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☆ New York Mayor Eric Adams to bus asylum seekers upstate, much like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bussed asylum seekers to New York City
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Eric Adams is sending asylum seekers in New York City to upstate New York, drawing criticism from local officials. Greg Abbott for sending migrants from Texas to New York City. In doing so, Adams appears to be passing asylum seekers off – just as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did when he had migrants bussed from his state to New York, the Associated Press reported. In the last year, some 60,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, the mayor's office said in Friday's press release.

☆ Opinion | The Demonization of the Homeless Has Vile Consequences
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I made that choice apropos of the killing of Jordan Neely in a subway car in Manhattan on Monday. Neely died from compression to his neck as a result of the chokehold, according to the medical examiner. We do know that Neely had been arrested more than 40 times in recent years, including once for assault. Most of all, we know how the homeless make many of us feel: anxious, uncomfortable and even afraid. You can sense it in the equivocating reaction to Neely’s death from New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, and New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul.

☆ New Yorkers to protest chokehold killing on subway, demand criminal charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Julia Harte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The examiner's homicide finding alone does not imply intent or culpability, which are issues that prosecutors will consider in deciding whether to bring criminal charges. The 24-year-old former Marine, who was white, was questioned by police and released on Monday, local media said. A video of the incident that has circulated on social media showed an unidentified passenger applying a chokehold to a man identified as Neely on the floor of a subway train for more than three minutes. Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose district includes neighborhoods in the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Queens, said Neely was murdered and called for his killer's arrest. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago and Julia Harte in New York Editing by Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Mr. Penny has not been charged in Mr. Neely’s death and it is unclear if he will be. Mr. Neely’s death, they said, was an unnecessary tragedy that underscores the city’s inadequate policies toward its most vulnerable and marginalized residents. Mayor Eric Adams called Mr. Neely’s death “tragic,” but urged patience as officials complete the investigation. What happened on the F train? The police said they received a call at 2:27 p.m. on Monday about a fight on an F train at the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station in Manhattan.

WHAT IS TITLE 42? The COVID restrictions, known as Title 42, were first implemented under Republican then-President Donald Trump in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic. The Biden administration intends to lift Title 42 next Thursday when the U.S. COVID public health emergency ends. In April, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended some 183,000 migrants, according to preliminary data provided by Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a 13 percent increase from March. U.S. border cities are bracing for a possible rise in migrants when Title 42 ends.

☆ How on-demand delivery services hobbled America's biggest city
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But even the largest city in the country isn’t designed to handle the rise of online ordering and the influx of delivery workers. The way New York City handles these issues will shape the response in other major cities. “People view delivery workers as dirty, smelly and taking up too much space,” said Wood, a member of Workers Justice Project, an advocacy group for delivery workers in New York City. The growing dependency on e-bikes has been driven by demands on delivery workers, including faster delivery and bigger areas to cover. “But delivery workers are on the front lines of this and it’s even more necessary for them.”

☆ These robot dogs can't bark — but they can speak in full sentences thanks to ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Boston Dynamic's robot dogs can now speak thanks to OpenAI's ChatGPT, Fast Company reported. Boston Dynamics' robotic dogs may not be able to bark — but they can speak in complete sentences, thanks to generative AI. Using Google Assistant's voice technology, ChatGPT gives the robot dogs the ability to understand and respond to humans face-to-face. When asked a question about the robot's tasks, ChatGPT can interpret it and formulate an answer by analyzing the robot's data, he said. A demonstration of these robot dogs shows they are are capable of answering verbal questions in a clear way.

☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI’s Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“If you want to change the game, you can't just work from the outside. You’ve got to get inside.”Former first lady Michelle Obama on finding ways to change the food and beverage industry. Gary He for The Wall Street Journal

☆ Jordan Neely: Man dies after being put in a chokehold by another rider on New York City subway, officials say. The DA is investigating
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Brynn Gingras Laura Ly Maria Santana | Brynn Gingras | Laura Ly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Manhattan prosecutors are conducting a “rigorous ongoing investigation” into the death of a man seen in video being put in a chokehold by another rider on the New York subway. Jordan Neely, 30, died Monday due to “compression of neck (chokehold),” a spokesperson for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said. Another rider then approached Neely from behind and put him in a chokehold, Vazquez said. New York police officers respond after a man riding the subway was placed in a chokehold by another passenger. The man who put Neely in the chokehold has been identified as a 24-year-old from Queens, a law enforcement source said.

