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Half of NYC working moms face job-related disruptions due to child care woes: study
Julissy Acosta was getting ready to send her children back to school when the call came. Her toddler’s day care classroom at Beanstalk Academy in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was closed until further notice. His teacher, she was told, didn’t want to commute from Staten Island anymore and had resigned. That left Acosta, 38, who pays for child care with vouchers, without many options. Working as a ...
Lawyer for keffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester questions arrest under local face mask ban
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A lawyer for a pro-Palestinian protester charged with violating a New York county’s face mask ban for wearing a keffiyeh scarf questioned Wednesday whether his client’s arrest was justified. Xavier Roa was merely exercising his constitutionally protected free speech rights as he led others in protest chants last month outside Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, an orthodox synagogue near the New York City borough of Queens, attorney Geoffrey Stewart said following Roa’s arraignment in Nassau County District Court in Hempstead. Stewart said the county’s Mask Transparency Act, which was signed into law in August, bans mask wearing if police have reasonable suspicion to believe the person was involved in criminal activity or intends to “intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass” anyone. He questioned whether Roa had been attempting to conceal his identity, as police claim. Stewart noted his client had the Arab scarf draped around his neck and only pulled it over his face shortly before his arrest, meaning he was readily identifiable to officers for much of the demonstration.
Early Addition: The tap water is going to taste weird for a bit
Because we have to switch reservoirs while the main aqueduct gets fixed, here are your early links: Blue lobster spotted in a grocery store tanks, wedding in the Adams orbit, transition lenses are cool now and more. [ more › ]
The Top 20 Best Foodie Cities In America Have Been Revealed, & NYC Is Demanding A Recount
If you ask us, New York City is the foodie capital of the world. And sure, you could say we’re biased, but NYC’s many beautiful restaurants, Michelin-Starred restaurants, and new restaurants are just some examples that prove it. Though recently WalletHub compared more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities across 28 key metrics, from the cost of groceries to the affordability and accessibility of high-quality restaurants, to uncover the best foodie cities in America and, well, we’d like to have a talk with them because there must be a mistake… Out of 182 cities NYC didn’t rank first–actually, it...
‘Squeezed’ NYC bar owner feels ‘vindicated’ as probe into Adams administration widens
A Brooklyn bar owner who accused the twin brother of ousted Police Commissioner Edward Caban of trying to “extort” him says he feels “vindicated” by the widening probe into City Hall. “I’m vindicated, as the truth is out and people are being held accountable,” said Shamel Kelly, the former owner of Juice and Moore Bar, to The Post after a press briefing on his allegations outside City Hall on Tuesday. Kelly’s Coney Island business, which operated as a juice bar by day and a bar and lounge by night, had all the required permits and liquor licenses but was facing a slew of...
Can I use a plastic bag in my compost bin in New York City?
Curbside composting is coming to Staten Island, Manhattan and the Bronx beginning on Oct. 6. That means that it will be mandatory for residents of those boroughs to separate their organic waste from their regular trash starting on that date. The compost, which must be placed in a separate bin,...
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