De Blasio said the FDNY will help develop a public safety campaign about the dangers. He also said the NYPD will assist but remains focused on the recent uptick in shootings. The mayor said officers will not be targeting the kids on the corner with firecrackers. Instead, they’ll be out trying to stop gun violence. … [Read more...] about Mayor De Blasio Forms Illegal Fireworks Task Force To Go After Suppliers In ‘Huge Sting Operation’
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De Blasio Outlines ‘Blended Learning’ Plan for Reopening NYC Public Schools
“Everything we do will be with a very high bar related to health and safety,” said de Blasio, who cited a recent survey of parents in which 75 percent of those with school-age children said they want to send their children back to school. Reopening schools, he said, is the “single biggest part of restarting New York City.” He did not address how this restart is supposed to work if children are home for half of the week. … [Read more...] about De Blasio Outlines ‘Blended Learning’ Plan for Reopening NYC Public Schools
Look Who’s Donating Twice to Bill de Blasio
Lapes’ business relies heavily on the city, so he’s exactly the kind of guy you’d expect to be donating as much as he can to campaigns. But the Campaign Legal Center’s Meredith McGehee described the fund-raising method as “double dipping.” She said, “clearly people are being solicited and are giving to these politicians in the hope that it will be noticed and they will get something — access and influence — in exchange for that donation. The point is that it’s awkward for De Blasio to be taking in so much money through a method so many see as shady. … [Read more...] about Look Who’s Donating Twice to Bill de Blasio
De Blasio’s Inner Circle Subpoenaed in Corruption Probe
Campaign-finance reform prohibits individual candidates from receiving donations of more than $10,300, but county committees can accept amounts up to $103,000. In her memo, Sugarman suggests that, in an effort to get Democratic candidates elected in upstate races, de Blasio encouraged donors to give to county committees, which then transferred the money to individual candidates. Sugarman also said that de Blasio and his allies deliberately flouted campaign-finance law by asking for higher-than-allowed donations. … [Read more...] about De Blasio’s Inner Circle Subpoenaed in Corruption Probe
De Blasio Delivers Another Blow to NYC Families: Schools to Open Part-time in Fall
Outbreaks in schools are inevitable,” says Otto Helve, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare. “But there is good news.” So far, with some changes to schools’ daily routines, he says, the benefits of attending school seem to outweigh the risks—at least where community infection rates are low and officials are standing by to identify and isolate cases and close contacts. … [Read more...] about De Blasio Delivers Another Blow to NYC Families: Schools to Open Part-time in Fall
