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NY ALBA LIFE ADAMS 17 October 2025

From Times Square to Tirana: Mayor Adams, Smoothies, and Skyscrapers

In a breezy chat on Alba Life TV, Mayor Eric Adams celebrated New York’s Albanian community (strong on family, faith, small business—and yes, public safety), recapped his first-ever-by-a-NYC-mayor trip to Albania, and pitched tighter business ties, tech exchanges (shoutout to e-gov IDs and AI), and a coveted direct NYC–Tirana flight—because layovers are so last regime….

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Governor Hochul Announces Statewide Partners for First Round of Charm Mural Initiative

Led by the New York State Council on the Arts, Program Will Support the Creation of 56 Murals Statewide Today, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the selection of 11 community partners across the state to create 56 new murals through the Cultivating Havens for the Arts through Regional Murals (CHARM) program. A new initiative of Governor…

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City of New York Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Department of Education Seeking to Protect $47 Million in Federal Education Grants for New York City Public Schools

 – The City of New York today announced a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. DOE), U.S. DOE Secretary Linda McMahon, and two other members of the U.S. DOE to protect grant funding that New York City Public Schools is owed by the federal agency after it, last month, sought to block the…

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Attorney General James Wins Court Decision Upholding New York’s Law on Background Checks

Attorney General James Wins Court Decision Upholding New York’s Law on Background Checks for Ammunition Sales

New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction against enforcement of New York’s law requiring background checks with ammunition sales in New York State Firearms Association v. James:  “Once again, my office has successfully defended New York’s…

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City of New York Takes Action to Protect Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood

City of New York Takes Action to Protect Federal Funding for Planned Parenthood

 – The City of New York today — as part of a coalition of 22 cities and counties from across the country — has filed an amicus brief to protect federal funding for Planned Parenthood and their affiliated health centers , which provide critical reproductive health care services such as pregnancy tests, educational programs, elective abortions, cancer screenings,…

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New York. Safer Streets

New York. Safer Streets: Governor Hochul Highlights More Than $21 Million Investment in Law Enforcement Technology Across Long Island Police Agencies

Governor Kathy Hochul today visited the Village of Garden City Police Department to highlight more than $21 million in state investments that are modernizing law enforcement technology and equipment across Long Island’s law enforcement agencies. The visit included a tour and demonstration featuring the Department’s state-of-the-art technology purchased with the State’s law enforcement technology grants….

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