newyorkpost--2020-06-25--LeBron James, Maverick Carter raise $100M for new media company

Basketball superstar LeBron James and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have reportedly launched a new venture to expand their media empire .
The pair raised $ 100 million to start the SpringHill Co. , a conglomerate that aims to produce content from usually marginalized voices , Bloomberg Businessweek reported Thursday .
“ When we talk about storytelling , we want to be able to hit home , to hit a lot of homes where they feel like they can be a part of that story , ” James told the magazine .
“ And they feel like , Oh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relate to that.
” With James as chairman and Carter as CEO , the firm combines the duo ’ s SpringHill Entertainment and Uninterrupted LLC , which have birthed entertainment projects such as a forthcoming “ Space Jam ” sequel and an HBO talk show , with a marketing agency called the Robot Co. , according to Businessweek .
SpringHill was reportedly formed on the same day in March that the NBA suspended its season because of the coronavirus pandemic .
But the ensuing lockdowns haven ’ t hampered the company ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ TV deal with Disney and has a basketball-themed Netflix film in the works , Businessweek reported .
James and Carter reportedly attended the same high school that James left to join the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003 .
The pair worked together on “ The Decision , ” a live broadcast of James ’ 2010 announcement that he was leaving Cleveland for the Miami Heat , Businessweek reported .
They went on to start SpringHill Entertainment , which shares its name with the Akron , Ohio , apartment complex where James grew up .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ backed by a slate of investors including Guggenheim Partners , UC Investments , SC Holdings and News Corp. heir Elisabeth Murdoch , with a board that includes tennis legend Serena Williams , Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner and LiveNation CEO Michael Rapino , Businessweek ’ s lengthy profile says .
( News Corp. owns The Post . )
“ This is ultimately a company that ’ s about point of view , the community you serve , and empowerment , ” investment banker Paul Wachter , who helped facilitate the project and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Businessweek .
“ This is a company designed to move the culture .
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Basketball superstar LeBron James and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have raised $100 million to grow their media empire.
The pair will be using the money toward their new company SpringHill Co. — a conglomerate made up of three of their other companies that will aim to produce content from usually marginalized voices, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Thursday.
“When we talk about storytelling, we want to be able to hit home, to hit a lot of homes where they feel like they can be a part of that story,” James told the magazine. “And they feel like, Oh, you know what? I can relate to that.”
The new firm combines James and Carter’s SpringHill Entertainment film production company with their media and e-commerce unit Uninterrupted LLC, which have birthed projects such as a forthcoming “Space Jam” sequel and an HBO talk show, as well as marketing agency The Robot Co.
James will be chairman of the new entity. Carter will act as CEO.
SpringHill was reportedly formed on the same day in March that the NBA suspended its season because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the ensuing lockdowns haven’t hampered the company’s early days — Carter recently inked a TV deal with Disney and has a basketball-themed Netflix film in the works, Businessweek reported.
James and Carter reportedly attended the same high school that James left to join the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2003. The pair worked together on “The Decision,” a live broadcast of James’ 2010 announcement that he was leaving Cleveland for the Miami Heat, Businessweek reported. They went on to start SpringHill Entertainment, which shares its name with the Akron, Ohio, apartment complex where James grew up.
The pair’s new company is backed by a slate of investors including Guggenheim Partners, UC Investments, SC Holdings and News Corp. heir Elisabeth Murdoch, with a board that includes tennis legend Serena Williams, Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner and LiveNation CEO Michael Rapino, Businessweek’s lengthy profile says. (News Corp. owns The Post.)
“This is ultimately a company that’s about point of view, the community you serve, and empowerment,” investment banker Paul Wachter, who helped facilitate the project and also sits on the board, told Businessweek. “This is a company designed to move the culture.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--‘Search Party’ Season 2 Recap: What to Remember Before Season 3

