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I-Team: Calls to Gambling Crisis Hotlines are Soaring
As mobile betting apps turn people’s phones into pocket-sized casinos, gamblers are also putting their phones to use for a more traditional purpose: To reach out for help
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Even With Congestion Pricing, MTA Consultant Predicts Gridlock at Dozens of Key Intersections
The plan to charge drivers who drive south of 60th Street would almost certainly trigger an overall decrease in the region’s traffic and air pollution — but some fear a handful of neighborhoods could actually see gridlock increase as a result
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Staten Island Ferry Workers Asked to ‘Sleep in Their Cars' Amid Overtime Crunch
Workers aboard the Staten Island Ferry are sounding alarms about a staffing crisis they say has made it difficult to keep the iconic passenger boats running on time. The manpower shortage is so severe, current and former ferry workers tell the I-Team they are sometimes asked to spend the night in terminal parking lots or makeshift sleeping quarters because commuting…
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Why Some Queens Neighborhoods Slammed by Ida May Not Get Climate Fund Priority
Despite the loss of life and property, as well as frequent flash floods, the state of New York does not consider Hollis, Queens, to be “disadvantaged” for the purposes of determining who should be prioritized for climate change financial aid
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I-Team: As Pandemic Eased, NYC Jail Officers Took More Than Double the Sick Days
New York City jail officers were about four times more likely to call out sick in the first three quarters of 2021 than they were in the same period of 2019 — even as COVID positivity rates leveled off and public health conditions improved
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NYC Anti-Idling Law Turns Into Huge Payday ($125K for One Man) for Citizens Who Report
Some so-called “idle warriors” are making huge amounts of money reporting commercial vehicles left running without a driver under the rules of a 2019 New York City law. One man has already made six figures off it. Former Mayor Bill de Blasio tried to publicize the law, called the Citizens Air Complaint Program, in his final days in office as…
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I-Team: Vulgar Virtual Classroom Video Shows Perils of Remote Learning
Virtual learning sessions were subject to disruptions like “loud sex noises” played by students, as well as “pornographic images” and “derogatory, sexual, violent and insulting remarks” from students — all which may have led to significant learning loss, test scores suggest
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Supply Chain Reality Check: Red Tape Holding New Truckers Back in NJ
With so much talk of the trucker shortage and big wage bonuses for people willing to get behind the wheel, a New Jersey driving school said that it would be able to churn out more truckers – if it weren’t for pandemic-related red tape at the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission.
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Why Some NJ Schools Still Use Sneeze Guards – Despite No Evidence They Prevent COVID
In the early days of the pandemic, school districts around the nation scrambled to purchase clear plastic desk shields. With limited understanding of how COVID-19 might transmit in classrooms, the hope was those sneeze guards might block virus particles from jumping between desks. Since then, scientists have learned the disease primarily spreads by way of tiny aerosolized particles that can…
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In NYC, Latinos Just Passed White Residents in COVID Vaccination Race
According to data from the NYC Test and Trace Corps, nearly 50.82 percent of city residents who identify as Latino have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of mid-August, compared to 49.52 percent of city residents who identify as white
