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City Hall Hires Just 31 From 80,000 Applicants in Mamdani’s Job Portal
Days after he won the mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani unveiled a job portal so his team could hire for his incoming administration with an eye on transforming government. “For too long in city government it’s been more to do with who you know than what you do, and we want to turn that on its […]
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After Nearly Three Months, NYC Starbucks Workers Quietly End Strike
Starbucks workers at 10 unionized New York City stores quietly returned to work on Thursday, ending their nearly three-month strike after failing to force management back to the bargaining table for a first contract. Workers in more than 85 cities nationwide have walked off the job since Nov. 13 in what the union called a […]
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City Effort to Dispatch Mental Health Workers Ends in Police Response 86% of the Time
The NYPD says the recent shooting of 22-year-old Jabez Chakraborty was justified because he lunged at the cops with a large kitchen knife within seconds of them approaching his home in response to a call from a relative asking for help during a mental health crisis. It’s a familiar and tragic outcome in New York […]
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Frozen Piles in Bus Lanes Make ‘Obstacle Course’ for Commuters
With single-digit temperatures set to freeze New York City again this weekend, bus operators are pushing City Hall to clear icy piles that are still lingering in some bus lanes since a major snowstorm late last month. The Jan. 25 storm dumped up to 13 inches across sections of the city, with the leftover mounds […]
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New York City Joins WHO Network After U.S. Withdrawal
This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced Thursday it has joined a World Health Organization network that works on disease outbreaks and other public health emergencies around the world. The city said it was the […]
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