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A new front opened on Wednesday in an escalating battle among Democrats over how to handle large numbers of immigrants crossing the southern border and moving into major cities. The leaders of New York City and New York State, where officials say the arrival of migrants has set off a humanitarian crisis, seemed to turn on each other this week, after the state sent a scathing letter accusing the city of resisting its help and being slow to act. Kathy Hochul faulted Mayor Eric Adams’s management of New York’s migrant crisis in sharp terms, puncturing the appearance of city-state harmony that the two leaders have spent much of their tenures cultivating. New York City is struggling to accommodate more than 100,000 migrants who have arrived after crossing the border, more than 57,000 of whom remain in city shelters. Mr. Adams has said that the city is running out of space and funds to support them, and has criticized President Biden, saying “the president and the White House have failed New York City on this issue.” His posture has infuriated top Biden aides.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Eric Adams’s, Adams, Biden Organizations: New Locations: New York City, New York State

☆ New York City Bans TikTok on Government-Owned Devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sapna Maheshwari | More About Sapna Maheshwari | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City on Wednesday joined a wave of states and federal agencies in banning TikTok from government-owned devices based on security concerns, snuffing out some popular city-run TikTok accounts in the process. Jonah Allon, a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams, said in a statement that the city’s Cyber Command determined that the app “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” City agencies must remove the app within 30 days and employees will lose access to TikTok and its website from city-owned devices and networks. The TikTok accounts of Mr. Adams, the city’s Department of Sanitation and the Department of Parks and Recreation all updated their bios with this message: “This account was operated by NYC until August 2023. It’s no longer monitored.”Numerous government officials have been restricting access to TikTok in reaction to concerns that the app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, could give Beijing access to sensitive user data. New York State has banned TikTok on state-issued mobile devices for more than three years, with some exceptions.

Persons: Jonah Allon, Eric Adams, Adams, It’s Organizations: Wednesday, Command, city’s Department of Sanitation, Department of Parks, Recreation, New York State Locations: York City, City, Beijing

The fanfare started building minutes before Mayor Eric Adams made his arrival on Monday. Dozens of supporters, most on Mr. Adams’s payroll, lined the City Hall rotunda staircase, behind the lectern where the mayor was about to appear. With everything in place, Mr. Adams strode in to make his announcement. He was elevating his press secretary, Fabien Levy, to become his administration’s seventh deputy mayor. In doing so, Mr. Adams was underscoring the importance he places on messaging: Mr. Levy, according to the mayor, will be the first person in New York City to hold the title of deputy mayor for communications.

Persons: Eric Adams, Jay, Alicia Keys —, Letitia James, Adams strode, Fabien Levy, Adams, Levy Organizations: of Locations: New York City

☆ The Latest Migrant Battleground: New York City Soccer Fields
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Andy Newman | More About Andy Newman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For months, as New York City has struggled to find shelter for more than 50,000 migrants, Mayor Eric Adams has sought to rally residents to push Washington for more help. “I need you to raise your voice on the federal level,” Mr. Adams said at a town hall-style event in Manhattan Thursday night. “I need you to say, as New Yorkers, ‘We deserve to be treated better.’”New Yorkers have been raising their voices. It seems as if every place city officials choose to house migrants draws a new backlash. One of the latest skirmishes is being fought on Randall’s Island, off the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where a tent complex big enough to sleep 2,000 men is being built atop four soccer fields, just as the fall season prepares to begin.

Persons: Eric Adams, Mr, Adams, ‘ Locations: New York City, Washington, Manhattan, New

☆ Should Bronx Parkland Be Used for a Cricket World Cup Stadium?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mayor Eric Adams has made no secret of his desire to push New York City as a sports mecca. He struck a deal in November to build the city’s first professional soccer stadium. He has pitched the region as a site for the 2026 World Cup final. But the mayor’s latest campaign — having the city be one of the hosts for next year’s Men’s T20 World Cup in cricket — has run into significant opposition. Mr. Adams wants to allow the Dubai-based International Cricket Council to build a temporary stadium with roughly the seating capacity of Fenway Park in the middle of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, right over the city’s largest expanse of cricket pitches.

