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Biden will split frozen assets between 9/11 victims, Afghan aid - Roll Call

An executive order launches a plan to divide $7 billion in foreign reserves held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Roll Call · Feb 11, 2022

The early risers and the night owls get to see London at peace

Everyone knows London’s loud side. The clattering Tubes, the blaring roads, the teeming streets, the parties, the pubs, the carnivals. But unlike New York, the city that never sleeps, London does have a quiet side — and it never looks so good as when it sleeps.

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2022

NYC workers face firing for not following vaccine mandate

Several thousand New York City public workers could lose their jobs Friday if they don’t show they’ve complied with the city’s mandate requiring they receive at least two shots of the COVID-19 vaccine

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022

Editorial: What should happen after Hochul’s lifting of NY mask mandate

Getting on the blue-states-loosening-mask-rules bandwagon, Gov. Kathy Hochul Wednesday announced that she’s letting the state’s indoor face-covering mandate lapse. With COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization rates way down across New York — and 82% of adults fully vaccinated, a bulwark that is likely what kept omicron from killing in far larger…

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

‘A slap in the face’: pipeline violates civil rights, say New Yorkers

Residents have been protesting National Grid’s pipeline, which bypasses wealthier, whiter Brooklyn areas, since 2020

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2022

A legacy of hope: Celebrating Harriet Tubman’s 200th birthday

Before she became the historic hero known as Harriet Tubman, Araminta Ross was born in early 1822 near Cambridge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Some 200 years later, she is celebrated as a global icon of freedom.

Tribune News Service · Feb 11, 2022

Omicron has been detected in New York deer. Here are a few more animals that have contracted COVID-19

While there's no evidence to suggest the deer have been passing the virus to humans, researchers say they could be vulnerable to repeated re-infections.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

‘This is a national movement’: union drives surge at US Starbucks stores

More than 70 stores in at least 20 states have now filed for union elections since the December wins in Buffalo, New York

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2022

New York’s subways are safe statistically – but that’s not the full story

Harassment often goes unreported, meaning metrics don’t always convey experiences – especially for women and people of color

The Guardian - US · Feb 11, 2022

Inventing Anna review: Netflix drama fails to capture the allure of New York’s favourite scammer

TV adaptations tend to be schlockier than their sources – but this new series falls especially short of its juicy potential

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2022