de Blasio, Bill
A Look Inside Rikers: ‘Fight Night’ and Gang Rule, Captured on Video
The men had gotten along on Rikers Island, had even been friendly, but now they were face to face inside a jail cell — and a gang leader had just ordered them to fight. Unable to refuse him, the men began to pummel one another while, outside the cell, other detainees jostled and cheered. When […]
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Meisha Porter Had 3 Goals as N.Y.C. Schools Chief: ‘Open. Open. Open.’
Meisha R. Porter became New York City’s schools chancellor in March, charged with reopening the nation’s largest school district, serving nearly one million students, during the pandemic. Before becoming chancellor, she served as executive superintendent for the Bronx, a school superintendent, a principal, an assistant principal and a teacher. She was also a public school […]
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N.Y.C. Sets Sweeping Vaccine Mandate for All Private Employers
Video transcript Back bars 0:00/1:12 –0:00 transcript New York City Institutes Vaccine Mandate for All Private Employers Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York said a sweeping coronavirus vaccine mandate would go into effect for all private employers on Dec. 27 to curb the spread of the Omicron variant. Mr. de Blasio said the measure […]
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