Photo: Jeff Bottari/Zuffa/Getty Images There is little our tribal era hates more than political turncoats. Ask a Republican: Who really boils your blood more, AOC or Liz Cheney? Chuck Schumer or Mike Pence? Democrats are no different. They may grumble about Elise Stefanik and Marco Rubio — and be especially disgusted by Pete Hegseth — […]
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On Jan. 31, the School of Italy hosted a valuable educational session for 8th grade students, focusing on career opportunities in medicine. The meeting, part of the Orientation Pathway project, featured Dr. Andy Jagoda, a well-known emergency physician, who shared his professional experience with the students and offered insights and ideas for their future. Jagoda
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UNION ENDORSEMENT: Health care labor giant 1199 SEIU is backing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for reelection, Politico reports. Though the union has endorsed Bragg – who is running unopposed – it has yet to signal who it will endorse in the upcoming mayoral race amid internal turmoil over its next leader. 1199 will start
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A de Blasio-era homeless outreach program has quietly cut its operations in half in the last year due to a city hiring freeze that has left the program understaffed. The city’s Co-Response teams, jointly operated by the Health Department and NYPD, launched in 2016 to deescalate people in mental health crisis by pairing clinicians with
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Ambulance response times, which have ballooned in recent years, took a turn for the worse between July and October with one of the most precipitous declines of the Adams administration. The time it takes to respond to a life-threatening emergency jumped by approximately half a minute, according to the mayor’s city agency scorecard of the
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At least 127 people found unfit to stand trial by psychiatrists are languishing on Rikers Island because there is no space at state-run mental health facilities, THE CITY has learned. Jail insiders say that number has gone up in recent years, after usually hovering around 100. Department of Correction officials have never publicly shared historical
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Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images Donald Trump is rapidly laying waste to the federal government. The president has enlisted Elon Musk and his DOGE assistants, who, under unclear authority, appear to be following Musk’s chaotic regime- change playbook from his takeover of Twitter: wreak havoc first and deal with the consequences — if there are
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There are three new signs now along West 125th Street in Harlem, where shoppers and diners move in and out of chain stores including Whole Foods, CVS, Starbucks, Chipotle and Golden Krust. One on Lenox Avenue marks the former location of the Lenox Lounge, the iconic bar that opened in 1939 and hosted the likes
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President Trump’s tariffs imposed on Canada, Mexico and China are likely to result in almost immediate price increases for produce in New York City stores, could send energy prices up, and threaten the finances of city-based companies that sell billions of dollars in goods and services to Canada. Mexico accounts for 50% of all produce
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The biggest night in music has arrived, and the recording industry is coming out in full force to celebrate. The 67th annual Grammy Awards kick off this evening (Feb. 2, 2025) at the Cypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, with Trevor Noah returning to host the ceremony for the fifth consecutive year. Beyoncé netted the
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