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A coalition of lawmakers & advocates is pushing a bill that would raise the minimum wage for home care workers to 150% of the existing minimum wage in each region of NY. The legislation has enough sponsors to pass—but Gov. Hochul hasn’t lent her support. https://t.co/tDglJqIT7W — PolitiTweet.org

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New Jersey’s pandemic-related early release program will officially resume Thursday with the freeing of another 260 individuals. https://t.co/htXKIu8pdh — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: Governor Hochul announces that New York will lift its statewide mask mandate for businesses and other indoor spaces beginning Thursday, but a similar masking requirement will remain in place in K-12 schools for at least another couple weeks. https://t.co/z78rtbtftW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Hochul says it is a "very strong possibility" that the state will rescind the school mask mandate on March 7, but she wo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: So, to recap Hochul's announcement: - Mask (or vaccination) requirement for businesses will expire Thursday. - Mask man… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Assemblywoman Latrice Walker is so far the most critical lawmaker on Adams's push for amending bail reform. She says intr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Adams says he supports making Diwali an official public school holiday, but can't commit to getting it done on first 100… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Assemblymember Nily Rozic asks Adams if he would grant medical accommodations for city workers seeking to work from home.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Because John Williams doesn't want to score movies anymore, here are your morning links: Becoming a con artist to live luxuriously between arrests, Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, former female employees call out the NFL, an exhausted cat, and more. https://t.co/2NzsgDWRE9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Adams, asked if he thinks there should be a rent freeze this year for rent stabilized tenants, he vacillates somewhat. Sa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to make an announcement on the future of the state's mask mandate for businesses/indoor sp… — PolitiTweet.org

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How many of us have the patience and drive to spend 12 years trying to get a dog run installed in our neighborhood — and then maintain it once it's built? https://t.co/PxGZCf3M49 — PolitiTweet.org

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NJ has spent at least $9.5 million testing state workers for COVID since Gov. Murphy mandated weekly testing for unvaccinated public employees. “You have to start to weigh out, what is the economic cost of allowing people to continue to be unvaccinated?" https://t.co/LjgnoPZ2Ev — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lizkimtweets: Speaking to Albany legislators, Adams calls for an expansion to the Earned Income Tax Credit, a proposal he campaigned on… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @karen_yi: NJ agencies spent at least $9M testing state workers who aren't vaccinated but are going into the office under the vax-or-tes… — PolitiTweet.org

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Chisun Lee says the Public Campaign Finance Board is “the most ambitious response to the problem that the Citizens United Supreme Court case created of unleashing unlimited big spending in politics.” One problem getting it started? A lack of office space. https://t.co/NgUXzUGvUN — PolitiTweet.org

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Almost 90 years ago, NYC’s greatest urban legend was born: A 125 pound, eight-foot-long alligator was found roaming the sewer system in East Harlem. Here's why, as bizarre at it sounds, metro area alligator sightings were not all that rare in the 1930s. https://t.co/85nPSBA72i — PolitiTweet.org

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Mayor Eric Adams signed a sweeping executive order designed to make the city more accountable and boost government transparency, including a requirement that all city agencies appoint a monitor to ensure that such practices are followed. https://t.co/htJmwB6n2c — PolitiTweet.org

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“I cannot see myself doing this for another 30 years,” says kindergarten teacher Roberta Cordeau. “Every year more is asked of us and yet we’re not adequately compensated for it." https://t.co/Pqkk85z19P — PolitiTweet.org

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Over the last month, the zip codes encompassing Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Coney Island have experienced a fatality rate nearly three times higher than the citywide average. https://t.co/4iiDfGAiqy — PolitiTweet.org

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Mayor Adams says his administration will expand a chronic disease management program focusing on diet, exercise and other lifestyle factors rather than medication. Adams says NYC will "change the conversation" about using food to stop healthcare crises. https://t.co/BtTryh6jJY — PolitiTweet.org

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Starting February 28th, from Monday to Sunday during each week of the pilot, any subway or bus rider who uses the OMNY payment system and takes 12 trips within that week will automatically be upgraded to an unlimited pass for the rest of the week. https://t.co/RBRUPDQfbt — PolitiTweet.org

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Because garbage trucks should really start playing jingles by now, here are your evening links: Rikers guards are emboldened by Mayor Adams, Pelton fires 2,800 employees while gifting them free subscriptions, plans for the Davidson-Jost ferry, and more. https://t.co/rjuRXZmqHU — PolitiTweet.org

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“We even have increasing evidence for associations with early birth, preterm birth and low birth weight, as well as cognitive decline,” Professor Susan Anenberg says. “We're probably only scratching the surface with the health outcomes that we considered.” https://t.co/3p0iy2pws3 — PolitiTweet.org

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“The stupidity of it is that every month they sit in the shelter, they're costing the city thousands,” Edward Josephson says about a rule change to NYC's rental voucher program causing some individuals and families to stay in homeless shelters longer. https://t.co/JlThy3oA2R — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @clewisreports: INBOX: Office of Cannabis Management Announces Enforcement Action I knew legalization in NY would eventually result in… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katehinds: If you live in NYC and test positive for COVID via an at-home test, it gets recorded...nowhere -- which is a problem, especi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: New: The state is cracking down on "gifting" of marijuana, i.e. buying a t-shirt and getting a dimebag as a "gift." Th… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: "It's something that our conference has supported, and of course I'm going to support my hometown casino (Empire City Ca… — PolitiTweet.org

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Parents of students with special needs said they were especially hurt by the pandemic’s effect on bus staffing shortages, with a lack of nurses or paraprofessionals to chaperone students with disabilities. https://t.co/sTwXyOyI8b — PolitiTweet.org