#Eric Adams touts 4 million, 5-year traffic safety plan

#Eric Adams touts $904 million, 5-year traffic safety plan

“Eric Adams touts $904 million, 5-year traffic safety plan” The city will spend more than $900 million over the next five years on expanding bike lanes and other safety measures to help New Yorkers “reclaim” their streets from dangerous drivers, Mayor Eric Adams announced Saturday amid soaring traffic deaths across the Big Apple. “This is…

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#What a federal court takeover would mean for Rikers Island

#What a federal court takeover would mean for Rikers Island

“What a federal court takeover would mean for Rikers Island” A push to put the city’s embattled jail system under a federal court’s control is a judicial tool of last resort — one that would give sweeping powers to an independent authority tasked with finally ending the violence on Rikers Island. Previous attempts to fix the notorious lockup have failed miserably, Manhattan…

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#NYC putting up M to help Ukrainian refugees

#NYC putting up $2M to help Ukrainian refugees

“NYC putting up $2M to help Ukrainian refugees” New York City will spend over $2 million to help an anticipated influx of Ukrainian refugees with housing, legal and translation services, as the Biden administration prepares to accept up to 100,000 displaced individuals in the United States. “We see our brothers and sisters that are here…

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#Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn’t a bitter pill

#Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn’t a bitter pill

“Federal takeover of Rikers Island isn’t a bitter pill” Mayor Eric Adams is better off seeing calls for a federal takeover of the Rikers Island jail complex as an opportunity, not a threat. In a six-page letter to federal Judge Laura Taylor Swain, Southern District prosecutors call for “the appointment of a receiver with independent…

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#Eric Adams is right: BLM costs black lives

#Eric Adams is right: BLM costs black lives

“Eric Adams is right: BLM costs black lives” Loathsome local Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome just called Mayor Eric Adams a “c–n” live on national TV for pointing out BLM’s hypocrisy for staying silent on the black victims of crime. But the mayor has the facts fully on his side: Anti-police, soft-on-crime “reforms” have…

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#Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!

#Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!

“Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!” With COVID cases rising again, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to keep the public-transit mask mandate a while longer. That’s nuts, since actual bad COVID results are nowhere to be seen. It’s nice that Hochul greeted the rise in cases by saying, “We’re not panicking,” but New…

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