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☆ Independent Abortion Clinics Are Crucial but Endangered
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Trisha Mukherjee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Eventually it grew, and Hachamovitch expanded and established abortion clinics across the country, from Long Island to Arizona to Texas. AdvertisementAdvocates say that independent clinics — in 2022, Bronx Abortion was one of two in a borough of about 1.4 million people — are essential to providing abortion care. But even in New York, a state that has committed to protecting and supporting abortion rights, independent clinics are at risk. According to the Abortion Care Network, "threats to these clinics are a threat to abortion access overall." But they agree on one thing: At any given moment, a small independent clinic like Bronx Abortion might be forced to shut down.

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A Florida funeral home shipped the men’s remains to Ireland, according to a letter from a Florida medical examiner’s office. A CNN request under open-records law revealed documents confirming the mix-up, including letters from the Irish consulate in Atlanta to the medical examiner’s office and investigators involved in the case. That’s when the victims’ loved ones discovered the mix-up, according to the August letter from the medical examiner’s office. The Pinellas County Forensic Science Center in Largo, Florida -- home to the medical examiner's office. The District Six Medical Examiner Office did not respond to CNN’s request for additional details.

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☆ A Billion-Dollar Donation (Without a Billion-Dollar Ego)
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A single summer party on Long Island might raise millions of dollars for Southampton Hospital. This facility in Florida would be called the Julia Koch Family Ambulatory Care Center. David Gottesman, known as Sandy, an investor and early acolyte of Warren Buffett’s, was not a creature of Page Six or TV, of divorce settlements, $500 million yachts, Davos or social-media diatribes. According to new research from CASE, an organization for academic administrators involved with fund-raising, $58 billion in charitable giving was turned over to colleges and universities during the 2023 fiscal year. It was the second highest amount on record, and the number of gifts totaling $100 million or more — 11 of them — surpassed the figure in 2022.

Persons: Julia Koch, Ruth Gottesman, David Gottesman, Warren Buffett’s Organizations: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Philanthropy, Southampton Hospital, Care Locations: West Palm, Long, Florida, Sandy, Davos

☆ I was a senior producer on 'The Wendy Williams Show.' Seeing how she was painfully portrayed in her documentary crushed me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Yazmin Ramos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I met Wendy Williams for the first time in September 2009 on set at her old studio on West 53rd Street. I love Wendy and loved my experience working on her eponymous talk show, so watching Lifetime's recent documentary, "Where Is Wendy Williams?" Wendy Williams with former senior producer Yazmin Ramos. AdvertisementThe Wendy Williams I worked with was supportive, sharp, and prioritized funFormer senior producer Yazmin Ramos on set of "The Wendy Williams Show." Former senior producer Yazmin Ramos on set of "The Wendy Williams Show."

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☆ $1 Billion Donation Will Provide Free Tuition at a Bronx Medical School
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Joseph Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The 93-year-old widow of a Wall Street financier has donated $1 billion to a Bronx medical school, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, with instructions that the gift be used to cover tuition for all students going forward. It is one of the largest charitable donations to an educational institution in the United States and most likely the largest to a medical school. The donation is notable not only for its staggering size, but also because it is going to a medical institution in the Bronx, the city’s poorest borough. The Bronx has a high rate of premature deaths and ranks as the unhealthiest county in New York. Over the past generation, a number of billionaires have given hundreds of millions of dollars to better-known medical schools and hospitals in Manhattan, the city’s wealthiest borough.

Persons: Ruth Gottesman, Einstein, David Gottesman, Sandy, Warren Buffett, Buffett Organizations: Wall Street, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Locations: Bronx, United States, Berkshire Hathaway, The, New York, Manhattan

☆ Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York will receive free tuition after a $1 billion dollar donation from a former faculty member. In 2010, their gift of $25 million to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine went towards creating the school’s Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine. Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Lizette H. Sarnoff Award recipient Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D. Brent N. Clarke/Getty ImagesDr. Ruth Gottesman joined the medical school in 1968 and developed screening, evaluation and treatments for children with learning disabilities. In 2018, in part due to Langone’s donations, NYU’s School of Medicine became the first medical school in the country to offer free tuition to accepted students.

