(WHP) — A two car accident downtown has caused damage to a nail salon's front doors the wreck happened Sunday at Star Nails near West Market Street and South Penn Street No injuries have been reported at this time as officers continue investigating the wreck Stay with CBS 21 News for more details as they come in Teaching and Learning with TechnologyYork integrates virtual reality across disciplines for a new educational realityCampus leads the way in instructional design innovations Penn State York students experience Virtual Reality headsets during Biology class — In the ever-evolving landscape of higher education Penn State York is emerging as a leader in integrating virtual reality (VR) into the classroom While many institutions are still experimenting with VR technology Penn State York has fully embraced its potential using it across multiple disciplines to enhance learning the campus has created a robust ecosystem where students gain hands-on experiences that go beyond traditional learning methods Students and faculty alike have recognized the transformative power of VR “Overall I really enjoyed the experience and thought it was more entertaining and engaging than working in Zoom breakout rooms.” Another student from Emily Blanke’s class compared the experience to something out of a childhood classic “It’s like a real-life 'Magic School Bus.'”  Faculty members have echoed these sentiments assistant teaching professor of project and supply chain management and information technology I would prefer virtual reality classes over traditional Zoom classes I noticed a marked increase in engagement levels during the class which I attribute to the use of VR technology.” This feedback highlights how VR is not only engaging but also effective in fostering student participation and enthusiasm for learning "Virtual reality is transforming education at Penn State York creating immersive learning environments that enhance understanding and prepare students for real-world challenges," said Elizabeth Park who has been instrumental in bringing VR experience to campus "With early support from Media Commons and the dedication of faculty like Bill Cantor and human development and family studies.”  Penn State York faculty across multiple disciplines have successfully integrated VR into their curricula demonstrating the technology’s versatility:  Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS): Sonia Molloy's Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) students participated in an immersive experience called "Traveling While Black," which provided an eye-opening look into racial segregation and social justice these students shared the experience with members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) fostering intergenerational discussions on important social issues Molloy’s students were also joined by Sukhdeep Gill’s HDFS class proving how accessible and impactful VR technology can be in facilitating discussions on race and history Business and Management: Bill Cantor’s class is using VR headsets to allow students at Penn State York and other Commonwealth Campuses to collaborate in a realistic business environment Megan Lorenz and Kristine Parkes’ students engage in HR simulations and public speaking exercises using "virtual speech." This technology allows students to practice difficult HR conversations Science and Technology: Emily Blanke’s biology students use "virtual medicine" to explore human anatomy in an immersive way students explore various aspects of anatomy through VR gaining a deeper understanding of the human body Their studies culminate in a visit to the Milton S where they can see real anatomical specimens firsthand Joe Royer’s students took a virtual tour of Google’s headquarters providing them with inspiration and insight into potential career paths in tech as they finish their degrees Penn State York is embracing immersive learning experiences through the use of VR in its classrooms a practice supported by a growing body of research highlighting the effectiveness of VR in fostering meaningful learning and provides an immersive way for students to engage with content Penn State York’s adoption of VR aligns with these findings providing students with opportunities to:  Engage kinesthetically — Students learn by doing whether that means manipulating calculus equations with their hands or traveling through the bloodstream as a cell Enhance teamwork — The sometimes-limited number of headsets encourages collaboration ensuring students work together to solve problems and complete tasks Increase motivation — VR gamifies learning making educational experiences more enjoyable and intrinsically rewarding Improve learning outcomes — Research indicates that social VR environments promote realistic cognitively challenging experiences that encourage deeper understanding the campus hosted its second annual York Immersive Technology Day co-led by Park and Carla Seward from Media Commons This event brought faculty together to discuss best practices for incorporating VR into their courses while also giving the entire campus community a chance to try the technology firsthand “At the second annual York Immersive Technology Day faculty showcased how they are integrating VR to engage students in experiential learning and complex problem-solving Their innovation and dedication are inspiring!"  For faculty interested in implementing VR in their courses Contact Park at eep5330@psu.edu for information and guidance on leveraging this powerful tool for teaching and learning Penn State York remains at the forefront of integrating these tools into higher education The campus’s dedication to instructional innovation ensures that students receive a cutting-edge education that prepares them for the digital age — and the real world Whether through social justice explorations VR is shaping a new educational reality at Penn State York — one that is immersive The York State Fair and Froggy 107.7 have announced who will be performing on the free stage this summer The fair has been announcing acts that will perform on the Bobcat of York Grandstand Stage For those looking to enjoy free entertainment here's the lineup for the Froggy 107.7 stage: RJ Moody; 5:30 Bryce Leatherwood; 6:30 p.m York City's new outdoor dining zone along Restaurant Row is taking shape as construction crews put up a row of giant concrete blocks to separate diners from street traffic The new approach replaces the city's popular "Dining in the Street" program "I'm excited about it," Mayor Michael Helfrich said "Even though there was a little bit of a pushback more people are seeing the potential for it." Emerging as a way to allow restaurants to serve customers in the height of COVID restrictions the old initiative shut down a portion of North George Street between West Philadelphia Street and West Gas Avenue It continued as a weekend tradition during warm weather months Helfrich opted to keep the street open and instead create a designated dining space using concrete barriers More: York City sewer rates to double as Mayor Helfrich calls attention to discount program More: York County high schools celebrate prom season 2025: See all the photos More: 'It's terrifying': RFK Jr.'s comments stoke anger, fear among York County's autism community Work began on Wednesday when crews began to set up the concrete blocks along the west side of the street The area was previously used as a loading zone and turning lane restaurants will be able to use the area next to the sidewalk to serve customers The Handsome Cab criticized the decision in a Facebook post calling for patrons to email the mayor with support for the original street dining arrangement The restaurant wrote that the weekend closures allowed for live music movement between establishments and a unique atmosphere that supported business recovery “We are disappointed with the decision by the Mayor on this initiative that has set York apart from many communities and offered an experience of live music and dining not available in the region,” the post read Please consider subscribing to support local journalism. Helfrich said he collaborated with the six restaurant owners on the block to come up with an alternative and that most of them contributed gift cards to York Concrete in exchange for the materials needed to build the protective wall crews will apply a base coat of blue paint leaving a "canvas" for restaurant owners to decorate as they wish Helfrich also said the crews will put reflective materials and other safety features on the wall "so we make sure that people can see it," as traffic will remain open nearby He said that it could be completed in early May More: Central Pa. police agencies partner with ICE to arrest immigrants: What you need to know More: WellSpan sues Inch & Co. over proposed sports complex at old Central York athletic fields More: Family of slain West York Officer Andrew Duarte not planning to file lawsuit: 'Justice was served.' he said the restaurateurs are partnering with local artists to enhance the aesthetics of the space through painting Due to the "nature of the creative process," Helfrich said he did not have an estimate on when everything would be done and outdoor dining in the area could start Helfrich encouraged residents and visitors to follow the progress because the artists are going to be beginning their endeavors Today’s Paper#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Federal Layoffs By Elena Shao and Ashley Wu Share full article May 5: The C.I.A. plans to cut more than 1,000 positions over several years *Some of these employees have been temporarily reinstated Tens of thousands of employees across the federal government have left their jobs been put on leave or been fired as a part of the government-gutting initiative of the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk Federal agencies have been directed to make plans to reduce their work forces even further Note: Offices or agencies with less than 200 employees at the beginning of the year are not shown here reductions could affect at least 12 percent of the 2.4 million civilian federal workers — a number that could grow as more of the agencies’ plans come into focus The so-called Department of Government Efficiency — created by executive order — has circumvented a Republican-controlled Congress, which has chosen not to check its authority. Still, it has been subject to frequent legal challenges Thousands of those fired were reinstated in February But two decisions in early April from the Supreme Court and an appeals court sided with the Trump administration to block the lower court rulings reinstating fired probationary workers No official tally of cuts to the federal work force exists that The New York Times has confirmed through verified sources within federal agencies court filings and press and public statements *Most have been reinstated and put on paid administrative leave *Most employees have been placed on administrative leave *Includes four senior officials and top lawyers for the Army *Sixty-five probationary workers have been reinstated and put on paid administrative leave *About 550 probationary workers have been reinstated and put on paid leave *About 420 probationary workers have been reinstated and put on paid administrative leave *Some 2,500 probationary workers have been reinstated and put on paid administrative leave Some employees who work at the F.D.A.’s food safety labs have been rehired *The administration shut down the entire civil rights branch alongside two ombudsman offices *Most have been contacted for reinstatement *Most are in the process of getting reinstated and put on paid administrative leave and most of the rest have been reinstated and put on administrative leave *Includes more than two dozen prosecutors who worked either for the special counsel who prosecuted Mr 6; more than 20 immigration judges; and nine high-ranking F.B.I *Most have been reinstated and are back at work *Half of the fired employees were quickly rehired *All employees will be reinstated and placed on paid leave *A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the group *The State Department said it would reduce the staff to some 15 positions *Most have been reinstated and are in the process of returning to work The figures above are most likely an undercount Agencies that have let go of an unspecified number of employees are not reflected here Outside of the general effort to shrink the size of the federal work force and gut diversity Trump has also targeted specific individuals at a number of independent agencies Most federal agencies have not made verified numbers public and no centralized database of confirmed figures exists The New York Times compiled data from sources within the federal agencies Confirmed cuts: The number of federal workers who have been sent termination notices, fired, laid off, placed on administrative leave, sent home or who were told to halt work, regardless of subsequent reinstatements because of court order or agency reversals Confirmed buyouts: In February, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management said that about 75,000 workers across departments had accepted deferred resignation offers. Another round of buyout offers was sent to employees in several departments in April Confirmed buyouts by agency are shown only when known and may not reflect the total displayed in the summary figures More planned reductions: Can include a combination of buyouts the breakdown between the three categories was not specified To determine the amount of the proposed reduction in each agency or subagency’s work force, The Times compiled these