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GLIMPSES: Threading the needle at the UN perimeter’s edge New York City

GLIMPSES: Threading the needle at the UN perimeter’s edge

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Every September, the New York City police barricades go up around U.N. headquarters in midtown Manhattan, demarcating a temporary multinational fiefdom and inadvertently annexing peripheral businesses and residence towers. “Oh, it’s terrible,” Hillary Lee, the owner of Belleclaire Cleaners, softly moans when asked how business fares…
bubmag
September 24, 2022
White woman who called 911 on Black bird watcher in Central Park loses lawsuit against former employer New York City

White woman who called 911 on Black bird watcher in Central Park loses lawsuit against former employer

A white woman who called 911 and falsely accused a Black bird-watcher of threatening her in New York City's Central Park in a 2020 incident that went viral has lost a lawsuit accusing her former employer of illegally firing her and making her out to be a racist. U.S. District…
bubmag
September 22, 2022
Shawmut targets NYC area growth New York City

Shawmut targets NYC area growth

Dave Margolius, executive vice president of Shawmut’s New York City metro region, wants his firm to take a bigger bite out of the Big Apple.  The Boston-based construction firm is already working on marquee projects in New York City, including City Harvest’s newly-unveiled Cohen Community Food Rescue Center in Brooklyn,…
bubmag
September 21, 2022
Hitachi Energy to support major renewable electricity transmission between Canada and New York City New York City

Hitachi Energy to support major renewable electricity transmission between Canada and New York City

Hitachi Energy to support major renewable electricity transmission between Canada and New York City HVDC Light transmission system will transfer renewable energy for over 1 million New York homes and help achieve the state's climate goals ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Sep 21, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Hitachi Energy, a global technology…
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September 21, 2022
NYC is ending its vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on Nov. 1 New York City

NYC is ending its vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on Nov. 1

NEW YORK — New York City will lift its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on Nov. 1, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in another sign of the city’s gradual return to pre-pandemic norms. The city began requiring almost all private businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace in December 2021,…
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September 20, 2022