Say goodbye to scrolling and snapping in class — New York is pulling the plug on smartphones in public schools. On the last day of the school year, Gov. Kathy Hochul declared the state will go fully “distraction-free” this fall, banning personal devices from the first bell to the last. Schools must lock in their…
, Rep. French Hill (R-AR) called for a full accounting of funds sent to Ukraine.Congress sees – that instead of Lend-Lease – tens of thousands of tanks and planes, as it was given to the USSR in World War II – for Ukraine Joe Biden gave zero American tanks, zero American planes, zero medium-range missiles …. Zero,…
A tragic incident occurred on Monday morning at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, where six lives were lost in a senseless act of violence. The community is deeply saddened by the loss of three students, Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, as well as three staff members, Cynthia Peak, Mike Hill, and Katherine…
Governor Kathy Hochul today extended the application deadline for homeowners to apply for emergency repair grants for the July and August 2024 extreme weather events across the state. Under this program, administered by Homes and Community Renewal (HCR), emergency home repair assistance is available to eligible homeowners who reside in the impacted counties below. Funding…
WHEREAS, on September 2, 2021, the federal monitor in the Nunez use-of-force class action stated steps must be taken immediately to address the conditions in the New York City jails; and WHEREAS, on June 14, 2022, the federal court in Nunez approved the Nunez Action Plan, which “represents a way to move forward with concrete measures now to address the ongoing…
August 21, 2023 NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released the following statement on Floyd Bennett Field: “For months, Governor Hochul and I have been urging the federal government to allow us to use Floyd Bennett Field to help house some of the more than 100,000 asylum seekers who have sought our…