numbers into a database alongside data on agency size, as of September 2024, from the O.P.M. database on federal employment. More recent numbers on agency sizes were used where available. The Times would like to hear about your experience as a federal worker under the second Trump administration. We may reach out about your submission, but we will not publish any part of your response without contacting you first. Share full articleAmy Schoenfeld Walker, June Kim and Sarah Cahalan contributed reporting. An earlier version of this article misclassified the U.S. Institute of Peace. It is a nonprofit organization, not a federal agency. Its inclusion increased the total number of confirmed job cuts by 200. The earlier version also misstated the name of a federal agency. It is the Institute of Museum and Library Services, not the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker There are stories from the months before I was born when I was still nestled inside my mother like a Yonah Schimmel knish to go the city was overtaken by a heat wave so mighty that it made being inside without A.C unbearable—you had to stay moving just to create a breeze My mom remembers thinking that New York hadn’t felt so unhinged since the Summer of Sam that the heat lent an edge of hysteria to everyday interactions she ran into an equally sweaty and disoriented friend on the corner of Broadway and Houston who told her that the sculptor Carl Andre had been accused of throwing his wife the seminal Cuban-born artist Ana Mendieta when my parents went to see a movie at Lincoln Plaza and the smell of other people’s buttered popcorn made my mom so sick that she had to leave halfway through my father—who has often been accused of charging ahead with little concern for those travelling with him—made a mad dash out of the train car just before the doors closed “I looked around and everyone was laughing,” she recalls she placed her hand on the glass between her and my father and burst into tears They’re about the struggle of living in a city where compressed like office workers in a stalled elevator a beautiful blond boy a few blocks over who had set off for the school bus one morning and never returned the local preschool playgroup began using a new contraption for walking toddlers to the park—a rope with a mitten attached for each child New York: A Centenary IssueSubscribers get full access. Read the issue » Covers by Christoph NiemannIt didn’t take long for me to grow into possibly the least adaptable native the city had ever seen the city takes a certain amount of chutzpah—you have to be ready rush to nab the last subway seat or the only on-duty cab You have to be unsurprised by the consistent surprises that come with a new day in New Amsterdam My parents had both been raised far enough outside the city to have childhoods that could be called idyllic but close enough that Manhattan exerted a strong pull Getting to New York was their ultimate expression of self-determination the place where they would shed preconceptions about who they were meant to be and create a new life among artists and experimental thinkers planting their seeds in the fecund soil of the city If we are to continue with the plant metaphor I was more like an avocado pit mashed into a cup of dirt by an excited third grader who then forgot to water it my parents ought to have been ashamed of the creature they’d wrought inevitably be littered with fresh obstacles scrappy child whose natural independence I envied—was riding in a subway car when a bomb went off She described being rushed through the resulting mayhem by her grandmother a glamorous woman with a bonnet of gold hair whom she called Dammy Isabel was back on the 2/3 line within weeks whereas I still stood at the mouth of the subway station Navigating the city on foot was only marginally better I hated the smell of rotting fish on Canal Street where I’d bury my nose in my mother’s pants as we walked to Isabel’s house I also hated Central Park—though we rarely went—because sitting atop what looked to be a nest of its own intestines I’d promptly thrown up in the bushes near Strawberry Fields I liked the local park on Thompson and Spring until one day I entered a plastic tube on the jungle gym to find a bald-headed man on his belly because I had seen a handsome young guy asleep on a stoop with a needle in his neck and I hated Sixteenth and Third—inconveniently the block my school was on—because I had once passed a dapper elderly gentleman in a camel overcoat then begun to twitch and let loose a sudden stream of shocking expletives after which he smiled again and kept moving we had found someone lowering his pants to defecate Every place where I had seen something or someone that provoked unease was deemed permanently suspect if you couldn’t return to the scene of some randomized chaos in pre-Giuliani Manhattan New York seems to open a portal to the expansive lives they had always felt they should be living the city constricted until the only place I felt safe was in my loft bed at the back of our apartment the faint sounds of the streets below my window like a white-noise machine that occasionally yelled which opened directly into our living space only to find a disoriented person wearing a tutu and smeared red lipstick advancing into our home “I think you are in the wrong place,” my mom said calmly and the person eventually left without incident But for months afterward I froze whenever I heard the elevator straining to lift off: I was in the wrong place All this may seem to imply some deeper judgment about the city—that I think it’s wanton and unregulated But I will always defend New York from those sorts of charges—after all no one can talk shit about my mother but me It’s that the city’s messy scrum was a poor fit for a chronically ill child with obsessive-compulsive tendencies and a preternatural inability to look both ways when crossing the street It took me years to understand that most people accept New York’s mayhem as some kind of toll a small price to pay for the panoply of delights available to them at a moment’s notice—whoever said “Nothing good ever happens after midnight” has never lived in New York But anyone who has ever fallen in love with the city knows that they will accept myriad slights just to stay in that relationship—cramped apartments How many Hollywood movie plots hinge roughly on the idea that the hero will do anything who had chosen that plot; I was simply the culmination of it whose house in rural Connecticut I considered to be the apex of peace—would sometimes shake her head and tell my parents to get me out of the city “It’s no place for a child,” she would whisper to me when my parents left the room noting my “terrible nerves.” But my father had felt the same way about his home town of Old Lyme which was so insular that nearly every business in the nearby neighborhood of Hamburg was owned by a relative we went back there to visit my grandmother’s grave on the twenty-fifth anniversary of her death Margaret—suggest a good Protestant stability “You can’t even imagine how small this place feels,” he told me “There’s nowhere I can look without being faced with a memory.” it hadn’t occurred to him that I might have similarly complicated feelings about New York I may not have come of age with a group of stiff Republican relatives whose offspring still own the local Subaru dealership but growing up is one of a handful of things that everyone has to do My father’s family was baffled that anyone would ever want to leave the bucolic world of Hamburg Mine seemed to wonder who could ever see New York as anything other than the center of the universe I loved spending time at my grandma’s house because of the slow pace of her days A trip to the grocery store to buy a half pound of London broil constituted a major outing took a break at five o’clock for peanuts and tonic water and I’d be safely tucked into bed by 8 P.M my mother could pack ten or eleven separate excursions into a single day—or spend hours wandering the floors of the discount department store Century 21 striking up endless conversations in the communal dressing room (another place I regarded poorly having seen one woman elbow another in the face over a cut-price Victoria’s Secret negligee) My mom and her sisters—Jewish girls at the opposite end of the spectrum from the Margarets I distinctly remember my mother repeating that “what I love about Manhattan is that if you really want to you can always get from one end to the other in twenty minutes.” (This is not and I blame the remark for my lifelong inability to properly judge commute times.) “Laurie is a ‘from’ girl—the lox is from one place the flowers from someplace else.” Knowing how to get the best out of the city—from discount Manolos to vintage buttons to a ten-dollar blow-dry—gives my mother the satisfaction of a chess grand master stumping her opponent with a series of unexpected moves But being a “from” girl is about more than the provenance of goods; it’s about living at such high speeds that your inner life can never quite catch up to you I couldn’t help but feel like a character in a children’s book where a sloth must attend school with human kids taking great pains to hide his true identity under glasses and a cardigan my celebrity look-alike—who lives essentially unsupervised in the Plaza “I am a city child / I live at The Plaza.” But this city child never seems to set foot outside: everything and everyone she needs exists within the walls of the hotel I persuaded my father to bring me to the Plaza to experience it firsthand as a stand-in for the slumber parties that other girls were having the two of us spent the night in a twin room on a low floor the hotel had passed through the hands of Ivana Trump and the space—drawn in the book with such vivid low-key glamour by Hilary Knight—was hard to recognize I asked for Eloise’s usual meal of beef medallions so we ate grilled cheese and watched “The Rainmaker” and I got a bloody nose my parents briefly considered moving us out of New York Like everyone during that endless “after,” they were stunned by the destruction and unsure of what could come next We piled into the car and drove up to look at a rental house on a rural stretch of road in northwest Connecticut My visit to Housatonic Valley Regional High School ended with a peek at the agricultural center where I dreamed of bottle-feeding baby goats and winning trophies in animal husbandry “I think we could have a wonderful life here,” I said again and again with the energy of Annette Bening’s character in “American Beauty” chanting “I will sell this house today!” But it was clear that though my mother might be worried for her family she could not be parted from her lover: New York This was the woman who had tried to pay extra to keep her 212 number when we moved to Brooklyn New York and I had a brief moment when it seemed like we might fall in love after all I was back from college (in the cornfields of Ohio which is a great place to send your kids if you want them to return with a fresh appreciation of what New York has to offer) and had only recently shed some of my fearfulness and begun dating in earnest I found myself waiting in a bar on Ludlow in knee-high boots and red lipstick excited to be crushingly disappointed; dancing to music by yet-to-be-cancelled men in basements in Chinatown; lying prone in a ransacked house share in Flatbush shivering with anticipation (or maybe just shivering) standing on the aboveground subway platform (much preferred to the other kind) in a dress that had seemed perfect the night before but in the glaring sun made its absurdity apparent and again on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and once more eating fried clams on City Island I choked back unrequited passion looking at an installation at P.S wondering whether every artist had felt this way and whether that was why artists made anything at all—to hold on to the feeling It was during this time that I was able to write my own story about the city in the form of a television show How could they have known that the safest I’d ever felt in New York was either hiding under the covers or pretending to be someone else under klieg lights thought that New York held the key to all her dreams—but (I had been told by countless cabdrivers—soothsayers all of them—that I seemed like I was from someplace else because no matter how far off course they drove me and unlike other native New Yorkers I had no preferred routes.) Hannah was an expression of homesickness for a place I’d never truly lived in and of my hope that I could meet New York again under an assumed identity she left New York and boldly set sail for a story line that signalled how much of a question mark the rest of the world still seemed to me and yet I had a New Yorker’s certainty that there really wasn’t anywhere else to go I was deep in the kind of heartbreak that I now know is on the required curriculum for that stage of adulthood but that seemed As if some higher power were sensing my need but only to the equally bedevilling city of Los Angeles It was a sojourn fit for one of the Brontë heroines I had always loved (or so I thought not realizing the difference between the moors of Yorkshire and the Celtic rain forests of Powys—a place that Charlotte this break would provide a chance for New York and me to hook up with other people and then realize we were meant to be together all along We all know how well that plan usually works out for couples Wales—with woods so uncannily green I could compare them only to the computer game Myst—led to London and London shocked me with its reassuring differences from New York