Midtown Tribune
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New York City Administration has Cleaned Land for 12,000 Affordable Housing Units, 16 Schools, 2.9 Million Square Feet of Community Space
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that since the start of his administration, and through the efforts of the Office of Environmental Remediation (OER), the city has successfully cleaned 165 acres of contaminated land. The remediated land has been redeveloped into new uses, including 28,000 units of housing — 12,000 of which are…
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FDA Must Disclose COVID Vax Docs They Wanted to Keep Hidden for 75 Years
A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas ruled in January 2022 that the FDA must expedite the release of documents related to the licensing of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. This decision followed a lawsuit filed by scientists and medical researchers under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The FDA initially proposed releasing only 500…
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New York. Mayor Adams Announces Additional Shelter Closures, Including Floyd Bennett Field, as Migrant Shelter Census Hits 22nd Straight Week of Decline
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that — thanks to the administration’s successful asylum seeker management strategies that have continued to drive down the number of people in the city’s care and reduce costs — 25 shelters, including the Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field are slated to close…
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White House. Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on CHIPS and Science Act Investments in Micron Technology
The spirit of innovation is central to who we are as Americans. America invented the semiconductor, the building blocks of the technology of today and tomorrow. Through our CHIPS and Science Act, President Biden and I have made the historic investments necessary to ensure semiconductor manufacturing returns to and remains here in America. Today, thanks to…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE Initiative: A Bold Move to Reassess U.S. Foreign Aid and Government Spending
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, as leaders of the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), are indeed considering significant changes to U.S. foreign aid as part of their broader cost-cutting initiatives for the incoming Trump administration. Foreign Aid in the Crosshairs On December 6, former Congressman Ron Paul proposed a radical idea for DOGE:…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces Pilot Program to Improve Quality of Life in Persistently High-Crime Areas, Root out Causes of Systemic Violence and Disorder – Video
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Chauncey Parker today announced the launch of a comprehensive new pilot program to address historically high rates of violent crime and disorder on specific blocks all across New York City. “Every Block Counts” is a data-driven multi-agency initiative that focuses…
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New York. Mayor Eric Adams Holds In-Person Media Availability. Video
Mayor Eric Adams: Good afternoon, and I’m joined here today by our chief of detectives and the police commissioner and chief of department because we have a strong person of interest in the shooting that shook our city last week. Our CEO, Brian Thompson of United Healthcare, was the victim of a senseless act of violence.…
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US Supreme Court Declines to Lift Judge’s Gag Order on Donald Trump
The Supreme Court has declined to lift the gag order imposed on President-elect Donald Trump in his New York hush money case[1][2][3]. The court rejected Trump’s request to contest the gag order without providing additional comments or explanations[4][5]. The gag order, issued by New York Judge Juan Merchan, prohibits Trump from making public statements about…
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U.S. Congress. House Overwhelmingly Passes ‘Crucial Communism Teaching Act’
House Pushes Back on Communist Influence in American Schools – Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today celebrated the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Crucial Communism Teaching Act with a bipartisan vote of 327 to 62. H.R. 5349, authored by Rep. Maria Salazar (R-FL), makes optional educational materials available through the Victims…
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President Biden Delivers Remarks on the Latest Developments in Syria. Video
President Joe Biden addressed the nation on December 8, 2024, regarding the dramatic developments in Syria, following the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Here are the key points from his remarks: Fall of Assad Regime Biden called the collapse of Assad’s government a “fundamental act of justice” and a “historic opportunity” for the Syrian…
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White House. The United States and Bahrain Launch Geospatial Acceleration Initiative under C-SIPA
The United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain are proud to unveil the Geospatial Acceleration Initiative, an ambitious step forward in one of the Middle East’s longest-standing and most valued strategic partnerships. This initiative stems from the advanced technology track of the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (C-SIPA), signed in 2023, which strengthened US-Bahraini…
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Romania. Calin Georgescu President’s Program
What does candidate Calin Georgescu propose in his election program and why are the “main progressive media” silent about it? “Food, Water, Energy” A return to the roots of the Romanian nation The time has come for the Romanian people to have a national program that will define them in the world and ensure their…
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White House. Statement from President Joe Biden on U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation
As Commander in Chief, I have one solemn responsibility: protect the American people from harm. That’s why, over the last four years, I made beating the opioid epidemic a central focus of my Unity Agenda at home—and my cooperation with world leaders abroad. Earlier this week, we saw the impact: Mexican security forces seized more than…
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Mike Reilly Calls for Official Investigation into Governor Hochul and NY Agencies
While we’re somewhat pleased that NYCPS will begin to provide these federally-mandated services, it’s disheartening that the city is extorting families into waiving their right to appeal, pursue Enhanced Rate Equitable Services, or any due process in order to have these essential services restored. The city failed to provide families with proper notification of the…
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NYC Mayor Adams, NY State Governor Hochul, and Speaker Adams Celebrates Passage of Most Pro-Housing Proposal in New York City History
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) Director and City Planning Commission (CPC) Chair Dan Garodnick today celebrated the passage of “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity,” the most pro-housing zoning proposal in…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Releases new Analysis Showing Post-COVID Recovery of Holiday Spending, Job Creation, Foot Traffic as “Affordability Week” Rolls on
– New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released a new report, “Festive Spending: the Impact of the Holiday Season on NYC Retail,” showing holiday season shopping in New York City has fully recovered following the COVID-19 pandemic, attracting up to 4.4 million daily visitors, creating 14,000 jobs, and pouring over $500 million into New York…
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White House. Remarks by National Economic Council Deputy Director Daniel Hornung on Biden-Harris Efforts to Build and Preserve Housing to Lower Costs, and Opportunities Ahead
As Prepared for Delivery at the Novogradac Housing Finance Conference We are at a critically important moment for housing policy. Housing is less affordable for Americans now than at any point in recent memory. Approximately half of renters are cost-burdened and a quarter are severely cost-burdened, meaning they must devote over half of their income to rent.…
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NYC Mayor Adams Appears Live On MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Jonathan Lemire: New York City police are still looking for the gunman who killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Brian Thompson was shot yesterday morning in Midtown, Manhattan just before he was set to speak at a conference at the bustling Hilton Hotel. Surveillance video, which you can see here, shows that Thompson was walking alone from…
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NYC Mayor Erik Adams Unveils “Axe the Tax for the Working Class,”
Mayor Adams Unveils “Axe the Tax for the Working Class,” Bold Proposal to Eliminate New York City Income Taxes for Working-Class Families December 4, 2024 First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer: Good morning, everyone, welcome, and thank you for joining us today. On this stage are so many partners across government, of course, our brothers and sisters…
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Holds In-Person Media Availability
Mayor Eric Adams Holds In-Person Media Availability City Hall Blue Room Lower Manhattan December 3, 2024 Mayor Eric Adams: Good morning, or good afternoon. You know, [inaudible]. It’s great to be over at the museum. It’s the new museum dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community. That’s why we had to change the time to later. They had…
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