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Cindy Lee announces North American tour dates, NYC show with BrooklynVegan presale

Cindy Lee announces North American tour dates, NYC show with BrooklynVegan presale

Cindy Lee has announced a few select North American tour dates happening in November in Chicago, Toronto, Montreal and NYC. These are their first shows since cancelling their tour midway through dates in spring 2024, not long after the breakout success of their great triple album Diamond Jubilee. Freak Heat Waves support on the Chicago, Brooklyn and Montreal shows while …

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NYC Legionnaires’ disease cases rise to 90 as city health officials propose new cooling tower regulations

NYC Legionnaires’ disease cases rise to 90 as city health officials propose new cooling tower regulations

Facebook Tweet Email Link Health officials in New York City say a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in Central Harlem has grown to 90 cases, including three deaths. The update comes days after New York City’s health department proposed new regulations for the testing of cooling towers, which they suspect are linked to the outbreak. Cooling towers are rooftop devices that …

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3 more 9/11 remains identified by NYC medical examiner, including Floral Park man

3 more 9/11 remains identified by NYC medical examiner, including Floral Park man

The remains of three more World Trade Center victims have been identified nearly 24 years after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack, including a man from Long Island, city officials said Thursday. New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City chief medical examiner Jason Graham said continuing advanced DNA testing identified the remains of Ryan Fitzgerald, of Floral Park, and …

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Legionnaires’ inspections sank to near-record low ahead of NYC outbreak

Legionnaires’ inspections sank to near-record low ahead of NYC outbreak

Inspections for the Legionella bacteria in New York City’s cooling towers sank to a record post-pandemic low in the months leading up to an outbreak of the disease in East Harlem that has so far killed three people, according to a Gothamist analysis of publicly available health data. A spokesperson for the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene blamed …

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NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns : NPR

NYC shooter had two ‘mental health holds’ in Las Vegas. They didn’t affect his legal right to own guns : NPR

A New York City police officer walks past flowers placed outside the midtown office building where a gunman killed four people on July 29, 2025 in New York City. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Keith/Getty Images North America Records released this week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police confirm they had several contacts in recent years …

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Three Deaths Reported as NYC Legionnaires’ Outbreak Spreads – Bloomberg

Three Deaths Reported as NYC Legionnaires’ Outbreak Spreads  Bloomberg Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak: 3 people dead among 70 diagnosed in NYC cluster since July 25  ABC7 New York An obscure disease keeps spreading through air conditioning  USA Today 3 dead and at least 67 sick from growing Legionnaires’ disease cluster in New York City  ABC News Legionnaires’ in NYC: What are the disease’s first symptoms?  PIX11 …

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NYC campaign finance board denies Mayor Eric Adams millions in matching funds – Politico

NYC campaign finance board denies Mayor Eric Adams millions in matching funds  Politico NYC Mayor Adams denied $3M in matching funds as finance board calls his responses ‘misleading’  New York Daily News Campaign Finance Board Rejects Adams Bid for Matching Funds  THE CITY – NYC News Eric Adams denied campaign matching funds again as board claims lawbreaking  Crain’s New York Business Campaign finance dustup …

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NYC reports second death in Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak

NYC reports second death in Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak

A second person has died of Legionnaires’ disease and 58 have been sickened amid a growing cluster in Central Harlem, according to the latest update from the city health department. The city provided no details on the deaths, but urged anyone in a cluster of Zip codes exhibiting flu-like symptoms to seek medical treatment. Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse …

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