New Orleans commission orders rehiring of fired city council clerk Lora Johnson after finding her alleged sexual harassment didn’t harm productivity
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New Orleans commission orders rehiring of fired city council clerk Lora Johnson after finding her alleged sexual harassment didn’t harm productivity

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A New Orleans commission has ordered the city council to rehire a clerk who had been fired over alleged sexual harassment in the workplace because it determined her actions didn’t harm the office’s “efficient operation.” Former Clerk of Council Lora Johnson was fired…

NYC DOE sends holiday invoices demanding cash from unvaxxed employees fired during COVID
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NYC DOE sends holiday invoices demanding cash from unvaxxed employees fired during COVID

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The city Department of Education has turned into Scrooge this holiday season, demanding cash from staffers it fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Social worker Diane Pagen, terminated three years ago for violating the city’s vaccine mandate, received an “invoice” after Thanksgiving…

NYC ICE director: It’d ‘take a lifetime’ to deport city’s migrant criminals
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NYC ICE director: It’d ‘take a lifetime’ to deport city’s migrant criminals

ByNews Polite

There are thousands of migrant criminals roaming the streets of Gotham, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s NYC field office told The Post. “In New York City, it would take a lifetime to clear the city of the criminals that we have” if the status quo remains the…

Controversial hi-rise near Brooklyn Botanic Garden OK’d by NYC Council — with plans for more sunlight after outcry
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Controversial hi-rise near Brooklyn Botanic Garden OK’d by NYC Council — with plans for more sunlight after outcry

ByNews Polite

Let the sun shine in. A controversial hi-rise development that neighbors feared would cast a harmful shadow over the Brooklyn Botanic Garden has gotten the OK from the City Council — with changes that would bring more necessary sunlight to the beloved greenspace. The Crown Heights hi-rise development once poised…

NYC pols urge Kathy Hochul to temporarily waive ‘sanctuary’ laws
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NYC pols urge Kathy Hochul to temporarily waive ‘sanctuary’ laws

ByNews Polite

Gov. Hochul must use her emergency powers to temporarily waive the Big Apple’s controversial “sanctuary city” laws because of increased terror threats posed by the ongoing migrant crisis, a coalition of City Council members demanded this week. “New York City is a prime target for terrorism, and we cannot afford…

Bill requiring NY cops to have personal liability insurance under fire
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Bill requiring NY cops to have personal liability insurance under fire

ByNews Polite

A Brooklyn Democrat is trying to drum up City Council support for a controversial state bill requiring police officers to buy personal liability insurance in case of lawsuits — a move critics say is a veiled attempt to “Defund the Police.” Councilwoman Nantasha Williams urged other council members this week…

NYC PBA backs bill to better police hotels, which owners call `nuclear bomb’
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NYC PBA backs bill to better police hotels, which owners call `nuclear bomb’

ByNews Polite

The union representing New York City police officers has endorsed controversial legislation to more strictly regulate hotels, which owners of inns claim will crush the Big Apple’s lodging industry. Intro. 991 — the Safe Hotels Act — will make it easier to rein in problem-plagued hotels, Police Benevolent Association President…

Mayor Adams’ charter-reform proposals are a bid for cease-fire with City Council
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Mayor Adams’ charter-reform proposals are a bid for cease-fire with City Council

ByNews Polite

Here’s the quick back story to the Charter-reform proposals that will be on the November city ballot: The City Council tried to grab some power at Mayor Adams’ expense; he cut it off, threatened to cut the council’s power — then backed off in a clear cease-fire offer. Council lefties…