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NYC shooting victim Wesley LePatner remembered as lifting all she knew: ‘Your mother’s an angel’
New York Daily News
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July 31, 2025
While juggling the balance of a busy home life and a corporate job, NYC shooting victim Wesley LePatner was adamant about getting home in time to spend evenings with her husband Evan and their kids. “That was nonnegotiable,” a longtime colleague...
NYC Comptroller cracks down after Probation Dept. buys $87,000 SUV for commissioner
New York Daily News
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July 31, 2025
The city Comptroller’s office is requiring the Probation Department to seek prior approval for certain contracts after saying the department sidestepped city procurement rules to buy Commissioner Juanita Holmes a taxpayer-funded $87,000 SUV in...
NYC shooting victim Wesley LePatner’s teen daughter, husband deliver moving eulogies at funeral: ‘My mom was like my rock’
New York Post
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July 31, 2025
The grieving husband and teenage daughter of slain Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner delivered heartbreaking eulogies at her funeral Thursday, telling hundreds of mourners at a Manhattan synagogue her loss has left “a huge gaping hole” in their...
New York’s business elite is tapping funding to try to thwart the Democratic nominee for mayor
The New Zealand Herald
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July 31, 2025
A month after Mamdani’s primary victory stunned New York’s business elite, its leaders have begun cranking open a powerful gusher of outside spending to try to stop the man whose socialist policies they fear could sour the city’s business climate....
New York investor Brighton Park Capital opens London office
UK Tech News
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July 31, 2025
Brighton Park Capital, an investment firm based in New York, has opened a London office in the group’s first international expansion. With offices in New York, San Francisco and Connecticut, Brighton Park Capital has now designated its London...
New York is Going Fully Electric in the Fight Against Climate Change
Radio Catskill - New York
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July 31, 2025
New York is going electric. In a major move toward cutting fossil fuels, New York is now the first state to require newly constructed buildings to be made fully electric after the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council’s meeting last...
Storms drop dangerous, flooding rain from DC to New York, inundating roads and snarling air travel
KRDO - Colorado
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July 31, 2025
By CNN Meteorologist Briana Waxman (CNN) — Dangerous torrential rainfall and flash flooding are underway in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Thursday with millions at risk along the Interstate 95 corridor. It’s shaping up to be another serious flood...
New York State Offering a New Grant to Homeowners
CNY News - New York
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July 31, 2025
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed a new bill that will give New York homeowners the opportunity to receive money from a new grant. If you are lucky enough to be a homeowner in New York, you already know that once your purchase is...
Sustainability drives New York fair
Knitting Industry
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Around 2,100 professionals and over 150 exhibitors convened at this year’s Functional Fabric Fair New York, powered by Performance Days, highlighting the ongoing industry shift towards sustainability and material innovation. Held on 22–23 July...
President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu Welcomes Adoption of New York Declaration on Palestine Two-State Solution
The Maldives Journal
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President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has officially welcomed the adoption of the “New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution.” The declaration was the outcome of the...
Financial terms, phrases and New York observations
The Manila Times
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July 31, 2025
ANALOGOUS to some headline editors’ penchant for using “breach” inaccurately, there are some phrases misused, even by business leaders and then echoed by the media that follows them. They are often repeated in the same erroneous context perhaps...
Voting now open for Coolest Thing Made in New York contest
WWTI - New York
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July 31, 2025
N.Y. (WETM) – Voting is now open for New Yorkers to decide what exactly the coolest product made in New York State is for 2025. On Wednesday, July 30, The Business Council of New York State Inc. announced that voting has opened for the second...
Mamdani Wants $30 Minimum Wage in New York, But California Shows This Will Kill Thousands of Jobs
The Daily Signal - Washington D.C.
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July 31, 2025
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants a $30 minimum wage in New York by 2030, but California’s experience shows this flawed policy will kill at least tens of thousands of jobs. Policymaking doesn’t happen in a vacuum—the laws of...
Mourners honor officer killed in NYC attack
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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July 31, 2025
NEW YORK — Mourners packed a New York mosque on Thursday to honor a Bangladesh-born police officer who embraced the job of protecting his adopted city and gave his life for it when a gunman opened fire in an office building this week. Officer...
NYC Gunman Bought His Rifle In Las Vegas From His Boss
HuffPost
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July 30, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A man who killed four people at a Manhattan office building bought the rifle he used in the attack and the car he drove across country from his supervisor at a Las Vegas casino, authorities said Wednesday. Shane Tamura, 27, fatally...
Airfare of the Day -Premium Economy- AIR FRANCE New York to Dubai from $1,338
LoyaltyLobby
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July 31, 2025
Today’s Airfare of the Day goes to Air France and their basic season premium economy class non-refundable fares valid for round trip travel departing from New York (JFK), United States to Dubai (DXB), United Arab Emirates. Photo: Pixabay Remember...
How slain NYC cop Didarul Islam shattered Trump’s immigration lies
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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For much of the 21st century, the American Dreamers of a fast-growing Bangladeshi diaspora have been hiding in plain sight in places like New York City’s Bronx borough — new arrivals who fled adversity, economic or otherwise, in South Asia. Many...
Fewer cars or expanded highways? A battle for New York’s future on the road
Buffalo Toronto Public Media - New York
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July 31, 2025
The battle over roadway expansion is playing out in an obscure but important planning document, with transit and environmental advocates pushing for fewer cars in the draft New York State Transportation Master Plan. A group representing...
Unsettled by NYC shooting, companies question whether their offices are safe
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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First responders gather on 52nd Street outside a Manhattan office building where two people were shot, including a New York police officer, Monday, July 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis) NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses around the...
'Lies!' Nobel economist Paul Krugman slams media for endorsing Trump’s 'pure fantasy'
Raw Story
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July 31, 2025
Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman unloaded Thursday on media outlets that he feels are failing to call out President Donald Trump's "lies." Krugman, who recently left The New York Times, citing editorial disagreements, took the opportunity to...