The long wait is over : Search Party Season 3 premiered on HBO Max today .
Finally Search Party Season 2 fans can find out what happened after Dory ( Alia Shawkat ) was arrested for the murder of Keith Powell ( Ron Livingston ) — and if the cops will nail her for the cold-blooded killing of April ( Phoebe Tyers ) .
But how did Search Party ‘ s heroine find herself responsible for not one , but two murders ?
Here ’ s your Search Party Season 2 recap so you can jump into your Search Party @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Search Party premiered on TBS back in November 2016 , it immediately charmed viewers with scathing millennial satire that was actually anchored in real existential angst .
The half-hour comedy-mystery series followed Dory Sief , a young woman struggling to find herself in New York City .
Always putting others ahead of herself , Dory found herself spurred to action upon learning that a college classmate named Chantal Witherbottom ( Clare McNulty ) had gone missing .
Roping her clique of self-absorbed friends together , Dory embarked on a comic and heartbreaking hunt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of Search Party Season 1 , Dory and her friends not only discover the truth about Chantal ’ s disappearance , but find themselves unwitting murderers .
Search Party Season 2 was all about the gang coming together to try to cover up their crime , but as Search Party Season 3 reveals , that didn ’ t quite work .
Part of the joy of Search Party is the way the story does in fact meander down quirky paths featuring fantastic guest stars .
But if you don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a full on binge-watch , here ’ s what you absolutely must remember about Search Party before watching Search Party Season 3 .
SEARCH PARTY SEASON 1 RECAP : WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANTAL WITHERBOTTOM AND HOW DID KEITH POWELL DIE ?
Search Party Season 1 focused on the search for Dory ’ s missing college classmate Chantal Witherbottom and how it gave the young woman a newfound sense of purpose .
Dory not only enlisted boyfriend Drew ( John Reynolds ) and friends Elliott ( John Early ) and Portia ( Meredith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ met an assortment of fascinating characters along the way .
No one rocked Dory ’ s world more than private investigator Keith Powell .
The two met and , upon realizing they were both searching for the same thing , teamed up .
They also embarked on an affair .
However , when Dory learned that Keith was lying about being a P.I .
hired by the Witherbottoms , she cut him off .
Eventually , Dory and her friends tracked a clue to a house in Montreal .
Instead of finding Chantal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrified of him , she freaks out and tasers him .
In response , he lunges at her .
Drew walks in on this scene and bludgeons Keith to death .
It is at this awful moment that Portia reveals that Chantal is safe and sound and in the house .
She only ran away off the grid to get over a devastating breakup with a married man .
The realization that her disappearance wasn ’ t a big deal not only means Keith ’ s death was pointless — as he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reward — but that Dory now has no meaning .
After Dory , Drew , Elliott , and Portia frantically try to cover up the murder of Keith Powell , they return to the city and attempt to live their normal lives .
Even though they reunite Chantal with her family , they are all haunted by the sense that someone is watching them .
Indeed , they have a blackmailer on their tail .
April , Dory and Drew ’ s neighbor , has figured out what her entitled neighbors have done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on tape .
She gives them an ultimatum : $ 60,000 or the secret is spilled .
When Dory finds out that her ex-boyfriend Julian ( Brandon Michael Hall ) is involved in a sex scandal with a politician , Mary Ferguson , ( J. Cameron Smith ) , she obtains evidence and hopes to trade it with April .
The two meet on the Staten Island Ferry , where April reluctantly takes Julian ’ s phone with the video evidence .
However , she tells Dory that she despises Dory and her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never wanted for anything .
In revenge , April vows to stalk them for the rest of their lives , hanging the truth about what happened to Keith above their heads .
Dory starts to leave , thinks about it and decides to hurl April off the ferry to buy her and her friends ’ peace .
That said , Dory has crossed a moral line .
And she soon faces her comeuppance .
At Mary ’ s victory rally , the police come to arrest Dory for the murder of Keith Powell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s silence , the reality hits Dory that one of her close friends might have spilled the beans to the cops .
WHAT IS SEARCH PARTY SEASON 3 ON HBO MAX ABOUT ?
Alia Shawkat Goes to Trial in 'Search Party ' Season 3 Trailer New On HBO June 2020 , Plus What 's Coming Next Search Party Season 3 starts immediately after the events of Search Party Season 2 .
Dory is in a police car being transported to jail , where she inspires some unique reactions from the officers .
( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her mug shot that , yes , she smirks in the pic .
And that ’ s going to be a thing ! )
While Dory deals with the reality of being in jail , her friends panic in some predictably hilarious ( and disturbing ) ways .
Search Party Season 3 will deal with Dory , Drew , Elliott , and Portia confronting their complicity in the death of Keith Powell ( and April ) .
HOW MANY EPISODES OF SEARCH PARTY SEASON 3 ARE ON HBO MAX ?
There are eight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Season 3 .
This morning , all eight episodes of Search Party Season 3 premiered exclusively on HBO Max .
You can also watch the first two seasons of Search Party on HBO Max .

