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The ethical dilemmas behind plans for involuntary treatment to target homelessness, mental illness and addiction

Over the past year, cities across the United States have unveiled new policy plans to address homelessness amid rising concerns about health and crime – for homeless people themselves, as well as for surrounding communities. Notably, several proposals include civil commitment, also referred to as involuntary treatment, for people with…

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Brickbat: It Will Be Vacant Soon Enough

Last year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams pledged to use $1 million in federal funds to transform vacant newsstands into places where bicycle delivery riders can rest, repair their bikes and recharge e-bikes. But one of the first newsstands targeted for the program is still currently in use. Ullah…

Reason

Memphis' SCORPION unit among many to draw scrutiny in US

Police departments across the country deploy plainclothes squads of officers in unmarked cars to tackle increasing crime rates or get guns off the street

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams laments Empire State Building colors

NYC Mayor Eric Adams admits the Empire State Building lighting up in Eagles green was a bad look and declares, "the Giants will be back!"

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How a Drake concert put NYPD’s ‘arsenal’ of surveillance technologies under the spotlight

Tens of thousands of cameras and facial recognition software police the nation’s largest city and its world-renowned performances halls. Watchdogs and lawmakers are calling on NYPD and billionaire-owned venues to hit pause, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Straphanger shot during clash on NYC train hours after Hochul and Adams tout subway crime reduction

NEW YORK — An argument on a Manhattan subway train took a violent turn when one of the straphangers pulled a gun and shot the other rider twice, according to the New York Police Department.

Tribune News Service

NYC residents sue Adams administration for holding up their food stamps, cash assistance: ‘Hunger and immense distress’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has stiffed thousands of low-income New Yorkers on their food stamps and cash assistance benefits, leaving them in a state of “hunger and immense distress,” sometimes for months on end, according to a lawsuit filed late Friday.

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NYC protests of Tyre Nichols death draw more than 100; two arrested as Times Square protester smashes police car windshield

NEW YORK — More than 100 people showed up at two protests in Manhattan on Friday night as Memphis police released video showing its officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man.

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Adams, Hochul trumpet reductions in NYC subway crime over recent months

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams took a Friday victory lap as the pair rolled out new subway crime statistics showing significant drop-offs across the last three months.

Tribune News Service

Live Updates | Release of video in Tyre Nichols' arrest

The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police has issued a scathing statement over the actions of five former Memphis police officers involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols

The Independent UK

Mayor Adams calls on Rep. George Santos to resign weeks after vowing to work with him: ‘Time for him to leave’

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams urged Republican New York Congressman George Santos to resign Friday — weeks after pledging to work with the fact averse lawmaker.

Tribune News Service

Uber and Lyft in New York required to be zero-emission by 2030, officials say

Mayor Eric Adams announced the initiative was part of the ‘Working People’s Agenda’ at his second state of the city address

The Guardian - US

TV glitch makes NFL fans believe a player lost his leg in Giants vs Eagles game

‘That was an Eagle’s foot after kicking the Giants’ a**’

The Independent UK

NYC to use cruise ship terminal as asylum-seeker shelter

New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers

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Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will soon house NYC asylum seekers as numbers swell, mayor says

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams announced plans Saturday for a fifth relief center to handle the city’s continuing influx of asylum seekers — the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on the borough waterfront.

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NYPD widow announces she’s pregnant with slain officer's child at tearful 1-year memorial service

NEW YORK — Heartbreak gave way to shock and joy Saturday at a St. Patrick’s Cathedral memorial for two slain New York City Police Department officers, with the teary widow of one cop announcing the couple’s surprise pregnancy to cheers.

The Independent UK

Obnoxiously loud car? A traffic camera might be listening

New York City's latest weapon in its fight against street noise is a traffic camera equipped with a sound meter

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She was denied entry to a Rockettes show — then the facial recognition debate ignited

When a lawyer was denied entry to a Rockettes show, it became a flashpoint in the debate over facial recognition technology. Does it keep people safe, or risk further harm?

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NYC Mayor Adams floats possibility of housing migrants on cruise ships again

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is opening the door once again to the possibility of housing asylum seekers on cruise ships — his latest response to the migrant crisis that’s so far cost the city an estimated $300 million.

Tribune News Service

NYC Mayor Adams demands ‘national czar’ for migrant crisis — a job Vice President Harris is already supposed to have

NEW YORK — Vice President Kamala Harris may want a word.

Tribune News Service

As morale issues and resignations hit NYPD, it’s clear tackling crime is about more than bail reform

NEW YORK — One of the issues that has dogged — and vexed — New York Mayor Eric Adams most since coming to City Hall is bringing crime under control.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: This land of immigrants: How we can help asylum-seekers, and ourselves

New York Mayor Eric Adams headed to El Paso, Texas, over the weekend to see the other end of the flow of tens of thousands of asylum-seekers pouring into Port Authority, as Americans find themselves wondering how things ended up like this and what can be done about it.

The Guardian - US

Eric Adams says New York City doesn’t have ‘room’ to host more migrants

Mayor says city’s strained care system can’t handle influx and blames government for lack of coordination during El Paso visit

The Guardian - US

The frontline scouts fighting to end homelessness in New York’s subways

Members of an outreach program that provides housing and behavioral health services aim to tackle the issue at its root

Asharq Al-Awsat

New York Mayor Says ‘No Room’ in His City for Migrants

The mayor of New York traveled to the Mexican border city of El Paso on Sunday and declared that "there is no room in New York" for busloads of migrants being sent to America's most populous city. Eric Adams, a Democrat, was also critical of the administration of Democratic US…

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