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New York City Emergency Executive Order 481 August 18, 2023

WHEREAS, the public safety was imperiled by a flash flood emergency caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida that flooded roads, impacted mass transit, stranded motorists, and caused widespread damage to residential and commercial buildings throughout the City, causing unsafe conditions in those buildings and imperiling health and safety; and WHEREAS, the state of emergency…

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Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Banks Holds Briefing on Public Safety in New York City – Video and Transcript

Moderator: Good afternoon everyone, and thank you for joining us for today’s Public Safety Briefing led by Deputy Mayor for Public Safety, Phil Banks. Following our last speaker, we will take a few questions from the media followed by some questions that have been submitted by the public ahead of today’s briefing. I would now like…

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Barge hits side of Brooklyn Bridge

A crane crashed into New York City’s iconic Brooklyn Bridge, cracking and splitting a steel beam on the landmark. The crane was being transported on a barge passing through the East River. Despite the impact, the bridge hasn’t sustained any structural damage. The footage shows a barge passing under the bridge, seemingly getting the crane…

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DEMOCRACY IS A TYRANY ?

“It has been observed by an honorable gentleman, that a pure democracy, if it were practicable, would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved, that no position in politics is more false than this. The ancient democracies, in which the people themselves deliberated, never possessed one feature of good government. Their very character was…

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