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and Yang questioned over his qualifications. During a particularly tense back and forth between the front-runners, Yang accused Adams of being the subject of multiple corruption investigations, with Adams hitting back on Yang’s lack of participation in municipal elections.
“You can’t run from the city, Andrew, if you want to run the city.” – Eric Adams, in last week’s mayoral debate, to Andrew Yang New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared this the “Summer of NYC” as vaccinations continue and New Yorkers increasingly gather in person.
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“We all know that you’ve been investigated for corruption everywhere you’ve gone.” – Andrew Yang, firing back at Adams in the debate
ADULT SURVIVORS ACT PASSES IN STATE SENATE
A follow-up to the Child Victims Act made it through the state Senate, one of several bills the chamber passed as the session draws to a close. The Adult Survivors Act is similar to the Child Victims Act – reforming statutes of limitations for sexual assault and creating a look-back window to bring cases. The Adult Survivors Act is for those who were older than 18 when they were abused. The bill has not yet passed in the Assembly. The Sexual Harassment Working Group wrote a letter blasting the Assembly for what they considered stalling this and other recently passed state Senate bills to strengthen sexual harassment laws. The state Senate also passed legislation, introduced after the Cuomo administration reportedly circulated personnel documents about Lindsey Boylan in the wake of her allegations of sexual harassment against the governor, that would outlaw the
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