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New York City mayor charged with taking bribes, illegal campaign funds

US prosecutors indict Eric Adams on federal charges that he solicited bribes from Turkish businessmen and officials.

Al Jazeera

NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted

Top city Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have called for the mayor to step down

Salon

Swirling federal investigations test New York City mayor's ability to govern

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing mounting questions over his ability to govern after federal investigators seized phones from multiple officials in his administration

The Independent UK

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Costco, Walmart face impossible 'woke' versus 'anti-woke' choice

Both retailers are being forced to make a choice where both options will anger some customers.

The Street

Gunshot detection system resulted in hundreds of wasted hours of NYPD investigation

The force will have spent $54m on ShotSpotter, a system used by multiple US police departments, by the end of its current contract term

The Independent UK

How to survive a heat wave on low income

As a scorching summer kicks off, New York City’s cooling centers aren’t up to the task

Salon

‘Abhorrent antisemitism’: home of Jewish director of Brooklyn Museum vandalized

Police look into red paint splattered with possible symbol of Palestinian resistance and banner calling director a Zionist

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Elon Musk, called every name from ‘carnival barker’ to ‘absent CEO,’ is on the verge of landing a $45 billion pay package from Tesla

After having his unprecedented pay package voided by a judge, Tesla shareholders are set to vote on whether the plan should be reinstated.

Fortune

Tesla board chair says not paying Elon Musk is unfair—‘Put yourself in his shoes’

Investors will vote on the Tesla CEO’s $56 billion stock option package next week.

Fortune

Elon Musk can’t just ask ‘his brother and his besties’ to pay him $46 billion, NYC comptroller says

Comptroller Brad Lander said the Tesla CEO’s pay package is “outrageously large and insufficiently governed” at a meeting of investors on Tuesday.

Fortune

Elon Musk is recruiting xAI staffers who are ‘without regard to popularity or political correctness’ a day after raising $6 billion from investors

Musk's latest startup is barely a year old and already it is worth $24 billion. But Tesla shareholders fear it will compete with the carmaker for resources.

Fortune

NYC comptroller lets rip on Elon Musk’s $47 billion pay plan: ‘There’s rarely been as egregious a flaunting of independent shareholder governance as this’

The overseer of $242 billion in NYC pension funds says Elon Musk is treating Tesla like a family-owned business instead of the publicly traded company it is.

Fortune

‘Tesla Is Not A Family Business': New York Official Blasts Musk’s Pay Package

A June shareholder vote will decide how much control Elon Musk wields over Tesla. NYC Comptroller Brad Lander has something to say about it.

InsideEVs

Tesla investors urge shareholders to vote against Elon Musk’s $56bn payday – and slam board for failing to curtail him

‘Tesla is suffering from a material governance failure which requires our urgent attention and action,’ shareholders write

The Independent UK

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Nearly 2,000 Migrants Evacuated From Brooklyn Shelter Amid Storm

City officials say their main concern and reason for the evacuation was the high winds

The Guardian - US

Al Sharpton says ousted Harvard chief was ‘scapegoat’ in fight against diversity

Civil rights leader hosts protest outside office of alumnus who spearheaded campaign to remove Claudine Gay and criticized DEI

Ballotpedia

Examining BlackRock’s shift away from ESG

The Economy and Society letter is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Ballotpedia

NYC’s ESG investment approach draws pushback

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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The Guardian - UK

‘Suit up for the backlash!’: The battle to regulate New York’s gig economy

The progressive politician Brad Lander says his attempts to establish a minimum wage for food delivery workers have met well-funded resistance from the sector’s leading companies

Zenger

NYC Comptroller Decries Politicization Of ESG

In an interview last week, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander argued against the politicization of ESG

Ballotpedia

Biden administration pushes back

The Street

Uber Eats, DoorDash Are in Big Trouble Thanks to a Limiting New Rule

It's about to get way more expensive for Uber and DoorDash to operate.

Tribune News Service

Mayor Adams takes heat for trying to water down NYC right-to-shelter law — ‘Beyond disturbing,’ say critics

Mayor Adams weathered a torrent of criticism Wednesday for his administration’s legal push to diminish the city’s right-to-shelter law, with detractors calling the move misguided and demanding the mayor reconsider.

The Guardian - US

New York mayor and police criticized for lack of action over Jordan Neely’s death

Medical examiner confirmed on Wednesday that 30-year-old Black man died from compression to the neck

Tribune News Service

Mayor Adams unveils plan to subsidize solar panels for low-income NYC homeowners, funding stream up in air

NEW YORK — Mayor Adams teamed up with Comptroller Brad Lander on Thursday to announce a pilot program that’d bankroll rooftop solar panel installations for working class homeowners in the city — but funding for the initiative isn’t locked in yet.

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