Mayor Bill de Blasio showed up at a Black Lives Matter mural in Harlem on Friday, just hours after he abandoned his much-talked-about plans for a similar event in front of President Trump’s Midtown Tower. Hizzoner did not mention his 11-hour cold feet case on the Trump Tower wall plans, …
Read More »De Blasio delays Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower
Mayor Bill de Blasio postponed the painting of “Black Lives Matter” on Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower on Thursday, a day after the president criticized Hizzoner for the plan. “It has been postponed due to a change in programming,” a City Council spokeswoman told The Post. “We …
Read More »Study says some New Yorkers had coronaviruses in early February
The coronavirus appears to have been circulating at low levels in the Big Apple since early February, about a month before the first case was confirmed in the city, new research reveals. A study published this week, based on more than 5,000 plasma samples collected from patients at Mount Sinai …
Read More »Advocacy groups in the US and the EU warn against the purchase of Fitbit by Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Twenty advocacy groups from the United States, Europe, Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement on Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $ 2.1 billion offer by fitness tracker company Fitbit. Inc (FIT.N) for privacy and competition reasons. FILE PHOTO: The Fitbit Blaze watch is …
Read More »City Council approves budget with $ 1 billion cut from NYPD
The New York City Council approved the $ 88.1 billion city budget just after midnight Wednesday in hopes of solving the Big Apple’s $ 9 billion budget deficit, in part by reducing spending on New York police at $ 1 billion. The deal became official once Councilwoman Deborah Rose became …
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