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NYC mayor defends police response after videos show officers punching pro-Palestinian protesters

New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended the police department’s response to a pro-Palestinian street demonstration in Brooklyn over the weekend, calling video of officers repeatedly punching men lying prone on the ground an “isolated incident.”

The Independent UK

NYC’s rat problem is so bad it’s holding a summit of vermin experts to ‘know our enemy’

"Preeminent rat researchers" are invited to attend.

Fortune

Finance and business moguls held Zoom with Eric Adams urging him to bring in police on Columbia protesters

A private WhatsApp group of high-profile, powerful financiers, business leaders and CEOs received briefings from Israeli officials, and discussed shaping public dialogue around Israel crisis

The Independent UK

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New York mayor Eric Adams announces first ‘urban rat summit’

New York City produces 14 billion tons of trash annually — a feast for the much-maligned rodents

The Independent UK

Pro-Israel billionaires urged New York crackdown on Gaza protests: Report

WhatsApp leaks reveal group of business leaders discussed ways to pressure officials to clear pro-Palestine protesters.

Al Jazeera

NYC Mayor addresses criticism over comments about migrants being good swimmers, calls it 'silly'

Eric Adams said the comments were twisted and said that "we're in a society that has turned into a word police"

Latin Times

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‘Excellent swimmers’: New York mayor says migrants can fix lifeguard shortage

Community leaders denounce Eric Adams’s comments as racist as mayor doubles down and says ‘word police’ out to get him

The Guardian - US

New York City Mayor suggests immigrants could solve lifeguard shortages as they're 'excellent swimmers'

Eric Adams made the comment amid an appeal to expedite work licenses for migrants and asylum-seekers for jobs that are in high demand

Latin Times

NYC Is Desperate For Lifeguards: Hourly Wage Up From $16.10 to $21.26 With a $1K Bonus

Despite pay hikes and easier swim tests, NYC faces a severe lifeguard shortage. Officials attribute part of the issue to union disputes.

International Business Times UK

New York's City of Maybe

Plus: Colorado passes a string of zoning reforms, an upscale Los Angeles grocery store sues to stop new housing, and Democrats urge the White House to get moving on fair housing.

Reason

In NYC and LA, police response to campus protests draws sharp criticism

Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.

WEKU

Rikers Island jail ‘ready’ to receive Donald Trump, says Eric Adams

New York City mayor makes comment as ex-president could face temporary incarceration if he again violates gag order

The Guardian - US

Rikers Island Prepared For Potential Trump Jail Time

Rikers Island ready for potential Trump incarceration amid Manhattan trial on falsifying records.

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The Walrus

Hybrid Workplaces Are Still a Headache

Why is it so hard to figure out an arrangement that’s good for everyone?

WEKU

NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students

Following the mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people arrested were not students.

Salon

Columbia faculty slam NYPD sweep shot

While removing pro-Palestinian protesters from the campus this week, a sergeant “accidentally” fired his weapon

The Guardian - US

NYPD issues arrest figures amid ‘outside agitator’ claim at Columbia Gaza protest

New York police say about 29% of those detained ‘not affiliated’ with university as more are arrested at NYU and New School

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Salon

Profs rip Adams "outside agitator" trope

"A pathetic attempt to discredit the political investments and moral conscience of this movement," professor says

The Guardian - US

Eric Adams under pressure to divulge details on ‘outside agitators’ at campus protests

The New York City mayor has claimed police arrested protesters after non-student elements escalated the situation

Latin Times

Latino national leaders meet with Mayor Adams, praise New York City's handling of migration crisis

"There's much more we want to do, but we're clear on this: this is a national problem", said Adams

The Guardian - AU

Campus protests: UCLA students in standoff with police as demonstrations spread across US

More than a thousand supporters at a pro-Palestine encampment in California face arrest by police, a day after it was attacked by pro-Israel counter-protesters

WEKU

Violence erupts at UCLA as protests over Israel's war in Gaza escalate across the U.S.

Members of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups in Los Angeles clashed, with reports of fireworks and pepper spray use. Elsewhere, universities are tearing down encampments and arresting students.

Al Jazeera

University Gaza protests rage on with Columbia arrests and violence at UCLA

Demonstrations continue to face police crackdown as protesters vow to more pressure on universities.

The Guardian - US

Crackdowns intensify on pro-Palestine campus protests as hundreds arrested

Tensions continue after night of unrest at UCLA and Columbia, as New York mayor blames ‘outside agitators’ for escalation

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