which is large enough to contain all five New York boroughs twice streets so wide that the buildings seemed to be stepping aside for me to pass Three decades of urban sense memory cleared as if I had woken up to a system upgrade and damaged files had been erased in the process the fact that I’d yelped in pain on exactly zero London street corners like walking into a house I’d been to only in a dream London Lena,” a friend cooed when I agreed to go out for a third night in a row My reputation back home was as a work-obsessed hermit with an inappropriate fear of the “human statue” performers in Times Square whether walking on Hampstead Heath or sliding into a black cab In New York—the fastest city in the world—days had felt like years so much so that I call seltzer “sparkling water” and settle for bagels that taste like caulk Even when Londoners remind me of New Yorkers the city doesn’t jangle me the way New York does a drunk man unzipped his fly to pee on my stoop not noticing my presence behind some overgrown ivy On my first journey back to New York after the pandemic—which had kept me away for nearly two years—the experience of walking out of J.F.K and into the airport cab line was so powerful I nearly keeled over One day back in the city left me breathless and panicky When friends and I made plans to get together I’d suggest restaurants that had been shuttered for years No matter how often I’ve returned in the time since I’ve found myself standing anxiously at crosswalks as if trying to hop into a game of double Dutch But now the sense of dislocation is temporary The three-decade fight to mold myself to the city is over In Joan Didion’s essay “Goodbye to All That,” about her own decision to leave New York for her native California she writes that New York is best suited to the very young My grandmother said that it was no place for a child All I know for sure is that it was simply no place for me—at least you both try to show your best and truest selves but still the other party sees only your worst this was the most mature sort of breakup—the sort where we can still have coffee sometimes It turns out that I felt about New York City the same way so many New Yorkers feel about whatever place they started: it’s just where I was born A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. The York Revolution will not go undefeated in 2025 as the club’s season-opening win streak was halted after five games But a strong first week at home has left plenty of excitement for what lies ahead the Revs are second in the Atlantic League’s North Division behind the Staten Island Ferry Hawks Their 5-0 start was the second-best in franchise history trailing only the seven-game win streak to start the 2011 championship season Perhaps the biggest news of the week was announced just before Tuesday’s home opener, as the Revs announced they had extended manager Rick Forney through at least the 2028 season who previously spent 17 years managing the Winnipeg Goldeyes in the American Association has guided York to the Atlantic League’s best winning percentage since the start of 2023 His contract was previously set to expire this winter “Rick is a first-class manager and leader in every respect,” new Revs president Ben Shipley said in a news release and excited to assure Rick and our fans that we’ll keep this good thing going.” Weekend whiparound: Kennard-Dale softball wins battle at Susquehannock for D-II title College baseball: Eastern York's Taylor breaks PSAC hits record with Millersville York College: Spartans bound for NCAA D-III championships in 4 sports after banner weekend The highlights: The Revolution presented their 2024 championship rings before Tuesday’s home opener and a military flyover punctuated the national anthem Jalen Miller was 3 for 5 with two RBIs of his own giving York a stellar 1-2 punch atop the lineup Michael Berglund’s two-run single preceded Otosaka’s two-run double in the seventh Justin Connell blasted a walk-off home run to left center in the ninth inning Wednesday as the Revs completed a five-run comeback but two-run singles by Frankie Tostado and Miller made it 6-6 by the sixth The teams traded runs in the eighth before Connell punctuated a 3 for 4 night with the Revs’ first walk-off homer since David Washington’s first-half division clincher last June Will Simoneit’s three-run homer in the second inning and Berglund’s solo shot in the sixth led York to the victory in Sunday’s first game Cam Robinson locked down the save in the seventh; he has two wins Connell boasts a hitting line of .393/.585/.643 (1.228 OPS) with two homers in nine games Otosaka is hitting .405 with a 1.149 OPS to lead a group of five Revs hitting over .300 The lowlights: It was Lancaster’s turn for a comeback Thursday as the Stormers erased a 4-0 deficit with a four-run fifth and added five in the seventh including a miscue in the sixth that set the stage for all five runs to score with two outs Long Island scored four in Friday’s top of the second then plated six runs across the last four frames to pull away York’s offense managed just five hits and struck out 13 times in the setback With a chance to sweep Sunday’s doubleheader the Revs fell behind 7-1 when the Ducks scored four in the top of the fifth York answered with four in the bottom half but left the bases loaded Troy Viola’s seventh-inning homer put Long Island up 10-6 and the margin proved to be one run too many two-run double to left brought York back within a run but Miller flew out to left and the Ducks won the series >> Please consider subscribing to support local journalism. Moves: York thinned out its bench and added to its pitching staff early last week releasing backup catcher Paul Mondesi on April 28 and signing pitchers Wesley Scott and Chase Cohen one day later allowing one run on five hits in four innings and took the loss Sunday after surrendering five runs (four earned) in four frames He’s walked 10 and struck out 10 in eight innings thus far striking out the side in Tuesday’s seventh inning and allowing two runs Friday Up next: It’s all about the Hagerstown Flying Boxcars this week as the Revs will host a three-game series before switching venues for three road tilts over the weekend Promotions for the midweek series include Teacher Appreciation Night on Tuesday and Bark in the Park on Wednesday More: York-Adams League lands 5 boys' basketball players on all-state teams More: Central York's Replogle earns All-American status at US Open Wrestling Championships More: World of Outlaws set for first Pennsylvania visit of 2025 racing season Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More ALFRED – Joanne Goodreau has been a resident at the York County Shelter Program since November 2024 and 36 other residents of the homeless shelter on Friday at noon when the shelter Asked if she knew where she was going to go We’re all kind of nervous and anxious about it The program’s board of directors announced Friday that the shelter was closing due to a lack of funding.  “The board searched for many months to find financial and operational solutions but ultimately made the difficult decision that YCSP is no longer able to meet its obligations to clients or the community,” the board wrote in its announcement The shelter is known for being virtually the only one catering to the county at large There are few other options for emergency overnight shelters aside from Seeds of Hope in Biddeford and a smaller shelter on Layman Way in Alfred York County officials are working on replacing that shelter with a new 58-bed overnight emergency shelter and detox center development project in the same area indicated it is unlikely that shelter will be able to open before the end of 2025 the shelter has struggled to maintain a $5 million annual operating budget often needing to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars beyond what funding is allocated by the state said even with generous grants from private donors it’s been harder and harder in recent years to break even Deveaux said the board spent the weekend speaking with various other social service agencies and organizations in York County is to find a partnership or similar arrangement that will allow the shelter to remain open “We continue to look for a solution or a way forward with the organization,” she said Goodreau said she and her fellow residents were notified that same day that the shelter was closing and that they had to be out by noon on Friday The program’s statement indicated it was working with other agencies in York County to try to find alternative housing for the residents but on Friday Goodreau said no one had approached her or any other resident to explain options Deveaux said the shelter’s staff are working to find alternative housing for the residents and vowed to find a place for everyone before the Friday deadline “We really are looking for other ways to stretch that as long as we can to ensure that we leave no client that doesn’t have a plan in place,” she said Deveaux said the organization is still accepting donations at York County Shelter Programs in the commissioner’s meeting room of the government office building at 149 Jordan Springs Road and shifts in how the tax burden is spread due to increases in municipal valuations as set by the state – up countywide by nearly $7 billion from the prior year The proposed budget is up by about 13%. York County Commissioners approved the budget in a 3-1 vote on April 9 comprised of public and elected municipal officials from the five County Commissioner districts chosen at an annual caucus it will mean tax increases in all 29 York County municipalities which passes the county portion on to property owners Municipal tax bills show a breakdown of the amount it costs taxpayers for municipal operations schools – and their community’s portion of the county tax For the current fiscal year that began July 1 A sampling of municipal tax bills for that year showed the county tax in Wells was 5.42% of the total; in Waterboro 'It's been my life': David Lambert retires after 40 years at York County Jail commissioners reviewed the proposed budgets for the jail while closely monitoring how much the state’s Board of Corrections investment fund will contribute to operations at Maine’s 15 county jails The 2026 York County Jail budget is set at $14.7 million reflecting a 9% increase from the current fiscal year While the budget anticipates $2.4 million from the investment fund Last year’s budget included the same allocation but the actual contribution fell short before being supplemented with $255,000 in additional state funding “There is a chance $2.4 million is too much (to include) and that is something you need to be aware of,” Zinser told commissioners He said the county jails are likely to know where they stand with regard to the investment fund by mid-July or early August He noted the state contributes $120,000 to the required Medically Assisted Treatment program for jail residents York County Jail Administrator Lori Marks told commissioners many jail expenses have been reduced significantly because historically spending was less than had been previously budgeted She also noted there are increases for uniforms and equipment like radios and duty belts – items that have increased in price and also in the amount purchased She noted costs for inmate items like paper towels Marks noted a 33% reduction in the amount budgeted for technical expenses York County Jail’s census is 185-190 inmates daily Zinser told commissioners this would be the first year of a new contract with corrections staff The county is also in talks with two other unions Marks was named jail administrator in November and had served as interim for several months prior to her selection “I have to say it’s about as reasonable as you can get thank you for this,” said Commissioner Donna Ring of the jail budget the Probate Judge’s schedule in the Registry of Probate is set to increase from 11 to 12 days per month Register of Probate Carol Lovejoy stated that court scheduling is running smoothly but noted a rise in emergency guardianship requests The York County Sheriff’s Office has proposed a $4.4 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year King attributed the rise to costs for uniforms safety equipment—including expired protective vests requiring $60,000 in replacements— and expanded employee training and development While revenue outside of municipal taxes has improved the county's ability to generate additional revenue streams remains limited are expected to offset approximately $3.9 million of the proposed $28.4 million county budget $2.5 million is projected to come from the Registry of Deeds and the remainder from investments and other county departments.Commissioners reviewed budgets for various departments on April 2 In the Republican primary race for York County District Attorney – which is essentially the race for the office since the winner will be unopposed by a Democrat in November – the issue both candidates mention most often is experience Current District Attorney Tim Barker has it having served with three district attorneys who he succeeded after Sunday was elected state Attorney General in 2024 His opponent, Jack Graybill II Graybill had been a Spring Garden Township Police officer for 15 years – following in his father’s footsteps and serving as member of the York County Drug Task Force – before graduating from Widener Law School and going into private practice He believes his experience qualifies him to be the top law enforcement official in York County he had been both a witness and a victim in court As a manager of his law practice – Kearney Graybill – he has had to manage a budget through the difficult times caused by the COVID pandemic something that he believes would give him the kind of fiscal discipline to manage the district attorney's $12.7 million budget He also said his management skills would help reduce the backlog of cases in the district attorney’s office Court records show that there are 590 cases that have remained open for more than a year the highest since 2014 except during COVID “I don’t think there’s any organization that can’t be improved with new ideas,” he said “I would want to keep doing what works and improve the things we can improve.”  “My purpose is not to talk bad about the D.A.’s office.” He said he just believes the office would benefit from “a new vision.” “I think I have that vision I don’t think you can think outside the box if you’ve never been outside the box.”  “I have no idea what box he’s talking about and I don’t think he could identify the box even if it was right in front of him.”  as far as Barker is concerned is “absurd.” “Would you want a doctor with no experience to treat your heart disease?” he asked Barker has heard Graybill’s criticism of his experience and would have liked to respond during a debate He is dismayed that the two candidates did not have a chance to do so but scheduling conflicts raised by Graybill prevented any hopes for it Previously: York attorney and former cop announces his candidacy for GOP nod for district attorney Previously: Tim Barker announces he will seek a full four-year term as York County District Attorney the candidates agree with the goals of the office improving public safety by addressing the root causes of crime and reducing recidivism And they both believe that the initiatives under Sunday have been effective and that they can be improved upon Graybill believes “new ideas and a new vision” could improve initiatives that have resulted in a 30 percent reduction in crime in York County Prevention programs and treatment courts have reduced crime and recidivism but Graybill believes the initiatives could benefit from fresh leadership Barker had been involved in those initiatives and he believes that they can be expanded and improved upon to reduce crime even further he would boost efforts to reduce domestic violence “We have reduced gun violence and violent crime we haven’t had the same effect on domestic violence.” He prefers setting up systems that would provide early intervention in domestic violence cases including protecting victims and offering treatment for offenders an effort that would have an effect on violent crime overall Barker also favors reforming the “very frustrating” system of juvenile justice to intervene before kids become adult offenders by working with police and school districts to focus the effort Graybill agrees that programs that prevent crime and rehabilitate those accused of crimes are a priority saying that the goal of the office should be to “help the people you can help” and send those you can’t to prison Army and as a police officer as experience that earned him the endorsement of the county's Fraternal Order of Police union would institute an ongoing training program for prosecutors so that they are prepared to win big cases Both Barker and Graybill identify as conservatives It’s something the public demands from its leaders Columnist/reporter Mike Argento has been a York Daily Record staffer since 1982 York College captured a quartet of MAC Commonwealth team titles over the weekend setting up a month of NCAA Division III championship chasing A jam-packed weekend also saw York College baseball advance to the conference championship series and the Spartans claimed six event titles at the MAC track and field championships on their home turf The baseball team will look to become York’s fifth conference champ of the spring this week NCAA selection shows were held Sunday for men’s lacrosse and Monday for women’s lacrosse and men’s tennis All four of York’s title-winning teams now know their next steps and both lacrosse squads were thrilled to learn they won’t have to leave campus this weekend More results: York-Adams League weekend scoreboard for May 2-3 Men’s lacrosse: After missing NCAAs in 2024, Brandon Childs’ program is back in a big way. The Spartans, who toppled Stevenson 16-10 on Saturday, will be one of eight teams hosting second- and third-round contests this Saturday and Sunday They will open against the winner of Wednesday’s play-in game between Farmingdale State and Trinity (Conn.) with SUNY Cortland and Illinois Wesleyan completing the pod York College (16-3) seized control of the MACC final early Saturday afternoon taking an 8-1 lead in the first quarter and never looking back Gavin Gismondi led the offense with five goals and three assists Defenseman Jeff Mueller was named tournament MVP with SUNY Cortland and Illinois Wesleyan following at 3 p.m Sunday’s round of 16 game will be played at 3 p.m Women’s lacrosse: Senior Zoe Kluegel scored seven goals in the Spartans’ 17-11 victory over Stevenson on Saturday and took home Commonwealth Championship MVP honors York (16-3) led 6-0 after the opening period and took a 9-1 advantage into halftime Krista Yarusso finished with two goals and three assists Graduate goalie Bella Garabo saved eight of nine shots she faced in the first half (11 of 20 overall) Jen Muston’s team has won four straight MACC titles and won five conference championships in all York is making its 12th NCAA appearance and will look to return to the second weekend after a second-round loss last year The Spartans are one of 16 opening-weekend hosts in the NCAA Tournament. They’ll play at 1 p.m Sunday against either Plymouth State or Marymount (Va.) it will likely face Amherst in the round of 16 and could battle reigning champion Middlebury in the quarterfinals Men’s tennis: York College is a conference champion for the first time and Saturday’s 4-2 upset at Messiah was loaded with drama All three of the Spartans’ singles victories came in three sets — No 4 Parker Sanders clinched the title with a 4-6 Hayden Musser also led his singles match in the third set when play was stopped was named tournament MVP after sweeping his singles and doubles matches for the week He paired with Evan Stehman to clinch the doubles point for York on Saturday before securing the decisive point in singles York (15-2) will look to add to its school-record win total when it faces North Carolina Wesleyan at 2 p.m. Friday at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore Men’s golf: The Spartans left no doubt at Golden Oaks Country Club in Fleetwood posting a two-day score of 583 to win the team title by 18 strokes over Stevenson The drama came in the race for the individual championship as junior Jacob Fripp birdied the last two holes Sunday to edge senior Matthew Salter by a stroke Fripp shot a 1-under 143 (71-72) to earn MACC Player of the Year over Salter (70-74 3-over) to earn first-team honors; Jason Velez finished ninth (74-75 5-over) to land on the second team; and Gavin Ganter tied for 20th (79-79 Head coach Jordan Koller was named Commonwealth Coach of the Year. She also coaches the women’s team, which finished second in the MAC tournament one week prior (although Grace Strickland won the individual league title) The NCAA Division III championships will be held at Midvale Country Club in Penfield two-run single in the bottom of the eighth that ultimately made the difference Saturday while Chris Betler was 2 for 3 with four RBIs and Michael Tinneny reached five times (1 for 1 York led 11-0 after four innings Friday but allowed six runs in the fifth and four in the seventh before escaping late Richard Kline was 4 for 5 with a homer and four RBIs during the early onslaught; Lucas Prendergast and Chris Betler also went deep Mott clinched his fourth MAC discus title (and third straight) with a 52.77-meter heave Friday and he bettered his own school record with a 17.45-meter throw in the shot put Saturday Teammate Shaun Apsley won the men’s 400-meter hurdles Saturday while Brayden Ecker beat Brody Weachter for the pole vault crown Thursday The second-place 4x100 relay team tied the school record while the fifth-place 4x400 quartet set a new program benchmark Tyler Hunt (Dallastown) added a runner-up finish in Friday’s 3K steeplechase York had four of the top eight finishers in the men’s pole vault with Sam Dickmyer (South Western) taking fifth and Jonah Arnold (Central York) placing eighth Spartan pole vault coach Taylor Stone was named MAC Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year after the meet Payton Mann led the women’s team with a victory in Saturday’s 400-meter hurdles in a school-record 1:02.72 Isabel Tenney and Keziah Boyce (Central York) to win gold in the 4x400 relay in 4:00.91 Alita Paragon (West York) grabbed third in the pole vault; Boyce finished fourth in the 200 eighth in the 400 and fourth with the 4x100 quartet; and Sofia Harnois (South Western) was fourth in the discus York athletes will compete at the AARTFC Outdoor Championships on May 14-15 at Williams College in Williamstown More: York Revolution return home as Atlantic League settles into 2025 season Maine — York’s new lifeguard captain is gearing up for her first summer season overseeing the town’s beaches and ensuring visitor safety in the water Ella Yentsch has successfully recruited a full 15-person lifeguard team and is considering adding more staff She and her crew will undergo a week of training in June before officially taking their posts on June 18 to patrol the shoreline At 23, Yentsch brings eight years of lifeguarding experience, having previously worked in Ogunquit. She applied for the top lifeguard position last fall after the previous supervisor stepped down following more than three decades in the role and now I just feel lucky to be here with this job,” Yentsch said “I felt like I was ready to step into a more expansive role and be more of a leader in the lifeguarding community.” More: York Selectboard rejects ethics complaint against Mike Estes over Trump spat Yentsch looks to grow York lifeguard programOriginally from Booth Bay Harbor Yentsch has lived in Kennebunk for the last 10 years She started lifeguarding at 16 because it was a good summer job that used her skills as a swimmer she found there was more responsibility with a larger I definitely saw a lot of rescues and first aid scenarios,” Yentsch said “It was in Ogunquit I realized this was my thing.” she expanded her experience by spending two months as a full-time volunteer lifeguard in Costa Rica where beaches rely on international volunteers due to limited local coverage lifeguards from around the world gain hands-on training and build valuable connections Yentsch said she will be working to improve her staff’s training York will have lifeguards certified in advanced first aid previously only trained in basic first aid and CPR Yentsch said she and the guards will also be undergoing jet ski training with the help of one of her experienced guards who recently underwent similar training in Hawaii. Additionally, she plans to travel to Rhode Island to attend the United States Lifesaving Association Board of Directors’ educational conference to further enhance her expertise Yentsch also sees an opportunity to use her skills in videography and photography to boost the team’s visibility on social media she wants to strengthen York’s overall water safety community which she believes could be more developed She pointed out that York High School doesn’t have a swim team— despite being so close to the ocean helping young guards seamlessly transition into her team and develop into future leaders “My goal really is to make the agency something that can outlive myself,” Yentsch said “I really want to raise lifeguards in this agency that can step into my role eventually and that I can feel confident about them taking over.” More: Does Trump's ban on paper straws impact York's new ban on plastic straws? Yentsch’s hiring comes after longtime York Beach lifeguard supervisor Jeff Patten resigned in 2024 over a disagreement between himself and town officials on addressing drinking at York Beach Patten submitted a conditional resignation in mid-summer stating he would only return if town officials took action to address the drinking he and his lifeguards claimed to have witnessed on the beach York Police Chief Owen Davis disputed Patten’s assertion stating last year that police had received few complaints about drinking and that he did not consider it a significant issue Town Manager Peter Joseph acknowledged that limited resources play a role but agreed that drinking was not perceived as a problem on the beach Yentsch said she has already had conversations with the Police Department about open communication between her team and their agency She said monitoring excessive drinking is important for safety and that complaints will be taken seriously The second warning will involve telling individuals that police will be called so we’re looking for situations where drinking can escalate to a really dangerous situation,” Yentsch said “Stopping those before they escalate to a point where they can endanger themselves or someone else.” High school graduation ceremonies will be held across York County in the coming weeks The York Daily Record and Evening Sun will publish galleries from select commencements This story will include links to the galleries when they go live May 29 in the high school stadium (Rain dates are 7 p.m (If inclement weather requires the ceremony to move indoors May 31 in the high school stadium (If it rains May 30 in the high school stadium (or indoors if the weather is inclement) May 29 in the stadium (Rain dates are 7 p.m June 4 in the stadium (or indoors if the weather is inclement) May 29 in the stadium (Rain date is Friday May 22 in the football stadium (Rain date is 8 p.m May 29 in the football stadium (Rain date is Friday May 30 at Horn Field (or indoors if the weather is inclement) May 30 in the stadium (or in the gym if the weather is inclement) May 30 in the stadium (or indoors if the weather is inclement) May 29 in the stadium (or indoors if the weather is inclement) Ind.) - The next Dearborn County Anti-Litter Initiative (DCALI) roadside clean-up will be Saturday Volunteers will meet at 8:30 at the York Ridge Hunt Club The road from the bottom of York Ridge Hill to Fox Road will be closed from 9 a.m to noon to ensure the safety of volunteers Other DCALI clean-ups scheduled so far for 2025 are May 31 on State Line Hill (postponed from May 3); June 14 on Cole Lane; and September 13 on Georgetown Road. 