“This effort aims to meet the growing demand for bedspace and streamline the detention and removal process, focusing on non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE’s needs,” the memo said. “This model includes the acquisition and renovation of eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, as well as the acquisition of 10 existing ‘turnkey’ […]
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“This effort aims to meet the growing demand for bedspace and streamline the detention and removal process, focusing on non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE’s needs,” the memo said. “This model includes the acquisition and renovation of eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, as well as the acquisition of 10 existing ‘turnkey’ […]
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“This effort aims to meet the growing demand for bedspace and streamline the detention and removal process, focusing on non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE’s needs,” the memo said. “This model includes the acquisition and renovation of eight large-scale detention centers and 16 processing sites, as well as the acquisition of 10 existing ‘turnkey’ […]
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Any New Yorker who has spent time this frigid week gazing at the Hudson River, its wide expanse growing ever more packed with angular pieces of ice, may have wondered: What would it take for the whole thing to freeze over? How cold would it have to be, and for how long, before you could […]
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Take, as well, the administration’s efforts to stoke racial division. Duffy’s April letter also singled out diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for particular scorn. In October, Duffy froze federal funding for two Chicago subway projects, citing the Chicago Transit Authority’s implementation of a DOT policy that supports small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged […]
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The embedded, decontextualizing conceptualization of SMI and mental illness in general as simply neurobiological conditions separate from social conditions is not medically defensible. It is an administratively convenient political construction, providing a scapegoat—namely, people living with psychotic experiences—for policy failures. Crisis does not emerge from nowhere, nor does it arise simply from inside one’s brain. […]
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Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as mayor of New York City was historic for multiple reasons: He’s the youngest mayor in NYC history and the first Muslim mayor the city has ever had. As Uproxx’s Jeremy Hecht points out, he’s also the first mayor to reference a member of The Lox during his inauguration speech. Mamdani said: […]
Read MoreSource: Michael M. Santiago / Getty New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was outraged Monday after learning that a city council staff member had been detained by federal immigration officers earlier that day. “I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a […]
Read MoreNurses demand fair pay, healthcare, and safe staffing levels, but hospitals plead poverty despite executives’ exorbitant pay Politicians and officials support the nurses, criticizing hospitals’ prioritization of profits over workers and patient care State of emergency declared as hospitals hire expensive temporary workers rather than meet nurses’ reasonable demands Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty […]
Read MoreSource: Pool / Getty New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is on track to fulfill one of his major campaign promises only a week into his term. On Thursday, Mamdani and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan that put New York City on pace to become the first American city with universal child care. […]
Read More“Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration, much like we had under Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump wrote. “Remember when Clooney, after the […]
Read More“Good News! George and Amal Clooney, two of the worst political prognosticators of all time, have officially become citizens of France which is, sadly, in the midst of a major crime problem because of their absolutely horrendous handling of immigration, much like we had under Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump wrote. “Remember when Clooney, after the […]
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Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty After almost 20 years of providing New York City with one of its most popular and best-sounding venues, Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg will be closing its doors in just under a year. According to Variety, the famous destination, which opened its doors in 2007, will be losing its lease […]
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Source: FrankRamspott / Getty The stunning win by Zohran Mamdani to become New York City’s next mayor has reignited some Republican politicians on Staten Island to call for the borough to secede from the rest of the city, and they’re tapping into decades of feeling slighted by the rest of the city as fuel for […]
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Pinnacle’s restructuring advisers have blamed three concurrent problems for their insolvency: inflation, interest rates, and, in so many words, tenants. While inflation has undoubtedly increased operating costs, and Pinnacle’s mortgage rates leapt from 3 percent to as much as 10.25 percent, according to court documents, it’s the third item on its list of grievances that […]
