Sally Goldenberg
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Couldn’t be more excited for this new chapter. Covering the presidential w/ some of the best reporters in the biz has been an honor, and I am inspired by their drive and talent. But NY politics is calling me back, now more than ever. For posterity, a few ‘24 stories I’m proud of:.
NEWS: @SallyGold is returning to the Empire State after spending the year covering the presidential election. She’ll fill a new position that was tailor-made for her: Senior New York Editor. Read the full announcement from @ryanhutchins & @jjschatz👇 .
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“At this point, the BOE does not know how many voters may be affected or how it will remedy the problem.”.
NEW: Brooklyn Voters Receive Absentee Ballot Envelopes With Wrong Voter Names And Addresses via @gothamist.
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FDNY lining up to cheer medical staff at The Brooklyn Hospital Center.
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BREAKING: @NYCMayor attorney Lisa Zornberg just announced she’s leaving her City Hall job as top attorney. Story developing, more TK. (Yes, Adams announced this Saturday at 10:30pm).
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He knows Cory Booker is black, right?.
“I’ve been raising a black son in America,” @BilldeBlasio says now. Says it’s “something that sets him apart from everyone on the stage,”.
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BREAKING: Hearing several people involved in the effort to unionize have been terminated from @Dianne4NYC team.
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Observations from Iowa - it is very flat, driving is monotonous, there is more unbuilt land in one block than NYC has in an entire borough, dirt roads are terrifying, no one carries almond milk and caucus-goers are extremely well-informed.
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I'm stunned by what he just said. I wouldn't expect @NYCMayor to not defend his own police department but to essentially dismiss protestors as clueless, provocative, opportunistic out-of-towners is not at all what I would have expected this mayor to say in this moment.
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.@thenyic is threatening to sue @NYCMayor over his curfew, calling it unconstitutional. Others like @nychange & @VOCALNewYork are supporting and @nealkwatra is organizing & helping to fund the effort:.
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That the crowd at Cadman Plaza is booing @NYCMayor over his handling of police and race is monumental to anyone who has followed his career. This is not just twitter, white ppl, elitists or whatever else his defenders want to say. This is the base that elected him.
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NEW: @mayawiley & her close allies have been reaching out to labor/progressive allies to gauge support as she seriously considers a run for mayor next year.
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“DeSantis has assembled a brain trust of academics, members of Congress, and former administration officials to draw up step-by-step blueprints for tearing the DOJ and FBI down to the studs for a rebuild.”. @PhilipWegmann on @RonDeSantis’ plans for FBI.
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Council speaker and mayoral candidate calls for NYPD officer who on video was seen flinging protestor to the ground tonight to be charged w/ assault.
This officer needs to be charged with assault. Hard to watch. Brutal and unacceptable.
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.@DrMaryTBassett of the ongoing dispute b/w @NYCMayor & his health dept: “New York has one of the best health departments in the United States, possibly the world. We’d all be better off if we were listening really closely to them right now.”.
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NEW: @bradlander is considering legal action over @GovKathyHochul's decision to suspend congestion pricing - a move he strategized with transit and enviro advocates on a conference call this week. @joeanuta and @NickReisman w/ the scoop:.
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“I’ve been begging the party to let me help them for two years. That’s also the damn thing of it. I’ve been trying to help. Before the election, I offered to help every single swing district Democrat with their operation. And every single one of them, but five, refused my help.”.
Despite Biden's victory, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday made clear the divisions within the Democratic party that animated the primary still exist. "I need my colleagues to understand that we are not the enemy," she told @AsteadWesley.
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A reminder both Bill de Blasio and Mike Bloomberg strongly supported Eric Adams in 2021. De Blasio helped secure crucial union support for him during the combative primary; Bloomberg introduced him to city's elites; his aides sang his praises & suggested he'd become president.
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.@NYCMayor says the NYPD cars plowing into protestors is under investigation and "troubling" and immediately pivots to criticizing protestors who are "attempting to do violence" to NYPD.
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NEW: @AndrewYang is tapping his 3,500-base of volunteers to simultaneously phone bank/text NYers over 65yo about vaccine info & get them signed up to vote.
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.@MaxRose4NY using his concession speech to discuss his decision to march for George Floyd. "Black parents worry that a chance encounter could end w/ their baby boy or baby girl never coming home," he says.
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“Anyone who thinks my New Yorkness is in question should come and say it to my face and see how ridiculous it is,” @AndrewYang says.
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“Because the law does not support a dismissal, and because I am confident that Adams has committed the crimes with which he is charged, I cannot agree to seek a dismissal driven by improper considerations,” Sassoon, a Republican, wrote.
