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Lawmaker Seeks to Curb Deadly NYPD Car Chases After Upsurge
Queens City Council member Tiffany Cabán is set to introduce legislation Wednesday to sharply restrict vehicle pursuits by the NYPD and to require greater transparency when they happen. Cabán, an attorney and member of the council’s Public Safety Committee, is hoping to deepen reforms of a pursuit regimen already overhauled by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, […]
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Sliwa Charges Battery Storage Stations Threaten New Yorkers. The FDNY Begs to Differ.
Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa has made railing against battery energy storage systems a key part of his campaign. He rallied with residents of Hollis, Queens, Marine Park, Brooklyn and Eastchester, The Bronx to oppose proposed battery projects in their neighborhoods. On Monday evening, he traveled to the Staten Island neighborhood of Travis to celebrate […]
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New York Joins Coalition of States Suing Trump Administration Over SNAP
A bipartisan coalition of state officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, sued the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday to keep the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program partially funded through November. In a press release obtained by NOTUS ahead of the lawsuit being filed, James argued that the administration is unlawfully allowing SNAP to run […]
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SNAP Shutdown Pause and New Work Rules: What You Need to Know
As the government shutdown stretches on, more than 1.7 million New York City residents who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive them as soon as Nov. 1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), once known as food stamps, is funding sent out monthly by the federal government to low-income people to help them buy […]
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Can Mamdani Make Union-Built Affordable Housing Add Up?
For months, the campaign to pass charter reforms to speed the construction of housing has flown well under the radar of most New Yorkers, drowned out by coverage of the mayor’s race. Now those reforms are front and center as Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani’s stubborn refusal to take a position on them has focused attention […]
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