A hundred thousand New Yorkers currently live in low-lying coastal neighborhoods affected by chronic flooding. About half of them reside in the working- and middle-class enclaves surrounding Jamaica Bay.
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Smoke from Canadian wildfires once again blanketed parts of the U.S. on Thursday. The impact of the smoke was less severe than earlier this month and was most strongly felt in cities from Pittsburgh and Cleveland to Chicago and Detroit. https://t.co/HsFSrB1Qeh
The New York City Air Quality Index reached 392 on Wednesday, even higher than the record set earlier in the day, according to the AirNow Index. The worst period of unhealthy air will last through Thursday morning, according to a New York Times analysis. https://t.co/cDKTzgDd7Y
A parking garage collapsed in Manhattan last month, killing one person and injuring five others. Serious structural problems in New York City’s garages are widespread, records and interviews reveal –– and many have gone uncorrected for years. https://t.co/AWAK9i8jyc
It may not have been the traditional mug shot, but this picture of Donald Trump as he entered the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday as his indictment was unsealed will go down in history, @VVFriedman writes. https://t.co/oGaU6lOSgK
Experts in mental illness, homelessness and policing expressed skepticism that a New York City plan to hospitalize more mentally ill people involuntarily could effectively solve a crisis that has confounded city leaders for decades. https://t.co/chKzh6mIOa
He said he went to Burning Man. (His photos were taken in Queens.) He said he was born in Italy. (New Jersey.) He told his wife he was having an affair with Kourtney Kardashian. (He wasn’t.)
He maintains that his compulsive lying is a mental illness.
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Greenwich, Connecticut, was once home to George Bush and has historically been a moderate conservative stronghold. But now, the culture wars have spilled into its precincts, led by Trump acolytes who have taken control of the town’s Republican committee. https://t.co/ftWgPOqdRk
Amazon spent millions to fight worker unrest. The company deployed an “incident commander," according to court documents.
Union organizers in New York had a budget of $120,000. They deployed TikToks, homemade ziti and free marijuana.
Here's how they won. https://t.co/e3jp9q8eco
NEW: 12 days ago, a group of New York City taxi drivers stopped eating. Here is our story on how it came to this, what officials are saying about it, and what it might take to resolve the impasse: https://t.co/5PyuvfaKnY
Yellow taxi drivers with @NYTWA have been staging a sit-in outside City Hall for a month, calling for more help for medallion owners facing ruin. They say they'll begin a hunger strike tomorrow. W/ @dsandersphoto https://t.co/hH2rpTJS11
The bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio, has led the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn for 18 years. Robert Brennan, a Bronx native and the current Bishop of Columbus, Ohio, will succeed him. https://t.co/yHBRhjjFcb
Thousands of health care workers in New York got vaccinated against the coronavirus as the deadline for shots loomed, health officials said. The rush of last-minute vaccinations seems to have made worst-case staffing shortages less likely.
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The nuclear age in the New York City area will end Friday night with the push of a button. @NYTPatrick got a look inside the control room at the Indian Point power plant where the shutdown will happen. https://t.co/xjFTuoK3sw
Demonstrators in Brooklyn and Manhattan last night responded (nonviolently) to Wednesday's pro-Trump ransacking of the U.S. Capitol. Story with @nateschweber pictures @dsandersphoto
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