The long wait is over: Search Party Season 3 premiered on HBO Max today. Finally Search Party Season 2 fans can find out what happened after Dory (Alia Shawkat) was arrested for the murder of Keith Powell (Ron Livingston) — and if the cops will nail her for the cold-blooded killing of April (Phoebe Tyers). But how did Search Party‘s heroine find herself responsible for not one, but two murders? Here’s your Search Party Season 2 recap so you can jump into your Search Party Season 3 binge on HBO Max…
When Search Party premiered on TBS back in November 2016, it immediately charmed viewers with scathing millennial satire that was actually anchored in real existential angst. The half-hour comedy-mystery series followed Dory Sief, a young woman struggling to find herself in New York City. Always putting others ahead of herself, Dory found herself spurred to action upon learning that a college classmate named Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty) had gone missing. Roping her clique of self-absorbed friends together, Dory embarked on a comic and heartbreaking hunt for the truth about Chantal.
By the end of Search Party Season 1, Dory and her friends not only discover the truth about Chantal’s disappearance, but find themselves unwitting murderers. Search Party Season 2 was all about the gang coming together to try to cover up their crime, but as Search Party Season 3 reveals, that didn’t quite work. Part of the joy of Search Party is the way the story does in fact meander down quirky paths featuring fantastic guest stars. But if you don’t have time to take in the joy of a full on binge-watch, here’s what you absolutely must remember about Search Party before watching Search Party Season 3.
SEARCH PARTY SEASON 1 RECAP: WHAT HAPPENED TO CHANTAL WITHERBOTTOM AND HOW DID KEITH POWELL DIE?
Search Party Season 1 focused on the search for Dory’s missing college classmate Chantal Witherbottom and how it gave the young woman a newfound sense of purpose. Dory not only enlisted boyfriend Drew (John Reynolds) and friends Elliott (John Early) and Portia (Meredith Hagner) on the case, but met an assortment of fascinating characters along the way.
No one rocked Dory’s world more than private investigator Keith Powell. The two met and, upon realizing they were both searching for the same thing, teamed up. They also embarked on an affair. However, when Dory learned that Keith was lying about being a P.I. hired by the Witherbottoms, she cut him off.
Eventually, Dory and her friends tracked a clue to a house in Montreal. Instead of finding Chantal, Dory runs into Keith. Now terrified of him, she freaks out and tasers him. In response, he lunges at her. Drew walks in on this scene and bludgeons Keith to death.
It is at this awful moment that Portia reveals that Chantal is safe and sound and in the house. She only ran away off the grid to get over a devastating breakup with a married man. The realization that her disappearance wasn’t a big deal not only means Keith’s death was pointless — as he was just a dude after Chantal’s reward — but that Dory now has no meaning.
SEARCH PARTY SEASON 2 RECAP: WHY DID DORY KILL APRIL?
After Dory, Drew, Elliott, and Portia frantically try to cover up the murder of Keith Powell, they return to the city and attempt to live their normal lives. Even though they reunite Chantal with her family, they are all haunted by the sense that someone is watching them. Indeed, they have a blackmailer on their tail. April, Dory and Drew’s neighbor, has figured out what her entitled neighbors have done and even tricks them into admitting it on tape. She gives them an ultimatum: $60,000 or the secret is spilled.
When Dory finds out that her ex-boyfriend Julian (Brandon Michael Hall) is involved in a sex scandal with a politician, Mary Ferguson, (J. Cameron Smith), she obtains evidence and hopes to trade it with April. The two meet on the Staten Island Ferry, where April reluctantly takes Julian’s phone with the video evidence. However, she tells Dory that she despises Dory and her gang of friends because they’ve never wanted for anything. In revenge, April vows to stalk them for the rest of their lives, hanging the truth about what happened to Keith above their heads.
Dory starts to leave, thinks about it and decides to hurl April off the ferry to buy her and her friends’ peace.
That said, Dory has crossed a moral line. And she soon faces her comeuppance. At Mary’s victory rally, the police come to arrest Dory for the murder of Keith Powell. Because she has bought April’s silence, the reality hits Dory that one of her close friends might have spilled the beans to the cops.
WHAT IS SEARCH PARTY SEASON 3 ON HBO MAX ABOUT?
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Search Party Season 3 starts immediately after the events of Search Party Season 2. Dory is in a police car being transported to jail, where she inspires some unique reactions from the officers. (Namely she seems so coldly calm during her mug shot that, yes, she smirks in the pic. And that’s going to be a thing!)
While Dory deals with the reality of being in jail, her friends panic in some predictably hilarious (and disturbing) ways. Search Party Season 3 will deal with Dory, Drew, Elliott, and Portia confronting their complicity in the death of Keith Powell (and April).
HOW MANY EPISODES OF SEARCH PARTY SEASON 3 ARE ON HBO MAX?
There are eight (8) episodes in Search Party Season 3. This morning, all eight episodes of Search Party Season 3 premiered exclusively on HBO Max. You can also watch the first two seasons of Search Party on HBO Max.
Where to stream Search Party


