The city activated its flash flooding alerts 13 times so far this year, and nine times last year, according to John Scrivani, commissioner of the city’s Department of Emergency Management Department.
Sliwa, who is unlikely to win the mayor’s race because of the high numbers of Democrats in New York, criticized Adams’ hobnobbing with city elites and trendy teenage TikTokers, claiming that the Brooklyn Borough President was more fixed on “keeping up with the Kardashians” and “raising the roof” than he was on the issues facing the city.
Dem Mayoral Nominee Eric Adams Promises To Change NYC’s ‘Anti-Business’ Reputation 'This is going to be a place where we welcome business and not turn into the dysfunctional city that we have been for so many years,' Adams said, discussing a multi-pronged plan that includes tax incentives and zoning changes to woo growing industries like cybersecurity and blockchain, and offer free or subsidized childcare for parents.
As Conditions at Rikers Reach Crisis Levels, Concerns About Heat Persist Dozens of men splitting a single jug of water, sweating walls in cell units, inmates sucking air from cracks under doors—these are just some of the conditions inmates and advocates have reported from Rikers Island over the past few months.
Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿cómo obtener ayuda si ha sufrido daños por la tormenta Ida en Nueva York? Además de las ayudas federales que maneja la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA, por sus siglas en inglés) hay recursos adicionales para las personas afectadas por las inundaciones disponibles a través de la ciudad y el estado de Nueva York, varias de estas disponibles para personas indocumentadas.
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