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Meet Meera Joshi and Radhika Fox: Two Indian-Americans nominated to key admin positions by President Biden
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US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate a top attorney and an executive, both Indian-American women, to key administration positions. The nominations are being seen as a promotion for Meera Joshi and Radhika Fox who joined the administration on the very first day of the Biden presidency on January 20.
Joshi has been nominated for Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the Department of Transportation while Fox was nominated for Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency, the White House said in a statement.
President Biden selects two Indian-American women for key Administration posts
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By Elina Tarkazikis New York City PUBLISHED 2:00 PM ET Apr. 13, 2021 PUBLISHED 2:00 PM EDT Apr. 13, 2021
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Maya Wiley told NY1 Tuesday that the key to a New York City comeback is to spend money on getting people back to work while solving issues that ailed the city prior to the pandemic.
As part of her “New Deal New York” plan, the Democratic candidate wants to spend $10 billion to help create 100,000 new jobs, invest in child care and affordable housing, among other things.
“I’m a changemaker and that’s the change I’ll bring,” Wiley said in an interview on “Mornings On 1.”
NYC Police, Fire, Corrections Unions Drop Lawsuit Challenging Discipline Records Release The unions sued after state lawmakers in June 2020 reversed a law that kept disciplinary records secret for decades, and some records were posted in March after a federal appeals court in February approved of the release of disciplinary records
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New York City police, fire and corrections unions on Tuesday dropped their challenge to the public release of disciplinary records.
The request to dismiss the litigation was praised by Communities United for Police Reform, which, in a release, called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Police Department to expand the release of police misconduct and discipline records.