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Sign up here to get it nightly But a year after his release from the hospital Fetterman’s behavior had so alarmed Jentleson that he resigned his position he wrote an urgent letter to David Williamson the medical director of the traumatic-brain-injury and neuropsychiatry unit at Walter Reed who had overseen Fetterman’s care at the hospital “I think John is on a bad trajectory and I’m really worried about him,” the email began he was concerned Fetterman “won’t be with us for much longer.” His 1,600-word email came with the subject line “concerns,” and it contained a list of them from the seemingly mundane (“He eats fast food multiple times a day”) to the scary (“We do not know if he is taking his meds and his behavior frequently suggests he is not”) “We often see the kind of warning signs we discussed,” Jentleson wrote “Conspiratorial thinking; megalomania (for example he claims to be the most knowledgeable source on Israel and Gaza around but his sources are just what he reads in the news — he declines most briefings and never reads memos); high highs and low lows; long repetitive and self centered monologues; lying in ways that are painfully awkwardly obvious to everyone in the room.” Fetterman was, according to Jentleson, avoiding the regular checkups advised by his doctors. He was preoccupied with the social-media platform X, which he’d previously admitted had been a major “accelerant” of his depression. He drove his car so “recklessly,” Jentleson said “He says he has a biometric safe and takes all the necessary precautions and living where he does I understand the desire for personal protection,” Jentleson wrote referring to Fetterman’s rough-and-tumble town of Braddock “But this is one of the things you said to flag Jentleson added: “Every person who was supposed to help him stay on his recovery plan has been pushed out.” Fetterman was isolated had “damaged personal relationships,” and was shedding staff The turmoil in his office continued over the following year and people I spoke with made it clear that they expect more staffers to depart but also sympathetic to fracking and other positions that cut against the progressive grain A recent poll from Morning Consult found that his overall popularity is on the rise with 50 percent of respondents approving of the job he is doing With the Democratic Party out of power and fighting with itself about how to move forward it would be easy to imagine a “Fetterman 2028” machine kicking into gear many of his former staffers are hoping it never happens “Part of the tragedy here is that this is a man who could be leading Democrats out of the wilderness,” Jentleson said “But I also think he’s struggling in a way that shouldn’t be hidden from the public.” Jentleson is a longtime Washington operator. He’s worked for a liberal think tank and written a book about the filibuster. He and I first met back when he worked for Harry Reid, then the Democratic leader of the Senate, and later we became friends. Jentleson continues to believe in the Fetterman project: that Democrats would benefit from punching left more often and that voters crave a heterodox candidate willing to stick a thumb in the eye of his own party He says his disagreements with Fetterman are not political but rather an expression of genuine worry for Fetterman’s well-being He told me he hadn’t gone public with his concerns earlier because he had hoped Fetterman could correct course “I believed in John’s ability to work through struggles that lots of Americans share,” he said “He’s not locked into a downward trajectory; he could get back in treatment at any time and for a long time I held out hope that he would Former and current staffers paint a picture of an erratic senator who has become almost impossible to work for and whose mental-health situation is more serious and complicated than previously reported No one is saying every controversial position (for example his respectful relationship with Trump) stems from his mental health — but it’s become harder for them to tell which ones do When I spoke with Fetterman in April and shared those concerns He told me that he felt like the “best version” of himself and later texted that the staff turnover at his office was typical of Washington Many of the staffers I spoke with are angry These were some of Fetterman’s truest believers and they now question his fitness to be a senator They worry he may present a risk to the Democratic Party and maybe even to himself Almost immediately after winning his 2022 race, Fetterman began to fear that everything would unravel. It started, according to two of his former staffers, when Kenneth P. Vogel of the New York Times reached out to Fetterman’s team about a donation the campaign had received from a super-PAC associated with FTX, the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency company started by Sam Bankman-Fried The Times reported that the PAC had spent $212,000 supporting Fetterman — a sizable amount but in the context of the most expensive Senate race in the country which surpassed $300 million in total spending The staff knew it was not great optics to be linked to a crypto scammer he was unable to shake the idea he might never even get sworn in “Every call would be like an hour with him to talk him out of some crazy fantasy,” a former staffer said Members of his team told me this was an early warning sign that something was off with their boss In early February 2023 — after Fetterman had indeed been sworn in — members of the Senate gathered at the Library of Congress for a caucus retreat fresh off a hard-fought victory in the cycle’s marquee race A staffer recalled getting a text from a person at the retreat asking if their boss was okay Fetterman was sitting at a table by himself slowly sipping a Coke and refusing to talk with anybody another staffer heard an alarming report from a journalist: Fetterman had just walked into the road and was nearly struck by a car An aide found Fetterman wandering on Capitol Hill a short time later Worried that he had suffered another stroke the staffer whisked him to George Washington University Hospital Doctors there determined there had been no new stroke and that the “dizziness and confusion” he’d experienced was partly owed to severe dehydration Fetterman also consulted with a psychiatrist there and and his team told the press that he had been briefly hospitalized after “feeling lightheaded while attending a Democratic retreat.” Democratic Ohio senator Sherrod Brown came to pay Fetterman a visit in his new Capitol Hill office They seemed destined to get along: Each hailed from purplish-red states and exuded an Everyman energy more likely to be found in union halls than in the halls of Congress Brown tried his best to get a conversation going Fetterman was virtually “catatonic.” He could barely string two sentences together talking so quietly that everyone in the room had to strain to hear him Fetterman then stood up and began walking around the office in tight loops a move the two staffers described as doing “figure eights.” After Brown left Fetterman paced from one room inside his office complex to another and back again he walked into the hallway peering over his shoulder as if he were being followed by shadowy figures The staff got in touch with a Senate physician and everyone agreed: Fetterman needed to get to Walter Reed Those first days in the hospital were rough He thought that if he took a bed at the hospital He told doctors that he believed members of his family were wearing wires to secretly record him Fetterman grew convinced that a political rally was being held in the hospital’s lobby and that he needed to break out of his room to attend told me that the main causes of the delusions were the lingering effects of the stroke and depression and that the original medication for the depression could also have been a factor doctors then stopped all antidepressants and put him on other drugs (Williamson declined to comment on the specifics of the medication plan.) Williamson said Fetterman quickly “evidenced better mood self-attitude and engagement with others.” In a photograph from the time released by his office Fetterman sits in a hospital conference room in front of a treadmill one of the few colleagues in Congress invited to visit Fetterman in the hospital told me that seeing him at Walter Reed “was like seeing a friend who was in really rough shape suddenly being his old self.” the doctors determined his mental-health issues were in remission “He expressed a firm commitment to treatment over the long term.” Doctors provided Fetterman with a multi-faceted treatment approach He needed to stay on his medication and to get his blood checked regularly It was also important that he stay hydrated so staff made sure his office fridge remained stocked with Gatorade He needed to eat healthy and get regular exercise (this was both for his mental health and for the underlying heart problems that had led to his stroke) It was also strongly suggested that he stay off social media which exacerbated his mental-health challenges “I’ve never noticed anyone to believe that their mental health has been supported by spending any kind of time on social media,” he said in 2023 Fetterman became the first senator to call for him to resign and slacks (or other long pants) whenever they were on the Senate floor Outwardly, Fetterman played it cool, offering as his official statement a photograph of actor Kevin James smiling sheepishly “He was absolutely irate,” said a former staffer “I think it’s what soured him on the Democratic caucus.” (Fetterman denies this.) It was a trivial matter for the Senate to spend its time on But there was hardly a moment to dwell on it Hamas staged a large-scale terrorist attack against Israel killing more than a thousand people and kidnapping 250 others Israel declared war and retaliated with brute force killing Hamas forces as well as thousands of civilians progressives began calling for a cease-fire to at least pause the carnage “Now is not the time to talk about a cease-fire,” he posted on October 18 “We must support Israel in efforts to eliminate the Hamas terrorists who slaughtered innocent men perhaps they hadn’t been paying enough attention While Israel had not been a prominent issue in his various campaigns Fetterman had been talking about his support for the country for years “I’m not really a progressive in that sense,” he said while campaigning in 2022 “There is no daylight between myself and these kinds of unwavering commitments to Israel’s security.” Still it wasn’t until October 7 that it became clear Fetterman was the most outspoken Israel hawk in his party offering constant and unconditional support for the military action in Gaza 16 of his former campaign staffers wrote a letter — anonymously — saying they found his full-throated support for Israel to be a “gutting betrayal.” Jentleson had taken to defending Fetterman on X from such criticisms “The thing about being a staffer is that no one elected you to represent them.” But it wasn’t just staffers who were upset. There was also Fetterman’s wife, Gisele who had become something of a political celebrity in her own right: She is a kindhearted philanthropist (the proprietor of a “free store” in Braddock that gave away goods and clothing) a formerly undocumented immigrant from Brazil Gisele arrived at her husband’s Senate office and How can you support this?” the staffer recalled her saying with tears in her eyes “That’s all propaganda,” Fetterman replied a still visibly upset Gisele pulled the staffer aside She asked him if members of Fetterman’s team were pushing him to take these stances for political reasons The staffer told her that the opposite was true: Many of them were as upset as she was there’s no hope,” the staffer recalled her saying Gisele texted a different staffer: “I am at breaking point and I can’t co-sign this any longer Id love some help in language to separate myself from this Gisele might have disliked what her husband was up to He used to have a magnet on his refrigerator that warned that his dog bites Democrats When Fox would air segments about Fetterman’s strong stances on Israel or invite him on as a guest almost always call to say how proud he was The war in Gaza was also luring Fetterman back to X He had handed over his social-media passwords to his staff as part of his recovery plan but when he saw in December that Pennsylvania protesters had stuck BOYCOTT ISRAELI GOODS stickers on hummus containers The message adhered to a classic meme format featuring two photos of Drake: one in which the rapper appeared disgusted by text that read PROTEST THE RAPE OF ISRAELI