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BREAKING: @NYCMayor "The New York city public schools will remain closed for the remainder of this school year. Again, there is nothing easy about this decision.".
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Plans for about 1,500 units of affordable housing likely scrapped as Amazon prepares to build its HQ2 on that land.
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This has been a bizarre saga. I'm inclined to believe most staff didn't know he was going until the middle of the night. But it's beyond the parameters of credibility that the mayor of the nation's largest city randomly got an invite to inauguration at 1 a.m. the same day.
NEW: @NYCMayor headed to DC at around 3 a.m. to attend the inauguration of @realDonaldTrump - even though his sked showed him in NYC attending MLK events. W/ @joeanuta .
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I'm told by someone familiar/on background that the mayor has still not been informed of the indictment which is stunning.
"I always knew that if I stood my ground for New Yorkers that I would be a target — and a target I became. If I am charged, I am innocent and will fight this with every ounce of my strength and spirit," @NYCMayor says in response to indictment news.
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.@MikeBloomberg in Plano, Texas yesterday: “I realize that someI ppl may say, do we really want a general election b/w two New York billionaires? To which I say, who’s the other one?”.
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NEW: In 2021, @andrewcuomo withheld vaccines for 2+ weeks to Citi Field - a site championed by his nemesis, @BilldeBlasio. (Cuomo blames fed shortage.) He also threatened separately to have BDB's health commish arrested. W/ @NickReisman & @michaelgartland:.
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“What was chilling in the message that was received is that this individual said, ‘Stop telling lies. Biden did not win. He will not be president." - @RepJeffries on Chris Hayes.
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After days of taking relentless hits from @RitchieTorres about his perceived failures of her governance, @GovKathyHochul finally pushes back, calling the congressman a “pandering hypocrite.”.
Exclu! Via @ccampy . Weighing a run for governor, Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) distanced himself from past left-leaning positions Tuesday — telling The Post the border crisis had changed his view on immigration policy.
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This is the best thing I can possibly share: One of my best friends, who was diagnosed w/ breast cancer at age 30 & told she'd never have a child, just welcomed one into the world.
Dear Daughter, we can’t wait to tell you all the stories: like the one about the young breast cancer survivor who was told it would be impossible to have a baby after chemotherapy. There’s impossible and then there’s what’s possible. Welcome, little one. 📸 by Liz_Hendrickson
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An Amazon warehouse worker was so fed up w/ being ripped off in her paychecks she wrote an email directly to Jeff Bezos that kicked off a major internal investigation. Pretty incredible start to this story:.
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NEW: @NYCMayor's admin has no new classes ready for preschool-age students w/ disabilities ahead of upcoming school year, despite promise to provide them all spots, @madinatoure scoops:.
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NEW: @NYCMayor to lift vax mandate for performers and athletes ahead of start of baseball season:.
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Here in NYC, ppl died waiting for adequate medical care. We covered their stories, read their obituaries, wrote their obituaries and heard the wailing sirens rushing them to overcrowded hospitals every day and night. That’s just a fact.
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NEW: @AndrewYang was among those who decamped from NYC to Hudson Valley at times during the pandemic last year. This is likely to be an issue in the mayoral race, which he's entering soon.
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.@NYCMayor says "everyday New Yorkers are not buying this" and don't support the protestors. How could he possibly know that? Did he survey 9 million ppl in the last 24 hours?.
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.@AndrewYang says he wants NYC to be a National example for #UniversalBasicIncome and promises to be “the anti-poverty mayor.”.
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He endorsed Joe Crowley.
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is someone who absolutely comes from my wing of the Democratic Party,” says @BilldeBlasio.
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.@NYCMayor tells @errollouis walking in Prospect Park - an 11-mile drive from his residence in Manhattan - each day during #Covid_19 is something he needs to do "to be most effective.".
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I know he needs money to run this race and probably thinks this is the way to do it, and perhaps voters of the NY10 watch Morning Joe, but announcing this on nat'l TV and not giving local media that actually covers NYC so much as a heads up is so *very* Bill de Blasio.
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2 lawsuits are being filed today against @GovKathyHochul for her decision to halt congestion pricing — one from @RidersAlliance and @SierraClub and another from The City Club of NY, @ccampy and @createcraig report:.
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NEW: @Lis_Smith is working on a pro-@AndrewYang PAC with a goal of raising $6M to counter anticipated negative ads against Yang. 2 other pro-Yang PACs have been filed with state Board of Elex. Story w/ @joeanuta:.
