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New York City Declares Measles Public Health Emergency In Select ZIP Codes
#NYC Mayor #BillDeBlasio declared a public health emergency Tuesday, April 9, in select zip codes in #Williamsburg, following a measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community. As part of the declaration, unvaccinated individuals living in those ZIP codes who may have been exposed to measles will be required to receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in order to protect others in the community and help curtail the ongoing outbreak, said the Mayor's office.
Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will check the vaccination records of any individual who may have been in contact with infected patients. Those who have not received the MMR vaccine or do not have evidence of immunity may be given a violation and could be fined $1,000.
#NYC Mayor #BillDeBlasio declared a public health emergency Tuesday, April 9, in select zip codes in #Williamsburg, following a measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community. As part of the declaration, unvaccinated individuals living in those ZIP codes who may have been exposed to measles will be required to receive the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine in order to protect others in the community and help curtail the ongoing outbreak, said the Mayor's office.
Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will check the vaccination records of any individual who may have been in contact with infected patients. Those who have not received the MMR vaccine or do not have evidence of immunity may be given a violation and could be fined $1,000.
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Mayor de Blasio was a passenger in a car crash; the NYPD covered it up
On a Saturday morning in August 2015, Mayor #BillDeBlasio was in the back seat of a black #NYPD Chevy Tahoe bound for an event in #Harlem when a driver changing lanes slammed into his ride.
No one was hurt, but the commanding officer of the mayor’s executive protection unit, Howard Redmond, was furious. Text messages show he immediately ordered the incident be covered up to protect de Blasio’s image.
“As per CO [the commanding officer] no one is to know about this,” Sgt. Jerry Ioveno texted members of the unit, referring to Redmond. “Not even the other teams.”
“No one is to know,” he repeated.
On a Saturday morning in August 2015, Mayor #BillDeBlasio was in the back seat of a black #NYPD Chevy Tahoe bound for an event in #Harlem when a driver changing lanes slammed into his ride.
No one was hurt, but the commanding officer of the mayor’s executive protection unit, Howard Redmond, was furious. Text messages show he immediately ordered the incident be covered up to protect de Blasio’s image.
“As per CO [the commanding officer] no one is to know about this,” Sgt. Jerry Ioveno texted members of the unit, referring to Redmond. “Not even the other teams.”
“No one is to know,” he repeated.
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Pols Demand Money For Hate Crime Office Amid Spike In Attacks
Lawmakers want #NYC to use an important weapon in the fight against hate crimes: money. #NYCCouncil members on Monday demanded funding for a new hate crime prevention office amid a massive spike in anti-Semitic attacks.
The Council passed a law in January to establish the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, which will coordinate efforts across the city's myriad government agencies to stem the tide of bias-fueled incidents.
But Mayor #BilldeBlasio's executive budget for the 2020 fiscal year includes only about 70 percent of the money the Council says the office needs — even as anti-Semitic hate crimes have more than doubled. The #NYPD has recorded 100 such attacks this year as of May 12, up from 49 in the same period last year.
Lawmakers want #NYC to use an important weapon in the fight against hate crimes: money. #NYCCouncil members on Monday demanded funding for a new hate crime prevention office amid a massive spike in anti-Semitic attacks.
The Council passed a law in January to establish the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, which will coordinate efforts across the city's myriad government agencies to stem the tide of bias-fueled incidents.
But Mayor #BilldeBlasio's executive budget for the 2020 fiscal year includes only about 70 percent of the money the Council says the office needs — even as anti-Semitic hate crimes have more than doubled. The #NYPD has recorded 100 such attacks this year as of May 12, up from 49 in the same period last year.