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May 15, 2024: Evening Roundup
FromNYC NOW
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9 minutes
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May 15, 2024
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DoorDash will reconsider how it treats prospective hires with criminal convictions after reaching a settlement with New York’s attorney general’s office. Plus, Volunteers of America-Greater New York says it might be forced to reduce the number of new backpacks it distributes to students living in shelters before the start of school. And finally, WNYC's data reporter, Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky, crunched twenty years worth of data since the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act was passed.
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May 15, 2024
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Podcast episode
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August 23, 2023: Evening Roundup: Coney Island Beach was forced to close Wednesday because of inadequate water quality. Plus, a handful of licensed cannabis dispensaries may still be allowed to open, even after a state supreme court judge paused New York's retail rollout last week. And finally, WNYC’s Stephen Nessen looks at other cities across the globe that have had congestion pricing, and how each offers a sort of blueprint for New York City’s program. by NYC NOW