Adams Suspends Parts of Solitary Confinement Ban + Charter Revision Commission Confirms Five Ballot Measures
No. 385 | Monday, July 29, 2024
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Local News
Mayor Adams issued an emergency order to block a new law that would ban the use of solitary confinement in City jails.
Mayor Adams forced Arva Rice, the head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, to resign.
Multiple lawsuits have been filed against Governor Hochul, alleging that she did not have legal authority to pause congestion pricing.
The Transit Workers Union, which supported congestion pricing when it passed in 2019 but supported Governor Hochul's decision to pause it last month, is now upset that the State has no adequate plan to make up for the lost MTA funding.
Election News
The City's Charter Review Commission released five ballot measures to be voted on this November, and then made last-minute changes when the proposals provoked controversy on the City Council. All five proposals were approved at a public meeting on Thursday.
Council Member Rafael Salamanca has so far outraised incumbent Vanessa Gibson for next year's race for Bronx Borough President.
A proposed state-level Equal Rights Amendment will be on the ballot this November, but the state Board of Elections has received hundreds of comments urging them to add language clarifying that the Amendment would protect abortion rights and ban discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.
Former CNN host John Avlon, who is running against Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Long Island) in November, is the latest in a long line of cable news hosts who have run for office in New York.
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