Persons: Eric Adams, —, Adams Organizations: New, —, Cricket Council Locations: New York City, Dubai, Van Cortlandt, Bronx

☆ For Mayor Adams, Any Day Has the Makings of Flag Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On any given weekday, there is a statistically significant chance that Eric Adams, the mayor of America’s largest city, will be conducting official New York City business next to the upturned tail of the famed “Charging Bull” sculpture, engaging in what appears to be one of his favorite activities: Raising flags. He does it with such frequency that it borders on obsession: Since taking office in January 2022, Mr. Adams has raised flags for at least 31 countries representing 16 percent of the United Nations’ member states. He has honored some places twice: Haiti, Ireland, Ukraine and the Philippines. He has also raised the flags for one U.S. territory, two transnational organizations and one holiday, Juneteenth. If he keeps his current pace, Mr. Adams is on track to raise flags for roughly 80 percent of the world’s countries by the end of 2029, should he win a second term in 2025 and serve it to completion.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams Organizations: New, United Nations Locations: America’s, New York City, Haiti, Ireland, Ukraine, Philippines

“This is a room full of people who truly believe in the ability to go up against Adams and win,” said Cristina González, one of the hosts, on Thursday, after word of the meeting leaked. Mr. Adams will likely be a heavy favorite to capture a second term. He remains broadly popular with the coalition of Black and Latino voters outside of Manhattan who sent him to Gracie Mansion. Evan Thies, a spokesman for the Adams campaign, said in a statement that the mayor had lowered crime and “invested billions of dollars in working people” and that polls showed he had strong support from New Yorkers. “The fact that these folks would rather play politics in some back room two years before the election, instead of help the mayor help working people, tells you all you need to know about what they really care about: their own power,” he said.

Persons: Adams, ”, Cristina González, Gracie, Evan Thies Organizations: Democratic, New Yorkers Locations: Manhattan, New

☆ What Happens When New York’s Shelters Run Out of Room?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Nicole Hong | More About Nicole Hong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But for New York City, the scene — made up of migrants waiting for beds in the city’s overburdened shelter system — was unusual. And it raised a difficult question: Will this become a new normal? New York has avoided the kinds of widespread encampments that are more common in cities on the West Coast, largely because of a unique legal agreement that requires the city to provide a bed for anyone who requests one. No other major city in America has a similar mandate, known as a “right to shelter.”But what happens when a city that is obligated to provide shelter for everyone runs out of shelter? This week, Mayor Eric Adams declared, in dire terms, that there was no more room left for migrants.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, Adams Locations: Midtown Manhattan, New York City, York, West Coast, America, San Francisco, Seattle, New York

☆ Homer-happy Braves aim for series win over Angels
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Braves hit three more homers on Tuesday in a 5-1 win that evened the series. "It's kind of the key to our success is that everybody is contributing, and they have to a man, so it's been really good. The Braves' homers on Tuesday all came from the bottom third of the batting order. "The bottom third of our lineup has been really good, and they put a lot of pressure on the opposition. "I felt relatively sharp, throwing a lot of strikes, but they hammered my mistakes pretty good," Giolito said.

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☆ New York struggles to shelter, process asylum-seekers amid heat
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Rachel Nostrant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, Manhattan, where a temporary reception center has been established in New York City, New York, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike SegarNEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Knees to their chests, dozens of men from countries such as Venezuela, Mali, and Senegal sat on a dirty New York City sidewalk outside a Manhattan hotel Tuesday, awaiting asylum processing. New York state is bound by a decades-old consent decree from a class-action lawsuit to provide shelter for those without homes. Murad Awadeh, executive director of the New York Immigrant Coalition, said that this week was the anniversary of asylum seekers being bused to New York City from Texas. Dino Redzic, the owner of Uncle Paul's Pizza and Cafe next door to the Roosevelt, gives pizza daily to the men outside.

Persons: Mike Segar, Eric Adams, Adams, Hamid, Murad Awadeh, who've, Dino Redzic, Uncle Paul's, Roosevelt, Rachel Nostrant, Donna Bryson, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, Roosevelt, Port Authority, . State Department, New York Immigrant Coalition, Thomson Locations: New York, midtown , Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S, Venezuela, Mali, Senegal, New York City, Manhattan, Mauritanian, United States, Mauritania, Texas, Yugoslav

☆ Rudy Giuliani's consultancy has racked up $57,000 in unpaid phone bills after it 'failed and refused to pay' its telco for 9 months
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani's consultancy owes nearly $60,000 over unpaid phone bills from 2020. Giuliani Partners owes a further $30,396 from an early termination fee. The Sunday judgment calculated interest at $12,831, and additional costs and disbursements at $873, bringing Giuliani Partners' total debt to almost $60,000. A subsidiary of the firm, Giuliani Security & Services, describes him as the current chairman and CEO of Giuliani Partners. Court records show Giuliani Partners has not filed any response to Momentum Telecom's debt filings or Adams' affirmation.

