After more than 130 fires and multiple lives lost this year alone due to lithium-ion battery-related fires, it is clear that action needs to be taken to enhance the safety of these devices and minimize the damage their misuse can create. To that end, I have signed on as a co-sponsor for Int 0663-2022 – A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the sale of storage batteries for powered mobility devices.
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By Katie McFadden, September 22, 2022
After years of complaints about conditions on Beach 116th Street, Councilwoman Joann Ariola is spearheading efforts to make changes, and by the turnout at a recent meeting with business owners on the block, they’re eager to see that change.
The backyard of Rogers was packed on Friday afternoon, but it wasn’t for happy hour.
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By Duncan Freeman, September 20, 2022
The city’s private businesses will no longer have to require their employees to be vaccinated against Covid, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday, a pronouncement seized on by the heads of several municipal unions, who demanded that mandates for city workers also be lifted. The labor leaders characterized the new exemptions as a betrayal of municipal employees, many of whom rode out the worst days of the pandemic while on the job.
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By Rich Calder, September 17, 2022
New York City first responders are taking longer to get to fires, medical emergencies and crimes in progress.
Critics blamed the potential deadly surge in response times on serious staffing shortages in the NYPD and FDNY.
As the Police Department continues to deal with spikes in major crimes and a
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By Deirdre Bardolf, September 14, 2022
Near the New Howard Beach-Lindenwood border, an area is being cultivated that will serve as a permanent reminder and lesson for younger generations of the sacrifices made as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks.
A sapling taken from the Survivor Tree, a Callery pear tree rescued from Ground Zero, now stands beyond the Belt Parkway overpass on 156th Avenue.
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By Ayana Harry, September 9, 2022
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Former city workers fired over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate rallied at City Hall for their jobs as several city agencies struggled with staff shortages.
Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa noted the city’s difficulty hiring and retaining staff has “weakened vital parts of our essential services.”
A report compiled by the New York City Council showed the Department of Health with a job vacancy rate of 19% and the Department of Emergency Management with a 22% job vacancy rate.
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The latest announcement from the Biden administration that the Internal Revenue Service is hiring roughly 87,000 agents should be a terrifying wakeup call for the entire country. This new influx of agents – nearly half the size of the US Marine Corps – should be seen as nothing short of an attempt by the President and his cronies to further their war against the middle and working classes.
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