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It's Thursday in New York City, where the City Council banned the sale of foie gras in restaurants back in 2019.
But after legal challenges kept the ban's enforcement on hold for years, the state's highest court is now considering whether to take up a case that would settle this.
Pushing for the ban to be overturned, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, one of the last remaining fois gras farmers in the United States, is arguing that its process of force-feeding ducks is more humane than it used to be and less cruel than factory farming.
The City Council is considering new legislation aimed at preventing Legionnaires' disease outbreaks and improving the city’s response to those that do occur.
New York yesterday joined a lawsuit aimed at stopping the Trump administration from blocking funds for gender-affirming care for trans youth under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
The Mamdani administration will open New York City’s first day care for the children of municipal workers next week, offering 41 kids and their parents a perk worth tens of thousands of dollars.
The sister of a woman police say was killed and left to decay for two weeks in a Queens home in June is begging for the public’s help in tracking down her suspected killer.
