Tag: Bill de Blasio

The LGBTQ+ community in New York is doing nothing to stop the ongoing and continuing efforts by the Government to portray the Monkey Pox outbreak as largely isolated amongst gay men. This puts everyone at-risk. Nigeria Centre for Disease Control/Fair Use

As Monkey Pox gets branded as an outbreak amongst gay men, echos of a past New York City mayor, who was reluctant to confront sexuality

Are New York officials downplaying the Monkey Pox outbreak by focusing on gay men ? There are echos of the early years of HIV/AIDS.

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U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has demonstrated independence to investigate law enforcement agencies. Pictured at a press conference announcing an investigation of the Mount Vernon Police Department on 8 Dec. 2021, but U.S. Attorney Williams has yet to commit to touring Rikers Island before a Federal judge decides on the contentious issue of Federal receivership for the troubled jail complex. U.S. Attorney's Office/SDNY/YouTube/Fair Use

After deaths continue at Rikers Island, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has yet to commit to visiting the troubled jail complex

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams has yet to visit Rikers Island before a Federal Judge rules on the issue of receivership for the jail complex.

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The City of New York has refused to make public the complete data about its wastewater surveillance programme. As a result, the public is unable to prepare for the detection of viral outbreaks, including new variants of the Coronavirus. The limited data released to Progress New York is the subject of this report. Data Analysis by @CestVraiApp.

New York City promises wastewater surveillance data to academic researchers, depriving the public of Coronavirus pandemic infection signals

New York City pledges its Coronavirus wastewater variant surveillance data to academics. Is that why the Government won’t publicly release the data ?

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Press reports indicate that New York City "missed" the emergence of the Omicron variant. However, newly released wastewater surveillance records indicate that New York City first detected an "Omicron overlap" from samples dated 15 November 2021. NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection/Public Domain

Newly released New York City wastewater SARS-CoV-2 sequencing records confirmed early, never before admitted detection of the Omicron variant

Newly released surveillance records indicate that New York City first detected an “Omicron overlap” from wastewater samples dated 15 November 2021, and samples from the Newtown Creek wastewater treatment plant showed Omicron was responsible for nearly 9 per cent. of viral abundance one week later.

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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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Elmhurst Hospital was ground zero in the first wave of the Coronavirus pandemic in Queens. Mayor Bill de Balsio (WFP-New York City) refuses to reveal whether the City's public hospital system is ready for the Omicron outbreak gripping the City. Progress New York

de Blasio mum about preparing Elmhurst Hospital, and other public hospitals, for an Omicron variant wave that has triggered spikes in hospitalisations elsewhere

Mayor Bill de Blasio has refused to reveal whether New York City’s public hospital system is prepared for the Omicron variant outbreak, which experts believe will lead to spikes in hospitalisations.

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Dr. Rochelle Walensky is the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Her health ministry is conducting the contact tracing for the now-infamous outbreak of the Omicron variant at an anime convention in New York. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (YouTube/Fair Use)

CDC mum, as de Blasio and Pandemic Response Lab still can’t explain missing amine convention outbreak of Omicron variant

The CDC is mum about conducting contact tracing for the anime convention in New York City, where many were infected with the Omicron variant.

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Jonathan Brennan-Badal is CEO of Opentrons, the parent company of the Pandemic Response Lab. The valuation of Opentrons has increased 20-fold from $90 million to $1.8 billion since winning Government COVID-19 testing contracts from the City of New York. It also sequences tests for Coronavirus variants. Its record on sequencing has raised a lot of questions. NYC Mayor's Office (YouTube/Fair Use)

The Pandemic Response Lab, Mayor de Blasio’s ‘gold standard’ of testing, misses Omicron variant, its latest misfire after NYC was late to report the Delta and AY.3 variants

New York City’s Pandemic Response Lab was supposed to be the “gold standard” for COVID-19 testing. Yet, the world learned of New York City’s first Omicron patient from public health officials in Minnesota.

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