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Man shot inside Seattle’s CHOP claims racists attacked him in ‘hate crime’

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A man critically injured in one of the shootings inside Seattle’s chaotic, cop-free CHAZ claims it was a hate crime committed by racist infiltrators who dropped the N-word.
DeJuan Young told KIRO 7 that he was fleeing the sound of gunshots from where a teenager was shot dead early Saturday when he was accosted by at least four men who dropped a racial slur when they shot him.
“I’m not sure if they’re Proud Boys or KKK,” Young told the station of the attack in the so-called “Capital Hill Autonomous Zone.”
“But the verbiage that they said was, ‘Hold this n—r’ — and shot me.”
Speaking from a hospital bed, Young told the station that the force knocked him onto the hood of a car.
“And they stood over top of me and continued to fire,” he said. “I tried to protect myself and got shot in the arm,” he claimed of the assailants, who apparently managed to disappear afterward.
“I’m positive this was a hate crime,” he told King 5 news in a separate interview.
Volunteers in the zone — also known as “CHOP,” or Capitol Hill Organized Protest — rushed him to the hospital because emergency services struggled to access the controversial area.
Young says he is angry at the lack of help from cops — even though he concedes keeping them away was central to the protest.
“I understand everybody’s going to say, ‘Oh, it was the CHAZ zone and y’all asked for the police not to be there, so don’t act like y’all need them now,” he said.
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Young told King 5 it has not changed his resolve to push for the police to be defunded.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best accused protesters of thwarting the efforts of police and other first responders to help the shooting victims, including Lorenzo Anderson, 19, who died.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said Monday that officials will now move to wind down the CHAZ because of the bloodshed.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--US coronavirus deaths forecast to hit 180,000 by October

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Experts forecast that there will be nearly 180,000 US deaths due to the coronavirus by Oct. 1 — but as many as 33,000 lives could be saved if at least 95 percent of people wear face masks, according to a new report.
The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation released a model Wednesday that predicts 179,106 deaths nationwide, with a range of 159,497 to 213,715.
Those numbers drop to 146,047 — with a range of 140,849 to 153,438 — if at least 95 percent of people wear masks.
As of Thursday, coronavirus has killed at least 121,979 people and infected nearly 2.4 million nationwide, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
“There is no doubt that even as states open up, the United States is still grappling with a large epidemic on a course to increase beginning in late August and intensifying in September,” IHME director Dr. Christopher Murray said.
“People need to know that wearing masks can reduce transmission of the virus by as much as 50 percent, and those who refuse are putting their lives, their families, their friends, and their communities at risk,” he added.
The latest forecast is lower than the 201,129 deaths predicted on June 15.
California and other states have recently seen spiking case numbers, but deaths are not yet rising at the same rate, a trend that could change in the coming weeks, according to the report.
“States reporting the ages of confirmed cases suggest there are more cases being detected in younger people who are at substantially lower risk of death than older people,” Murray said.
“It remains to be seen how this will unfold over the next few weeks, and if transmission continues to go up, we may see increasing infections in at-risk populations,” he said.
The institute’s projections include the reinstatement of strict social-distancing measures when deaths per day reach a level of 8 per 1 million people, but only Texas and Florida now reach this level of resurgence before Oct. 1.
The wearing of face masks at current reported rates is included in the model.
“These factors are vital in our projections and highlight how many lives can be saved,” Murray said.
In New York state, the forecast of deaths with and without 95 percent wearing masks are 31,729 (range of 31,606 to 31,866) vs. 31,837 (range of 31,676 to 32,021), respectively, according to the report.
“States are attempting the difficult balancing act of preserving health and enabling economic recovery,” Murray said.
“Going forward, IHME will continue to forecast for different scenarios including planned intermittent mandates in the fall when deaths per day may reach higher levels within each state, recognizing that solutions are not uniform across communities,” he said.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Pilots in Pakistan airliner crash were reportedly distracted by coronavirus

