Politics NY News Headlines Archive for August 1, 2021

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Business

U.S. COVID-19 eviction ban expires, leaving renters at risk

By David Shepardson, Reuters

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Queens

Adams calls for new gun violence task force after Queens mass shooting

By Dean Moses

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Health

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal justice activists press NYC for real end to solitary confinement in jails

By Dean Moses

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Business

U.S. senators expect infrastructure bill text on Sunday, predict passage this week

By David Lawder and Richard Cowan, Reuters

More from Around New York

Tenants and members of Bronx Defenders, Community Action for Safe Apartments (CASA), New Settlement, Bronx Leadership Organizing Center, Met Council on Housing, PSC-CUNY and NYC-DSA rally outside of Hostos Community College ahead of the Bronx Rent Guidelines Board meeting.

‘The Bronx is not for sale’ Rent-stabilized tenants demand rent freeze at Bronx Rent Guidelines Board hearing

“By Hook Or By Crook” opens at Anthology Film Archives June 12.

‘By Hook or By Crook’: A trans breakthrough revived 25 years later

Matthew Rodriguez of Levittown, Long Island was tracked down in Virginia, where he had been a fugitive since shooting a 15-year-old boy on an A train in Ozone Park.

Long Islander held without bail for allegedly shooting a 15-year-old boy on a crowded A train in Ozone Park in April before fleeing the state: DA

NY: Game 3 NBA Finals

Live from Brooklyn Bowl: San Antonio Spurs dash Knicks fans’ hopes of a sweep in Game 3 of the NBA Finals