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AFTER LATEST BURGLARY, MALLIOTAKIS DEMANDS CHANGES TO BAIL LAW: After the burglary this morning of Lulianos Pizzeria in Bay Ridge —the latest in a series of thefts against merchants —U.S. Rep Nicole Malliotakis (R-11/southwestern Brooklyn) demanded that Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislatur…
Through Freedom of Information Law requests, City Limits obtained data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for weekly COVID-19 deaths from March 2020 to the end of July of 2022, offering a breakdown of fatalities by race/ethnicity for each week of the early crisis.
GUILTY PLEA AND SENTENCING FOR COMPANY THAT AIDED FOREIGN TERRORIST GROUPS: Lafarge S.A. (Lafarge), a global building materials manufacturer headquartered in France, and Lafarge Cement Syria, S.A. (LCS), a Lafarge subsidiary headquartered in Syria, pleaded guilty today in Brooklyn federal court a on…
Health officials are calling on the public to get the jab.
Health officials are calling on the public to get the jab.
DIOCESAN MASS OFFERED TONIGHT FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE: The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn’s sixth Mass of Hope & Healing for victims and survivors of sexual abuse takes place tonight, October 13, at 7 p.m. Resurrection-Ascension Roman Catholic Church in Rego Park, Queens, hosts the Mass of Hope an…
The large gray rat has become the unfortunate, unofficial mascot of New York City. From the iconic Pizza Rat to the viral Buddy the Rat, rodents have become an internationally recognized symbol of our city.
The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) today announced the formation of the Small Business Advisory Commission. The Commission, which meets
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Governor Hochul and New York City Mayor Adams announced plans for the Science Park and Research Campus Kips Bay, an innovation hub that will be the first of its kind in the state.
In trying to make sense of the mental health crisis in New York, the standard question to ask is: What’s this city’s excuse?
New York City’s first-ever Gun Violence Prevention Czar Andre “AT” Mitchell receives a monumental win for his Nonprofit Organization
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Since May 2022, monkeypox virus (MPV) infections have caught the global community’s attention. However, this elevated concern is being tempered by a reducing number of confirmed MPV cases. Over the past few weeks, fewer MPV cases have been reported daily. As of October 9, 2022, the U.S. CDC had repo…
Community members dealing with pest and rodent issues joined the city’s Health Department at a “rat academy” at Restoration Plaza on Friday.
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In efforts to combat the alarming number of opioid overdose deaths in The Bronx, one local nonprofit, recently held an overdose prevention event at St. James Park in Fordham Manor, during which 240 “Narcan” kits were distributed, and training was provided on how to use it to save a life during an ov…
Fall is the start of flu season. In addition to the flu, over the last few years, there has been an increase in the spread of vaccine preventable illnesses, including the rapid spread of COVID-19 and, more recently, monkeypox.
HIV is risk factor for severe monkeypox