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.@TomSteyer rips DNC: "The Democratic Party should be doing everything possible to ensure a diverse field of candidates. Instead they are changing the rules for a candidate who is ignoring early states voters and grassroots donors" re: @MikeBloomberg.
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Stunning news: @MikeBloomberg, who is preparing to run for president, is apologizing for his NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk at Christian Cultural Center. He has adamantly defended it for years, even as crime has gone down as stops have been reduced.
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“Amid a terrible war, Starr is redefining what it means to be a journalist who is as much a participant as an observer.”.Interesting story on @terrelljstarr’s work in Ukraine by @rubycramer. via @politico.
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NEW: @Dianne4NYC says her campaign has qualified for matching funds, giving her a better chance to compete w/ @mayawiley & @scottmstringer for support among institutional lefty players and to reach more voters via paid media.
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That's a wrap. @AndrewYang just finished his virtual town hall, which caps a more-than-12-hour day campaigning and doing press hits on his launch day for his mayoral campaign.
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This is a really big deal. The Republic borough president of Staten Island - the most conservative borough, and one with a big Irish population - is boycotting marching in the St. Patrick's Day parade because it does not allow LGBT groups to march under identifying banners.
I won’t be marching in Sunday's St. Patrick's Day parade. I wanted to, and thought I could reconcile my call for inclusion with still marching, but internally I cannot. No disrespect is intended towards anyone, including colleagues who will march.
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By the end of Adams' second summer as mayor he will have lost : First Deputy Mayor, Chief of Staff, Police Commissioner, Chief Counsel, Communications Director, Homeless Services Commissioner, Chief Housing Officer, Buildings Commissioner, holdover NYCHA Chair.
From NYPD Commissioner Sewell's resignation email:. “While my time here will come to a close, I will never step away from my advocacy and support for the NYPD.". @joeanuta confirming @createcraig's exclusive.
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Do the feds do raids on the High Holidays? Asking for 1/4 of the NYC press corps.
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.@AndrewYang on @NY1 "Most ppl here in New York know I've been fighting for the people. Right now New York City needs a problem solver who's going to be solutions-oriented, is not bound by the politics that have been holding back our city for far too long.".
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.@NYGovCuomo - 30,811 tested positive for #COVID19 in New York; 12% hospitalized and 3% in ICU. "All the noise, all the energy, it's about that 3%. Take a deep breath.".
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NEW: @GovKathyHochul has begun to examine the long-dormant power allowing governors to remove New York City mayors after indictment of @NYCMayor. Great story by @mahoneyw & @NickReisman .
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This is big, if it turns into a full shift. The FOX empire has been huge for DeSantis. “According to two of the sources, Murdoch has privately winced at DeSantis’ nonstop cultural-grievance strategy, arguing that it is being executed sloppily.”.
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Heard from a Dem source in Iowa who doesn't like either Trump or DeSantis, and who said Trump got a decidedly bad reception at the game this weekend.
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I deeply hate these threads, because I do them when my team and I at @politicony feel our work has not been credited by arguably the largest and most impactful publication in the country - and we'd much prefer the credit - but here goes.
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"I'm sure New Yorkers never thought the cavalry would come from Carmel, Indiana but it has." - @NYCMayor on getting test kits from afar.
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I cannot fathom why @NYCMayor did this interview. Unless he was forced to by Trump’s team.
Fascinating tension in Fox & Friends. @NYCMayor tries to say he has his job, @GovKathyHochul has hers. Tom Homan jumps in and slams Hochul over greenlight law, with added digs from hosts. Then Homan threatens Adams on air: do what you were told or I will be back in your office.
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.@NYCMayor might be the only person involved in today's press conference who hasn't seen any videos from last night's protests.
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NEW: NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban expected to resign in the coming days, acc to 4 ppl we spoke to who are involved in/have knowledge of the matter. W/ @michaelgartland @JCColtin @joeanuta .
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@NYCMayor’s brand new interim Police Commissioner, who was picked to be a sharp departure from the scandal-scarred members of the brass, was also visited by the FBI in reportedly different matter from the other ongoing probes.
BREAKING | NBC News: Interim NYPD Police Commissioner Thomas Donlon had his home searched by the FBI today in an investigation which appears to be unrelated to recent investigations involving NYC City Hall, according to three people familiar with the matter. Story broken by.
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.@NYCMayor "I don't want to suggest we're at the point of saying no one can go out. we may say that very very soon.".
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Bloomberg commencement speech: "The greatest threat to American democracy isn't communism, jihadism or any other external force or foreign power. It's our own willingness to tolerate dishonesty in service of party, and in pursuit of power.".
