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Court could give House Dems 6 more seats

A New York court ordered the Democrat-dominated state legislature to redraw map that boosted Republicans

Salon · Jul 13, 2023

HETMA Joins the AV/IT Summit as Event Partner

Future plc is pleased to announce the Higher Education Technology Managers Alliance (HETMA) has joined as a partner of the AV/IT Summit which will take place on August 2 at the UBS Arena in New York City.

AVNetwork · Jul 13, 2023

Mayorkas says congressional threats not affecting his work - Roll Call

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas highlighted efforts to stop fentanyl entering the country during an event in New York.

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2023

New York needs workers. They’re waiting on the sidelines

On a recent morning on a sleepy street in Jackson Heights, Queens, more than 20 men and women swarmed a dark blue van in hopes of getting some work for the day. Four managed to get in.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023

How Marc Molinaro went from teenage mayor to key vote in Congress

The freshman Republican won a tight race in New York, which means he has some juice in the House GOP — and a tough reelection coming up.

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2023

New York set up a hotline for police handling mental health cases. Not one officer has called

The line was supposed to offer expert guidance after Mayor Eric Adams expanded police powers to forcibly hospitalize people

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2023

‘Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake’ review: 2 ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small-town Illinois

For a time, I used to watch various incarnations of Bravo’s reality franchise “The Real Housewives.” Brightly lit and filled to their Botox gills with aspirational bunkum, the shows require little by way of mental engagement. These tantrums of the wealthy (and pretend wealthy) function as an easy distraction from…

Chicago Tribune · Jul 13, 2023

Biden declares state of emergency in Vermont as ‘one-in-a-thousand year’ flooding sweeps northeast - live

One woman died in New York after she was swept away in floodwaters as she tried to escape her home with her dog

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

‘Suit up for the backlash!’: The battle to regulate New York’s gig economy

The progressive politician Brad Lander says his attempts to establish a minimum wage for food delivery workers have met well-funded resistance from the sector’s leading companies

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Brickbat: The Rising Cost of Getting By

Starting July 12, New York City will require food delivery apps to pay their workers $17.96 an hour. That will rise to $19.96 in hour in 2025 and then be indexed to inflation. Prior to the law taking effect, food delivery workers were making about $12 an hour in the…

Reason · Jul 13, 2023