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https://twitter.com/kdka/status/1480260604594204686?s=21
New York Mayor Eric Adams has tapped his brother for a high-level job in the New York City Police Department (NYPD), raising questions regarding potential conflicts of interest, according to reports.
Bernard Adams, a retired police officer, will oversee governmental affairs in his role as a deputy police commissioner with the NYPD, the New York Post reported. The job comes with a salary of around $240,000, The Daily Beast said.
He most recently worked as assistant director of operations for parking at the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, according to his LinkedIn, after retiring from the NYPD in 2006. He left the police department after 20 years of service, the Daily Mail reported.
Critics have suggested that it could breach conflict of interest rules.
https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-appoints-brother-240k-nypd-role-faces-nepotism-claim-2022-1
New York City Mayor Eric Adams enacted a measure Sunday that will allow more than 800,000 non-citizens in the city to vote in municipal elections.
The new law, which the city council passed a month ago, will grant voting rights to any adult who has been a lawful permanent resident in the city for more than 30 days. If it survives a legal challenge, New York City will be the first to institute such a law. Under the law, legal non-Americans would be able to vote for a number of elected positions including mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president, and council member.
https://news.yahoo.com/york-city-mayor-signs-law-194527835.html
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At least 19 people are dead, including nine children, following a massive fire in New York City on Sunday, officials said.
More than 200 firefighters responded to the scene of the five-alarm fire that originated Sunday morning in a duplex apartment on the third floor of a high-rise building located in the Tremont section of the Bronx, officials said. More than 60 people were injured in the fire, according to the New York City Fire Department.
At least 13 others have life-threatening injuries in Bronx hospitals, officials said.
Many of the injured victims were located on the upper floors, officials said, adding that they likely suffered from severe smoke inhalation, New York City Fire Department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said during a press conference Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters arrived on the scene within three minutes of the initial 911 call and were met with fire in the hallways, Nigro said. A door that was left open allowed the fire and smoke to spread, Nigro added, describing the fire as "unprecedented."
"This is going to be one of the worst fires we have witnessed here in modern times in the city of New York," New York City Mayor Eric Adams told reporters Sunday.
Dramatic pictures posted to social media show fire gushing out of multiple windows in the building. FDNY began receiving calls from multiple residents on upper floors just before 11 a.m.
The fire has since been put out. Additional details, including the conditions of the other victims, were not immediately available.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/dozens-injured-alarm-fire-york-city-apartment-building/story?id=82164322
Mercer
The long-stolen and priceless American Revolution-era Nicholson bayonet pistol is finally coming home to the Mercer Museum in Doylestown.
At the time of its disappearance, the pistol was on display in an exhibit case on the third floor of South Pine Street museum. In the 1990s, when reviewing a comprehensive inventory of the Mercer Museum’s collection, the pistol could not be located and was officially recorded as “missing.”
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/news/2021/12/21/pistol-revolutionary-war-mercer-museum-pa-repartriation-doylestown-york-county-history-pa-bucks/8945381002/
Mercer
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/12/28/winning-lottery-ticket-worth-3-8-million-sold-in-mercer-county/