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In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” “Whereas socialist ideology necessitates […]
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In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” “Whereas socialist ideology necessitates […]
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In a country where the cost of living skyrockets while wages remain low, where a few broken bones can leave you in financial ruin, and where the young feel they have no chance at any upward mobility, 86 House Democrats joined Republicans to pass a resolution denouncing “the horrors of socialism.” “Whereas socialist ideology necessitates […]
Read MorePresumably, it was Muslims among the crowd who cheered when, in his victory speech, the mayor-elect broke into Arabic, referencing the “Little Egypt” section of Astoria, Queens, known for its Muslim population. “We will fight for you because we are you,” Mamdani said. “Or, as we say on Steinway, ana minkum wa alaikum.” (This roughly […]
Read MoreResorts World has promised up to $4 billion in annual revenue from a casino near Kennedy International Airport. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has pledged revenues of $3.9 billion and 6,000 permanent jobs from a casino in Queens. And Bally’s has said it would spend $4 billion on a casino resort in the Bronx and […]
Read MoreSource: Newsday LLC / Getty The right is losing its collective mind again, and it’s been delightful to witness. This time, they’re imploding over Zohran Kwame Mamdani, the Ugandan-born, South African–raised, Queens-bred Muslim Democratic Socialist who has been elected mayor of New York City. For the pundit class that’s spent years fearmongering about affirmative action, […]
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“This evening, I’m also delighted to report that Ka-ZACK-a-stan has officially agreed, and that’s official now, as of about 15 minutes ago. A tremendous country with a tremendous leader, has officially joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, mere feet away from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It’s a […]
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“This evening, I’m also delighted to report that Ka-ZACK-a-stan has officially agreed, and that’s official now, as of about 15 minutes ago. A tremendous country with a tremendous leader, has officially joined the Abraham Accords,” Trump said, mere feet away from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. “And I just want to thank you, Mr. President. It’s a […]
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This is certainly an “only in America” story, but I do not mean that in the normal, heroic sense. I mean it in the creepy, corporate, it’s-all-about-profit sense. CBS began life in 1927 as a radio network, expanding into television as that medium grew. It had entertainment and news divisions, and later sports; its news […]
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Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Now that New York City voters have spoken and elected Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor, MAGA America has adopted a new narrative, predicting that NYC will see a mass exodus as citizens flee the city due to Mamdani’s policies, which they say are communist, socialist, Marxist — forms of […]
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Source: Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Zohran Mamdani is ready to lead in New York City, and the Mayor-elect has tapped an all-female team to help him as he transitions into City Hall. Zohran Mamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team of Powerhouse Leaders On Nov. 5, Mamdani announced that five women will serve on his transition […]
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Zohran Mamdani swept to victory in the mayor’s race with a canny pledge to freeze the rent for New York City’s roughly two million tenants in rent-stabilized apartments. When Mr. Mamdani takes office in January, a vote to freeze the rent will still be several months away. But the city’s housing crisis is a much […]
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Trump’s tariffs and executive orders seem to assume that foreign competition and lack of lands to log are the primary things hampering U.S. timber production. But when I talked to experts familiar with the industry’s history, they painted a more complicated picture. There are some potential upsides to boosting domestic timber production—even on the environmental […]
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Republicans were left reeling on Wednesday after voters swung decisively against them, setting off fears that President Trump and his low approval ratings would again drag down the party’s midterm candidates. As the scale of their electoral defeats set in, Republicans sought to find culprits, blaming their candidates, the government shutdown, a misguided focus on […]
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In public, President Trump has spent weeks disparaging Zohran Mamdani as an extremist, a communist and a danger to New York City. He has also insisted he is “much better looking” than the 34-year-old Mr. Mamdani. But in private, Mr. Trump has described Mr. Mamdani, now the mayor-elect of New York City, as a talented […]
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Vance’s comment about “a couple elections in blue states” ignores the reality of the situation. Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Georgia all saw big wins for Democrats Tuesday night, and they aren’t exactly blue states. And even within those states (and in bluer ones like New York and New Jersey), Democrats won in red districts. Democrats in […]
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