#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings

#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings

“#Four shot, including two teens, in NYC shootings” Four people were shot, including two teenagers, in separate shootings across the Big Apple on Tuesday, police said. The bloodshed began at about 3:20 p.m. when a 22-year-old man was struck two times in the right hip while he was at Saratoga Park in Bedford-Stuyvesant, according to…

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#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island

#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island

“#Andrew Yang wants to close Rikers Island” Leading mayoral contender Andrew Yang wants to close the jails on Rikers Island, but doesn’t know when, saying Tuesday it’s “tough” for him to commit to a specific timetable. “I support closing Rikers Island as soon as we can,” Yang said in a Freedom Agenda interview that aired…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021” The Issue: Karol Markowicz’s column on the drive toward “equity,” not excellence, in public schools. Karol Markowicz’s column on eliminating Gifted & Talented courses highlighted the absurd thinking among school administrators (“Class Warfare,” PostOpinion, May 11). Administrators are looking to create equity in math instruction. NASA recently…

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#Read (a younger, wiser) Andrew Cuomo’s lips

#Read (a younger, wiser) Andrew Cuomo’s lips

“#Read (a younger, wiser) Andrew Cuomo’s lips” It’s been a few years, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo clearly needs a reminder of how he saw things in his early days as New York’s chief executive. Not only has he repeatedly extended much of the “temporary millionaires tax” that was due to sunset during his first term…

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