Following significant criticism of his erratic, unstable leadership in the face of the migrant crisis that is depleting city resources, Mayor Eric Adams declared on Monday that New York City now plans to eliminate up to 500,000 citizens’ medical debt, totaling more than $2 billion, in order to address a “major contributor to personal bankruptcy.”
Read More NYC Mayor Adams Says He’ll Wipe More Than $2B In Medical Debt For 500K Residents
As a massive storm approached the Big Apple this week, nearly 2,000 undocumented migrants were told to flee from a large tent shelter, forcing students at a Brooklyn high school to vacate the classroom and go fully remote as the migrants took over their school spaces.
Read More Brooklyn High Schoolers Forced To Go Remote After City Temporarily Houses 2K Undocumented Migrants At The School
Train service is partially suspended at many subway stations in New York City following a major derailment.
Read More At Least 26 Injured In NYC Train Derailment
The New York City Teachers Union is suing to stop the city’s public school budget cuts from being implemented. The organization claims that Mayor Eric Adams’ drastic budget cuts would undermine crucial education initiatives, inhibit teacher incentives, and would violate state law overall.
Read More N.Y.C. Teachers Union Sues Mayor Adams, Citing Steep Budget Cuts To Public Schools
Popular pop singer and songwriter Taylor Swift attended Ramy Youssef’s Brooklyn, New York, comedy show, which was held to help raise funds for Gaza and Palestinians.
Read More Taylor Swift Attends Pro-Palestine Comedy Show In NYC
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has seen his approval rating plunge to 28 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
Read More Adams’s Approval Rating Falls To 28%, Lowest For Any N.Y.C. Mayor