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Severely Mentally Ill Teens Sent to NY Foster Home Unable to Treat Them, Leading to Scares
There is a dire shortage of psychiatric care for adolescents that has led to conflict and crime in a Westchester County town. And while residents demand a solution, the teens meanwhile are being denied the help they so desperately need, putting them at risk of hurting themselves — or others.
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Attorneys Claim Asylum Seekers ‘Mocked' With Bogus Addresses, Disparaging Images on Government Forms
The federal government is sending asylum seekers from Texas to New York City with sometimes questionable paperwork — and Catholic Charities says one example in particular illustrates the allegedly “disgusting treatment” of migrants at the border.
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Keechant Sewell To Be Named First Black Female NYPD Commissioner
Mayor-elect Eric Adams is expected to appoint Keechant Sewell as the next NYPD commissioner after the current head of the police department retires at the end of the year, multiple sources tell News 4 New York.
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Andrew Cuomo Charged With Misdemeanor Sex Crime for Alleged Mansion Grope
Former NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo will face criminal charges of forcible touching.
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NYC to Require Vaccines or Weekly Tests for City Health, Hospital Workers: Sources
New York City will require all workers at health care facilities and hospitals to be vaccinated, or take weekly COVID tests, as the city faces increasing positivity rates as the delta variant spreads, City Hall officials told NBC New York.
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NYC Mayor Race: Candidates Pile on Eric Adams in Dem Debate, Spar Over Policing
After a rowdy first in-person Democratic debate last week, Thursday’s second debate was a toned-down and trimmed-down version — although it started with the frontrunner taking heat from all his competitors regarding a recent controversy
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NYC Paints Huge Black Lives Matter Mural on 5th Ave in Front of Trump Tower
New York City has painted a sprawling “Black Lives Matter” mural on Fifth Avenue directly in front of Trump Tower — a project President Donald Trump blasted as a “symbol of hate” when he first learned about it. The artwork was supposed to be done last week but was delayed a few days; it had been completed by Thursday afternoon….
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COVID-19 Leaves a Bad Taste, Literally, For Some Children Who Recovered From Virus
While loss of taste or smell has been a known symptom of COVID-19, some parents are now saying that their children are losing those senses weeks or even months after recovering from the virus.
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CDC Issues Alert as Cases of NYC Kids With Severe COVID Syndrome Spike, Spread in US
A 9-year-old boy in an upstate New York region with relatively few cases of coronavirus is recovering from a rare inflammatory syndrome thought to be related to the virus
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Calls for NYC Health Chief Oxiris Barbot to Resign After Rejecting NYPD PPE Request
Police unions are livid and demanding New York City’s Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot resign or be fired after she reportedly gave an emphatic rejection when the NYPD sought more face masks for officers.
