THE CITY Scoop: Proposed Salary Boosts Would Do Little to Help Struggling EMT’s, Labor Leaders Say

View this email in your browser Dear New Yorkers, The mayor recently cheered a big contract deal with the city’s largest municipal worker union. But one group of labor leaders is saying loud and clear: Count us out. Union reps for thousands of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics say the agreement between Mayor Eric Adams and District Council 37 will barely do anything to address the huge pay gap between frontline responders — who currently make a salary that starts at the equivalent of $18.94 an hour — and uniformed officers like firefighters and police. EMTs and paramedics are compensated as civilian workers despite facing many of the same risks on the job as first responders in uniform, they say. “It's frustrating. And that's why we have a retention issue. We lose five to 10 people every week that are resigning,” said Oren Barzilay, president of FDNY EMS Local 2507. Read more here. Some other items of note: More than three years after the Flushing Aquatic Center pool shut its doors in January 2020 for repairs that were supposed to take “at least six weeks,” the swimming facility reopened. A planned roof reconstruction will require the pool to close again in a couple years, however, and the borough’s only other indoor public pool is also scheduled to close for repairs.  . The city’s once thriving film and television production industry has hit a snag as work booms in New Jersey, Georgia and elsewhere, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul and industry representatives.  They say that a New York tax credit incentive program must be made more generous as other locations up the ante. “The competitive landscape has changed dramatically,” the president of Steiner Studios told THE CITY. “What does ‘Home’ mean to you?” That’s the question retiree/artist Judith Rubenstein asks of unhoused New Yorkers for accordion-style booklets containing their replies. See how New York City is doing with our newsroom’s economic recovery tracker. For the latest local numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations, testing rates and more, check ur coronavirus tracker. Weather scoop by New York Metro Weather Tuesday's Weather Rating: 3/10. Snow and a wintry mix will gradually come to an end this morning. Clouds will be slow to clear, and highs will only reach near 40 as a result. Improving weather and chilly tonight. The vibes are wintry out there!! THE KICKER: Cardi B has a new gig … as mentor to the police? The rapper made an appearance at the NYPD Police Academy in Queens for a police mentorship program. The New York Post speculated that her appearance there was part of her court-ordered community service stemming from a 2018 strip club fight, but that didn’t dampen the mood; video shows her dancing in front of the classroom to raucous applause. Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Tuesday. Love, THE CITY P.S. If you liked something about today's newsletter, or didn't, let us know at zshah@thecity.nyc Always free. Always NYC. Support our journalism today. Copyright © 2023 THE CITY, All rights reserved.

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Saudi Arabia Amnesty International USA Join the global outcry to free Raif ‏Badawi

	May 7: Join the global outcry to free Raif
	Saudi embassies, here we come Amnesty activists will mobilize outside of Saudi embassies around the world on May 7 to demand Raif Badawi's release. Please support our efforts on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience like Raif.   Dear friends, We're gearing up for a major mobilization on May 7, and we need your help. Raif Badawi was imprisoned and publicly flogged by the Saudi government - lashed 50 times - for starting a blog that encouraged social and political debate. Right now, he's in a cell serving the remainder of his 10-year sentence and awaiting 950 more lashes. Amnesty and other global partners are planning a mass mobilization outside Saudi embassies and consulates around the world on the first anniversary of Raif's sentencing. Please support our efforts on behalf of Prisoners of Conscience like Raif with a financial contribution. We believe that the global outcry has been key to sparing Raif from the weekly floggings mandated by his sentence. But until Raif is unconditionally freed, our work is far from over. We are gravely concerned that the Saudi government is waiting for the international spotlight to fade and is considering trying Raif for apostasy, which carries the death sentence. That's why we're planning this event on May 7. We must show the Saudi government that the world is still watching and won't stand for anything but Raif's unconditional release. Please donate to support our efforts. Your support makes a difference: $25 can help print banners and signs for activist events on May 7. $50 can help Amnesty pay for digital advertising that asks people to put pressure on the Saudi Embassy in DC. $75 can help us mobilize activists to generate more letters, calls and emails to the Saudi Embassy in DC. $250 can support a human rights expert who will apply "grasstops" pressure on Saudi authorities. The more support we amass, the more pressure we can apply to demand Raif's release. Please help us maximize this moment. Support our efforts. Let's free Raif once and for all! With hope for justice, Jasmine Heiss Senior Campaigner, Individuals at Risk Amnesty International USA
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World, USA, Saudi Arabian #FreeRaif: This moment is critical‏

	50 lashes each Friday — let’s take 50,000 more actions instead
	Act Now Raif Badawi continues to serve his sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia. Weekly floggings have been canceled for the past seven weeks. By postponing the floggings, Saudi authorities may think the world will forget about Raif and that the pressure will be off of them to free him. Let's take 50,000 more actions to remind them how wrong they are. Take action now.   Dear, For the seventh consecutive week, Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi — who was jailed for starting an online forum and peacefully expressing his beliefs — was not flogged last Friday. This moment is critical. It's the one in which Saudi authorities may think that by halting the floggings momentarily, the world will forget about Raif. But you and I know that's not the case. Tell Saudi authorities that the world is watching — and that we won't stop watching until Raif walks free. Raif was sentenced to receive 50 lashes each Friday for another 19 weeks. Saturday marked 50 days since he received the first of these floggings. Join me in taking 50,000 more actions to see that Raif and other Prisoners of Conscience in Saudi Arabia are freed and that the floggings stop. With your support: More than 60 Members of Congress have signed on to a letter urging Saudi Arabia's new King to release Raif and other Prisoners of Conscience — as well as make other critical human rights reforms in the Kingdom. We've collectively flooded the Saudi embassy in Washington D.C. with more than a thousand phone calls to call attention to Raif's case and others like him. Student and activist group leaders have led multiple protests and demonstrations, demanding that the Saudi authorities #FreeRaif. It's only with your action that these steps are possible and that we can continue the fight for Raif. Thank you for joining me in taking 50,000 more actions in support of Raif, and in support of free speech. In solidarity, Jasmine Heiss Senior Campaigner Amnesty International USA
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