NYU Langone Health gave the nurse, Hesen Jabr, an award for her work, for compassionate care. Later that day, she said hospital officials then fired her because she made pro-Palestinian remarks in an acceptance speech.
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The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division May 21 delivered a unanimous decision permanently enjoining New York City from eliminating retirees’ existing health insurance and automatically enrolling them in a new Aetna Medicare Advantage plan
Five judge panel rules unanimously determination of Kingston Rent Guidelines Board mandating 15% rent reduction is valid “[n]othing in the applicable statutory language explicitly requires that the Board adjust the rent upward rather than downward.”
Recent immigrants are housed in tents at Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. “The tents are not safe for children in any weather, and families should never have been placed at this site,” said a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society.
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New York City Democratic Socialists
New York City Democratic Socialists
We do not accept New York City and State officials’ cruel response to asylum seekers, scapegoating new arrivals to defund public goods for everyone. Mayor Eric Adams announced a city hiring freeze, cuts of 15% for all New York City public agencies.
No sensible New Yorker should believe for a moment that a stream of migrants — despite the daunting financial and logistical issues involved in giving them food and shelter, as required by law — can literally destroy our city.
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