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Amazon workers vote to unionize
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time ever, Amazon workers have voted to unionize. It happened in New York, where employees on Staten Island voted to join a union. The Friday vote is the first successful effort to organize Amazon workers in the U.S. Employees at the Staten Island warehouse voted 55% to 45%…
COVID-19 temporarily stops Daniel Craig’s return to Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Could it be the curse of the Scottish play? Daniel Craig’s return to Broadway in a new version of “Macbeth” has been temporarily halted after the actor contracted COVID-19. The show’s official Twitter account says performances are canceled through Thursday. Craig stars in a revival of Williams Shakespeare’s tragedy, with Ruth…
Cuomo files suit against NY ethics board over book profits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against the state’s ethics commission. It’s the latest move in an ongoing dispute over his earnings from a book about his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo accuses the Joint Commission on Public Ethics of violating his constitutional rights. The commission…
NY leaders quickly appeal ruling against redistricting plan
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders moved quickly to appeal a trial court judge’s ruling that declared the state’s new congressional and legislative district maps unconstitutional. Notices of appeal were filed hours after Judge Patrick McAllister threw New York’s primary season in turmoil Thursday by ruling the districts were…
NYC to keep school mask rule for kids aged 2 to 4 in place as COVID numbers rise
(AP)- New York City is keeping a mask mandate for children under 5 in place and will appeal a judge’s ruling that struck it down. Mayor Eric Adams said Friday the city will continue to require masks for children aged 2 to 4 in schools and daycare centers. Adams had said previously that the mask…
Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend
(AP)- Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing bad weather in Florida and other issues. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, as well as Baltimore and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska…
Cops corral slippery seal on jaunt through East End town
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through a Long Island town. Police in Southampton say they received a call at approximately 6:30 a.m. Sunday from a person who saw the roving mammal, later identified as a phocid, or earless seal, in the parking lot of a…
PD: Woman dies after being shot multiple times inside parking garage
New Hyde Park, NY- A 33-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after police say she was shot shot multiple times inside a parking garage in Nassau County. Officials say they got a report of gunshots fired in the lower parking garage area of 1999 Marcus Avenue and upon arrival they found a victim with multiple gunshot…
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer says Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. In a clip released Thursday of an interview with “Good Morning America,” Packer says police called the incident battery and laid out the options for Rock. But Packer…
A Long Island mom was injured in crash while helping her son with his broken down car
Selden, NY- A Long Island mom was transported to the hospital Thursday night after an alleged drunk driver, pinned her in between her and her son’s vehicle. The accident happened on the side of Boyle Road in Selden around 10pm. Police say the mom, identified as Nancy Mortello, 51, of Selden, was helping her son,…
Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, US study says
NEW YORK (AP) — New research says more than 4 in 10 U.S. high school students said they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the pandemic. The findings support earlier warnings that pandemic isolation from school closures and lack of social gatherings has taken a toll on young people’s mental health. The Centers for Disease…
Judge rejects New York’s redistricting plan, orders new maps
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts after finding they were unconstitutional. Judge Patrick McAllister said in a Thursday ruling that maps redrawing the state’s congressional districts were gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. McAllister, a state trial court judge, said those districts must…