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An FDNY ambulance on Parkside Avenue in Brooklyn. File photograph by Ben Brachfeld By most accounts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s response to the primary main winter storm of his tenure at Metropolis Corridor was one. Other than annoying snow pileups at bus stops, Metropolis Corridor was ready and ensured the fundamentals had been met: the roads had been plowed and salted, and the short-term shift to distant studying for public faculties on Monday went with few hiccups. However amid the chilly snap that gripped town earlier than and after Sunday’s winter storm, 10 New Yorkers died amid the weather. That occurred…
A new report confirms a grim actuality: Regardless of guarantees of change, Rikers Island continues to be affected by hazardous residing circumstances, excessive violence, and poor well being care. Final yr, greater than a dozen folks perished within the jail advanced. Mayor Zohran Mamdani simply introduced some measures to enhance circumstances at Rikers. And to switch the advanced solely, the town is setting up 5 smaller jails in every borough. However we want a change that goes far past new infrastructure – or we’ll merely repeat the identical errors in tinier buildings. We’d like a brand new understanding of neighborhood security – one…