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“You don’t know whether you’ll go back soon or if you’ll have to start a new life here,” says Iryna Plaskon, who now stays with her family in a basement Airbnb in Sunset Park after fleeing the war in Ukraine. https://t.co/YWvJa7l7Cm — PolitiTweet.org

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After Gov. Hochul canceled a much-derided, but nearly shovel-ready plan to connect an AirTrain to LaGuardia Airport from Willets Point, the Port Authority held two public comment sessions to hear how Queens residents feel about possible transit options. https://t.co/WhK0Nk36gO https://t.co/dOWUzdYrWP — PolitiTweet.org

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The number of official COVID-19 cases started creeping up again at the same time that the positivity rate was trending down. Was it due to at-home tests skewing trends or something else? https://t.co/NWzd8JnbxZ — PolitiTweet.org

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"I wanted to make something that the neighborhood could really use," chef Greg Baxtrom says about the restaurant Patti Ann's, named after his mom. "Something you could quite literally roll up with some strollers and some kids and not feel uncomfortable." https://t.co/mCVOX5YMS7 https://t.co/TJbHINMbFK — PolitiTweet.org

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Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to clear 150 encampments across the city, but homeless advocates say, without housing, it will do little to alleviate the problem. https://t.co/K90Hjqu0B4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Gov. Hochul is hoping to include her safety plan—which would change NY’s bail, discovery and Raise the Age reforms—in the state budget, which is due before the state’s fiscal year begins April 1. Here’s what her public-safety proposals would actually do. https://t.co/xDIX0fih7K — PolitiTweet.org

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Would you consume less if New York City charged you for garbage collection? https://t.co/xSgaVKSoT1 — PolitiTweet.org

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New York taxpayers would be on the hook for $850 million in construction costs for a new Buffalo Bills stadium under a deal announced by Governor Hochul on Monday, which would make it the largest direct public subsidy for a NFL stadium in history. https://t.co/ppeNdPSuAk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @c_werth: My latest - NYC health dept says this change will increase its caseload of kids with elevated lead levels by 50%. An additiona… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: Heriberto took out some of his belongings but didn’t fold up his tent. “I’m just tired,” he says when I ask why not. Now sa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: Heriberto says the last time he stayed in a shelter in 2018 he had his head bashed in while security guards laughed at him.… — PolitiTweet.org

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A law passed by the City Council requires NYC to follow new federal guidance on when the health dept. intervenes in lead exposure cases. After nearly 5 months, it has finally adopted the change, meaning hundreds of additional children will now be eligible. https://t.co/ymmS6FVLOL — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: Michael says he’s lived here for two years after getting kicked out his apt nearby, he’s not sure where he’ll spend the nig… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GwynneFitz: Police and sanitation clearing an encampment under BQE in Williamsburg, CO of the 9th Kathleen Fahey tells me it’s part of… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: The Bills will sign a 30-year agreement to play in the new stadium. But! The team and the state/county will still have t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Here's your breakdown for construction costs of a new Buffalo Bills stadium, per Hochul's office: - $600 million from N… — PolitiTweet.org

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Because a MTA worker stomped out a fire, here are your morning links: The subway mask mandate remains, a law designed to turn vacant hotels into homeless housing has gone nowhere, the Oscars forgot Bob Saget, everyone wants Long Island ice teas and more. https://t.co/hh7SKs23jx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Free tests 👇 https://t.co/ADOaDPTwAB — PolitiTweet.org

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Are you seeing political misinformation or propaganda in your neighborhood? Let us know at [email protected] https://t.co/GVuKvBEm4W — PolitiTweet.org

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A sign leftover from November's election in Bay Ridge accuses a Democratic council member of defunding the police. The only problem is that didn't happen — and experts say political misinformation has become so common it threatens the health of democracy. https://t.co/5mCXXU3sx1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: At a presser to announce 5,000 new jobs at @jetblue, Speaker Adrienne Adams--a former flight attendant--- says, "I still… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @karen_yi: One NJ resident had just purchased her 1st home in Manville. Less than a year later, it was destroyed by Ida. “I have run out… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @karen_yi: More than 6 months after Hurricane Ida inundated hundreds of homes in Manville, NJ, some residents are still struggling to re… — PolitiTweet.org

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Lawyers assigned by judges to represent children and low-income litigants in New York state courts in matters such as child neglect and domestic violence are demanding their first pay raise in nearly two decades. https://t.co/04mEqSSKrj — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WNYC: WATCH: @AllOfItWNYC host @alisonstewart interviews writer and director Sian Heder and actress Marlee Matlin about their film "COD… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: During a Q&A, Mayor Adams says he's not responding to q about his criticized lifting of the vax mandate for athletes/perf… — PolitiTweet.org

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Governor Hochul has been asked several times about relaxing the state’s gas taxes amid a major increase in per-gallon prices that's partly driven by the conflict in Ukraine. https://t.co/aD8PaBwdnH — PolitiTweet.org

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Schools Chancellor Banks is calling for an overhaul of how children learn to read in New York City's public schools, saying the approach many schools use isn’t working and that he wants to move toward a focus on the teaching of phonics. https://t.co/rmD970UayY — PolitiTweet.org

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New Jersey residents hoping to buy marijuana at a dispensary without a medical card will have to wait a little longer. https://t.co/SnU5CVSUoN — PolitiTweet.org

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"Anyone that has someone buried on Hart Island does not have access to that grave; they don't have access to a kind of mourning and grieving that they should have,” playwright Tracy Weller says about the hard-to-access island, the focus of her new play. https://t.co/J1UNDo4cmP — PolitiTweet.org