Persons: Rudy, Rudy Giuliani, —, Suzanne J, Adams, Giuliani, Al Qaeda, Donald Trump's Organizations: Service, New, New York City, Giuliani Partners, New York, Momentum Telecom, Street Journal, Al, Republican, Giuliani Security & Services, PAC, CNN Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Georgia, Qatar

Mr. Adams said that he wanted to “localize this madness” so that people sleeping outdoors were contained to certain parts of the city, without identifying the potential locations or making it clear if people would be sleeping on sidewalks or in tents. “Our next phase of the strategy now that we have run out of room, we have to figure out how we’re going to localize the inevitable that there’s no more room indoors,” he said at an unrelated news conference on public safety. The firm, DocGo, has bused hundreds of asylum seekers upstate to cities including Albany, but many of the migrants there said that they felt misled and abandoned, and that local security guards hired by DocGo had repeatedly threatened them. DocGo, which provided Covid testing and vaccination services during the pandemic, is also involved in running the city’s “arrival center” for migrants at the Roosevelt Hotel. Over the weekend, people were seen sleeping outside the hotel with blankets, and vans were provided so that people could cool off on a hot summer day.

Persons: Adams, DocGo Organizations: New York Times Locations: Albany

☆ New York City Tells Migrants There’s ‘No Guarantee’ of Finding Help Here
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York City will immediately begin discouraging asylum seekers from seeking refuge here, distributing fliers at the southern border that warn migrants there is “no guarantee” they will receive shelter or services, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Wednesday. “We have no more room in the city,” Mr. Adams said during a news conference at City Hall. Mr. Adams said the city would intensify efforts to help the migrants connect with family, friends or outside networks in order to find alternative housing arrangements. If alternative housing arrangements are not available, single adult asylum seekers will have to return to the intake center and reapply for housing. It is unclear what would happen if there is not housing available at the intake centers.

Persons: Eric Adams, Mr, Adams Organizations: City Hall Locations: York City

On Tuesday, she ordered the city to inform the U.S. attorney’s office and others how it planned to fix some of the pressing issues within the jails. Shortly after the judge’s order was made public, Mayor Adams delivered a strenuous defense of his management of the jails. “I am the best person in this administration to finally turn around the Department of Correction,” the mayor said during a news conference. Mr. Adams asked what had changed since then to suggest that the city should be stripped of its authority. In a series of recent reports, the first of them issued in May, Mr. Martin criticized Mr. Adams and his correction commissioner, Louis A. Molina, for hiding episodes of violence and negligence.

Persons: Swain’s, Mayor Adams, Adams, Williams, Steve J, Martin, Mr, Louis A, Molina Organizations: of Correction, Mr Locations: U.S, Rikers

Despite falling poll numbers and critical news coverage, Mayor Eric Adams clearly has the continued monetary support of two influential spheres of influence: real estate leaders and the donor class from New York City and beyond. Mr. Adams has raised $1.3 million since January for his 2025 re-election effort in the latest reporting period, drawing maximum $2,100 donations from real estate magnates like Marc Holliday, the chief executive of SL Green, the city’s largest commercial landlord, and its founder, Steve Green; and Alexander and Helena Durst, members of The Durst Organization real estate dynasty, according to new filings with the city’s Campaign Finance Board. About $550,000 came from donors outside New York City who live in the suburbs, Florida and other states — a continuation of a pattern displayed early in his tenure, when he held fund-raisers in Beverly Hills and Chicago in his first months in office. As mayor, Mr. Adams has often taken positions that benefit the real estate industry, including being supportive of rent increases and criticizing state lawmakers for failing to replace a tax-incentive program for developers known as 421a.

