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Eric Garner’s ‘I can’t breathe’ continues to echo across NYC and the world 10 years after his death
Memorials for 43-year-old Eric Garner (left), killed in an encounter with police on Staten Island on July 17, 2014, and 18-year-old Michael Brown, killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2014, erected outside of filmmaker's Spike Lee's 40 Acres offices on Aug. 15, 2014. The deaths helped spur the Black Lives Matter police reform movement, which peaked when George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis in 2020. His dying declaration in Staten Island helped fuel the Black Lives Matter movement, but experts say the push for police reform has since stalled. [ more › ]
NYC will soon stop cash assistance for residents who fail to meet work requirements
In a letter to providers, DSS said that beginning on July 28 the agency is instituting work requirements for some safety net benefits. The Department of Social Services says it will begin slashing aid for people who fail to meet work requirements starting July 28. [ more › ]
Nassau County faces 2 civil rights lawsuits after executive signs trans athlete ban
New York Attorney General Letitia James participates in the New York City Pride March on June 30, 2024. The suits from the state attorney general and civil rights advocates come on the same day that County Executive Bruce Blakeman signed the ban into law. [ more › ]
New Yorkers rejoice over return of Sunday service to city libraries
New York Public Library President Tony Marx takes down a sign saying the libraries are closed on Sundays due to budget cuts. The city budget approved by the mayor and City Council last month restored $58 million in funding for the library systems that had been stripped away. [ more › ]
NYC mayor joins Sharpton, Borelli, faith leaders to condemn political violence after Trump rally shooting
New York City Mayor Eric Adams stands with Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. A.R. Bernard, Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Imam Ahmed Ali Uzir, New York City Council Minority Leader Joe Borelli and other faith and political leaders to call for unity and to tone down hateful rhetoric in politics at City Hall on Sunday. The event comes a day after Trump was injured while delivering a speech at a rally in Pennsylvania. [ more › ]
20 years into Superfund cleanup, advocates say Hudson River is still too toxic
Dredging operations on the Hudson River, like this one in 2015, have concluded. But advocates say new data shows more cleanup is needed. The EPA says it needs more data on forever chemicals in a stretch of the upper Hudson, but advocates say more cleanup efforts are needed. [ more › ]
They’re about to be evicted from low-cost apartments. Attorneys say NYC can stop it.
Arnaldo Fernandez, 65, owes $56,000 in rent and is facing eviction from his three-bedroom Queens apartment where he’s lived with his wife and two children for 15 years. The Adams administration is locked in an ongoing legal battle with the Legal Aid Society over a decision to block a law that would help more low-income New Yorkers afford housing. [ more › ]
Migrant buses were headed for AOC’s office — or so City Hall thought
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at a rally opposing the Biden administration's Title 42 expansion and proposed asylum transit ban on January 26, 2023. Emails that the Adams administration sent to the White House shed light on a chaotic scramble as the Texas governor sent buses of migrants to New York. [ more › ]
Early Addition: Wear black if you're single
Because your next date might happen at a run club, here are your early links: New scaffolding designs, the cost of a one-bedroom apartment, the quest to save a 150-year-old lighthouse, and more from around the city and internet. [ more › ]
The ‘urban heat island’ effect is making New Yorkers hotter, study finds
Children play in a spray park during a heat wave in the Bronx on July 11, 2024. New York City’s built environment is making temperatures 9.7 degrees hotter for the average resident. [ more › ]
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