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In response to the situation, New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency encompassing New York City, Long Island, and the Hudson Valley. Mayor Eric Adams also issued a separate state of emergency declaration for New York City.

As migration to the United States from Venezuela and other countries soars, Democratic elected officials are pressing the Biden administration to quickly grant work permits for asylum-seekers while their cases wind through immigration courts

About a year and a half after Mayor Eric Adams chided workers — «You can't stay home in your pajamas all day!» — New York's offices in late August were under 41% of their pre-pandemic occupancy. Just 9% of the city's office workers were going in five days a week at the start of the year, according to the Partnership for New York City. Remote-work levels crisscrossing the country are more mixed, with just under one-third of America's workdays now done from home. But in New York, the broad feeling across offices is one that locals know well: It's like sitting on the subway waiting to get somewhere and then feeling the car lurch to a stop.

Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity. Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need a special permit to publicly broadcast the Islamic call to prayer, or adhan, on Fridays and at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. Friday is the traditional Islamic holy day, and Muslims break their fast at sunset during Ramadan. The police department's community affairs bureau will work with mosques to communicate the new guidelines and ensure that devices used to broadcast the adhan are set to appropriate decibel levels, Adams said. «For too long, there has been a feeling that our communities were not allowed to amplify their calls to prayer,» Adams said.

TikTok’ on government-owned devices due to security concerns, joining a number of US cities in it, according to a report published by the news agency Reuters. In an official statement, the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, “TikTok posed a security threat to the city's technical networks." The agencies are required to remove the application within 30 days and employees will lose access to the app and its website on city-owned devices and networks. The City has already banned TikTok on state-issued mobile devices, Reuters reported.

By Kanishka Singh

New York City crypto-friendly mayor Eric Adams has mistakenly responded “no” to whether he held any securities including cryptocurrencies, in his annual financial disclosure form.

Human Resources industry executives have noted that employees are willing to receive their salaries in Bitcoin (BTC), given the current hyperinflation and political conundrum in many regions worldwide.

The New York State Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, has adopted a regulation that will allow the government agency to assess supervisory costs from licensed crypto firms operating in the state.

At the end of January 2022, member of the Belgian parliament Christophe De Beukelaer became the first European politician to convert his salary to Bitcoin (BTC). Celebrating the anniversary of this experiment, Cointelegraph reached out to a lawmaker to know more about his experience. 

The New York state Department of Financial Services (DFS) released guidance on Dec. 15 for regulated banks seeking to engage in activities with virtual currency. The guidance, which took effect immediately, describes the application process and “summarizes the types of information the Department considers relevant” for obtaining the agency’s approval.

Eric Adams, who became mayor of New York City in January, has reportedly stood behind a campaign pledge to make the city a crypto hub, despite a drop in the price of many tokens in 2022.

The New York State Department of Financial Services, or NYDFS, has proposed a regulation which would allow the government department to assess supervisory costs from licensed crypto firms operating in the state.

The state of New York became the first one in the United States to impose a moratorium on proof-of-work (PoW) mining, albeit only for two years. Last week, New York governor Kathy Hochul signed the moratorium into a bill, prohibiting any new mining operations that aren’t based on 100% renewable energy. The renewal of licenses would also be frozen. In eight months, the anti-mining bill made its way from the first passing through the state Assembly to the governor’s pen. 

The revenue earned by Bitcoin (BTC) miners fell to two-year lows owing to poor market performance and a heavier computational demand amid rising network difficulty. However, an ongoing downturn in the Bitcoin hash rate over the past month has allowed miners to recoup losses.

New York City mayor Eric Adams is still focused on making New York a crypto hub, but he believes that goal can be combined with statewide efforts to curb environmental costs related to crypto mining, according to reports on Nov 25. 

The superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) joined a nationwide regulatory discussion in the aftermath of the FTX collapse with a fresh take. Adrienne Harris believes that any federal crypto legislation to come should not override state regulatory regimes. 

Amid the soaring inflation, the European Central Bank (ECB) has found time to sum up its concerns about the “significant carbon footprint” of Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, which require vast amounts of computational power. 

New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams spoke out on Monday, June 13, against a bill just one step away from effectively banning Bitcoin mining in the state for the next two years.

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) on Wednesday released regulatory guidance for U.S. dollar-backed stablecoins issued by DFS-regulated entities. According to a DFS statement, it is the first regulator in the United States to impose such expectations on a stablecoin issuer.

Despite being publicly endorsed by the respective mayors of both cities, MiamiCoin (MIA) and NewYorkCityCoin (NYC) have plunged 90% and 80% since their all-time highs.