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NEW: After declining to endorse @KamalaHarris in multiple interviews last night, @NYCMayor changed his mind this morning and endorsed her on Morning Joe.
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.@ericadamsfornyc “I’m going to promise you in one year, one year, you’re going to see a different city.” Promises economic development, Bitcoin, self-driving cars, renewed businesses.
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NEW: @AndrewYang the apparent subject of poll testing viability of him, specifically, and third-party candidate in general in next year's mayoral race. cc #YangGang .
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Email just now to Mt. Sinai patients on restrictive visitor policy during #COVID19 "End of Life/Palliative Care: One healthy visitor allowed.".
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.@RonDeSantis offered to take questions from the South Carolina audience. First person he calls on is a man who says he doesn't have a question, but simply wanted to praise DeSantis for "checking every box" of what a president should be.
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On NY1 just now: "Ppl usually say next year in Jerusalem. We're just hoping to say next year in person.".
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It's pretty inspired for @NYCMayor to make major announcement that impacts all NYers on morning cable, which is too expensive & inaccessible for many ppl. If he wants to avoid the local press corps (good luck w/ that during this gubernatorial run) then at least do local broadcast.
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"This is not a Black thing. This is a you thing," a Black protestor shouts as @NYCMayor emerged today from Gracie Mansion, flanked by Black supporters, to address the 57-page criminal indictment. Per video from @TimmyFacciola_.
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Over the course of the day I have heard from sources that the Board of Elections is releasing the updated results:.1) at 2 p.m. 2) at 3 p.m. 3) next Tuesday.4) at 5 p.m. 5) after 5 p.m. Calls to the board have not yielded clarity.
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Katie has mastered a key part of reporting: Standing up to ppl in power. Good for her.
Deputy mayor for public safety Phil Banks really doesn’t want to discuss the federal raid at his home!
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Very troubling: @nypost reports @NYGovCuomo admin was explicitly warned about dire conditions in Cobble Hill nursing home, denied extra aid & 55 ppl have died. (meanwhile @NYCMayor admin also reportedly slow-walked PPE).
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.@AndrewYang “I’m running for mayor for a very simple reason: I see a crisis and I believe that I can help.”.
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I feel like I lost a friend.
And just like that -- as mysteriously as the "Eric Adams Crime Family" account appeared, so too did it vanish.
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Post publication, @NYCMayor spokesperson said his trip to Mar-a-Lago will be taxpayer funded due to what she described as its “city purpose.” . It strains credulity to think they won’t be discussing the mayor’s legal case.
.@NYCMayor, a Democrat facing a five-count federal bribery case, has studiously avoided criticizing President-elect Donald Trump, who has the power to pardon him. Now Adams is traveling to Mar-a-Lago for a sit down.
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The police union that called NYC's health commissioner a "bitch" is now calling a Councilman who is likely headed to Congress a "first class whore." She is Latina and he is Afro-Latino. Both took issue with certain actions by the NYPD.
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@politicony @nytimes @NYCMayor That said, no one who reads the print copy of this story will know that the mayor's time at La Baia and his relationship w/ the Petrosyants was broken in Feb by @politicony, which did the same thing - albeit with many fewer resources:.
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1. Other candidates sleep on the momentum of Mamdani's campaign at their peril, though some (Adams/Cuomo) will use his positions to galvanize their more moderate bases (as he does w/ them.). 2. Wouldn't be surprised if IEs form to spend against Mamdani.
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“Concern over Cuomo possibly running for NYC mayor has led a nascent collection of labor, business and advocacy groups to consider an organized effort to counter any political comeback,” @NickReisman scoops:.
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Covid-19 claimed the lives of 298 city employees: school safety agents, EMTs, child protective workers. They were predominantly Black/Latino and they struggled w/ inadequate protective gear as they continued working.
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.@BrianLehrer "Didn't we know weeks and months ago that asymptomatic ppl can spread this disease?" @NYCMayor "No." Said his admin was told that was not the case; this is "new approach based on new data.".
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.@NYCMayor was reportedly "furious" at library heads last week when they considered closing for #COVID19 before he wanted them to. Several said he made veiled threats to pull their funding. By Monday all branches were closed. Story w/ @danarubinstein
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I’m pretty comfortable just being a dogged reporter, sans partisanship. The desperate haters can spend their time desperately hating. I’ll keep working on breaking stories.
"I await Politico‘s explanation of the circumstances under which it considers it appropriate to turn its reporters into allies of partisan political campaigns . ".
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"I prefer edibles." - @Dianne4NYC so far only mayoral candidate to acknowledge she uses pot, when asked at @JimOwles forum.
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