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Mayor Adams Gives Free Smartphones to 1,000+ Rikers Inmates to Stay on Track

Phones help connect ex-inmates to health care, housing & jobs 74% went to those with serious mental illness or opioid treatment needs Part of Adams’ push to tackle mental health & reentry challenges Mayor Adams Announces NYC Health + Hospitals has Connected More Than 1,000 Medically-Vulnerable New Yorkers Leaving Rikers Island With Smartphones to Increase…

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Calls in for Live Interview on 107.5 WBLS-FM “Caribbean Fever Radio”

Dahved Levy: Hello. Good night, sir. How are you doing? Mayor Eric Adams: Rocking you. Rocking you, brother. Rocking you. Levy: We got the mayor. New York Mayor Adams is checking in. How are you doing, sir? How are you feeling, sir? How’s everything going? How are you holding up? Mayor Adams: Very well. Very well. Listen, let me…

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NYC Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful $80M Migrant Funding Seizure

New York City Law Department Announces Lawsuit Against Trump Administration for Unlawful $80 Million “Money-Grab” Involving Migrant Funding Suit Outlines How Federal Government Grabbed Back Funding for  Migrant Crisis Without Following Agency Procedures and Federal Regulations . Lawsuit Would Require Federal Government to Return $80 Million in Migrant  . Funding and Prevent Them from Clawing Back Additional Funding…

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New York Governor Hochul Directs Flags to Half-Staff for Fallen Syracuse Law Enforcement Officers

Governor Kathy Hochul today directed flags to half-staff for fallen Syracuse law enforcement officers. Flags will be lowered from sunrise Saturday, April 20 to sunset Monday, April 22 for Onondaga Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Michael Hoosock and Syracuse Police Officer Michael Jensen, who were killed in the line of duty last Sunday evening. “Our law enforcement…

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New York. Mayor Eric Adams Announces Cross-Sector Partnership to Reduce Food-Related Carbon Emissions Across NYC

– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced a partnership with several leading national and New York City-based institutions to reduce food-related carbon emissions. The city’s integrated greenhouse gas inventory found that 20 percent of New York City’s overall emissions comes from the production and consumption of food. As the city has committed to reduce its…

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Hochul Proposes Expanding Medical Access for Injured Workers

Governor Kathy Hochul has introduced a set of legislative and regulatory proposals aimed at expanding healthcare access for injured workers in New York. The plan would eliminate the requirement for healthcare providers to obtain state authorization to treat workers’ compensation patients, allowing all eligible providers to participate automatically. Other measures include permitting resident and fellow…

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