WOMEN + GIRLS and another in which he nodded approvingly to PROTEST HUMMUS a group of women who worked in the office argued that the message could be read as hurtful to sexual-assault survivors Members of Fetterman’s senior team spent hours urging him to take the post down The point he was trying to make — that protesters didn’t care about the atrocities committed by Hamas — was being lost in the controversy Fetterman’s response was that he didn’t want to give in to the “woke mob” and that anyone upset was welcome to resign which saw Fetterman draw further into himself coincided with setbacks in his recovery regimen Fetterman hadn’t gotten his blood drawn for months despite bloodwork being a crucial component of the plan to say that he had seen Fetterman “acting bizarrely” near the underground trolleys that shuttle people between the Capitol and nearby office buildings “I just got off with the docs,” a staffer wrote to Gisele in a text “They said they’d call you to debrief.” The staffer went on to say that others shared his worries about Fetterman’s behavior and that at least two top aides were likely to quit soon because of it: “I don’t want to sound defensive but I want to be clear that this isn’t just me “I don’t think for a second that it’s you,” Gisele responded “Will he find out tonight that they are leaving My fear is something is off and it won’t register.” Gisele then texted that she had told her husband that his staff and doctor were worried about him but that he told her “that’s not true and I guess I am not talking to you today” before hanging up The doctor had also “said that he was fighting to get access of the Twitter account,” she went on “Please promise me that he’ll never have access.” The staffer said that Fetterman was asking for the passwords but that he would not give them up “I told him I don’t want to talk to him until his blood is tested,” Gisele wrote One former staffer recalled overhearing Gisele on speakerphone that December saying to Fetterman Fetterman downplayed any supposed arguments with Gisele telling me that she “has her own voice” and that he would never try to change her views “I think that’s very common in political marriage,” he said Gisele suggested Jentleson was part of a conspiracy to damage her husband’s reputation untrue stories about John’s health.” She added “I would talk to John’s doctors about what Adam was telling me and they would be confused Those doctors would tell me that their concerns were not with John Any alleged ‘concerns’ heard from me came straight from those lies not from John’s doctors or my own eyes.” In response and I hope Senator Fetterman gets the help he needs.” Fetterman did have his blood drawn in mid-January 2024 his aides were again worried that he hadn’t been getting regular checkups No one I spoke to for this article could be sure about whether Fetterman stayed on his medication during this period but five different people said they heard comments from the senator that suggested he was not Going off meds is a common temptation for people with mental-health diagnoses once they start to believe they are well Two aides told me they frequently heard him talk about how he felt so great that he didn’t “need” medication One person told me Fetterman said he “didn’t like the way” his medication “made” him feel — made though it could be hard to pinpoint exactly what was off some of the folks in the senior staff just started taking too many liberties around trying to figure out his mental-health state,” one staffer said obviously I could see him having a bad day and I want to make sure that it’s not just the blanket explanation There was also the possibility that Fetterman’s illness had drawn out or intensified his existing predilections Fetterman was being the guy voters sent to Congress He thinks a lot of his colleagues are morons He was never a particularly easy person to work with — he’d had that reputation throughout his entire political career So sometimes the staff would debate whether a fundamental change had occurred or they were just imagining things particularly since there were stretches of time when he was lucid and together “It got hard to know which way was up,” Jentleson told me in group texts including senior staff from March 2024 staffers used terms like manic to describe his behavior They pointed out that he was canceling medical appointments despite the blood tests being “pillars of the recovery plan.” “I imagine an ‘intervention’ would backfire,” Eric Stern “But is there any universe in which Gisele could convince him to get his levels checked I’m honestly just worried for him and don’t know who else could get through to him.” “The way he talked to me today was different,” texted Rebecca Katz Fetterman’s longtime consultant and confidante One staffer told me there would be entire days when they couldn’t let anyone outside the office be around him because he was in “some sort of state” and might say “really fucked-up shit to constituents.” Sometimes he would just “shut down,” according to one former staffer He was saying “unhinged shit,” according to one text Stern wrote to the group that it seemed to him like Fetterman was “spiraling” and that his constant “doomscrolling” — “I think he’s on essentially all day now?” — would only make things worse “Him against the world is his comfortable place.” Another staffer chimed in to say the boss had picked a fight in the Senate cloakroom when an attendant wouldn’t let him bring a friend in ‘you let all these imbeciles in here but you won’t let me bring in my friend?’” a longtime aide who often defended his boss thought that people might be overreacting to the cloakroom incident He replied that this could just be an example of Fetterman being “gruff” and frustrated by a “stupid rule.” Jentleson announced he was stepping down as chief of staff while remaining on the payroll as an adviser he debated whether to contact Fetterman’s doctor Adam Jentleson took action that jeopardized the privacy/sanctity of my confidential medical records I subsequently directed my doctors to sever any access Adam could have to my medical information.” Jentleson decided it would be best to lay everything out there “I wanted to do what I could think of to try and get him help,” he said “That’s why I sent the letter.” He also said he worried that Fetterman could end up inadvertently hurting someone else “He engages in risky behavior,” he wrote in the letter texts and reads entire news articles while driving — and I don’t mean while stopped at a light or something he reads and FaceTimes while driving at high speeds.” Fetterman caught a red-eye flight back from Los Angeles after taping an episode of Bill Maher’s show His staff urged him to have someone pick him up from the airport and drive him home Fetterman was traveling at “well over” the 70-mph speed limit on I-70 when he smashed his Chevy Traverse into the back of a 62-year-old woman’s Impala suffered a pulmonary contusion and spinal fractures told a staffer he had fallen asleep at the wheel and handed the phone to a police officer “It’s a miracle no one died,” the officer said After Donald Trump won the election, Fetterman did something no other Democratic senator dared to do: He went to Mar-a-Lago “I didn’t bend any knee; they reached out and invited me,” Fetterman told me “And if you’re a senator from a critical state and the president would like to have a conversation that’s part of our responsibility.” Gisele “It was a whole saga,” said a former staffer and they had fights about it.” To convince her Fetterman told her to think of this as an opportunity to showcase what a model Dreamer looked like in an effort to get the president-elect to soften his views on illegal immigration she’d lose the right to complain about whatever he did as president “He said in a small group with senior staff ‘I told her to put up or shut up,’” the staffer recalled Fetterman described the interaction slightly differently “It’s not so much convincing her,” he told me and by all accounts the meeting went smoothly the conversation lasted about 75 minutes and the president was charming “fully engaged,” and different from the persona you may see on television “His faculties haven’t slipped at all,” Fetterman told me “It’s not that I admire it — I acknowledge it the nominee for secretary of Defense who had been dogged by reports of excessive drinking “We are going to have massive issues internally when he votes for Hegseth,” a staffer texted in mid-January Fetterman had been the only Democrat to meet with Hegseth late last year as the former Fox News host made the rounds on Capitol Hill trying to earn Senate support for his confirmation Fetterman had left his meeting with Hegseth unimpressed it seemed like he might actually vote for him if all the Democrats turned their backs on the person who would be leading the armed forces It would make them appear weak and partisan Fetterman became so torn by the decision that on the day of a procedural vote that would move Hegseth’s nomination closer to completion maybe he should just sneak out of Washington and hole up at his parents’ place in York “I felt like I was looking at a six-eight 8-year-old,” the staffer said The back-and-forth led to what one person in his office at the time called a full-blown meltdown According to a contemporaneous text message from this staffer sent to a colleague Fetterman had become so distraught about the Hegseth vote as well as chatter in the media that he might switch parties and become a Republican that he spent part of the day locked in his office fighting with Gisele and crying while FaceTiming with staff “He says that they are trying to cancel him again but we don’t know who ‘they’ are,” a staffer said in a text Fetterman ultimately voted against Hegseth’s nomination “My no vote on Pete Hegseth speaks for itself Fetterman’s struggles seemed to be occurring in a vacuum of his own making He was friends with Welch of Vermont and Republican senator Katie Britt of Alabama The three of them dined on occasion and swapped stories about their families He deleted himself from the Democratic-caucus group chat During the first quarter of this year he missed more votes than any other senator In my conversations with various Democratic Senate staffers the view of Fetterman essentially boiled down to: He can be difficult to work with Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire had what staff referred to as verbal altercations with Fetterman Fetterman provides a mostly reliable vote from an unreliable state He has what baseball statisticians might refer to as a high WAR (wins above replacement) “One of the biggest challenges we have is to get trust from working-class Americans,” Welch said “And I think John has a unique ability and sensibility to connect and be trusted.” Welch said he thinks Fetterman is doing well emotionally and appears to be “quite engaged with the job.” When asked if she had observed Fetterman struggling some of Fetterman’s behavior was leaking out into public the Sunrise Movement posted a video of Fetterman mocking and filming one of his constituents a climate activist who was calmly trying to ask him about his stance on pipelines a passenger on a flight to Pittsburgh filmed a video of Fetterman getting into an argument with the pilot about wearing his seat belt in a way that was visible to the crew “You’re going to have to follow our instructions or be asked to get off the airplane.” Moments like these were becoming increasingly difficult for staff to explain Fetterman suddenly took an early-morning trip to Hartford without telling his team why — leaving them at a loss for what to tell Gisele when she demanded to know why he was missing one of their kids’ birthdays Fetterman objected to this characterization “I took a weekend trip in March to visit the grave site of my friend from grad school who died in 1993 — a trip my staff and family knew about.” there were entire days in which his schedule was cleared because he seemed like he was in no mood to be around others the leader of the progressive Jewish organization J Street Over the course of Israel’s campaign against Gaza calling itself “pro-peace” and “pro-Israel,” a Zionist institution that isn’t afraid to take shots at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu it became clear that Fetterman saw things in black and white “You can’t reform a carton of sour milk,” Fetterman told Ben-Ami Fetterman said he did not believe in a two-state solution and claimed he had never met an Arab person who would condemn Hamas “Correction,” the notes from the meeting stated “Only a single Arab he has met with that staff was present for wouldn’t outright condemn Hamas.” Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me “Any reference to killing was solely about Hamas and I do support the destruction of that organization it was the first time I had interviewed him since we drove around western Pennsylvania in 2018 The lobby of his Capitol Hill office contains a wall covered by red posters commemorating the Israelis who have been held hostage by Hamas since the October 7 attack the word KIDNAPPED appearing atop each one Fetterman sat with his legs spread wide in a leather chair He wore his customary Carhartt hoodie but no shoes occasionally scratching at his feet through his socks He looked a bit like a ’90s-sitcom husband lounging comfortably in his man cave had cautioned me that there are good days and bad days Fetterman continues to struggle with auditory processing he had put an iPhone on the table that transcribed my questions to him in real time Sometimes Fetterman wouldn’t finish reading a question before answering and other times his sentences could come out a bit garbled After a podcast taping earlier this year with The Bulwark the interviewer Tim Miller came away feeling like Fetterman might not be all there “He’s struggling,” Miller said in a separate podcast taping And I just think coming off of the Biden thing we should not be hiding the ball on this sort of stuff.” I didn’t find any indication that the stroke had left him cognitively impaired during the first half of which he seemed excited to discuss just about anything I threw at him He had problems with the way Democrats had estranged themselves from the public but still had no intention of leaving the party to become a Republican or even an independent: “Same chance I’m going to end up with a beautiful head of hair.” about the toll a life in the public eye can put on them (“It’s shitty,” he said) about Gisele’s hatred for politics (“It’s only intensified”) and about how near-death experiences can bring loved ones together (“I’ll never miss an opportunity to have dinner with him and talk to him now,” Fetterman said about his father who had suffered a heart attack that nearly killed him) he had published an op-ed in the New York Times about his experience with the anti-obesity medication Mounjaro “For someone that suffered from depression — to me it’s just bright,” he said This seemed as good an opening as any to ask him the hard questions about his mental health “It’s been two years since Walter Reed,” I began “I know mental health is a lifetime struggle.” “I wouldn’t even describe it as a lifelong one,” he said He explained that before his stroke he wasn’t “joy joy” all the time but that the actual mental-health break only happened after “everything kind of collided at the same time.” “Do you ever worry about slipping?” I asked “It’s freeing … And really appreciate things that I would never have been able to do if I never recovered from that stroke.” “I’ve talked to a number of former staffers of yours who say they are worried about you,” I said “Who say that they are worried that you are not on your recovery plan That they’ve heard you make comments about how you didn’t need them anymore or that you didn’t like the way they made you feel his eyes casting between his feet and the two press staffers sitting at a back table He said that no one in his staff would know about his personal health situation and that anyone who told me otherwise was simply misinformed “There’s not really anything to respond when that’s just not accurate,” he said “is that they’ve witnessed ups and downs that could be associated with kind of a relapse And they also worry that the medication that you’re on is not just for depression but more serious drugs that if you’re not on them would be a problem “I don’t have any comment on that,” he said I cannot report what Fetterman said over the course of the next four minutes but I can say that after he was done talking I found myself in the hallway outside his office making awkward small talk with one of his press aides Fetterman was still in the same chair but slumped into himself hoping to pick up our conversation where we had left off “There’s not anyone that you’re referencing who would be privy to my medical history,” he said “Do you care to comment whether they are right or wrong?” I asked “I’m just going to say that it’s disgruntled employees saying things that are either untrue or that’s kind of the business that we are in,” he said I asked him why these staffers might be disgruntled “There’s a lot of people who just hide behind unnamed sources in articles.” I tried to move the conversation to Trump’s tariffs and other issues before leaving but it was plainly clear that his mind was elsewhere “I feel like there’s been kind of a tone shift here,” I said For the first time since I had returned to his office By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice and to receive email correspondence from us Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York The $160m makeover to the park’s north side is part of a long-term project to address years of neglect Illustration: Susan T Rodriguez/Central Park Conservancy It’s certainly an unusual New York City mayor’s race Spurred by a historic indictment of the sitting mayor a long list of prominent Democrats started fundraising to see if they can topple incumbent Mayor Eric Adams in the June 24 Democratic primary Adams is no longer facing corruption charges – and he’s no longer running for reelection as a Democrat He is running for reelection now as an independent just one day after a judge accepted a request from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to dismiss the charges against him Free from his legal troubles and untethered to a Democratic Party that he remains unpopular in But no longer needing to vie for support in the Democratic primary this June he now has until November to make the case for why he should be given a second term – giving him more much needed time to recover from the reputational fallout of his now dismissed case Now that they are finished petitioning to get on the primary ballot the remaining Democratic candidates will blaze forward in the coming weeks seeking to shake up a field in which former Gov Andrew Cuomo is currently the clear front-runner here are all the prominent mayoral contenders His ideological stance in brief: Conservative pro-business Democrat who is now running as an independent candidate More likely to criticize progressives than the Trump administration He has an estimated $3 million in the bank He has been denied public matching funds so far Where’s home? Gracie Mansion, but he previously claimed to live in Bedford-Stuyvesant more affordable city,” illegal smokeshops are closing the landmark City of Yes zoning reform will spur more housing.  Federal corruption charges that were suddenly dropped by Trump’s DOJ it’s not easy to win as an independent candidate While the Department of Justice did not weigh in on the merits of the corruption charges from the perception that Donald Trump has total control over him Adams has always maintained he did nothing wrong.  Adams announced on April 3 that he’d run for reelection as an independent instead of running in the Democratic primary This move will give the mayor more time to make a case to voters on why he should be given a second term – and set up what’s likely to be an unusually competitive general election in November – but he still faces great obstacles.  Adams has struggled to maintain a sense of stability in his administration He was pressured by the governor to clean house last year after multiple aides were touched by federal investigations and he elevated trusted public servants in their place But many of those aides have since tendered their resignations as well There’s also been chaos in the top ranks of the New York City Police Department Jessica Tisch is a popular and successful police commissioner but she’s also Adams’ fourth one – an unusually high level of turnover New Yorkers continue to say crime is one of their leading concerns.  Still, the power of incumbency is real. Yes, Adams’ approval ratings have hit record lows the Campaign Finance Board has deemed him ineligible to receive public matching funds crime is still higher than it was before he was mayor But he does at least have a number of accomplishments to point to There’s been a small decrease in crime over the past couple of years despite a string of high-profile incidents in the subway Adams also got his sweeping City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning overhaul across the finish line he’s negotiated contracts with the vast majority of the unionized city workforce and unemployment in the city has fallen Adams returns to campaign mode with a renewed sense of determination His ideological stance in brief: Pro-Israel moderate who promises to keep the Democratic Party from falling off the left edge of the map.  Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn but currently registered to vote in Midtown East “New York City is in crisis.” He was governor for a decade gun control laws and building things like the Second Avenue Subway and revamping the city’s airports The cost of performing well in early polls – and of developing a reputation as a ruthless operator – is that your opponents will train all their attention on defeating you Cuomo negative starter pack: sexual harassment allegations handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes and previous vindictiveness toward New York City leaders including by frequently criticizing Attorney General Letitia James and Gov who has amounted to much more than just his interim replacement in Albany Cuomo’s opposition is hoping that the surveys reflect a ceiling for his popularity in the city Rumors of Cuomo’s potential entrance have been stoked for months with the divisive – but unquestionably talented –politician making the rounds with speeches over the last year at Black churches and with Jewish groups Cuomo has a shot at garnering votes from communities in both constituencies but he’ll also be contending with the rest of the more progressive field that is now as focused on “anyone but Cuomo” as it was on “anyone but Adams” six months ago.  His ideological stance in brief: The leftest of them all A pro-Palestine socialist Democrat who isn’t shy about it Major endorsements: New York City Democratic Socialists of America United Auto Workers Region 9A (shared with Brad Lander and Jessica Ramos) Kristen Gonzalez and Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest Working Families Party (shared with Speaker Adams Fundraising: $1.5 million raised so far and $6.7 million in matching funds He’s got nearly $7.5 million in the bank according to the latest Campaign Finance Board estimate “The Peoples Republic of Astoria,” Queens launch a Department of Community Safety and build public supermarkets  What’s holding him back? It’s not as cool to be far left anymore, and an Israel critic hasn’t become mayor of New York City since the country was founded.  Recent polling has him behind Cuomo in second place As Democrats process the city’s rightward shift in the presidential election most of Eric Adams’ challengers have attempted to distance themselves from the progressive label That leaves the leftist lane of the mayor’s race wide open for the Assembly member and he’s not shying away from it.  Mamdani has articulated several simple policy ideas that set him apart from the pack – even if their feasibility isn’t clear: building on a pilot program he pushed in the state Legislature (The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is a state agency but he says he’ll get creative with his mayoral authority.) He also wants to freeze the rent on rent-stabilized units a $30 minimum wage and city-owned grocery stores His ideological stance in brief: Brownstone Brooklyn progressive Democrat who gets under the mayor’s skin Major endorsements: Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, United Auto Workers Region 9A (shared with Jessica Ramos and Zohran Mamdani), Independent Neighborhood Democrats, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and state Sen. Liz Krueger (who both committed to rank Lander first or second), New York Working Families Party (with Myrie Fundraising: $1.4 million raised so far (including donations from when he was running for reelection) and $4.6 million in matching funds according to Campaign Finance Board’s estimates He wants to get homeless people with mental health issues into stable housing restore funding to early childhood education and carry out capital projects management and other reforms he’s called for as comptroller Lander is a nerdy white guy who may struggle to build support in the outer boroughs and he may be seen as too far left to build a winning coalition What’s his deal: Brad Lander is a Park Slope progressive – a Missouri-born organizer who put roots down in Brooklyn and has championed progressive causes and then as a council member and now as comptroller with the responsibility to conduct audits of city agencies and oversee city contracts For much of Adams’ three years in office often clashing with the more conservative mayor over budget cuts and how the administration has handled the influx of migrants to the city over the past two years Lander has been a consistent critic of Adams during his three years in office But in a race for mayor – and one taking place amid a continued shift to the right in parts of the city – Lander who cofounded the City Council Progressive Caucus has to walk a more careful line than just being the progressive foil to the mayor along with several other progressives in the race hasn’t touted that moniker like candidates have done in the past Lander is well-positioned to make the efficient manager case but his support will likely still come from the liberal centers that elected him – neighborhoods entirely distinct from Adams’ base like Brownstone Brooklyn and the Upper West Side Her ideological stance in brief: A well-respected but low-key moderate Democrat who some see as a compromise candidate Major endorsements: District Council 37, state Attorney General Letitia James, Assembly Members Brian Cunningham and Andrew Hevesi, New York City Council Members Diana Ayala and Amanda Farías, New York Working Families Party (with Myrie Fundraising: $337,000 raised so far (including from a prior campaign account) She has not yet qualified for public matching funds including spearheading programs to support working mothers and adult learners she doesn’t have widespread name recognition She’s entering the race relatively late with little money on hand and City Council speakers have historically lost in citywide elections a Black moderate whose district is home to an active Black voter base would prevent Cuomo from dominating the current mayoral field she’s struggled to gain support in her home borough Cuomo has scooped up endorsements from a long list of Queens elected officials Speaker Adams is well-respected, particularly within the New York City Council and among other city elected officials. She was elected City Council speaker as a compromise candidate aided by powerful outside union support without Mayor Adams’ backing Their relationship pre-indictment was largely amicable but they’ve also clashed over legislation While she has strengths and her entrance could shake up the race She’s way behind in fundraising and has low name recognition outside of political circles She has presided over a City Council that has been seen as very left-leaning at a time when most mayoral hopefuls are trying to tack to the center Not to mention she shares the same last name as the mayor – a coincidence that could be confusing as people are urged not to support Mayor Adams His ideological stance in brief: A Manhattan liberal who had a shot as a progressive mayoral candidate last cycle Assembly Members Micah Lasher and Deborah Glick He has an estimated $3.7 million in the bank expand child care and clean up the streets He’s also been out of the political game for a while What’s his deal: A former Assembly member Manhattan borough president and city comptroller Stringer certainly has the insider resume to be New York City mayor He is known as a savvy political operator and a skilled campaigner as his hefty early fundraising numbers have shown.  