Schooling...

New York City plans to reopen the nation’s largest public-school system in September with social-distancing guidelines, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, which would represent a major step in the city’s efforts to recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus.

After the mayor’s briefing, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s spokeswoman Dani Lever said the governor alone holds the authority to decide whether and when schools will reopen.

“All such decisions are made by state government and not local government,” Lever said in a statement. The state will consult the city’s parents, teachers, health officials and elected officials,” she said, without naming de Blasio. “But the governor has said any determination is premature at this point.”

In April, when de Blasio announced he would keep schools closed for the remainder of the school year, Cuomo pushed back and insisted such decisions rested with the state. 

Mo Money...

“How on earth do you think that New York City can get back on its feet without federal support?” . “Mr. President, are you going to save New York City, or are you telling New York City to drop dead?”

De Blasio is requesting the President call on Senate Republicans to provide federal stimulus to New York City.

According to the mayor, the city cut the budget from its initial $95.3 billion proposal as it struggled to balance funds amid a huge revenue deficit triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

"Nine billion dollars evaporated in the span of just months," de Blasio said. "That's what we had to deal with here and it was a challenge."  

Due to the billions of dollars that were cut in savings, de Blasio said the city will work with labor unions to find ways to make up for those cuts and avoid layoffs come October.

 Just a thought.

EncroChat....

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has made 746 arrests and dismantled dozens of organized crime groups after intercepting millions of encrypted text messages, BBC reports. 

The messages were sent through EncroChat, a subscription-based phone system popular among career criminals. The NCA said in a press conference on Thursday that the operation has had “the biggest impact on organized crime gangs it has ever seen.”

EncroChat sold customized Android handsets with GPS, camera, and microphone functionality removed. They were loaded with encrypted messaging apps as well as a secure secondary operating system (in addition to Android). The phones also came with a self-destruct feature that wiped the device if you entered a PIN.

With these actions, some may want to defund the police in England.         Just a thought.

France...

Detectives are looking for the suspect who attacked and attempted to sexually assault a woman on a Brooklyn street early on Sunday morning.

Police released two videos of the perpetrator involved in the incident, which occurred at 4 a.m. in the area of St. James and Lefferts Places in Clinton Hill.

According to law enforcement sources, the 30-year-old woman was on her way home when the creep approached her from behind. Cops said he punched her in the head, knocking her to the pavement.

After she fell, authorities reported, the suspect repeatedly punched her, then attempted to sexually assault her. Cops said the victim managed to fight off her attacker, who then grabbed her backpack and ran away northbound on St. James Place toward Fulton Street.

Does this type of crimes happen in France?  Just a thought.

Secret...

Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.

Henny Youngman

Backlash...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing continued backlash and accusations of hypocrisy for ordering travelers from certain states to go into quarantine upon entering New York, after he once threatened legal action against a state that tried doing the same to New Yorkers.

Cuomo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont all recently issued 14-day quarantine orders for travelers from states that have seen recent spikes in coronavirus cases. Individuals who do not quarantine and follow the restrictions would be subject to fines between $2,000 to $10,000.

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Ambush...

Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan says his officers were ambushed this weekend, when they responded to a call of a shooting near 15th Street and 26th Avenue.

Dugan said when his officers arrived early Saturday morning, they did not locate a shooting victim. Instead, they encountered people throwing glass bottles at them.

Dugan said the crowd of several hundred people blocked all four intersections and some jumped on a police car. More than 100 officers responded.

He described the situation as an ambush and said he believes the report of a shooting was a set-up to get police officers to go to that location.

Two officers were injured and one of them was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Comment:

As a result, the police is not going to respond to the areas of criminal activities at all. And if they respond, they will come with the Military's equipment that protect them and the residence.

It is a cause and effect that you don't want. Just a thought.