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NYC's rat-fighting mayor fined over infestation at own house

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is such an enemy of rats that he once called a press conference to demonstrate a contraption for drowning them in poison

The Independent UK

Adams defends plan to force mentally ill into treatment, vows private hospitals are on board

Mayor Eric Adams defended broadening the city’s ability to involuntarily commit acutely mentally ill homeless New Yorkers after days of criticism, claiming his policy change had sparked “creative energy” and new ideas in approaching mental health.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: For NYC to treat seriously mentally ill people, Congress must step up

Even as advocates claim that New York will be abrogating the rights of mentally ill people, we strongly support Mayor Eric Adams’ push to more proactively assess unstable individuals who are living on the streets — and provide needed treatment to those who are indeed in the throes of crippling…

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Will the ‘cool, calm, collected’ Hakeem Jeffries change when in power?

Some believe Black lawmakers adapt to leadership by becoming more moderate – others disagree

The Guardian - US

NYC Mayor Adams’ mental health hospitalization plan greeted with skepticism from cops, EMS on the front lines

NEW YORK — The skepticism was swift and citywide, from police precincts to emergency rooms and EMS ambulances, when New York City Mayor Eric Adams rolled out his new plan to force the mentally-ill into medical treatment.

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Anita Chabria: New York will treat more mentally ill people against their will. Should California follow?

At 13, Maddie Delaney was first chair viola in the orchestra at her San Leandro middle school, keeping rhythm for the violins as her mother, Jennifer Williams, puts it — until she began to have delusions.

Los Angeles Times

NYC's mayor is declaring war on rats—but it's part of a bigger obsession with New York’s economic status and it could have a lot to do with remote work

Eric Adams's search for a "highly motivated and somewhat bloodthirsty" rat czar may also help him return more employees to offices.

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Now hiring: New York City ‘rat czar’. Requirements: ‘Killer instinct’ and ‘bloodthirsty’ attitude

Mayor Eric Adams has been waging a war against the brown rat for years. He wants a ‘director of rodent mitigation’ to lead the fight

The Independent UK

Rat Attack: NYC seeks hands-on leader in anti-rodent fight

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The Independent UK

Athens hosts mayors from around world for summit on tackling antisemitism

Officials from 53 cities convene in Greece to seek ‘creative solutions’ to counter rise in anti-Jewish hate

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Sanity in sight: Mayor Adams enlists Albany to improve mental health services for those with serious psychological problems

It’s not our collective imagination: Large numbers of deeply unstable New Yorkers are inhabiting the streets and subways. A small fraction of those beset with psychosis — Simon Martial, Peter Zisopoulos, Alexander Wright and Frank James come to mind — present a danger to others.

Tribune News Service

NYC Mayor Adams faces backlash for move to involuntarily hospitalize homeless people

Mayor Eric Adams announced this week that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis."

WEKU

Eric Adams' Plan To Involuntarily Hospitalize Mentally Ill Homeless People Will Face Legal Challenges

Civil liberties groups say Adams' plan violates constitutional rights protecting people with mental illness from being confined against their will simply for existing.

Reason

‘Deeply problematic’: Advocates pan New York City policy to hospitalise mentally ill people against their will

Disability advocates and civil rights group warn new policy amounts to unconstitutional discrimination

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The Guardian - US

New York mayor plans to hospitalize mentally ill people involuntarily

Advocacy groups for civil rights groups and the homeless criticized mandate: ‘Mayor is playing fast and loose with the legal rights’

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Walmart employee sues for $50 million, says company knew about gunman’s troubling behavior

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Mayor Adams to use broader reading of state law to remove mentally ill from NYC streets

NEW YORK — New York City police and mental health clinicians who engage emotionally disturbed people on streets and subways will now be armed with a much broader interpretation of state law to institutionalize those who pose a risk to themselves or others.

The Independent UK

Mayor says NYC will treat mentally ill, even if they refuse

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new initiative that would allow authorities to more aggressively intervene to help people in need of mental health treatment

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: There is no real evidence that stop-and-frisk helps reduce crime

Imagine your doctor tells you that you have a serious wasting condition. Your physician prescribes a powerful kind of therapy that has serious side effects similar to chemotherapy’s. You ask what evidence there is of the therapy’s benefits. Your physician cheerfully says there’s none. She is prescribing the therapy because…

The Guardian - US

The other New York: how Republicans made ‘shocking’ gains in the empire state

The GOP made surprise gains in immigrant enclaves in Brooklyn, as Republicans slammed Democrats as ‘soft on crime’

Tribune News Service

NYC mayor takes supportive tone after governor signs bill restricting crypto mining

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams took a supportive if somewhat cryptic tone after New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation this week limiting some cryptocurrency mining in the state, casting the new law as an acceptable step toward smart tech policy.

Tribune News Service

New York City mayor to attend summit against antisemitism in Greece next week

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams will attend a summit against antisemitism in Greece next week, his office said Friday.

The Guardian - UK

How did Seven Nation Army become a terrace anthem – and what links it to Blur and Bernie Sanders?

From arty indie bands to US election knockouts, we join the dots around one of the most enduring stadium singalongs

Zenger

Inmate Deaths, Threat Of Federal Takeover Will Determine The Fate Of Rikers Island

The humanitarian crisis worsens as politicians and advocates debate closing or fixing the embattled facility.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Court battle begins over Trump’s special master review of papers

Should the former president lose, the materials seized from Mar-a-Lago will be available for the criminal investigation. Plus, your daily update on the Qatar World Cup

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