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NEW RECORD HIGH IN SUBWAY RIDERSHIP: Subway ridership on Wednesday topped 3.6 million, breaking a previous record set just the day before on May 17, of 3.535 million.

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TRAINING FOR VOTERS ON REDISTRICTING PROCESS: A free online training session aims to explain how all New Yorkers can be involved in the New York City Council redistricting process.

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YOUTH PUSH FOR BILL TO PROTECT IN-PERSON VISITS AT PRISONS: Osborne Association’s Youth Action Council, whose members are young people who have experienced the incarceration of a parent, gathered with other youth, elected officials, formerly incarcerated parents, family members, and advocates to call for immediate action to pass a bill that would protect in-person visiting in New York State jails and prisons.

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“The LGBTQ+ Committee of the BBA is inviting mem “The LGBTQ+ Committee of the BBA is inviting members to join it during the Brooklyn Pride Parade on Saturday, June 11. The parade starts at Fifth Avenue and Lincoln Place and marches to Ninth Street from 7:30p.m. until 10 PM. Members of the committee will be wearing special limited-edition 150th Anniversary Pride shirts. To order one while supplies last, email Robert Abruzzese with your t-shirt size (rabruzzese@brooklynbar.org). ‘It has never been a better time to celebrate Pride and have fun with your fellow BBA members,’ said Christina Golkin, chair of the LGBTQ+ Committee. ‘All BBA members, allies and family are welcome.’” Continue reading “Join the Brooklyn Bar Association at Brooklyn Pride” from our “Mayor turns out as BWBA honors Hon. Hinds-Radix, Past President Cavallo” article, which is linked in the bio.
“The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association held its “The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association held its first major in-person event in more than two years on Thursday when it featured Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix and Carrie Anne Cavallo during its annual gala held at the Liberty Warehouse in Red Hook. The event had nearly 200 people in attendance, as the BWBA showed that COVID-19 has not stopped it. Mayor Eric Adams was on hand to offer encouragement to the Association and praise for his choice as the New York City Corporation Counsel: former Appellate Division judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix.” Continue reading our “Mayor turns out as BWBA honors Hon. Hinds-Radix, Past President Cavallo” article, which is linked in the bio.
KIDS’ LOW COVID-19 VACCINE RATES CALLED A GUT PU KIDS’ LOW COVID-19 VACCINE RATES CALLED A GUT PUNCH: Suspicion, misinformation, complacency and delays because of the holidays and bad weather have combined to produce alarmingly low COVID-19 vaccination rates in U.S. children ages 5 to 11, authorities say. As of Tuesday, just over 17% were fully vaccinated, more than two months after shots for the age group became available. While Vermont is at 48%, California is just shy of 19% and Mississippi is only at 5%. Vaccinations among the elementary school set surged after the shots were introduced in the fall, but the numbers have crept up slowly since then, and omicron’s explosive spread appears to have had little effect. Read more by clicking the link in our bio. . . . . #covid #nyc #ny #news #newyorkcity #vaccine #brooklyndailyeagle #brooklyn
NEW YORK TO RECEIVE $6B OF FEDERAL AID FOR TRANSIT NEW YORK TO RECEIVE $6B OF FEDERAL AID FOR TRANSIT: New York City’s subways and commuter rails are getting a $6 billion chunk of federal COVID-19 relief funds. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received the money as part of more than $14.5 billion in overall federal relief aid. The aid, contained in COVID-19 relief bills during both the Trump and Biden administrations, has helped the MTA stave off threatened service cutbacks, layoffs and fare hikes. Click the link in our bio to read more on our website. . . . . #mta #nyc #newyorkcity #train #subway #nycsubway #funds
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