Category: NY Politics

NYC Lawyer Fired After Questioning Mayor Erik Adams on Mask Mandate for Toddlers

A New York City attorney was fired from her law department job on Monday after she reportedly had misrepresented herself as a journalist in order to question Mayor Erik Adams on a mask mandate for children aged 2 to 4. Daniela Jampel, who had worked as an assistant corporation counsel at the NYC Law Department…


NYC Lawyer Fired After Questioning Mayor Eric Adams on Mask Mandate for Toddlers

A New York City attorney was fired from her law department job on Monday after she reportedly had misrepresented herself as a journalist in order to question Mayor Eric Adams on a mask mandate for children aged 2 to 4. Daniela Jampel, who had worked as an assistant corporation counsel at the NYC Law Department…


New York City Will Mandate Masks for Children Under 5 Years Old

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that the city would mandate children aged 2 to 4 to continue wearing masks after a judge issued an order in favor of his administration. “Every decision we make is with our children’s health and safety in mind. Children between 2 and 4 should continue to wear their…


New York Will Mandate Masks for Children Under 5 Years Old

New York Mayor Eric Adams has said that the city will mandate children aged 2 to 4 to continue wearing masks after a judge issued an order in favor of his administration. “Every decision we make is with our children’s health and safety in mind. Children between 2 and 4 should continue to wear their…


New York Judge Rejects Democrat-Drawn Congressional Maps, Orders New Ones

A New York judge has ordered new congressional and legislative maps to be drawn for the state after striking down maps drawn by the Democrat-controlled legislature, declaring those maps as having been “unconstitutionally drawn.” Judge Patrick F. McAllister, an acting state Supreme Court justice in Steuben County, ordered the state’s legislature to draw new “bipartisanly supported…


Terminated NYC Workers Ask Mayor to Spare Them From Vaccine Mandates Since Athletes Are Now Exempt

NEW YORK—Amid record-cold temperatures, hundreds gathered in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Tuesday to protest against the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, imploring Mayor Eric Adams to allow city workers who were fired for not taking the jabs to be rehired. Adams recently granted vaccination exemption for the city’s athletes and performers. “We are not anti-vaxxers,…


NYC Mayor Denies Accusations of Being Lobbied to Nullify Vaccine Mandate for Local Athletes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams denied accusations about economic groups lobbying for different sports teams intending to end the NYC vaccine mandates for athletes in order to let games resume normality. Adams, a Democrat, on Thursday said that all private and city workers will still need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination, but athletes and performers…


New York City Planning to Remove Homeless Encampments From Streets

NEW YORK—New York officials are planning to remove makeshift shelters set up by homeless people on city streets, mirroring similar efforts in other liberal metropolises that had previously tolerated the encampments. Mayor Eric Adams disclosed the initiative in an interview with The New York Times on Friday, but provided few details. It comes a month…


New York Passes Sexual Harassment Bills Sparked by Cuomo Probe

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday signed bills to expand harassment protection for all public employees, including prohibiting the release of anyone’s employment records in retaliation for speaking up about alleged abuse. “From day one, it has been one of my top priorities to clean up Albany, change a culture of harassment and abuse,…


NYC Mayor Limited by NY Legislature in Effort to Reduce Crime: Rep. Nicole Malliotakis

Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.) said she is hopeful that New York City’s public safety standards can be restored. She said although most New Yorkers want crime reduced, Mayor Eric Adams’ efforts will be limited by a Democrat majority in the state legislature. “There’s a tide turning, and New Yorkers have made it clear. Three out…