NYC air quality unhealthy as smoke blankets tri-state; mayor bans park grilling
Wildfires continue to burn around the tri-state as red flag warnings remain and drought conditions persist. The fires are ...
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New York Passed Proposals Establishing Equality—and Greater Mayoral Control
Voters approved five of the six initiatives on the 2024 ballot, enshrining abortion rights into the state Constitution and giving Eric Adams more power in NYC.
Jumaane Williams is ‘ready for every eventuality’
As Public Advocate Jumaane Williams sat down for an interview with Playbook Friday outside a hotel conference room at the Somos political conference in San Juan, an older woman walked past. Public ...
NYC phases out 2 hotels used as migrant shelters — and many other locations to shutter soon: ‘Come a long way’
The city has stopped using two hotels sheltering migrants in the Big Apple — with many other locations to be phased out in ...
Vagrants may have accidentally started NYC’s Prospect Park fire: sources
Homeless people camped out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park might have started the weekend blaze that torched two wooded acres in ...
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Air quality alerts remain in effect in NYC area amid wildfires
Wildfires brought on by extreme dry conditions have left parts of the East Coast in a dangerous haze this weekend.
NYC to stop giving migrants prepaid debit cards for food
New York City announced Thursday it will soon stop giving migrants prepaid debit cards for food. A spokesperson for Mayor ...
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Brush fires in Brooklyn, throughout the NYC region bring haze and smoke-tinged air
Brush fires in Prospect Park and South Brooklyn added to a spate in the region; expected rain on Sunday should bring some ...
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NYC Ends Food Debit Card Program For Migrants
“As we move towards more competitive contracting for asylum seeker programs, we have chosen not to renew the emergency ...
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New NYC Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is highest paid city employee — trumping Mayor Adams’ salary
In addition, she will receive a wide range of fringe benefits, paid vacation and sick days — plus a car and driver, according ...
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Prospect Park brush fire: Everything to know as FDNY employs drones to find hot spots amid massive blaze erupts in Brooklyn
A huge brush fire broke out in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park on November 8, 2024, evening, with images and videos on social media showing flames spreading across parts of the park.