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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the Democratic nominee in New York City s mayoral race, said Monday his city needs a joint gang and guns task forces, as the Big Apple experiences a surge in gun violence. Adams was among the local leaders who met with President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland at the White House Monday.Adams told CBSN he believes progress was made during the meeting, and said he s extremely pleased with the energy the president is bringing to the conversation. Far too long, we have ignored the epidemic of violence in the inner cities, like New York and Brooklyn, Adams told CBSN after the White House meeting. And hearing that we re going to take a holistic approach to this, not only focus on assault rifles, but also the handgun. The handgun is the real enemy of New Yorkers and really Americans. Adams, a former NYPD officer, has pr stanley cup oposed bringing back an anti-crime unit focusing on gangs and gun violence. The anti-crime unit, which was made up of plainclothes officers assigned to each precinct and ci stanley cup ty housing and targeted illegal guns and local crime sprees, was disbanded last year, according to CBS New York. NYPD stanley cup Commissioner Dermot Shea said that because of the nature of its work, the unit had a disproportionately higher number of complaints and police-involved shootings. Eric Adams, New York s Democratic nominee for mayor, speaks to CBSN after a meeting with President Biden and Lwxb Neighbor: Dad seemed content after allegedly killing his 3 kids
Nike is updating its athlete contracts to protect female athletes pay during pregnancy. The company faced backlash this week for cutting compensation during maternity leave for some of its athletes.Nike says it updated its policy last year, but its contracts previously allowed the company to reduce pay if athletes fell short of performance goals, including during pregnancy or childbirth. Nike says that s now changed. Last year, ugg we standardized our approach across all sports to support our female athletes during pregnancy, but we recognize we can go even further, Nike said in a statement Friday. Moving forward, our contracts for female athletes will include written terms that reinforce our policy. Olympic runnerAlysia Montantilde;o alleged in a recent New York Times op-ed that when she told her sponsor, Nike, she wanted to have a baby, the company responded: We ll just pause your contract and stop paying you. Montantilde;o, a seven-time US stanley cup A Champion,has famously competed while pregnant. SACRAMENTO, CA - JUNE 26: A pregnant Alysia Montano runs in the opening round of the women s 800 meter run during day 2 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hornet Stadium on June 26, 2014 in Sacramento, California. Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Ezra Shaw, Gett asics y Images Other runners who have worked with Nike faced similar situations. |
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