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“It’s really about righting a social wrong,” said State Sen. Coomey. “And creating an equitable opportunity for all New Yorkers to participate in this new adult-use recreational market." https://t.co/2sdWhurCyo — PolitiTweet.org

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Bench Flour Bakers, a new bakery and café overcame pandemic obstacles—such as a planned opening in March 2020—to start serving stellar pastries and monstrous breakfast sandwiches using ingredients sourced "from farms upstate and urban farms" in Astoria. https://t.co/3ycKsrjHFn — PolitiTweet.org

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The New York City Council passed legislation that would extend voting rights to certain non-citizen New Yorkers in municipal elections. This would give some 900,000 legal permanent residents a say in selecting their local representatives. https://t.co/oVvBZRTyKE — PolitiTweet.org

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“The rule of the law says you should not take funds from people doing business with the city. He knows that's wrong. We all know that's wrong,” Citizen Union's Betsy Gotbaum says about Mayor de Blasio's years-old ethics violations, again under scrutiny. https://t.co/gymZOKGUOz — PolitiTweet.org

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Because Kickstarter is getting into blockchain, here are your evening links: Meet the Gen Z-ers behind the "Birds Aren't Real" theory, New Zealand is permanently banning the sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2008, a cat showing off a kitten, & more. https://t.co/9MRo2t1JcI — PolitiTweet.org

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During a speech, incoming schools chancellor David Banks promised to shift resources from bureaucracy to classrooms. “65% of Black and brown children never achieve proficiency. That’s betrayal … you get those results without a Department of Education.” https://t.co/kYbk12vura — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1970, photographer David Attie documented Sesame Street for an obscure magazine printed by the U.S. government for distribution in the Soviet Union. “They were actually taken as Cold War propaganda,” his son Eli Attie says. https://t.co/wRdAaktKXm — PolitiTweet.org

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced it will remove the Sackler family name from seven exhibition spaces after years of criticism of of art spaces for accepting money from the family, who until recently owned the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma. https://t.co/HEepC7DAPJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Letitia James announces she is dropping out of the New York governor's race and will seek re-election as New York Attorney General. "There are a number of important investigations and cases that are underway, and I intend to finish the job." https://t.co/pllKHSqDAn — PolitiTweet.org

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SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras, a longtime advisor to former Governor Andrew Cuomo, has resigned amidst a growing controversy over his profanity laced remarks about a woman who accused Cuomo of sexual harassment. https://t.co/4h1reD4TAE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: The ripple effects of Tish James’ decision: Sen. Shelley Mayer drops out of the AG’s race. Some others will follow, I’m… — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday that she will suspend her campaign for governor and will instead pursue re-election as the state attorney general, citing her office's ongoing investigations. https://t.co/pllKHSqDAn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Tish James pivots -- drops out of the governor's race, and now she's running for reelection as AG. https://t.co/GdrVx7Rc… — PolitiTweet.org

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Because Harriet the Spy will always be a queer feminist icon, here are your morning links: Travis Scott talks about why he kept performing at Astroworld, Ghislaine Maxwell trial update, chess star destroys humans trained by computers, and more. https://t.co/jLeFrLlISi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brigidbergin: Rally on steps of City Hall ahead of ⁦@NYCCouncil⁩ vote expanding local voting rights to noncitizen legal permanent resid… — PolitiTweet.org

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The MTA has announced that they're banning alcohol from all Metro-North and LIRR trains and stations for a 32 hour period coinciding with SantaCon, putting a damper on the plans of the ho-ho-hordes of Santas to pregame before reaching Manhattan. https://t.co/oUmgZ35rsd — PolitiTweet.org

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The NJ AG's Office is investigating the stabbing death on Friday of an inmate at Newark's Essex County Correctional Facility, which occurred weeks after a Facebook video showed an inmate with schizophrenia beaten so severely he spent weeks in a coma. https://t.co/Xj5uV7nkcM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JonCampbellNY: Here's the full resignation letter from SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras, a one-time member of Andrew Cuomo's inner circle w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ByJessicaGould: At Eric Adams presser announcing David Banks as schools chancellor. Adams kicks off by talking about his trip to Ghana,… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Parents, you can have your information and your kids’ information on that same NYC app," said Mayor de Blasio, announcing coming updates to the NYC COVID Safe app that will allow parents to upload children's vaccination information. https://t.co/Mh2f6gdxIW — PolitiTweet.org

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Renovations have been announced for Central Park's Delacorte Theater, the home for Shakespeare in the Park. Planned changes include replacing seating for comfort, adding wheelchair accessible locations and new decking material to account for storms. https://t.co/rcuJANLEzB — PolitiTweet.org

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It's the most wonderful time of the year for people who love gazing at holiday windows at the city's biggest Midtown department stores—and all the big name retailers have over-the-top, extremely positive displays after a relatively minimalistic 2020. https://t.co/mEny07Wsco — PolitiTweet.org

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A 49-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly setting a 50-foot "metal superstructure" resembling a Christmas tree outside the Fox News headquarters on fire. Fox News security reportedly saw the man climbing the Midtown structure before lighting it. https://t.co/03q8bXGcng — PolitiTweet.org

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"We should just leave race out of it," Dr. Kathie-Ann Joseph says about clinical algorithms doctors use to make decisions about treatment options for patients. "What happens is people are trying to use race as a substitute for these genetic variations." https://t.co/g482rrqFS9 — PolitiTweet.org

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With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surging due to the delta variant and the omicron variant arriving in New York state, here's what New Yorkers need to know as we enter the holiday season. https://t.co/3ZFgZh1lhj — PolitiTweet.org

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“Very few students get tested at my school,” says one teacher, commenting on the Department of Education's policy that requires students opt-in to COVID-19 testing. “It’s always the same students, over and over.” https://t.co/reffSOn5km — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: Eric Adams will announce David C. Banks as his schools chancellor. Banks will helm the nation’s largest school system as it reels from the health, academic and emotional impacts of the pandemic. https://t.co/nkI5duuHDf — PolitiTweet.org

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“We got through Thanksgiving. We just got through Hanukkah. Now we have to get through Christmas,” said Dr. John Bonamo, executive VP of RWJ Barnabas Health. “But we’re very prepared for whatever it comes down to." https://t.co/OLQP6UKoc2 — PolitiTweet.org

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The New Yorker reviews 2021's vibes, so here are evening links to vibe to: Do Google's top search trends reflect anything? Why Counting Crows' "A Long December" is the best holiday song, getting married in the metaverse, a puppy grows to 170 lbs., & more. https://t.co/tS5KCGUjx0 — PolitiTweet.org

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New York City schools have reached a 7-day average of 381 COVID-19 cases per day as of Monday, the highest number since schools reopened in September. 1,413 classrooms are partially closed and 599 are completely shuttered. https://t.co/PgB54lCdZA — PolitiTweet.org