New York City
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Live Updates: Eric Adams Is Indicted in New York
www.nytimes.com Eric Adams Is Indicted: Live UpdatesThe indictment makes Mr. Adams the first sitting New York City mayor to face criminal charges. The mayor vowed to fight the charges.
- itsgoingdown.org Protests in Solidarity with Palestine Resume at Columbia as Universities Across the US Attempt to Clamp-Down on Dissent
Pickets and protests continued today at Columbia university in New York, in solidarity with Palestine and to demand that the university divest from the state of Israel, as it continues its campaign of ethnic cleansing and military occupation of the Palestinians. According to a post from Unity of Fie...
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- www.nytimes.com The Absurd Problem of New York City Trash
Is this how one of the world's greatest cities still deals with garbage? Here’s what will be required to take New York’s trash bags off the street.
- www.thecity.nyc ABC No Rio, a Home for Anarchist Artists, Rises Again on the Lower East Side
Years after its demolition, ABC No Rio will get a new energy-efficient headquarters on the same site of its famous Rivington Street artists’ hub.
- indypendent.org Marty Stolar, Presente!
Legendary movement lawyer remembered warmly by people whose lives he touched.
- apnews.com Giuliani is disbarred in New York as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump's 2020 election loss
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani says he isn't surprised to have lost his law license in his hometown, claiming in a post on the social media platform X that the case against him was “based on an activist complaint, replete with false arguments.”
- indypendent.org The Fall of Jamaal
Nine reasons Jamaal Bowman became the first member of the Squad to lose a congressional re-election race.
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The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us? The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape.
www.nytimes.com The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us?The world-famous New York City gardens offer a master class in how to grow and maintain a naturalistic landscape. Here are a few takeaways.
- truthout.org Sanders: AIPAC’s Triumph Over Bowman Shows Need to Overturn “Citizens United”
“Big Money buys politicians who will do their bidding, and the results are clear,” the senator said.
- www.nytimes.com Canceling Congestion Pricing Could Kill 100,000 New York Jobs
Thousands of high-paying jobs in the state could be at risk if the funding that had been expected from congestion pricing is not restored, a new report says.
- www.silive.com Man, 86, decapitated by DOT truck identified as mafia crime boss, report says
The deceased was nicknamed for his work in the dessert industry.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An accidental “hit” by a City Department of Transportation (DOT) truck resulted in the gruesome decapitation of one-time Genovese family crime boss, Anthony Conigliaro, 86, known as “Tony Cakes,” “Tony the Dessert Man,” which was first reported by the NY Post.
- indypendent.org Ten Embarrassing Facts About George Latimer That Have Us Shaking Our Head
The scandals, the screwups and the racially insensitive comments from this career politician keep on coming
- indypendent.org The NYPD Drops the Mask
The NYPD has morphed from its typical defensive/aggressive media posture to something far more disturbing: a primary source of bluntly politicized misinformation, even conspiracy theory.
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This NYC high-rise is using heat pumps and waste heat to cut fossil fuels
www.canarymedia.com This NYC high-rise is using heat pumps and waste heat to cut fossil…The cutting-edge, state-backed project at 345 Hudson could be a model for other big buildings sprinting to comply with the city’s building decarbonization law.
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You're Not Imagining Things: The NYPD Is Flying Way More Helicopters | Keeping libraries open is cool but have you ever flown a taxpayer-funded chopper to the Hamptons on a summer Friday?
hellgatenyc.com You're Not Imagining Things: The NYPD Is Flying Way More Helicopters - Hell GateKeeping libraries open is cool but have you ever flown a taxpayer-funded chopper to the Hamptons on a summer Friday?
- theintercept.com Columbia Task Force Finally Weighs In: Yes, Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
Columbia University’s task force on antisemitism revealed its plans not in a communiqué to faculty and students, but in a planted Israeli newspaper article.
- theintercept.com New York Spends $225 Million on Its Own “Cop City” — to Make the Whole City Run on Cops
Echoing Cop City in Atlanta, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced his plan to build a $225 million police training facility for the NYPD.
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Mount Sinai Eye & Ear Nurses Rally for Layoff Plan as Beth Israel Shutdown Looms
www.nakedcapitalism.com Mount Sinai Eye & Ear Nurses Rally for Layoff Plan as Beth Israel Shutdown Looms | naked capitalismNew York City's Mount Sinai is trying to shutter acquired Beth Israel and its own respected eye and ear facility despite state opposition
- indypendent.org Little Palestine Responds to NYPD’s Nakba Day Rampage in Their Community
Protest organizers say the police were the real ‘outside agitators.'
