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NYC to provide humanitarian emergency response for asylum seekers

Isabel Song Beer and Dean Moses

Adams, COVID

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Adams ends private sector, student COVID vaccine mandates; requirement remains for city employees

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Becerra boosted: US Secretary of Health gets COVID-19 shot in Harlem, responds to Biden’s claim that pandemic is over

By Dean Moses

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City teams up with NYCHA and NYC Parks to build open community spaces

By Isabel Song Beer

City Council

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City Council puts $1M behind strengthening abortion access

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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Elected officials pay unannounced visit to Rikers Island after release of troubling report

By Isabel Song Beer

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Board of Corrections report shows multiple staff failures regarding in-custody deaths

By Isabel Song Beer

Biden

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In a nod to JFK, Biden pushing ‘moonshot’ to fight cancer

By Zeke Miller and Carla K. Johnson, AP

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City pronounces Jacob Riis Houses water safe to drink as mayor, health commissioner drink to end of arsenic scare

By Robert Pozarycki

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Governor Hochul declares state of emergency over recent spike in polio cases

By Isabel Song Beer

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Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks and other pols welcome students back to school

By Isabel Song Beer

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Hochul gets Omicron booster shot, says New Yorkers should too

By Dean Moses

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Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: Latest water test results at Riis Houses negative for toxin

By Robert Pozarycki

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Biden to channel Kennedy in his push for a cancer ‘moonshot’

By Associated Press

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New NYC school safety plan includes enhanced safety trainings for leadership, increased communication and more

By Isabel Song Beer

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Arsenic contamination on Lower East Side: NYC expects water test results soon for Jacob Riis Houses

By Kevin Duggan

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City Council supermajority backs bill to end solitary confinement

By Isabel Song Beer

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Adams admin voices opposition to pair of City Council bills to strengthen pandemic readiness in hearing

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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New bill aims to bring federal aid to New York’s violence prevention programs

By Emily Davenport

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Battle for reproductive rights reaches pharmacy aisles as AG James warns of legal repercussions

By Dean Moses

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Hochul ledges $4 million in funds for mental health workforce diversity

By Isabel Song Beer

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Brooklyn

Second opinions: ‘Save Maimonides’ effort draws passion and skepticism from Brooklyn residents

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Brooklyn

EXCLUSIVE: Clarke, Parker call on state to investigate claims of ‘unacceptable care’ at Maimonides

By Kirstyn Brendlen

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Council Speaker Adrienne Adams officially endorses Carlina Rivera for NY District 10

By Isabel Song Beer

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41st Annual Great Irish Fair to return on Saturday in a brand new location