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Police Are Quietly Collecting Dystopian Gadgets That Put More Lives in Danger New York City

Police Are Quietly Collecting Dystopian Gadgets That Put More Lives in Danger

Amid doe-eyed stories of overwhelmed police engaging in walkouts and a rash of angry op-eds about underfunded police departments leading to waves of violent crime, the market for new police gadgets and gizmos is quietly booming. “Agencies are buying new technology, boosting efficiency and enabling new types of reporting,” Government…
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July 27, 2021
New York City Mandates Municipal Workers Be Vaccinated By Mid-September New York City

New York City Mandates Municipal Workers Be Vaccinated By Mid-September

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July 26, 2021
New York City’s Little Island New York City

New York City’s Little Island

Replacing a derelict pier on the Hudson River, Little Island is a new public space and performance venue constructed on top of concrete pilings shaped like tulips. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with billionaire Barry Diller and his wife, fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg, about their $260 million present to New…
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July 25, 2021
Sona Mohapatra Features On NYC Times Square Billboard As Part Of Spotify Equal Campaign New York City

Sona Mohapatra Features On NYC Times Square Billboard As Part Of Spotify Equal Campaign

Home VideosExclusiveSona Mohapatra Features On NYC Times Square Billboard As Part Of Spotify Equal Campaign Sona Mohapatra, popular Odisha-based singer, music composer and lyricist recently featured at the Times Square billboard in New York City. Mohapatra featured as a face of the ‘EQUAL’ campaign launched by the streaming platform Spotify.…
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July 22, 2021
New York City requires health workers to be vaccinated or get tested weekly New York City

New York City requires health workers to be vaccinated or get tested weekly

12-year-old Justing Concepcion receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from registered nurse Angela Nyarko, during a vaccination event for local adolescents and adults outside the Bronx Writing Academy school in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York, U.S., June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Mike…
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July 21, 2021