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, Marc Holliday, Steve Green, Alexander, Helena Durst Organizations: SL Green, Organization, city’s Campaign Locations: New York City, Florida, Beverly Hills, Chicago

Mr. Williams’s office said it would also seek to have the city held in contempt of court “to address the ongoing risk of harm” to detainees and jails staff. Ultimately it will fall to a judge, Laura Taylor Swain, to decide whether a takeover is necessary. Any finding from the judge that the city is unable to manage its own jails could be deeply embarrassing to Mr. Adams and his administration. The following year, Mayor Adams assumed office and appointed a new jails commissioner, Louis A. Molina, who vowed to get things under control. Still, 19 people died while being held in city jails in 2022, or directly after they were released, the most in nearly a decade.

Persons: “, ”, Laura Taylor Swain, Adams, Mayor Adams, Louis A, Molina Locations: East, Covid

☆ Will There Ever Be Another Popular Mayor of New York City?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Relying on surveys of biographers, social scientists and experts in urban policy and on an elaborate methodology, Mr. Holli concluded that Fiorello La Guardia was the best mayor in the history of the United States. No other New York mayor appeared on the “best” list; three were included among the worst. New York City is a notoriously difficult place to manage, and measuring success in real time is also complicated. On the face of it, the question of whether the current mayor is popular or not would appear to be a simple one determined by statistics, anecdote and so on, but it is knottier than that. During the campaign, his evasiveness led to headlines like, “Where Does Eric Adams Really Live?” because it was not obvious, a confusion that he blamed on shoddy paperwork at the hands of a homeless accountant.

Persons: Melvin Holli, Holli, Fiorello, Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio Organizations: Big City Mayors, Fiorello La Guardia, New, Yorkers, rancid Locations: Big City, ”, New York, Philadelphia, United States, York

☆ When Signs of Trouble Appear, Mayor Adams Turns to His Religious Base
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | More About Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The next day, a longtime associate of Mr. Adams had been charged in a straw donor scheme to raise money for his mayoral campaign; the mayor was not implicated. Amid the wave of negative news, Mr. Adams chose to lay low. “Hard is having someone talk down to you and expect for you to take it no matter what they say and what they do,” Mr. Adams told the parishioners. Carmel Baptist Church and the Fire Department chaplain, conducted a morning prayer with Mr. Adams. Andrew M. Cuomo was being investigated for sexual harassment, he visited a Black church in Harlem with political leaders, and was often photographed with Latino and Black members of the clergy.

Persons: —, Adams, Mr, “, ”, V, Simpson Turner, Eric Adams, Andrew M, Cuomo Organizations: New York Times, Christian Cultural Center, Carmel Baptist Church, Fire Department Locations: Mt, Carmel, ”, Harlem

☆ Almost $80 Billion Needed for Repairs to New York City’s Public Housing
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Mihir Zaveri | More About Mihir Zaveri | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Worsening living conditions in the city’s public housing system have vast implications. NYCHA’s developments are home to more than 330,000 people, a population larger than that of Orlando or Pittsburgh. Rents for public housing residents tend to be capped at 30 percent of their income, and the average rent is less than $560 per month. New York’s public housing system was once heralded as a progressive triumph. A new public benefit corporation, created by the state last year, could also give the access to more funds.

Persons: Eric Adams, Barack Obama, NYCHA, Adams, Lisa Bova, Hiatt, Jamie Rubin Locations: York City, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Chelsea

☆ The couple mistakenly charged $29,994 for one Uber ride says the issue is resolved. But they won't take an Uber again.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Douglas Ordonez and Dominique Adams were mistakenly charged nearly $30,000 for an Uber due to a currency conversion error. Then I checked my bank account and that's when I saw the 29,000 US dollar charge," he told Insider. Ordonez and Adams say they usually charge Uber rides to their credit cards, but charged this ride to their debit card by accident. Altura Credit Union and Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this story. The couple say it's unclear whether Altura Credit Union or Uber resolved the matter because they say their communications with both were patchy.