A Pakistani airliner with more than 100 people aboard crashed ...

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The pilots of a Pakistan airliner that crashed last month, killing 97 people aboard, were preoccupied and distracted by the coronavirus pandemic as they chatted about the bug — trying to land with the wheels still up on their first attempt, according to an initial official report about the disaster.
The Pakistan International Airlines jet slammed into a residential area near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on May 22, just days after the country lifted coronavirus restrictions and resumed domestic flights ahead of a major Muslim holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Only two people survived the crash of the Airbus A320, which was carrying 91 passengers and eight crew members. A 13-year-old neighborhood girl was critically injured and later died in a hospital.
On Wednesday, Pakistan’s aviation minister blamed “human error” by the cockpit crew as well as air traffic controllers who saw the plane’s two engines scrape the runway with a shower of sparks, but did not tell the pilots.
Investigators determined that the plane was at more than twice the correct altitude when it first approached the runway, the report said.
The badly damaged engines failed as the pilots attempted a second landing, according to the findings.
“The pilot as well as the controller didn’t follow the standard rules,” Aviation Minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said as he announced the findings in parliament.
He said the captain — who had been talking about the pandemic with the first officer — ignored instructions from the controller during the landing attempt.
“The pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout they were having a conversation about coronavirus,” Khan said.
According to the voice recorder, the pilots had discussed the coronavirus — which apparently had affected their families — throughout the flight, the report found.
The crash occurred as the crew tried to land a second time and the traffic controller told the pilot three times that the aircraft was too low to land but he refused to listen, saying he would manage, Khan said.
Khan told reporters later that when the plane was making an approach for a second landing, it lacked enough power, but the pilots “started discussing corona again.”
Just minutes before the crash, the pilot declared an emergency and stated that both engines had failed, Khan said.
“The last words from the pilot were, ‘Oh God! Oh God! Oh God,'” he added.
Khan said the plane “had no technical fault” before the crash and that the extremely experienced pilots were healthy — but “due to overconfidence and lack of focus,” the tragedy took place.
The minister also cited a troubling review of pilot credentials, saying an investigation last year found that 262 of Pakistan’s 860 active pilots had fake licenses or had cheated on exams — including an unspecified number of PIA pilots.
PIA will be grounding nearly 150 of its 426 pilots amid an inquiry that they hold “dubious” licenses, a company spokesman said.
Qasim Qadim, a spokesman for the Pakistan Airline Pilots Association, called the accident findings “mind-boggling,” Agence France-Presse reported.
“How could it happen? It just baffles me,” he said. “The greatest pilots with the best records have made mistakes. Humans make mistakes.”
The report did not name the pilots, but a senior airline official told AFP the captain was Sajjad Gul, who joined PIA 25 years ago and had accumulated 17,000 hours of flying experience, including 4,500 hours on A320s.
The secretary of the Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association told Reuters that pilots were expected to not be distracted during crucial procedures such as landing, but that other factors also should be probed for the complete report.
“It was pointed out the pilots were busy talking about corona, and that they may have overlooked a few things,” he said, but other factors were involved, including “not being provided proper support from air traffic control.”
A full report is expected to be released at the end of the year.
With Post wires


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Slow-moving scooter couple hilariously holds up beach traffic

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“F— the traffic behind us!” An elderly couple on motor scooters led a long line of cars crossing a bridge in Navarre, Florida, and the driver behind provided his hilarious commentary. “America! Keep on going, baby, because we are in America, riding a power scooter,” Eddie Gold jokingly sang as he filmed the duo.
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newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Who is Timothée’s newest Chala-bae?