☆ The Future of Everything Festival: AI's Path Forward, Michelle Obama and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Sunshine Contacts Ceo Marissa Mayer Believes Great Things Will Come Out Of Artificial Intelligence But Is Cautiously Optimistic. | Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida Discussed The Challenge That Comes With The Fed Pausing Its Rate-Rise Campaign. | Google Deepmind Ceo Demis Hassabis Talked About Building Cognitive Function Within Ai. | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Mayor Adams Says He Was Given a Divine Message: ‘Talk About God’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Mayor Eric Adams began to talk frequently about God a few months back — how God elevated him to lead New York City, how Mr. Adams implemented policy with a “godlike” approach, how the separation of church and state was misguided — his timing was no accident. He was, he says, responding to the same divine voice he heard decades ago, the one that he says prophesied that he would become mayor on Jan. 1, 2022. “The same voice I heard 32 years ago spoke to me a few months ago and said, ‘Talk about God, Eric,’” Mr. Adams said on Thursday at the Christian Cultural Center, a Brooklyn megachurch that has become a favored political pulpit for many. “‘Talk about God.’”Mr. Adams made his comments on the National Day of Prayer, a day of observance created by President Harry S. Truman, a Democrat, in 1952. But few New York City mayors have chosen to formally commemorate the day or to speak so fervently about religion — especially not in the way Mr. Adams has.

☆ Chokehold death of homeless man on New York subway ruled a homicide
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

May 4 (Reuters) - The death of a man who was placed in a chokehold by a fellow passenger on a New York City subway train earlier this week has been ruled a homicide by the city's medical examiner as calls for an arrest in the incident have intensified. A video of the incident that has circulated on social media showed an unidentified passenger applying a chokehold to a man identified as Neely on the floor of a subway train for more than three minutes. The altercation occurred after he boarded the train and began saying he was hungry and ready to die, the New York Times reported, citing police. The 24-year-old former Marine who placed Neely in the chokehold was questioned by police and released on Monday, local media reported. Democratic U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, whose district includes neighborhoods in the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Queens, said Neely was murdered.

☆ New York City’s Mayor Faults Joe Biden and Texas Governor on Immigration
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Eric Adams expressed his dissatisfaction over federal immigration policy and decisions to send migrants to the city, at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival. New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for sending buses of migrants to the nation’s largest city, while also urging President Biden to get a handle on the southern border. Mr. Adams, a Democrat, said the influx of migrants has created a fiscal burden for the city that is affecting its ability to provide other services. The mayor faulted the Republican governor while speaking about his vision for the future of the city at The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything” festival.

☆ Title 42: Why the Biden administration expects a surge at the US-Mexico border next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Migrant surge expectedThe surge of migrants is expected because Title 42, the Trump-era policy that allowed the government to quickly turn away certain migrants at the border during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expiring. These deployments are not unprecedented in recent years, but this one is notable since it coincides with an expected surge of border encounters. Biden administration’s plan to discourage border crossingsThe administration has tried to discourage migrants from simply crossing the border and promised that people apprehended will be turned away and potentially barred from reentry. Anger from New York’s mayorTexas has been transporting thousands of migrants to cities like New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. “Governor Abbott sent asylum seekers to NY – Black mayor; to Washington – Black mayor; to Houston – Black mayor; to Los Angeles – Black mayor; to Denver – Black mayor.

☆ Mayor Adams Walks a Tightrope in Lashing Out at Migrant Influx
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Jeffery C. Mays | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Speaking recently to the city’s power brokers at the Real Estate Board of New York’s annual gala, Mayor Eric Adams tried to make the case that his administration had conquered some of the city’s most vexing problems. He had swept homeless encampments off the street and flooded the subways with police officers. But there remained one nagging and growing problem that has so far evaded solution: the influx of more than 59,000 migrants since last spring. “Remove the $4.6 billion problem we have in asylum seekers,” Mr. Adams said, “and you will see one of the best administrations in budgeting taxpayer dollars in the history of this city.”In his 16 months as mayor, Mr. Adams has become known for latching onto a particular issue and using it to propel his agenda. His constant focus on shootings and crime, and even on the city’s ubiquitous presence of rats, have become symbols of his fight against disorder.

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Free Apple AirTags, EV resistance, and ChatGPT Plus for all
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I attended my first rodeo, woke up early for a farmers' market, visited different pickleball venues, and tried other new things. Researchers examined 1,600 conversations (850 hours and 7 million words total) and measured how people reacted to the interactions. Firstly, IRL conversations involve a degree of back-and-forth that is hard to replicate digitally because of lag and missed cues. Elon Musk pays $10,000 to settle a defamation lawsuit. Elon Musk has cut around 90% of the company within half a year of taking over.

☆ NYPD asks people to put Apple AirTags in their cars to help find stolen vehicles
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his police department have asked residents to help fight vehicle theft in the city by placing Apple AirTags in their cars. The New York City Police Department shared a video Sunday demonstrating how residents can use an AirTag to protect their vehicles. "AirTags in your car will help us recover your vehicle if it's stolen," the NYPD tweet said. "We'll use our drones, our StarChase technology & good old fashion police work to safely recover your stolen car. Adams said Sunday that AirTags are an "excellent" tracking device that he believes will help slow rates of car theft in the city.

