Chuck Schumer accuses Cuomo of withholding pandemic money from NYC: Dem leader hands $32BN DIRECT to Mayor de Blasio and says city doesn t always see the cash it s due
New York Senator Chuck Schumer appeared to take a swipe at the state s governor Andrew Cuomo during a press briefing on Thursday
He announced a new super charged vaccine drive for NYC
It will establish 100 community vaccine sites using $32billion from the COVID relief bill passed in December
Schumer said the money would head straight to the city bypassing Albany When Albany gets the money sometimes the city doesn t see all of it, he said
Standing in one of New York City’s hardest hit boroughs of the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of lawmakers outlined plans to get millions in federal aid funding.
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Twitter’s recent wave of mass suspensions hurt Republicans while the vast majority of Democrats gained followers, an analysis of the data showed.
Out of all 45 Democrats in the Senate, only two lost followers in January while the rest gained thousands. The majority of Republicans, however, lost followers during the same period, according to data from the social media analytics website SocialBlade. The discrepancy was first reported by the New York Post.
Overall, 68% of Republican Senators lost followers in January compared to 0.04% of Democratic Senators. Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham lost the most followers out of the group, dropping 117,569 followers in January. Other Republican Senators lost tens of thousands of followers, including Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who lost 56,237 followers; Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who lost 85,818 followers; and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who lost 77,238 followers.
This story originally appeared on Cheddar
Originally published December 22, 2020, updated to fix broken link.
On Monday, Congress passed a COVID relief deal that includes another stimulus payment for Americans. So who qualifies? And when will the checks arrive? Here s what you need to know.
Who gets a stimulus payment?
Individuals making up to $75,000 per year will receive $600. For head of household filers, that threshold is $112,500. For married filers, the income limit doubles to $150,000 and the payment doubles to $1,200 (or $600 for each adult). Americans with dependents under the age of 17 will receive $600 per dependent. So, for a family with two adults and two children whose adjusted gross income (AGI) in 2019 was $68,000 (the median income in the U.S. last year), they can expect to receive $2,400.