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Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) • Timothée Chalamet and his new gal pal Eiza Gonzalez were spotted canoodling poolside in Cabo .
• Winona Ryder is firing back at Mel Gibson after recalling alleged anti-Semitic remarks he once made to her .
• And Ian learns what a pedicure is after hearing “ Good Day New York ” anchor Rosanna Scotto ’ s husband is on quarantine nail-clipping duty .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of today ’ s stories : The Internet ’ s boyfriend Timothée Chalamet is moving on from his breakup with Lily Rose-Depp by living it up in Cabo San Lucas with a new ladyfriend , Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez .
He was spotted mid-PDA with the star .
In pics obtained by TMZ , Chalamet , 24 , can be seen kissing Gonzalez , 30 , as they lounge poolside .
At one point , he also apparently picked up a guitar and began to serenade his new beau .
Winona Ryder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recalling alleged anti-Semitic remarks he made to her in the past , revealing the “ painful ” homophobic words she says were hurled at her close friend .
“ The Plot Against America ” Ryder , 48 , says Gibson , 64 , made “ hateful ” comments to late makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin over 20 years ago at a party .
“ I believe in redemption and forgiveness and hope that Mr. Gibson has found a healthy way to deal with his demons , but I am not one of them , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Around 1996 , my friend Kevyn Aucoin and I were on the receiving end of his hateful words .
It is a painful and vivid memory for me.
” Ryder also said the actor , who has been accused of anti-Semitic and homophobic words before , needs to come clean about his past so he can move forward .
“ Only by accepting responsibility for our behavior in this life , can we make amends and truly respect each other , and I wish him well on this lifelong journey , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York ” anchor Rosanna Scotto told Page Six that without her usual pedicurist , her husband Louis John Ruggiero “ saw me one day struggling to clip my toenails ” and “ took pity on me.
” She said it ’ s important that unruly nails don ’ t claw Ruggiero while they sleep .
“ He ’ s a lawyer , so I have to make sure I keep everything good and safe and nobody gets hurt , ” she added .
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In this episode:
Timothée Chalamet and his new gal pal Eiza Gonzalez were spotted canoodling poolside in Cabo.
Winona Ryder is firing back at Mel Gibson after recalling alleged anti-Semitic remarks he once made to her.
And Ian learns what a pedicure is after hearing “Good Day New York” anchor Rosanna Scotto’s husband is on quarantine nail-clipping duty.
Here’s a closer look at some of today’s stories:
Timmy’s new boo?
The Internet’s boyfriend Timothée Chalamet is moving on from his breakup with Lily Rose-Depp by living it up in Cabo San Lucas with a new ladyfriend, Mexican actress Eiza Gonzalez. He was spotted mid-PDA with the star.
In pics obtained by TMZ, Chalamet, 24, can be seen kissing Gonzalez, 30, as they lounge poolside. At one point, he also apparently picked up a guitar and began to serenade his new beau.
Winona claps back
Winona Ryder is clapping back at Mel Gibson after recalling alleged anti-Semitic remarks he made to her in the past, revealing the “painful” homophobic words she says were hurled at her close friend.
“The Plot Against America” Ryder, 48, says Gibson, 64, made “hateful” comments to late makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin over 20 years ago at a party.
“I believe in redemption and forgiveness and hope that Mr. Gibson has found a healthy way to deal with his demons, but I am not one of them,” the actress tells The Post. “Around 1996, my friend Kevyn Aucoin and I were on the receiving end of his hateful words. It is a painful and vivid memory for me.”
Ryder also said the actor, who has been accused of anti-Semitic and homophobic words before, needs to come clean about his past so he can move forward.
“Only by accepting responsibility for our behavior in this life, can we make amends and truly respect each other, and I wish him well on this lifelong journey,” she said.
Pedicure time
“Good Day New York” anchor Rosanna Scotto told Page Six that without her usual pedicurist, her husband Louis John Ruggiero “saw me one day struggling to clip my toenails” and “took pity on me.”
She said it’s important that unruly nails don’t claw Ruggiero while they sleep.
“He’s a lawyer, so I have to make sure I keep everything good and safe and nobody gets hurt,” she added.
Catch up on all episodes of “We Hear” by subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes come out every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Jeffrey Epstein accusers can now apply for victims compensation fund

