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City & State event highlights efforts to help MWBEs
The annual Diversity Summit gathered stakeholders to discuss how to improve the competitive procurement process.
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Injury rates surge at Amazon’s New York facilities
Amazon warehouses nationwide saw a spike in injuries in 2021, but the increase is even more stark in New York.
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New York City Department of Correction reveals plan to save Rikers from fed takeover
The federal monitor overseeing the jail system suggested the report may be enough to stave off the federal receivership threatened last month.
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Biden visits Buffalo after mass shooting to comfort a grief-stricken city
The president called the attack “domestic terrorism” in a speech and met with the families of the victims.
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Exclusive: Chipotle workers file for HERO Act safety committees
A worker and union leaders allege the first attempt to invoke the law went ignored.
New York State
New York lawmakers mourn Buffalo mass shooting deaths, demand action on white supremacy
State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said that any GOP official who perpetuates the racist ideology that apparently fueled the shooter is not fit to serve.
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Abortion funds proposed and primaries come into focus
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
A timeline on New York’s chaotic redistricting process
Keep track of the various legal battles and ever-changing election schedule.
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Eric Adams for president?
New York City mayors have a long history of running for – and failing to win – the White House.
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New York’s once-booming oil industry and the risky wells it left behind
Western New York towns were built around oil production. Now, they’re grappling with the remnants of a declining industry.
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Political insiders unimpressed with both Hochul and Adams: Poll
Respondents to a City & State/Honan Strategy Group Poll also think Hochul will win reelection – but it’ll be close.
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A new LG and abortion rights in jeopardy
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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Hochul ‘horrified’ by Roe v. Wade reversal, while Zeldin sticks to GOP ‘leak’ narrative
New York gubernatorial candidates weigh in on the forthcoming Supreme Court decision.
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Amazon Labor Union loses election at a smaller Staten Island warehouse
Workers at the LDJ5 facility rejected joining the union after it led the first successful effort to unionize an Amazon warehouse last month.
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Redistricting chaos and Trump legal developments
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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COVID-19 cases rise while the former lieutenant governor sets up his defense
Rounding up the week’s political news.
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New York City to provide $2 million to assist Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia
The announcement comes after President Joe Biden said the U.S. will set up a “streamlined” process creating a special status for Ukrainans seeking to reside legally in the U.S.
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NYC receives first opioid settlement distribution from Big Pharma
The city will receive $256 million total from the $1.5 billion in settlements that state Attorney General Tish James’s office reached with drug manufacturers.
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Syracuse police had other options for dealing with 8-year-old accused of stealing. They didn’t use them.
Options included talking to the child, calling his parents and giving consideration to his size, age and the fact he was crying, according to legal experts.
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