The Bronx plays a starring role in Mayor Eric Adams’ push to promote the construction of more housing, with a commitment announced Thursday to spur development along four new Metro-North stations set to open on the borough’s east side.The mayor’s Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce, or BLAST, made more than 100 suggestions to streamline approvals and regulations to speed projects and reduce costs, including environmental and land-use reviews as well as permitting through the Department of Buildings. To visualize the usual bureaucracy of building, the mayor stood next to boxes of paper in the rotunda of City Hall.“This stack…
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At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a trend towards lone-actor, low-sophistication attacks, and more younger people being radicalised. Specifically, she referred to the threat of right-wing extremism, which in 2021 was approaching 50% of ASIO’s caseload. She did not suggest the laws will be “overhauled”. However, O’Neil hinted that changes to criminal law could target specific ways that extreme right-wing groups organise themselves compared to groups such as al-Qaeda or Islamic State. Since the…
The NITECORE SUMMIT 10000 power bank is a ruggedly designed mobile technology charging solution ready to withstand the demands of life in the great outdoors. The power bank features a 10,000mAh capacity yet weighs in at six-ounces to give it a lightweight construction that won’t weigh down the user. The device has a unibody carbon fiber shell construction that deliver an IPX5 rating for impact resistance, which also further supports its lightweight construction.The NITECORE SUMMIT 10000 power bank is rated to work in extreme temperatures and is thus ready to withstand use in the great outdoors. The power bank features…
Civil rights proponents cheered Thursday after all 219 House Democrats and 39 Republicans voted to pass legislation enshrining recognition of same-sex and interracial partnerships, just over a week after the Senate did the same.The Respect for Marriage Act, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law as soon as this week, jettisons the definition of marriage as “between a man and a woman” and requires all states to recognize the validity of legally obtained marriage licenses regardless of gender or race. However, the bill stops short of codifying the right of same-sex and interracial couples to marry nationwide.Although…
A photograph taken by NASA’s Orion spacecraft has given us a new perspective on our home planet. The snap was taken during the Artemis I mission, which sent an uncrewed vehicle on a journey around the Moon and back in preparation for astronauts’ planned lunar return in 2025. We get pictures of Earth every day from satellites and the International Space Station. But there’s something different about seeing ourselves from the other side of the Moon. How does this image compare to other iconic views of Earth from the outside? Earthrise In December 1968, three astronauts were orbiting the Moon…
The Republican state lawmaker behind legislation that’s pushed some LGBTQ+ teachers in Florida to leave education is facing federal charges for allegedly defrauding a federal program meant to provide aid for small businesses of his during the Covid-19 pandemic.State Rep. Joseph Harding was indicted by a grand jury and has been accused of falsifying bank statements and making illegal bank transfers in order to wrongfully obtain $150,000 in federal pandemic relief funds for businesses that were not actually operating at the time.”On Wednesday, the sponsor of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill was indicted for fraud and money laundering. But sure,…
Shortly after his reelection on Dec. 6, 2022, Rev. Raphael Warnock talked about his political journey in a state better known for its racist history of suppressing the Black vote. “I am Georgia,” Warnock said. “A living example and embodiment of its history and its hope, of its pain and promise, the brutality and possibility.” Warnock’s senate campaign against his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, occurred at a time when Georgia voters faced a slew of new election law reforms that the state’s lawmakers said were necessary to protect election integrity. But civil rights advocates characterized the reforms as the latest…
Ulrika Richardson, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in the Caribbean country, updated journalists in New York on the deadly outbreak, which was declared on 2 October. So far, 283 people have died, nearly 12,000 have been hospitalized, and more than 14,000 suspected cases have been recorded. Increase in cases “What we are seeing in fact, is not only the continued increase of cholera cases, but also the spread to the regions,” she said. “In eight of the 10 departments there are confirmed cholera cases, and this is a worrying trend for us and for the country.” Ms. Richardson is at…
Peace advocates on Thursday slammed the House of Representatives’ passage of a mammoth $858 billion military spending bill as an early holiday gift for the Pentagon and the weapons corporations who benefit from the United States’ ongoing—but largely forgotten—War on Terror.”While working families are being crushed by inflation, we shouldn’t be spending $45 billion MORE than the president requested in the NDAA.”House lawmakers voted 350-80 in favor of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with 45 Democrats and 35 Republicans voting “no.”The new NDAA authorizes an $80 billion military spending increase over the 2022 bill, and $118 billion more…
When a man wielding a sword and an axe entered the New York Times building last month and demanded to speak with a reporter, it was security workers, among them Karen Letellier, who confronted him, ordering him to surrender his bag and drop to the ground.“Our job is a huge responsibility,” said Letellier, 36, a concierge who has worked for the Times for five years. “There is no room for mistakes when people’s lives are at risk.”Letellier, like other security workers, is also one of the lowest-earning employees at The New York Times. She is among the nearly 1,100 New…