Persons: Douglas Ordonez, Dominique Adams, Uber, they'll, Ordonez, She'd, she'd, Adams, it's Organizations: Morning, Altura Credit Union, Credit Union, Uber Locations: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Costa Rican, Colones

New York City’s complex campaign finance law sits at the heart of the events sketched out in the court papers. The defendants are accused of trying to mask large donations by funneling them through straw donors. On Friday, Evan Thies, a spokesman for the 2021 Adams campaign, thanked prosecutors for “their hard work on behalf of taxpayers.”“The campaign always held itself to the highest standards and we would never tolerate these actions,” Mr. Thies said. The second took place after Mr. Adams had won his primary, effectively ensuring his election as mayor of the heavily Democratic city. For each fund-raiser, according to prosecutors, the defendants recruited straw donors and then reimbursed them.

Persons: Montgomery, Riza, Evan Thies, Adams, ”, ” Mr, Thies, “ Organizations: Mr, Campaign Finance Board, Democratic Locations: York, , New York City

☆ The Mayor Had a Photo of a Fallen Officer. Was His Story About It True?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | More About Emma G. Fitzsimmons | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But the weathered photo of Officer Venable had not actually spent decades in the mayor’s wallet. It had been created by employees in the mayor’s office in the days after Mr. Adams claimed to have been carrying it in his wallet. The employees were instructed to create a photo of Officer Venable, according to a person familiar with the request. Fabien Levy, a spokesman for the mayor, did not dispute that Mr. Adams had shown a photo to The Times and at the police ceremony that had been recently created by a City Hall aide. Mr. Levy, however, insisted that Mr. Adams had carried a photo of Officer Venable for decades, and provided the names of several former transit police colleagues who said in interviews that Mr. Adams and Officer Venable had indeed been friends.

Persons: Venable, Adams, Fabien Levy, Levy Organizations: Google, City Hall, Times, City

☆ Orthodox Men Dominate Mayor Adams’s New Jewish Advisory Council
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | More About Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Schumer declined to comment. The dispute comes just a week after Mr. Adams got into a verbal altercation with a Jewish housing activist whose family fled the Holocaust, and whom Mr. Adams compared to a plantation owner. Many of the Jewish leaders now criticizing him are of a progressive bent, and Mr. Adams is not popular with progressives. A City Hall spokeswoman noted that within Orthodox ranks, there is a great deal of diversity — there are both modern Orthodox, and Jews associated with the Lubavitch movement, for example. “This esteemed council comprises a diverse assembly of Jewish men and women hailing from various religious and cultural backgrounds, including Chabad, Conservative, Hasidic, nondenominational, Modern Orthodox, Reform, Sephardic, and Yeshiva Orthodox affiliations,” said the spokeswoman for the mayor.

Persons: Beth Elohim, Chuck Schumer, Nadler, Ruth Messinger, David Saperstein, Schumer, Adams, ” Organizations: Jewish World Service, Manhattan, Hall, Lubavitch, Conservative, Yeshiva Orthodox Locations: Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York

☆ Director of New Women’s History Museum Withdraws, Citing Family Issues
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Yao denied the allegation in court papers, asserting that the museum had proper policies and procedures in place to respond to workplace harassment. She denied to The Post that the staffers had been let go in retaliation for their reports, attributing the decisions to budget pressures. While the Smithsonian searches for a replacement, the women’s history museum has appointed Melanie A. Adams, the director of the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum, as interim director. The women’s history museum’s 18 staff members were informed of Yao’s decision on Wednesday, St. Thomas said. Establishing the museum, which is expected to open in roughly 10 years, was estimated to cost about $375 million between construction and the creation of exhibits.

Persons: Yao, Melanie A, Adams, Thomas Organizations: Smithsonian, Washington Post, Museum of, Anacostia Community Museum Locations: America, Anacostia, St

☆ Maggie Harrison’s War on Wine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Alex Halberstadt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

But the friend kept calling, and eventually she relented, flew to Portland and drove to a hillside in Amity. In 2019, she began offering an annual seminar for wine professionals that she named Beauty School. In her pursuit of maximally beautiful wines, Harrison has devised possibly the world’s most laborious way of making them. This blending period is when Harrison’s wines find their identities. “Though they can be punishingly difficult,” Ready told me, “those blending sessions are about trusting yourself, believing in the process and letting go of the desire to second guess.”Punishingly difficult seems to be Harrison’s thing.

Persons: Harrison, Lillian, ” Harrison, ”, Vladimir Nabokov’s, Mimi Adams, Nate Ready, Adams, “, ” Adams, Maggie Organizations: Beauty Locations: Willamette, Oregon, Ventura, Portland, Amity, Hood River, California

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