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☆ A widow unexpectedly received $1 billion of Berkshire Hathaway stock. Now, she's covering Bronx med students' tuition forever.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"He left me, unbeknownst to me, a whole portfolio of Berkshire Hathaway stock," Gottesman told The New York Times. She would donate the money in full to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York's poorest borough, the Times reported. Advertisement"I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition," she told the Times. Her gift is so large that it will cover students' tuition to the medical school in perpetuity, Albert Einstein College of Medicine said in a press release. A year's tuition at the school costs over $59,000, leaving many graduates with more than $200,000 in debt, the Times reported.

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☆ NYC has the highest concentration of millionaires worldwide. 25% of its children live in poverty, report says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

What's more, child poverty surged from 2021 to 2022, rising to 25% of children living in poverty, the report found. The findings conjure a stark contrast with the ultrawealthy in New York City, which, as of 2023, had the highest concentration of millionaires worldwide, with 340,000 millionaires, according to the London-based firm Henley & Partners. Alarmingly, this year's annual Poverty Tracker report observes the sharpest one-year increase in poverty we've found since launching the study in 2012. Buery cited the expired pandemic-era financial supports, such as the expanded child tax credit, as examples of the city's progress in the past. "We know that fully refundable tax credits, housing vouchers, and childcare subsidies can move millions out of poverty and hardship.

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☆ New Yorkers Mourn Flaco, the Owl They Could All Look Up To
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Pjetar Nikac has been the superintendent at 267 West 89th Street, an eight-story apartment building near Riverside Park, for 30 years. Someone had cut open the mesh on his enclosure in an act of vandalism that remains unsolved. Now, Flaco had apparently crashed into the building. Although he was still alive when Mr. Nikac found him and, with Alan Drogin, a birder and building resident, rushed to get him help, Flaco was soon pronounced dead. He was taken to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy that will determine why he died.

Persons: Pjetar Nikac, Nikac, ”, “, Mr, Flaco, Alan Drogin Organizations: Central, Zoo, Bronx Zoo Locations: Riverside Park, Manhattan

☆ Flaco, the owl that escaped from Central Park Zoo, is dead after hitting a building
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Rob Frehse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Just over a year ago, Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl captivated the hearts of New Yorkers when he fled from a Central Park Zoo enclosure after it was vandalized. Flaco became an attraction in Central Park with birders and others regularly posting updates on X about his whereabouts and eating habits. Despite efforts from members of the Wild Bird Fund who responded quickly to Friday’s collision scene, the bird was declared dead, the WCS said. The Wild Bird Fund notified zoo staff who picked up the bird and transported him to the Bronx Zoo for a necropsy. Flaco had frequently been seen in and near Central Park and other locations across Manhattan since then, according to the society.

Persons: Eric Adams, Flaco Organizations: CNN, Yorkers, New York City, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bird Fund, Fund, Bronx Zoo, NYPD, Zoo, Conservation Society Locations: New, Manhattan, Wildlife, Central, birders, Central Park

☆ Man Is Shot Dead on Subway Train in the Bronx
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Erin Nolan | More About Erin Nolan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Shortly after the shooting, more than a dozen bystanders remained on the station platform and on the stalled trained. They watched quietly as three emergency medical workers tried to save the victim’s life. With medical equipment strewed across the concrete floor around them, the workers performed CPR for several minutes, but the man did not respond. Shootings on subways in New York are rare and make up a fraction of the gun crimes in the city. Earlier this month, a 35-year-old man was killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting at the Mount Eden Avenue station in the Bronx during the evening rush hour.

Organizations: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mount Locations: New York, Mount Eden, Bronx, Brooklyn

☆ Flaco, Escaped Central Park Zoo Owl and Defier of Doubts, Is Dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Ed Shanahan | More About Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and subsequent life on the loose in Manhattan captured the public’s attention, died Friday night after apparently striking a building on the Upper West Side, officials said. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the zoo, said in a statement that Flaco had been found on the ground after hitting a building on West 89th Street. Building residents contacted the Wild Bird Fund, a rescue organization, whose staff members responded quickly, retrieved him and declared him dead a short time later, the society said. Zoo employees took him to the Bronx Zoo, where a necropsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. He would have turned 14 next month.

