NYC Evictions Dropped By More Than 80% In 2020
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A total of 3,059 tenants were evicted from New York City apartments in all of 2020, according to new data provided by the city’s Department of Investigation. That’s a decrease of more than 80 percent, or about 18 percent of the nearly 17,000 evictions completed in 2019.
The data was compiled by DOI from reports submitted by city marshals, who are charged with enforcing court orders, including evictions. There was no breakdown by month. However, tenant advocates said it is pretty obvious the eviction moratorium Governor Andrew Cuomo signed after the pandemic struck last March contributed to this year’s dramatically low number of evictions.
Archaeologists Discover Giant Ice Age Mammoth Bone Structure
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Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a giant Ice Age structure built from the remains of at least 60 mammoths at the Kostenki-Borshevo archaeological complex.
The giant circular structure has a diameter of 12.5 metres and was built around 25,000 years ago during the peak of the last Ice Age (called the last glacial maximum), when communities were mainly mobile hunter-gatherers. This would make the monument one of the oldest known mammoth bone buildings, compared to similar structures that date from 22,000 years ago. Find out more
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