Politics

Hailing the proposed bill as “common-sense” and “life-saving,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed to push the bill through the evenly divided upper chamber with some Republican support by the end of the week.

The mayor, who was on Rikers to announce that the DOC has seized 2,700 weapons and other contraband this year, suggested some of this year’s deaths may be the result of inmates having “preexisting conditions” or otherwise being in poor health.

Unlikely to pass a gas tax holiday through the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that Democrats will focus instead on their bill to crack down on oil companies “manipulating the market” for higher prices and profits. “We’re going to focus on that issue,” Schumer said.

Bloomberg, who led New York City from 2002 to 2013, formally took his position as chair of the Defense Innovation Board in a ceremony presided over by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the Pentagon said.

The lines are short and the votes are few at ballot stations across New York City halfway through early voting in the state’s June primary election.

On Thursday, the nine-member panel will hear from former Justice Department officials who refused Trump’s entreaties to declare the election “corrupt.”