Persons: Flaco Organizations: Central Park Zoo, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bird Fund, Zoo, Bronx Zoo Locations: Manhattan

☆ The Endangered Languages of New York
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Alex Carp | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Most people think of endangered languages as far-flung or exotic, the opposite of cosmopolitan. All told, there are more endangered languages in and around New York City than have ever existed anywhere else, says Perlin, who has spent 11 years trying to document them. She has published children’s books in Wakhi and other endangered languages of the Pamir mountains in Central Asia. By the start of the pandemic, the city had begun official outreach in nine Indigenous languages and recorded videos in several other endangered languages. We cross-referenced E.L.A.’s New York City language list with three independent databases that track the threat level of languages around the world: Ethnologue, which catalogs all known living languages in the world; UNESCO’s World Atlas of Languages, a survey of all the languages spoken in UNESCO member states; and the Endangered Languages Project, a site to which the public can contribute content, managed by the First Peoples’ Cultural Council and the Endangered Languages Catalogue (ELCat) project at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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☆ Trump is racking up $2.6 million in interest for every month that he hasn't paid his $355 million fine
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewFormer President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay interest for the $355 million in penalties from the New York case against him, and it's likely already added about $100 million to his total fine. Trump will have to pay interest on this dating back to May 2022, which is currently $20 million. Trump now stands to lose about $32 million from interest per year if he does not clear his $355 million disgorgement. Advertisement"Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Eric Trump, and his former executives must pay over $450 million in disgorgement and interest," she wrote. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have each been ordered to pay $4 million in penalties for their involvement in the Old Post Office sale.

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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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CNN —Judge Arthur Engoron hit Donald Trump with his biggest punishment to date on Friday, in a ruling that fined the former president $355 million for fraudulently inflating the values of his properties. Combined with the $83 million judgment issued against Trump for defaming E. Jean Carroll, that means Trump has been fined roughly $438 million over the past four weeks. Engoron found that the defendants’ fraud saved them about $168 million in interest, fining Trump and his companies that amount. “Overall, Donald Trump rarely responded to the questions asked, and he frequently interjected long, irrelevant speeches on issues far beyond the scope of the trial,” Engoron wrote. properties that offered a much lower valuation than reported on Donald Trump’s financial statements.

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A teenager was taken into custody on Thursday in connection with a shooting at a Bronx subway station earlier this week that killed one person and injured five others, a law enforcement official said. The shooting took place during the afternoon rush hour on Monday at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the Bronx. It occurred after a fight broke out between two groups of teenagers on a northbound 4 train at 4:30 p.m. When the train arrived at the station and people began filing off, someone fired a gun, the police said. The shooting continued as people frantically exited the train and ran for cover.

Persons: Obed Beltran, Sanchez Organizations: Mount Locations: Mount Eden, Bronx

☆ New York City Mayor Is Sued Over Refusal to Comply With New Rental-Assistance Laws
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Jonathan AllenNEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers representing New Yorkers facing eviction and living in shelters sued New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday to try to force him to comply with new local laws expanding access to rental assistance. The lawsuit by the Legal Aid Society comes after the mayor unsuccessfully vetoed the new laws expanding access to vouchers for low-income New Yorkers. The New York City Council, which had voted to override the mayor's veto last July, will soon join Legal Aid in suing the mayor after making the unusual move last week. More than 36,000 households already receive housing vouchers from the city, according to Adams' office. A spokesperson for the mayor said his office was reviewing the lawsuit and that his administration would focus on working with the city council to build more affordable housing across the city.

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☆ Jenny Cavnar makes history as the first woman to serve as an MLB team’s primary play-by-play announcer
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a woman will be the primary play-by-play voice of a major team. NBC Sports California said Tuesday it has chosen Jenny Cavnar, a broadcasting veteran with nearly two decades of baseball experience, for the prestigious role. “It is a dream come true to join the broadcast team for the Oakland A’s and their rich baseball history,” Cavnar said in a release. Doris Burke is among the NBA’s most well-respected color commentators, and she has been broadcasting national games for ESPN for 11 years. And in 2018, Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm called an NFL game for Amazon, the first all-woman booth for a professional football national broadcast.

