policeman suspended for saying “Trump 2020” at the microphone of his patrol car

policeman suspended for saying “Trump 2020” at the microphone of his patrol car

The agent in question is currently under investigation for “using the loudspeaker of a police vehicle for political purposes». A New York policeman was suspended on Sunday for saying “Trump 2020“At the microphone of his patrol car, reported our American colleagues from Washington Post Monday October 26. «Trump 2020. Post it on Youtube, on Facebook. … Read more

New York welcomes arrival of 1,000-bed hospital ship

New York welcomes arrival of 1,000-bed hospital ship

In a race against time to face the peak of the epidemic, New York welcomed the arrival of a 1,000-bed military hospital ship on Monday. The USNS Comfort, with a capacity of 12 operating theaters, departed from Virginia on Saturday, arrived around 3:30 p.m. KST. It should make it possible to unload New York hospitals … Read more

New York overwhelmed by the epidemic

New York overwhelmed by the epidemic

The 2019-2020 school year is over for 1.1 million schoolchildren, from kindergarten to 12th grade. By Maurin Picard –Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP New York The news that all parents dreaded, in New York, fell on Saturday morning by email: on the orders of Mayor Bill de Blasio, and after consultation … Read more

New York buries its dead in mass graves

New York buries its dead in mass graves

In New York City, which consolidates its sad status as the center of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States, the question arises of the fate of the ever-increasing dead. The images have struck people’s minds in recent days: bodies, covered with sheets or tarpaulins, transported by employees in protective suits on stretchers in refrigerated … Read more

This Chinese mole infiltrating New York police

This Chinese mole infiltrating New York police

STORY – Arrested on Monday, Baimadajie Angwang posed as a refugee fleeing repression in Beijing. He faces 55 years in prison. By Maurin Picard –Naturalized American, Angwang had passed the entrance examination in the New York police force in 2016, after having served his host country in the elite corps of the Marines. NYPD New … Read more

Stunned by Covid, New York is slowly emerging from lethargy

Stunned by Covid, New York is slowly emerging from lethargy

REPORT – As the city prepares to discreetly commemorate the 19e anniversary of the September 11 attacks, doubt persists after a first deadly wave of the coronavirus in the spring. Emptied of its inhabitants, financially bloodless, Big Apple will have to show resilience to recover from the most serious economic and health crisis in its … Read more

In Minneapolis, under curfew, residents organize their defense

In Minneapolis, under curfew, residents organize their defense

REPORT – Abandoned by overwhelmed police services, the population is prey to violence and looting. –To avoid breakage, a merchant barricaded his store on Saturday in Minneapolis (Minnesota). KEREM YUCEL / AFP Special Envoy to Minneapolis Minneapolis went seamlessly from lockdown to curfew. The major riots that ravaged the city last week have ceased since … Read more

Felix Rohatyn, the man who saved New York

Felix Rohatyn, the man who saved New York

DISAPPEARANCE – The former United States ambassador to France, known to have avoided a financial crisis in the metropolis, died on Saturday at the age of 91. By Maurin Picard –Felix Rohatyn saved New York City from the worst financial crisis in its history. CHRIS KLEPONIS / AFP For his French friends, he was this … Read more

confinement extended until May 28, the future of the city in question

confinement extended until May 28, the future of the city in question

The governor of New York State extended the confinement decree which expired on Friday until May 28, except for five less populated regions of this state of 20 million inhabitants. The decree signed Thursday evening by Governor Andrew Cuomo extends the confinement for the city of New York and its surroundings, very affected by the … Read more