#Jill Biden responds to Wall Street Journal editorial

#Jill Biden responds to Wall Street Journal editorial

“#Jill Biden responds to Wall Street Journal editorial” First Lady-elect Jill Biden on Sunday night responded to the controversy surrounding a recent Wall Street Journal editorial that argued she should refrain from using the title of “Dr.” before her name. “Together, we will build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated, rather…

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#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic

#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic

“#Queens biz owners haunted by Amazon loss amid pandemic” In Long Island City, it’s the scar that won’t heal. Two years after Amazon pulled out from a proposal to build a massive headquarters along the Queens waterfront, the site is a vacant eyesore — and, to many locals, the squandered economic opportunity is even more…

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#Manhattan’s office-leasing picture in a downturn

#Manhattan’s office-leasing picture in a downturn

“#Manhattan’s office-leasing picture in a downturn” More from: Amid intensifying calls to convert some older Manhattan office buildings to residential — including by the influential Real Estate Board of New York — comes even more grim news about the pandemic-battered market. It’s scary to think about, but Manhattan’s office-leasing picture is worsening by the month….

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#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die

#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die

“#Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die” More from: Last week, Democrats accused Team Trump of acting like sore losers in ending a $500 billion emergency-lending program for states and cities before Joe Biden takes office. Whatever the White House’s motives, it’s time to shut down this program. More borrowing can’t fix its broke beneficiaries,…

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#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves

“#NY leaders driving parents insane with school-closing moves” Bad enough parents must play Red Light, Green Light on kids’ in-person learning; worse, the rules of the game are unclear, ever-changing and set sometimes by Mayor de Blasio, sometimes by Gov. ­Cuomo — two officials who are rarely on the same page. Families are now again wondering: Are their…

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#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay

#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay

“#City Council’s rules for rezoning are an invitation to decay” Two important land-use battles climaxed with opposite outcomes this fall. The City Council approved plans for a Special Flushing Waterfront District in Queens last week, while council opposition to a rezoning of Sunset Park’s Industry City (in Brooklyn) prompted the plan’s sponsors to abandon it….

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#Rescuers help deer trapped in Long Island batting cage

#Rescuers help deer trapped in Long Island batting cage

“#Rescuers help deer trapped in Long Island batting cage” The buck stopped at home plate. Wild video shows animal rescuers coming to the aid of a Long Island deer that got its enormous antlers stuck in a backyard batting cage Friday night. Armed only with flashlights, Frankie and Erica of the Strong Island Animal Rescue…

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#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’

“#NYC’s becoming an even nastier ‘judicial hellhole’” Even though the pandemic delayed much litigation for most of 2020, New York City managed to qualify as one of the nation’s top “judicial hellholes” for the third year in a row, and actually got worse.  The American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellhole report ranks the jur­isdictions…

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#COVID-19 has politicians treating the public like children

#COVID-19 has politicians treating the public like children

“#COVID-19 has politicians treating the public like children” During a news conference last week, Gov. Cuomo put up a chart highlighting where the novel coronavirus is being spread. It turns out, a shocking 74 percent of new cases were caught at gatherings in private homes. Restaurants and bars, meanwhile, accounted for just 1.43 percent. So the…

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