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☆ One Killed and 5 Wounded in Shooting at Bronx Subway Station, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Ed Shanahan | Liset Cruz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A 34-year-old man was killed and five other people, including two teenagers, were wounded on Monday in a shooting at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the Bronx during the evening rush hour, the police said. The wounded people, who ranged in age from 14 to 71, were in stable condition and were expected to recover, the police said. Police officials said the shooting erupted amid a dispute between two groups of teenagers who were on a northbound No. 4 train at about 4:30 p.m.

Organizations: Mount, Police Locations: Mount Eden, Bronx

NEW YORK (AP) — A 15-year-old accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in the leg in Times Square Thursday night and then firing at a police officer was charged Saturday as an adult with two counts of attempted murder. The teen also faces assault and weapons possession charges stemming from the shooting that began in a sporting goods store and spilled out onto the streets of Midtown Manhattan. Police took the teen into custody Friday at a residential house that police believe may be linked to a family member in Yonkers. He is also considered a suspect in an armed robbery in the Bronx and a separate shooting in Times Square last month, police said. At a press conference announcing the arrest Friday evening, New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban said it was an “actual miracle” that no one was seriously injured in the shooting.

Persons: Edward Caban Organizations: New York Daily News, Midtown Manhattan . Police, New York, New York City Police Locations: Manhattan, New York, Venezuela, Midtown Manhattan, Yonkers, Bronx, New, New York City

☆ 15-Year-Old Is Arrested in Shooting of a Tourist in Times Square
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A 15-year-old boy was arrested on Friday, accused of shooting a Brazilian tourist in Times Square the night before and then firing twice at a police officer while fleeing the scene, officials said. The arrest came about an hour after the police said at a news conference that they were seeking the teenager, Jesus Alejandro Rivas Figueroa, in the shooting of the tourist, a 37-year-old woman who was hit once in the leg. Her injury was not life-threatening, and she had left the hospital as of Friday afternoon, the police said. He was taken into custody in Yonkers, officials said. He is also considered a suspect in an armed robbery in the Bronx and a second shooting in Times Square last month, said John Chell, the Police Department’s chief of patrol.

Persons: Jesus Alejandro Rivas Figueroa, John Chell Organizations: Police Locations: Venezuela, Manhattan, New York, United States, Yonkers, Bronx

As some Guardian Angels began leaving Sliwa's side to attend to an off-screen disturbance, the camera panned to show them confronting an unidentified man, pushing him to the sidewalk and placing him in a headlock. The spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether any members of the Guardian Angels were under investigation for their role in the altercation. The incident came after a brawl in Times Square between police and a group of migrants generated waves of backlash against the city's asylum seekers. The Guardian Angels have been a fixture in New York since 1979 when Sliwa founded them to patrol the streets and subways during the city's high-crime days. City Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents the area around Times Square, said the group should not be detaining people without legal authority.

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☆ An NYC vigilante group tackled what they claimed was a shoplifting ‘migrant’ live on Fox News. They were wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And that could be because the so-called border czar is a little distracted right now,” alluding to Vice President Kamala Harris. “The Guardian Angels spotted him, stopped him and he resisted. The Guardian Angels is a New York City based volunteer organization whose stated goal is to prevent crime. The Guardian Angels and Sliwa did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last month, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, from a Manhattan studio, compared the atmosphere in New York to after the nation’s worst terror attack.

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☆ I volunteered to help New York City track its homeless population. Here's what I learned.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New York City recently conducted its annual survey of the unsheltered homeless. Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by officials from the Departments of Social Services and Homeless Services, kicked off the city's annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate. The city was about to send 1,500 volunteers to all five boroughs to collect data on the unsheltered homeless. New York City has been keeping count this way since 2005. How New York counts its homeless populationMayor Eric Adams, flanked by city officials and volunteers at the city's 2024 Homeless Outreach Population Estimate.

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