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Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams As thousands of asylum seekers continue to pour into the Big Apple each week, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday announced his administration is opening two new so-called Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) spread across three college dormitories on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Some of the Bay Area's largest cities are facing truly eye-popping budget deficits.San Francisco is projecting a $290 million shortfall.Oakland, short by $177 million, isn't faring much better.But down south, the outlook is a bit sunnier.San Jose is reporting a $35.3 million surplus.Why such a divergence?

New York City is about to cut the ribbon on a new $923 million public hospital building, not far from the beach in Coney Island, that is designed to be practically flood-proof and that promises to elevate the level of health care for hundreds of thousands of people in South Brooklyn.The new Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospital building, which opens Tuesday, was born out of a crisis.

First-time home buyers around the country are struggling to amass a down payment in this high-inflation economy.But there may be hope.For those who work remotely or are open to relocating, a recent study by Rocket Homes can help find a new locale.The study compared 383 major metropolitan areas to find the best ones for home buyers with household incomes of $65,000 just below the median national household income of $70,784, the most recently reported figure from the U.S. Census Bureau.

First-time home buyers around the country are struggling to amass a down payment in this high-inflation economy.But there may be hope.For those who work remotely or are open to relocating, a recent study by Rocket Homes can help find a new locale.The study compared 383 major metropolitan areas to find the best ones for home buyers with household incomes of $65,000 just below the median national household income of $70,784, the most recently reported figure from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 by Seth Smalley
The recent ice storm caused over $29 million in damages, felling trees, snapping power lines and sparking a declaration of disaster from county officials.On Tuesday, the county announced another debris drop-off point at Mansfield Dam, in addition to the site at Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant.

The head of Norfolk Southern, the company who operated the train carrying hazardous materials that derailed earlier this month, met with residents and local leaders of the East Palestine, Ohio, community on Saturday and promised the company is here to stay until the village is made whole, the mayor said.

President Biden arrived in California on Thursday and joined Gov. Gavin Newsom and U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla on a helicopter tour of areas along the Central Coast battered by winter storms that caused major flooding and landslides across the state.The president traveled to the state after issuing an emergency declaration for California that authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief and offering federal aid for recovery efforts through a separate major disaster declaration in the six counties of Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Merced, Sacramento and Santa Cruz.

WASHINGTON  The Biden administration will give three Native tribes $75 million to move away from coastal areas or rivers, one of the nation's largest efforts to date to relocate communities that are facing an urgent threat from climate change.The three communities  two in Alaska, and one in Washington State  will each get $25 million to move their key buildings onto higher ground and away from rising waters, with the expectation that homes will follow.

Federal teams are going door-to-door to check in with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and conducting health surveys as part of the federal government's response to the toxic train derailment that has fueled anxiety about the safety of the air and water in the town, according to a White House official.

Thirty-three local elected officials signed a letter to President Joe Biden Sunday, pleading with the White House for more funding to care for the thousands of Latin American asylum seekers pouring into the five boroughs as the Adams administration gets set to build a new emergency shelter for migrants at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal.