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4,000 electric scooters hitting Chicago streets next month

Three firms — Lime, Spin and Superpedestrian — will start renting 1,000 scooters apiece outside downtown. City Hall also will let Lyft, operator of the Divvy bike-sharing system, add 1,000 scooters to its 230 downtown docking stations.

Chicago Sun-Times

M&S to close flagship store amid plans to demolish London Oxford Street branch

Marks & Spencer will close its flagship store on Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street later this month in response to “changing” shopping habits. It comes as Sadiq Khan is reconsidering plans to demolish the chain's Oxford Street outlet after backlash from the public

Daily Mirror

Expanded ULEZ earned less than expected in first month, says TfL

City Hall reveals that ULEZ earned £16m in its first month amid higher compliance from drivers

Evening Standard

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City life is no fairy tale

After years of waiting, Bangkok voters will go to the much-anticipated gubernatorial election on May 22 to pick one of 17 candidates to tackle a myriad of problems the capital has been facing.

Bangkok Post

Mayor Eric Adams opts to keep NYC school mask rule for kids under 5 — but court ruling may scuttle his plan

NEW YORK — Confusion erupted Friday over whether the city’s youngest children should wear face masks in school, as Mayor Adams vowed to keep a mandate in place for the toddlers despite a court ruling that struck down the requirement as unenforceable.

Tribune News Service

Emails show Cardinal Blase Cupich helped Mayor Lori Lightfoot shape COVID message

‘You might want to rethink this sentence,’ the cardinal tells the mayor at one point, according to their pandemic correspondence, obtained by the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sadiq Khan criticised for refusing to block demolition of Marble Arch M&S

Sadiq Khan has been criticised by an environment expert who helped draft the mayor’s own blueprint for London after he refused to block the demolition of an art deco Marks & Spencer store in Oxford Street.

Evening Standard

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Ed Burke’s ‘tuna’: Indicted pol saved Old Post Office developer more than $12 million

The feds say a 601W Companies affiliate was going to hire him for property tax appeals for another building. Burke’s firm did the work. 601W reaped the savings — but decided not to hire Burke after his offices were raided.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fight over Garcetti’s nomination to be ambassador to India intensifies amid expanding Senate probe

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to India has touched off a pitched battle in the U.S. Capitol, as more senators express concern about his handling of sexual harassment allegations and Garcetti and his aides step up their defense.

Los Angeles Times

NYC mayor lauds plan to remove homeless encampments, but few people have accepted help

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams once again doubled down on his policy of removing homeless encampments from city streets — displaying stark photos of the encampments and continuing to bemoan the city’s “dysfunction” to drive home his point Wednesday at a City Hall news conference.

Tribune News Service

BMA expects 600-700k first-time voters for governor poll

There will be 600,000-700,00 first-time voters accounting for 16% of all eligible voters in the May 22 Bangkok governor election, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).

Bangkok Post

Bangkok governor hopefuls lay out their visions

Bangkok needs a public health system that is easy to access, an interconnected transit system running on clean energy and many more dust pollution checkpoints, according to at least four Bangkok governor candidates.

Bangkok Post

Priti Patel says Cressida Dick ‘deserves public gratitude’ as review launched into resignation process

City Hall hits out at ‘politically-motivated inquiry’ as former police watchdog appointed to look at ‘due process’

The Independent UK

Priti Patel orders review into way Sadiq Khan ousted Dame Cressida Dick as Met boss

The Home Secretary announced that Sir Stephen House will take over as interim Commissioner when Dame Cressida departs in April

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The Guardian - UK

Government agrees to review of how Cressida Dick was ousted as Met chief

Review may look at communications between police and City Hall after clash with Sadiq Khan but will not ‘change any outcomes’

Bangkok Post

District director defends Sanam Luang's public role

City Hall has assured the public that Sanam Luang is open for visitors every day, except when important events such as royal ceremonies or state functions are held.

Tribune News Service

NYC unions consider legal action after City Hall’s go-ahead for athletes to avoid vaccine mandate

NEW YORK — City unions pondered new legal action Friday in response to Mayor Adams’ decision to spare athletes and entertainers from the vaccine mandate requiring municipal workers to get a shot or lose their jobs.

Tribune News Service

Mayor Adams to drop NYC school mask rule for kids younger than 5 on April 4

NEW YORK — As long as New York’s coronavirus infection risk remains low, toddlers won’t have to wear face masks in school starting next month, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday amid concerns that a new COVID-19 variant will cause cases to rise.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot talks crime fighting strategy with New York City Mayor Eric Adams

During a joint news conference after a private meeting, Adams credited Lightfoot as a mayor who understands the need to focus simultaneously on “intervention and prevention.”

Evening Standard

City Hall to give £11m to scheme to help victims of domestic abuse

City Hall is to pump £11m into a scheme to help victims of domestic abuse after shock figures showed that it accounted for one in eight crimes in the capital.

Evening Standard

New chief for the Met held up by Cressida’s haggling over pay-off

The recruitment of the next Met Commissioner is being held up by continued wrangling between City Hall and Scotland Yard over the exit of Cressida Dick.

Tribune News Service

Unvaccinated Yankees and Mets can’t play at home under current NYC rules

NEW YORK — Unvaccinated players on the Yankees and Mets are covered by the same private sector employer mandate that is keeping Kyrie Irving off the court in Brooklyn, a City Hall spokesperson told the New York Daily News.

The Independent UK

First trial in Atlanta corruption investigation set to start

A political consultant who was a top aide to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is the first person set to go to trial in a long-running federal investigation into corruption at City Hall

Evening Standard

City Hall staff to be given ‘world-leading’ menopause leave, Sadiq Khan announces

City Hall staff will be eligible to take menopause leave as part of a “world-leading” policy announced by Sadiq Khan on Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Garza’s final flip-flop in General Iron fight shows ‘she’s not worried about people’s health’

In a nearly 20-minute defense of the project, Ald. Susan Garza lashed out at community groups, environmentalists, the media, City Hall, the public health commissioner and, most notably, her political ally Mayor Lori Lightfoot for preventing the business to open in her ward.

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