Tag: Andrew Cuomo

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has sent shock-waves through political and legal circles after he decided to halt the reported, criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump. Alvin Bragg for DA/Fair Use

U.S. Attorney’s Office refuses to comment about the possibility of seizing the Manhattan DA files on the troubled Trump criminal investigation

The U.S. Attorney’s Office refused to say whether it would seizing the stalled Trump investigation files in the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams became the fifth head of the Manhattan Federal prosecutors' office in as many years, following a period of unstable turnover in the office and a sense of a loss of faith in the U.S. Dept. of Justice. U.S. Attorney's Office/SDNY/Public Domain

Letter From New York : Ethical questions stemming from the Bill de Blasio-Eric Adams transition at City Hall serve up a first test for U.S. Attorney Damian Williams

Damian Williams was sworn in as the new U.S. Attorney to great fanfare. He has been forced to confront ethical questions related to the Bill de Blasio-Eric Adams transition at New York City Hall.

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The Government can't engage in a strictly open-business agenda during the Coronavirus pandemic without acting in lockstep with all Government Agencies. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is amongst them. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Public Domain)

After New York City missed the Omicron outbreak, the Government’s lockstep acts to deny the public release of pandemic data become clear

The Government is making it difficult to collect, report, and disclose pandemic data as the Omicron variant spreads without control.

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On 31 August, Gov. Kathleen Hochul called a special Legislative Session to address the eviction moratorium, a change to the open meetings law, and to further the legalisation of cannabis. The special session took place under "secrecy rules." Gov. Kathleen Hochul's YouTube Channel/Fair Use

With a promise of transparency as her “hallmark,” Gov. Hochul has far to go to ensure truly open Government in New York

Though Gov. Kathleen Hochul has promised to improve Government transparency, she ignores problems at the Committee on Open Government.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio, speaking at a financial meeting on Tuesday, 3 Aug., has refused to mandate the use of indoor masks in the face of the Delta variant becoming the dominant strain of the Coronavirus in New York City. The Delta variant is reportedly highly-transmissible, and Mayor de Blasio has no plan to reduce community spread of the dangerous strain. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

EDITORIAL : After Mayor de Blasio’s embrace of laissez-faire public health, it’s up to New Yorkers to weather the Delta variant on their own

Mayor Bill de Blasio has no plan to reduce community spread of the dangerous Delta variant. As a result, people are on their own to “bend the curve” of infections.

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The administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City) has restated the data underpinning weekly Coronavirus variant sequencing studies. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

In the face of Delta variant outbreak, another restatement of NYC Coronavirus data as the Government deflects blame over questions about its pandemic response

Following criticism, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City) has restated the data underpinning weekly Coronavirus variant sequencing studies.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio at a media availability on June 10, 2021, discussed his most preferred pizza toppings as the City of New York was about to implement new, opaque reporting for weekly Coronavirus variant sequencing studies. Increasingly, the mayor is mastering "performative" media availabilities to distract a jaded City Hall press corps. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

EDITORIAL : Mayor Bill de Blasio is obfuscating COVID-19 sequencing studies, masking the growth of the Delta variant, and the consequences could be deadly.

EDITORIAL : Mayor Bill de Blasio is obfuscating COVID-19 sequencing studies, masking the growth of the Delta variant, and the consequences could be deadly.

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Dr. Dave Chokshi, the chief New York City health minister, oversees the publication of data about the Coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Bill de Blasio refuses to explain the plunge in sample sizes used for the weekly variant sequencing studies, raising questions about the unknown breakdown of COVID-19 variants in the major sources of Coronavirus testing. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

Letter From New York : Drop in weekly New York City COIVD-19 sequencing sample sizes prompts questions about the reliability of the weekly studies

Data analysis by Progress New York reveals that New York City appears to be undersampling COVID-19 specimens for its variant sequencing reports.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio won't explain changes in the methodology for the sequencing of Coronavirus variants that may affect the reliability of weekly Coronavirus strain surveillance study results. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

de Blasio refuses to admit to manipulating weekly Coronavirus variant sequencing data, despite steady plunge in sample size since April

Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t explain the steady drop in the sample size used for the sequencing of Coronavirus variants that may affect the reliability of weekly Coronavirus strain surveillance study results.

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LETTER FROM NEW YORK : During the first, local wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in New York, the public health system collapsed, leading to a shortage of hospital beds and medical equipment. A confinement order helped to "flatten the curve" of the pandemic. A second, local wave has eased due to restrictions and vaccinations. But the spread of a new variant poses challenges as Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo make a second attempt to reopen the economy. Photograph by Faetous (CC BY-SA 4.0) ; image was cropped from the original.

In New York, an élitism informs the economic reopening, even as a foreign COVID-19 variant, B.1.617, continues its spread

As they reopen the economy, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo ignore the lessons about the spread of new variants, including B.1.617, in the U.K. and Singapore.

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