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Adams to forcibly hospitalize homeless

Adams has no answer for homelessness — he should ask frontline workers

Salon

New cruise ship deal will bring 200,000 tourists, $100 million a year to NYC, mayor says

NEW YORK — A European cruise line’s expansion plans will bring an annual $102 million in new revenue to New York City — as well as more than 200,000 additional tourists per year, Mayor Eric Adams predicts.

Tribune News Service

With NYC plan for mentally ill, hospitals face complex task

New York City’s latest plan to keep mentally ill people from languishing in public is billed as a common-sense strategy to get them help

The Independent UK

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How N.Y. Times helped GOP win the House

The Gray Lady told America that rising crime and worsening inflation were driven by Democrats. None of it was true

Salon

Will Eric Adams' 'Get Stuff Built' Plan Actually Get Stuff Built?

The mayor is proposing a long list of helpful, but marginal, reforms that would speed up the city's approval processes for new housing.

Reason

NYC mayor's $300 fine for rat infestation is dismissed

New York City’s mayor has beaten the rat rap

The Independent UK

NYC Mayor Adams backs renewed push for reparations bill in Albany

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams expressed support Thursday for an effort in Albany to lay the groundwork for Black New Yorkers to receive reparations for slavery — saying specific attention should be paid to still-existing companies that benefited from slave labor.

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NYC Mayor Adams’ rat infestation ticket is dismissed

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is no longer on the hook for a $330 unpaid summons for a rodent infestation at his Brooklyn home, a review of city records shows.

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk Isn't the Only One Fighting Regulators for Turning Offices Into Bedrooms

The rise of remote work has piqued developers' interest in converting empty downtown offices to apartments. Zoning codes and building regulations often make that impossible.

Reason

NYC’s rat-fighting Mayor Eric Adams is fined over infestation at his own Brooklyn property

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

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…

Tribune News Service

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

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

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

Fortune

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.

The Independent UK

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

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The Independent UK

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

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The Guardian - 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

Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

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."

Reason

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.

The Independent UK

‘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

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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