He’s also motivated by redemption after a bruising 2021 fight where he came in fifth place in the first round of ranked choice voting He had amassed broad support from progressives and elected officials he had mentored many of whom ultimately abandoned him following the misconduct allegations After nearly three decades in public office and he’s been singularly focused on this goal.  Sitting comptroller Brad Lander is likely to appeal to many of the same voters, and both straight, white Jewish comptrollers were dealt a blow when The New York Times Editorial Board announced it won’t be endorsing in local races. But Stringer is slightly less progressive than Lander, including on Israel as he has to give up his powerful position to run for mayor Stringer has prevailed in some dog fights. He beat out nine other candidates to become Manhattan borough president in 2005. He often recounts his victory in the 2013 race for comptroller in which he narrowly defeated former Gov Eliot Spitzer as evidence he shouldn’t be underestimated Her ideological stance in brief: Pro-labor progressive who doesn’t like to fall in line Major endorsements: United Auto Workers Region 9A (shared with Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani) bolster affordable housing supply and integrate mental health care citywide What’s holding her back? Slow and messy fundraising trouble distinguishing herself in a crowded field of progressives What’s her deal: Ramos is a progressive state lawmaker who has represented East Elmhurst Jackson Heights and Corona since she ousted a moderate Democrat incumbent in 2018 as an insurgent She has forged a reputation as a tough and effective lawmaker notching a variety of high-profile legislative victories as chair of the powerful Labor Committee passed paid sick leave for domestic workers enacted new protections for workers on farms at nail salons and in distribution warehouses and secured unemployment for more nontraditional workers Beyond Ramos’ legislative victories and her condemnation of Adams for his handling of the migrant crisis she’s perhaps best known for her opposition to a proposed casino bid from Mets owner Steve Cohen Ramos’ ties to the labor world run deep She has a background working in communications for social service employees union SSEU Local 371 and building service workers union 32BJ SEIU But while many see her as a champion for labor she has so far been unable to unite any major labor support 32BJ SEIU and the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council are backing Cuomo while the public employees union DC 37 is backing Adrienne Adams Ramos launched her campaign in mid-September she so far hasn’t been able to fundraise enough to make her competitive She’s one of two Latino candidates – the daughter of Colombian immigrants – and a mother to two boys.  His ideological stance in brief: Progressive Fundraising: $785,391 raised so far and $2.8 million in matching funds according to latest Campaign Finance Board estimates Proposals to build and preserve 1 million homes in New York City What’s holding him back? Most voters haven’t heard of Zellnor Myrie – though an MSNBC hit with Goldman surely helped a City Council staffer turned Davis Polk attorney started off his political career by running against Eric Adams – by proxy Jesse Hamilton – a protege of Adams who was serving in the same Central Brooklyn seat that Adams once held Alongside Ramos and several others that year Myrie succeeded in defeating the incumbent who along with a handful of other Democrats Myrie has since accumulated some high-profile legislative wins including ones that earned him good favor with progressives like early voting and the Clean Slate Act to seal criminal records for some people who have served their time Myrie hasn’t made a claim to the progressive lane preferring to eschew those identifiers altogether in favor of one that he – and others – seem to believe will be a more compelling pitch for those weary of a chaotic City Hall: a competent manager for New York.  who advocated for tenant protections in the Legislature hasn’t made that vow on the campaign.) is better positioned than some of his other current challengers to dig into Adams’ 2021 base of middle- and working-class Black and Latino voters in outer boroughs at the same time as he could appeal to liberal voters in other parts of the city His ideological stance in brief: Moderate Democrat in the style of Barack Obama.  He hasn’t qualified for public matching funds He wants universal child care and a tax break for middle-class homeowners He also wants to speed up government payments to nonprofits Blake has been out of office for a few years and with a couple of unsuccessful campaigns he’s in danger of becoming a perennial candidate.  What’s his deal: Blake is a former state Assembly member from the Bronx who entered the mayoral race toward the end of November he’s emphasized that his campaign will center on making things more affordable for New Yorkers and on quality of life issues An alum of the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns who also did a stint in the Obama White House he’s a fairly moderate Democrat – certainly more than many of his opponents He’s championed more progressive causes though including the Raise the Age legislation to prevent 16- and 17-year-olds from being tried as adults Name recognition and differentiating himself will be big hurdles in his campaign He gave up his seat in the Assembly in 2020 to run for Congress he finished fourth of 17 candidates in a special election for New York City public advocate.  Episode 3: An Interview with Michael Blake His ideological stance in brief: Pro-charter school Wall Street moderate focused on public safety Major endorsements: Bill Ackman – though Ackman recently donated $250,000 to the pro-Cuomo PAC Fundraising: $730,000 in private donations and a $25,000 loan to himself He hasn’t been awarded public matching funds yet and rein in excessive city government spending.  low name recognition and he’s a millionaire but not Bloomberg rich.  announced he’d be running for mayor in late November He fell short of his highly ambitious goal: Raising nearly $8 million including matching funds by Jan but he still put up some strong numbers.  His ideological stance in brief: Independent with a pugnacious streak Major endorsements: New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees; former prosecutors including former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue. He initially launched with support from David Paterson, but the two parted ways Fundraising: $900,000 in private donations and a $500,000 loan to his campaign as of March 13 He was awarded $1.9 million in public matching funds on April 15 He has an estimated $3 million in cash on hand He hasn’t been awarded matching funds yet He wants to root out corruption in New York City and tackle intractable problems like housing production with public-private partnerships Outsider candidates often face outside odds.  What’s his deal: The winner of June’s Democratic primary is likely to be the next mayor (At least based on the past decade.) In launching his mayoral campaign as an independent candidate – albeit one who hasn’t totally ruled out running on a major party line just yet – Jim Walden is cutting a different path than his Democratic competitors Episode 2: An Interview with Jim Walden His ideological stance in brief: An eccentric conservative activist who joined the Republican Party a few years ago Major endorsements: All five Republican county parties He’s a Republican running for mayor again in a city that remains deeply Democratic doesn’t have a bunch of money raised yet For his part, Sliwa has projected confidence about his odds this time around, pointing to the fact that President Donald Trump won 30% of the vote in New York City last November – the highest share of the vote for a Republican presidential nominee since George H.W (Though that was more so driven by the votes Democrats lost than the votes Trump gained) Much of the topics Sliwa focuses on – like crime and the city’s sheltering and care of migrants – have been hot button issues throughout Adams’ administration giving him plenty of campaign talking points.  News & Politics Policy Personality Opinion NYN Media List Nominations First Read Magazine Resource Directory Events Jobs About Merchandise Awards, Plaques & Permissions Help us tailor content specifically for you: Thank you for subscribing! Please check out our other newsletter offerings on our Newsletter page. Today’s PaperU.S.|Tracking Abortion Bans Across the Countryhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.htmlShare full article758758Advertisement By Allison McCann and Amy Schoenfeld Walker Ala. Ark. Fla. Ga. Idaho Ind. Iowa Ky. La. Miss. Neb. N.C. Okla. S.C. S.D. Tenn. Texas Utah W.Va. Nineteen states ban abortion or restrict the procedure earlier in pregnancy than the standard set by Roe v. Wade, which governed reproductive rights for nearly half a century until the Supreme Court overturned the decision in 2022 the fight over abortion access is still taking place in courtrooms where advocates have sued to block bans and restrictions Other states have moved to expand access to abortion by adding legal protections The New York Times is tracking abortion laws in each state after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which ended the constitutional right to an abortion In some states that have enacted bans or restrictions abortion remains legal for now as courts determine whether these laws can take effect Abortion is broadly legal in the rest of the country and several states have added new protections since Dobbs Many states limit abortion around fetal “viability,” the point at which a fetus could survive outside the uterus State details More details on the current status of abortion in each state are below Note: Weeks of pregnancy are counted since the last menstrual period. Sources: Center for Reproductive Rights; Guttmacher Institute; KFF An earlier version of this article misstated the legal status of abortion in Utah the state attorney general had issued a statement saying the state’s abortion ban had been triggered but it had not yet been authorized by the legislature’s general counsel the counsel authorized the ban and it went into effect A table in an earlier version of this article misstated which abortion ban is being challenged in Texas state court Abortion rights supporters are challenging a pre-Roe ban An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the legal status of abortion in Indiana While Indiana abortion providers stopped offering abortion services in anticipation of an abortion ban taking effect on Aug Sitting atop Albany’s State Street hill for more than a century the activities of New York State government have taken place in this extraordinary building since the 1880s A preeminent example of late nineteenth-century architecture the Capitol was built by hand of solid masonry and designed to be a monument to democracy and a source of pride for all New Yorkers the New York State Capitol is a National Landmark poised to last for generations to come The Capitol’s architectural grandeur and historic significance serve to remind visitors of New York’s diversity and richness making it a monument to the Empire State’s extraordinary legacy Explore Capitol Highlights Free guided tours for individuals or parties of fewer than 10 Reservations are required for a free guided tour for groups of 10 or more Now offering First Friday Tours - Every Friday at the top of the month Learn more about the Capitol's architecture and design and what it took to construct this nineteenth-century monument to government learn about New York State Government and all that takes place within the Capitol's walls Visitors to the Capitol are required to pass through metal detectors and have bags scanned through an X-ray machine. 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