☆ Eric Adams is handing out hundreds of free Apple AirTags in a bid to cut the number of auto thefts in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday the city will hand out 500 free Apple AirTags to New York residents. New York will hand out hundreds of free Apple Air Tags in a bid to cut the number of auto thefts in New York, mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. "The aggravated number of grand larceny autos continues to drive up crime in our city," Adams said at a press conference. "This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car location that a person is not aware of, is an excellent tracking device." In June last year, an Indiana woman tracked her boyfriend whom she suspected was cheating on her, using the tracking device, and then killed him.

☆ NYC to give out 500 Apple AirTags for residents to put in their cars to combat car theft
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Laura Ly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Some Kia, Hyundai, and Honda models are getting stolen in New York City so often that the Mayor is giving out Apple AirTags to help residents track their vehicles. The city plans to distribute 500 AirTags to residents to place in their cars to combat car thefts in target neighborhoods, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced at a press conference on Sunday. Adams made the announcement in a Bronx neighborhood that has seen over 200 car thefts this year alone – the highest of any precinct in the city. The Hyundai and Kia vehicles in question include the Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson, and the Kia Forte and Sportage, with 2015-2019 model years. So far this year, the NYPD has recorded thefts of 966 Kia and Hyundai cars – marking an increase of 819 cars since last year, Chell said.

☆ Robot Dog’s Work in Garage Collapse Should Quiet Critics, Adams Suggests
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ed Shanahan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was, according to its maker, the first U.S. use for the robot in such real-world circumstances. On the day of the collapse, Mayor Eric Adams hailed the digidog, which was dispatched with several drones to hunt for victims and bodies, saying it had enabled the search operation to proceed safely. On Tuesday, he cited its performance again, reiterating his commitment to using futuristic gadgets for public safety, despite critics’ concerns. “Some people call them toys,” Mr. Adams said at a news conference. And this is an administration that is not going to be fearful of using everything possible to save the lives of New Yorkers and to save the lives of first responders.”

☆ Tucker Carlson is gone but Fox News' politics remain the same
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Fox News had plenty of reasons to get rid of Tucker Carlson. CNN’s Allison Morrow notes that Fox will need a Carlson upgrade of some kind because upstart conservative networks want into the same space. ET hour on Fox, and if it is any indication, there won’t be much new in the politics that are pushed on Fox’s viewers. On-screen, the words were “Biden’s Legacy: Crime in the Cities.”Related: Here’s a CNN Fact Check on the crime in Manhattan, which far below record levels. Biden legacy 2After declaring crime to be Biden’s legacy, Kilmeade transitioned.

☆ Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the two decades since the federal government turned over control of Governors Island to New York City, city officials have sought an innovative way to use the 172-acre patch of land with stunning views of Lower Manhattan. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams plans to announce a $700 million campus dedicated to finding solutions to address the climate crisis. The city chose a consortium led by Stony Brook University to transform one of the island’s last big chunks of developable land into a 400,000-square-foot hub called the “New York Climate Exchange.” The campus, which will focus on researching climate solutions and training for green jobs, is expected to open in 2028. The climate hub will serve as a “living laboratory” that features resilient design, with renderings showing shiny sloped buildings covered in vegetation that are intended to evoke the hills of Governors Island. It will include two newly constructed classroom and research buildings on three acres of land that are currently undeveloped and will also make use of some historic buildings on the island.

☆ New York City Has Two Million Rats and One New Rat Czar
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Jimmy Vielkind | Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kathleen Corradi ’s anti-rat bona fides date to grade school, when she organized a petition drive to have her Long Island town do something about an infestation behind her house. Now, she has been crowned New York City’s rat czar. The 34-year-old beat out 900 other applicants for a position that, the job posting said, requires a “swashbuckling attitude, crafty humor, and general aura of badassery.” Mayor Eric Adams , who announced it last week, has been vocal about his hatred of a rodent thought to number around two million in New York.

☆ Should New York City Have Free Buses?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Winnie Hu | Asmaa Elkeurti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Free bus service could come to 10 bus routes in New York City under a proposal by state lawmakers to lure more riders to the city’s struggling transit system and help those who cannot afford to pay the $2.75 fare. Two bus routes in each of the city’s five boroughs would be designated for a free bus pilot program, according to the proposal, which is being pushed by state legislative leaders in budget negotiations. Though the routes have not yet been chosen, one in each borough has to serve a low-income community and the other a commercial corridor. On Tuesday morning, Mayor Eric Adams voiced his approval of the pilot program in a video posted on Twitter and Instagram by Assemblyman Zohran Kwame Mamdani, a Queens Democrat and a sponsor of the proposal.

CNN —A parking garage collapsed in lower Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring five others, the New York Fire Department’s operations chief said. The parking garage was a four-story building that “pancaked…all the way to the cellar floor,” NYC Department of Buildings Acting Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik said. After he left his dorm, Powers said, he saw two people laying on the ground across the street from where the collapse occurred. Video taken by Powers from his dorm, which is located on the 7th floor, shows the collapsed garage with multiple damaged vehicles. At least one worker in the building was trapped on one of the upper floors of the parking garage and while he was conscious and alert, he couldn’t evacuate to a lower floor.

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