A measure prohibiting retailers — including Amazon and other online sellers — from selling untested, unsafe lithium-ion batteries that power e-bikes and similar devices passed the U.S. Senate Tuesday, paving the way for the law to go into effect by year’s end. The bill, approved by the House in May, had been held up by […]

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After two decades in her century-old brick rowhouse in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Marisol Genao was used to some quirks.  When she turned the lights on in the kitchen, for example, the living room lights would flicker. Before taking a shower, she knew to wait 10 minutes for the water to heat up. And when she […]

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Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign declined to answer an oversight panel’s questions about his fundraising tactics because it might implicate the mayor in his upcoming criminal trial on campaign finance fraud, his attorney confirmed late Tuesday. The campaign ignored auditors’ demands for explanations about the sources of its funding by the city Campaign Finance Board, newly […]

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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Overdose is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death in New York City, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene alerted health care providers in an advisory letter on Friday. Overdoses accounted for 20 out of the city’s 58 total […]

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The administration of Mayor Eric Adams is expected to announce Jimmy Oddo, the current city buildings commissioner, will lead the Department of Sanitation, according to multiple people briefed on the plan. He replaces Jessica Tisch, who left the trash-collection agency to become police commissioner late last month. Tisch replaced the interim commissioner, Thomas Donlon, who […]

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