Hochul won’t oust Adams, US stocks tumble, NBA star’s season-ending injury & more
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🗓️ 20 February 2025
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| 0:31.1 | From CNN, I'm a phoma decay with the five things you need to know for Thursday, February 20th. |
| 0:38.0 | These dark days will pass. |
| 0:40.4 | Elections will occur, and the people of New York will decide who they trust to govern this |
| 0:45.8 | extraordinary city. |
| 0:47.4 | New York Governor Kathy Hockel says she won't use her executive powers to remove Mayor |
| 0:52.0 | Eric Adams from office, at least for now. But her latest |
| 0:55.6 | proposals will severely limit the mayor's independence. I'm proposing legislation to create a special |
| 1:01.6 | inspector general for New York City Affairs. The state inspector general will be able to direct |
| 1:06.9 | the New York City Department of Investigations. Second, I'm proposing giving the city |
| 1:12.9 | controller, the public advocate, and the New York City Council Speaker, an independent authority |
| 1:20.0 | to clarify the independent language to commence litigation against the federal government when |
| 1:26.0 | necessary and using outside counsel. |
| 1:29.3 | Third, I'm expanding funding for the Office of the Deputy State Comptroller General, |
| 1:34.3 | of the Comptroller for City Oversight. |
| 1:37.3 | Because this stepped-up oversight, again, gives us an independent line of sight into potential decisions |
| 1:42.3 | related to the federal government. |
| 1:45.0 | Adams is facing accusations that he's working to facilitate the Trump administration's immigration enforcement |
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