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Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance is likely a lame duck and declined to prosecute Donald Trump’s children in 2012, but he may be the one person who can now hold the former president accountable for his actions. While an impeachment conviction seems unlikely in Washington, Vance’s office has been slowly gathering evidence in a criminal probe of Trump’s personal and corporate tax returns. Vance’s prosecutors let slip in court papers they were examining possible tax, bank, and insurance fraud charges – which are not subject to a presidential pardon.
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The contract failed by an 8-7 margin, throwing Mayor de Blasio's gifted testing plan into disarray and reigniting thorny questions about the role of the panel in a city school system otherwise under the mayor’s thumb.
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By Sara Marcus
Updated Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:57 pm
NEW YORK -
Updated Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 2:57 pm
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a media availability. City Hall. Tuesday, January 26, 2021. (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)
The pension funds of New York City employees and New York City public school teachers have voted to divest $4 billion worth f funding from fossil fuel and polluting industries.
The New York City Employees’ Retirement System (NYCERS) and New York City Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) and the approved the move in 2018, and the process began this week. The divestment system, and move to invest in clean energy through the fund, is expected to be completed in 2025. It will be one of the largest divestment pushes internationally.