- www.independent.co.uk NYPD officer caught on video punching pro-Gaza protester during Brooklyn rally
The protest marked the 76th anniversary of the Nabka, when 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes
- theintercept.com How Much Money Did the NYPD Waste Quashing Student Protests? We Tallied It Up.
NYPD’s raid on Columbia University’s student protest likely cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The crackdown will end up costing millions.
- theintercept.com I’ve Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged.
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
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NYPD Raids CUNY's City College, Violently Arrests Students, Then Hoists American Flag
hellgatenyc.com NYPD Raids CUNY's City College, Violently Arrests Students, Then Hoists American Flag - Hell GateHundreds of officers burst through the City College gates, clearing out a Gaza solidarity encampment.
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Students at Columbia University get Ⓐ grades
Demonstrators in balaclavas drop a banner reading "Hinds Hall" from the balcony of a classical style stone masonry building while a group of young people with smartphones photograph them from below. This picture is taken from the crowd looking up. It is night, and the scene is lit by iron-wrought lanterns attached to the stone building walls below the balcony.
- itsgoingdown.org Following Violent Police Crackdown of Anti-War Protests, Campus and Building Occupations Spread
On April 17th, students at Columbia university in New York launched an encampment calling for the private, ivy league university to divest from the state of Israel, taking inspiration from past divestment struggles on campus against the Vietnam war and apartheid in South Africa. The encampment is on...
- yt.artemislena.eu NY police investigating attack on Columbia students with chemical weapons by Israeli students.
Columbia Law Professor Katherine Franke exposes that the school decided to "Go to war against our own students" in order to censor Pro-Palestinian activism. These are students that just finished service in the IDF, came to America, used Israeli chemical weapons - Skunk - to attack US students, on ...
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Anyone here use an ESCO that you recommend?
I mean, fuck ConEd, amiright? More like CON ed. Gottem.
So I started looking through the ESCO list, I’m hoping to get a little feedback from anyone else who’s already researched or who already uses one they like or dislike.
https://www.coned.com/en/save-money/shop-for-energy-service-companies/find-your-esco
I’d love to use some renewables, and/or save some money. I’m very annoyed that my service charges are almost always higher than my usage costs. I mean, what the fuck? Are they Ticketmaster? There’s no way they need to be taking that much. Absurd.
So. Anyone?
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Inside the Massive Repair Shops Where Subway Cars Go for a Makeover | An in-depth look at the process that overhauls every single wheel, motor, brake, axle, wire and door on every car in the New York
www.nytimes.com Inside the Massive Repair Shops Where Subway Cars Go for a MakeoverAn in-depth look at the process that overhauls every single wheel, motor, brake, axel, wire and door on every car in the New York City system.
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New York City Is Considering a Laundry Pods Crackdown: Laundry and dishwasher detergent pods made with polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, contribute to plastics pollution in US waterways.
www.bloomberg.com New York City Is Considering a Laundry Pods CrackdownLaundry and dishwasher detergent pods made with polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA, contribute to plastics pollution in US waterways.
- jacobin.com Workers at Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park Are Unionizing
Unpredictable schedules, hazardous working conditions, and the crushing workload of Barbenheimer combined to lead workers at the Prospect Park location of independent Brooklyn theater Nitehawk Cinema to organize a union.
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Sunrise over Brooklyn
imgur.com Sunrise over Brooklyn NYDiscover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, entertaining gifs, inspiring stories, viral videos, and so much more from users like tugboater203.
Got a nice shot this morning, now that it's finally not cloudy.
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New Climate Projections: NYC Will Keep Getting Hotter and Wetter: Sea levels could rise by more than a foot in the 2030s, when the city is also expected to be up to 10% rainier and as much as 4.7°F
www.thecity.nyc New Climate Projections: NYC Will Keep Getting Hotter and WetterSea levels could rise by more than a foot in the 2030s, when the city is also expected to be up to 10% rainier and as much as 4.7 degrees hotter.
> The NPCC’s latest estimates, for example, project sea levels around the city to continue to rise between half a foot and just over a foot in the 2030s. Annual precipitation is expected to increase by up to 10% in those years, while the city could experience temperatures between 2 and 4.7 degrees warmer. > >The estimates, which have not been previously reported, are part of a forthcoming paper from the NPCC Climate Science Working Group and were reviewed during a presentation to a northeast climate consortium earlier this month.