In Final State of the City, Mayor De Blasio Commits To NYC s Recovery
arrow Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
For his eighth and final State of the City, Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered a strange speech for strange times. The annual address focused on the city’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and offered dozens of policy ideas borne out of the crisis: vaccination goals, restoring jobs, expanding bike lanes, and reopening schools.
In the 20-minute videotaped speech, announced publicly just hours before it was broadcast on Thursday evening, the mayor sought to highlight the city’s resilience and focus on his plans to build a recovery that addresses the needs of all New Yorkers.
Prosecutors can t use some statements from DCFS workers in AJ Freund case Former Illinois Department of Children and Family Services supervisor Andrew Polovin, front, leaves court Wednesday after a hearing in Judge Robert Wilbrandt s courtroom in Woodstock. Polovin supervised DCFS caseworker Carlos Acosta, who was assigned to a 20189 DCFS investigation involving AJ Freund s family. Both men face reckless conduct and child endangerment charges in connection with that investigation. Matthew Apgar/Shaw Media
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Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers charged after the 2019 death of Crystal Lake boy AJ Freund cannot be used in the men s criminal prosecutions, according to the Illinois attorney general s office.
3 correctional officers stabbed at Ellis Unit in Huntsville
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Three correctional officers were stabbed during an incident at the Ellis Unit in Huntsville early Monday morning, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice says.
According to TDCJ, inmate Henry Brown, 46, refused a random routine pat down search in the Ellis Unit main hall, and a use of force incident ensued to subdue Brown.
It was discovered after the incident that the three correctional officers had been stabbed by an improvised weapon found on the offender, TDCJ says.
One officer, a 13-year veteran, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital by Life Flight. He was reportedly stabbed multiple times, suffering a punctured and collapsed lung, arm and back wounds, and a broken leg. He underwent surgery and is in stable condition.
San Antonio ICE facilities have reported more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases
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Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they walk across the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Eric Gay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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The South Texas ICE Processing Center in Pearsall, about an hour s drive southwest of San Antonio, had the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the San Antonio region, with 292 confirmed cases as of Thursday.Eric Gay /Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Texas and Florida are currently leading the nation among immigration detainee deaths as overall deaths continue to increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles out last week.