New York: Former financial advisor to the New York City Comptroller’s office and public finance expert Reshma Patel officially launched her campaign for the office of NYC Comptroller with the release of her website and campaign video, on Feb. 15. Patel, who is President of the Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic Club and Vice-Chair of the Manhattan...
United Nations: India's Usha Rao-Monari, a leading investment professional, has been appointed by UN chief Antonio Guterres as Under-Secretary-General and Associate Administrator of the UNDP, joining a growing list of women from the country appointed to helm key agencies of the global organization. The United Nations Development Program is the United Nations' global development network. Rao-Monari previously...
New York: Amateur photographer Pramod Ladiwala has won a prestigious award in photography in India. His photograph featuring the resplendent fall foliage with a view of Hudson river won the first prize at Fotofunia (International Photography)’s 2-day exhibition on March 6 and 7 at the ICCR Bengal Gallery in Rabindranath Tagore Center, Kolkata. Fotofunia has about 3,800 members in 91 countries. Ladiwala is a...
An additional 500 police officers will be deployed immediately to patrol New York City's transit system both on ground and underground following four stabbing incidents within 24 hours, a top official said here. Addressing a briefing on Saturday, New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Dermot Shea said the separate incidents took place from Friday to...
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday urged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take action to set uniform standards related to toxic metals across all baby foods. James called on the FDA to follow recommendations issued last week by a US House panel to set standards for all baby food, not...
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Feb 10 announced that, building off of the successful Buffalo Bills pilot program, sports and entertainment events in major stadiums and arenas with a capacity of 10,000 or more people can re-open with limited spectators beginning February 23. Following the model established as part of the successful Buffalo Bills pilot program,...
Nassau County Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) suggested using the Nassau Coliseum as a coronavirus vaccination site to increase the number of Long Island residents receiving inoculations. Nicolello brought up the proposal, which seemed to receive bipartisan support in the County Legislature, during a public hearing on Thursday morning. While the Legislature touted the work of Nassau County Health Commissioner...
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy Kate MacKenzie announced that GetFoodNYC, the City’s emergency food program established to combat hunger related to the COVID-19 pandemic, has now distributed over 200 million free meals to New Yorkers in need. This massive number comes as economic fallout from the pandemic continues to...
American football league NFL star Juju Smith-Schuster has donated $10,000 towards medical assistance for the farmers protesting in India against new agriculture laws, while NBA forward Kyle Kuzma has also extended his support to their cause. The duo’s support comes after American pop star Rihanna, shared a news article highlighting the protest after it turned violent...
