “We want to handcuff bad people for violence.”Hours later, the mayor also vetoed a bill that would ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails. That Mr. Adams, a former police captain who ran for mayor on a platform of public safety, would oppose the bills is not surprising. The mayor said on Friday that he had conversations with numerous Council members about the bills, suggesting that he may have persuaded some to oppose the policing legislation, in particular.

Persons: Eric Adams, ” Mr, Adams, Mr, — Organizations: New, New York City Council, City Hall Locations: New York

In comments to a Kentucky House panel, Adams bluntly urged lawmakers to “not go backwards” as he defended the law allowing three days of no-excuse, in-person early voting. Adams' remarks were aimed at a Senate bill that would end the early voting days. “I’m keeping an open mind because I never was a big fan of early voting to begin with,” he said Friday. “There’s nothing bad and everything good with the way Kentucky adopted and implemented early voting,” University of Kentucky law professor Joshua A. Douglas said in an email Friday. Adams' office said that would draw just a tiny fraction of the electorate, making it no substitution for the current three days of no-excuse, in-person early voting.

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☆ With Adams Vulnerable, Scott Stringer Explores Run for N.Y.C. Mayor
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Nicholas Fandos | More About Nicholas Fandos | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Adams rolled back some of the most unpopular cuts to the city budget, but the updated spending plan he released on Tuesday still promised another year of hard fiscal choices. Mr. Adams has not been accused of wrongdoing, but the seizure of his electronic devices last year suggests a serious investigation that could result in charges against close allies, or even the mayor himself. In the interview, Mr. Stringer said Mr. Adams deserved the benefit of the doubt around the federal investigation. “It’s become clear to me over the last two years that New York City needs a new direction,” Mr. Stringer said. “We cannot move the city forward with what is a minimalist agenda.”He conceded that the flow of migrants had created a substantial financial burden for the city.

Persons: Adams, Stringer, It’s, ” Mr, “, ” Organizations: New Locations: Turkey, New York City

Mayor Eric Adams raised $732,000 in less than two months to pay for legal expenses related to a federal investigation into his campaign fund-raising, according to a filing submitted Tuesday. The contributors to Mr. Adams’s defense fund include an array of wealthy players in business and politics, among them at least four who have been described as billionaires: the former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Ukrainian-British oligarch Leonard Blavatnik, the real estate and fertilizer tycoon Alexander Rovt and the cryptocurrency investor Brock Pierce. The fund has so far spent $440,000, most of it on WilmerHale, the law firm Mr. Adams hired to represent him in the investigation, the filing shows. City law permits elected officials to set up defense funds to pay for expenses related to criminal or civil investigations that are unrelated to their government duties and cannot be paid for with public money. The funds can collect up to $5,000 per donor but are not permitted to solicit or receive contributions from anyone with city contracts or business before the city.

Persons: Eric Adams, Michael Bloomberg, Leonard Blavatnik, Alexander Rovt, Brock Pierce, Adams Organizations: New, New York City Locations: New York, Ukrainian, British

☆ After Gloomy Warnings, Adams Unveils N.Y.C. Budget That’s Not So Dire
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After months of warning New Yorkers of an imminent fiscal crisis, Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday proposed a $109 billion budget that he framed as far less dire than expected. The mayor said the city’s chief challenge — a continuing influx of migrants from the southern border — was likely to cost less than forecast after officials adopted certain cost-cutting measures and a less open stance toward giving the migrants shelter. Mr. Adams said the city had cut the costs of housing and feeding migrants to roughly $10.6 billion over three years, down from about $12 billion, and pushed many migrants out of the city’s care. The mayor announced that the city would be receiving $2.9 billion more in expected tax revenues over the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years than initially expected. The new forecast validated criticism by City Council leaders, who had attacked Mr. Adams for making unnecessary cuts when their predictions showed that the city would receive $1.5 billion more in revenues than expected.

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