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Dog Poo in Council Crosshairs After a Filthy Winter
They want to curb your dog. The New York City Council on Thursday introduced a package of bills aimed at ending the scourge of dog poop that intensified during weeks of feces-strewn snow piles this winter. The four bills, which will have hearings in the coming weeks, focused on both outreach and other ways to […]
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Vaccine Education Plan Approved by NYC Council
This article was originally published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. The New York City Council on Thursday passed a package of bills seeking to do more to educate parents about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines as immunization rates show signs of starting […]
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Unspent State Funds for Youth At Risk of Gun Violence Are Needed Here, City Leaders Say
Two weeks ago, a 15-year-old boy was fatally shot with a handgun on a Queens playground during a water gun fight. This Monday, another 15-year-old boy was shot multiple times on the A train. On Thursday, groups that work to curb teen gun violence gathered at a forum in Brooklyn to highlight the programs that […]
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Forgery and Wage Theft: Playground Contractors Hit With Massive Fines
Two contractors robbed workers of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages through kickbacks, forgery and wage theft as they renovated a playground in The Bronx, officials say. It took years for the city comptroller’s office and the Parks Department to claw back the money after an audit found that 24 workers on the Hunts […]
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UPS Tops List of Bus-Lane Blockers Caught on Camera Last Year
Here’s what brown can do for you: turn commuting on the country’s pokiest buses into even more of a slog. UPS trucks were flagged more than 25,000 times last year for obstructing New York City bus lanes, MTA data reveals. That’s nearly twice as many as Amazon, whose 12,975 violations ranked second. The images of […]
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