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New York Harbor's oyster populations thrived for thousands of years, but were decimated by the early 1900s due to polluted waters and overharvesting. Since 2014, the Billion Oyster Project has been slowly but surely working to bring them back. Read more: https://t.co/Z47N41GJjj https://t.co/EVnUlucqrH — PolitiTweet.org

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For New Yorkers looking to escape this week's brutal heat, the city has opened 550 cooling centers — including 16 pet friendly sites — that are open to the public. https://t.co/3nJkdcAyDN — PolitiTweet.org

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On February 2nd, police in Paterson, New Jersey got a call to a bodega about a disturbance. They took Felix DeJesus into custody. What happened next is unclear, but DeJesus’s family says he has not been seen since. https://t.co/1F7gd6iNYr — PolitiTweet.org

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“I saw everybody, so I was like, 'what are they doing?' I see everybody throwing water, I'm like ‘come on let's go,’” said St. Clair Washington, 10, drenched from head to toe. “I was using a water bottle, then I switched to the bucket…I'm having fun!” https://t.co/YdL0eZNjZL — PolitiTweet.org

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An NYC Department of Correction officer was arrested and is facing multiple charges related to the death of an 18-year-old in the Bronx on Thursday, the NYPD said. https://t.co/3D91XcLpBS — PolitiTweet.org

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Workplace injuries have caused employees at the city-run Harlem Metropolitan Hospital to miss thousands of work days over the past four years and have led many psychiatric staff to leave altogether. https://t.co/k17UjcXPEt — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: A New York Supreme Court judge has granted education activists a temporary restraining order against budget cuts at city public schools, which the Adams administration insists are needed to reflect declining enrollment. https://t.co/xZ3Xxex4rC — PolitiTweet.org

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Artist Alexander Si's latest piece is a life-size installation of a Sweetgreen eatery at the Manhattan art gallery Chinatown Soup. Si said he hopes people stopping to see his work think about the invisible labor force behind large corporate chain stores. https://t.co/BYM4aI3F55 — PolitiTweet.org

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“The Proud Boys have always been here, white supremacy has always been here, but now they have been empowered to stand up and speak their minds to the people of Long Island,” says activist Myles Hollingsworth. https://t.co/Tnqgh3sj6F — PolitiTweet.org

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Amid chants such as “What good is swagger when our schools get the dagger,” parents, educators and lawmakers called on NYC officials to reverse budget cuts to schools so principals can retain or bring back teachers whose positions have been eliminated. https://t.co/Dk9WTstZjn — PolitiTweet.org

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In today's afternoon roundup: - NYC's 15-minute grocery delivery "ghost stores" might fail because people actually like going grocery shopping - The upcoming NYC Triathlon has been cut by 16 miles so people don't die in the heat + more https://t.co/DZo0OKgY0m — PolitiTweet.org

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Five people belonging to a gun trafficking ring that brought illegal weapons bought in Knoxville, Tennessee to be sold in Queens are facing a litany of criminal charges, city officials announced. https://t.co/aK3UBV2zFk — PolitiTweet.org

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The Adams administration has offered to restore $250 million in funding to NYC schools only if the council will sign a joint statement that future cuts will be necessary unless enrollment rebounds or the state or federal government provides more funds. https://t.co/mzZizN9HFb — PolitiTweet.org

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Months after Greg Tate's unexpected death, friends, family and the arts community spent an evening toasting the veteran writer and musician during a tribute concert at Lincoln Center. “He is one of those pillars of what New York is to me." https://t.co/0EtEC0xCSm — PolitiTweet.org

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New York City is doubling down on its support for a new law that would extend voting rights to certain noncitizens, breathing new life into the fight to enfranchise nearly 1 million new voters starting next year. https://t.co/uLWtRBCuV4 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ByJessicaGould: @c_werth @BrianLehrer @NYCSpeakerAdams @WNYC Council speaker Adrienne Adams indicates that many of the cuts schools are… — PolitiTweet.org

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Because cities keep building short, dangerously exposed bike lanes, here are your morning links: Veteran NYC reps. fight over who deserves credit for building the 2nd Ave. subway, the FBI tried to find Jimmy Hoffa's body in NJ and found nothin' and more. https://t.co/Xe2UeEY002 — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: A 43-year-old man was charged with attempted assault for trying to attack New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin on Thursday night during a campaign speech, authorities said. The man's weapon appeared to be a cat-shaped self-defense keychain. https://t.co/yZRP7DNYUx — PolitiTweet.org

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During the course of his hour-long interview, de Blasio is asked what he thinks is going wrong with the Democratic Party: "I'll take another 12 hours." https://t.co/ImCKO65dlc — PolitiTweet.org

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"I didn't handle it right," de Blasio says about his response to a police car driving into a crowd of protestors during the 2020 George Floyd protests. "All the protesters and all of the everyday New Yorkers who thought it was wrong, they were right." https://t.co/ImCKO65dlc — PolitiTweet.org

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Bill de Blasio: "Some of it, though, was my own mistakes and my own failures of communication and things I did that bothered people and I gotta just accept that. And I don't feel bad. I'd love to go back and if I had a time machine, I would fix it.” https://t.co/ImCKO65dlc — PolitiTweet.org

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EXCLUSIVE: Bill de Blasio on his decision to end his career in elected office: “Whatever I did right and wrong—and I'm clear I made some mistakes—that it left a lot of people with sort of a sour feeling and that that's not going to change anytime soon." https://t.co/ImCKO65dlc — PolitiTweet.org

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“Guns have a purpose: to kill. That product is to kill, and it is doing what the intended purpose was,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “Now, we must make sure that intended purpose, that product, is not continuing to devastate our communities.” https://t.co/wQaNHrappB — PolitiTweet.org

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"I think they’re probably there more often than we acknowledge them." Read more: https://t.co/7a77cSMTIs https://t.co/4rMlA4zzi2 — PolitiTweet.org

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As Papaya King — the beloved hot dog and juice joint that opened on the Upper East Side in 1932 — faces demolition, connoisseurs of all ages are coming in to snatch up a sweet, sour treat that now might taste just a little bit bittersweet. https://t.co/GnNUWJdf1w — PolitiTweet.org

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“If you or I went out tonight and shot and killed somebody and said it was a road rage incident or something like that, the police would start with assumptions," says Philip Stinson. "If they knew we were the shooter, we might be arrested right away." https://t.co/KHsH0iTdAO — PolitiTweet.org

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The Long Island congressman was on the first leg of a statewide tour. https://t.co/BE8AdBbvbq — PolitiTweet.org

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Running in a district that includes the liberal bastions of Greenwich Village & Park Slope, many congressional candidates have decried the power of real estate. Still, leading contenders have received checks from prominent developers & property owners. https://t.co/i4tyo8es7d — PolitiTweet.org

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Police say they recovered a “water pellet gun” at the crime scene that may have belonged to the victim, though officers could not confirm that. https://t.co/3D91XcLpBS — PolitiTweet.org

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New Jersey police officers will now be required to hold licenses — which they can lose if they’re convicted of crimes, accused of domestic violence, or espouse support for hate groups on social media. https://t.co/p6H00jE03v — PolitiTweet.org