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Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers can finally get some justice — the dead pedophile’s victims compensation fund is now taking claims, the fund administrator announced Thursday.
“This Program provides victims of Jeffrey Epstein the opportunity to be heard outside the glare of public courtroom proceedings, and to receive acknowledgment by an independent third party as to the legitimacy of their experience and the long-term suffering it has wrought,” fund administrator Jordana Feldman said in a statement.
The program — which was created in November by the same people involved in the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund — is being run independently of his $634 million estate, which will ultimately pay the victims.
It provides a confidential forum for at least 70 women, who say they were sexually abused by the 66-year-old convicted-pedophile hedge funder, to receive monetary compensation without having to fight their cases publicly in court.
Because of the confidentiality many victims who had previously “been very hesitant to come forward” plan to participate in the fund, Feldman said on a press call Thursday.
Accusers can apply even if their cases would have been time-barred in court — or if they had a prior settlement. And the standard for proving their accusations is “more relaxed” than it would have been in court, the administrators said.
The victims may opt-in or out of the fund but must sign a release not to bring more legal action against the estate if they participate.
The release also protects Epstein’s former employees from litigation, so victims who collect money and sign the release will not be able to sue Epstein’s alleged madame Ghislaine Maxwell as “the estate intends to include her as a former employee,” Feldman said.
At the same time the release does contain a “carve out” for victims to bring claims “against an individual to whom the victim was trafficked outside of Epstein’s employ,” Feldman clarified.
And women, who say they were Epstein victims while also working for him, can make a claim as long as they can show they “acted under duress as a result of their own abuse,” Feldman explained.
There is no cap on payouts for victims, but Feldman — who will determine the amounts herself — said she expects “they will run from the thousands to the millions.”
It was not immediately clear how many victims would file claims but Feldman said that the lawyers for the 70 victims that she has been in contact with “have all expressed that their clients are interested in participating in the program.”
Epstein’s estate and executors will not have any say in whether a case is accepted or rejected, the administrators said.
Anyone who has not already filed suit or staked a claim in the estate can register with the program online. The fund will accept applications until March 25, 2021, the administrators said.
The fund doesn’t prevent a criminal case from being brought against any potential Epstein conspirators nor does the release prevent victims from cooperating with authorities or telling their story to the public, Feldman said.
“Treating victims with dignity and respect and providing them with appropriate compensation is central to our work with the Program, even as we recognize that no amount of money will erase the years of pain these victims have endured,” Feldman said.
Feldman added that the fund “is committed to processing the victims’ claims in a prompt, fair and effective manner.”
The fund was stalled in court for months as the victims’ lawyers, estate executors and the Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands negotiated over how it should be run. It was finally approved by a Virgin Islands judge earlier this month.
Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide by hanging last August in a Lower Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Chuck E. Cheese parent company files for bankruptcy, another casualty of pandemic

Restaurant chain Chuck E. Cheese parent CEC Entertainment filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday , making it the latest casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic that has crushed entertainment and leisure industries globally .
The company described the current crisis as the “ most challenging ” in its history and said it would use the bankruptcy proceedings to continue talks with stakeholders and landlords , as well as restructure its balance sheet .
CEC listed both assets and liabilities in the range of $ 1 billion to $ 10 billion , according to the bankruptcy filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
U.S. and international franchise partners as well as corporate entities outside the United States are not part of the process , it said .
Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza locations will continue to re-open as per government guidelines , CEC added .
As of Wednesday , 266 Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza restaurant and arcade venues were re-opened , with the company expecting to maintain ongoing operations in the locations throughout the Chapter 11 process .
Irving , Texas-based CEC was taken private by Apollo Global Management in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , including debt .
It has since sought to broaden its appeal beyond children and teenagers , expanding its alcohol offerings for adults .
Last year , the company terminated its earlier decision to merge with Leo Holdings , a blank check company .
As of March , CEC and its franchisees operated 612 Chuck E. Cheese and 122 Peter Piper Pizza venues , with locations in 47 U.S. states and 16 foreign countries .
PJT Partners is serving as a financial adviser , while FTI Consulting is its restructuring adviser , it @ @

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Every kid’s favorite pizza-loving mouse has become a coronavirus casualty.
Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, CEC Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy late Wednesday after the pandemic shuttered most of its family-friendly eateries.
The restaurant-and-arcade chain said it will use the Chapter 11 process to restructure its debt-heavy balance sheet through talks with financial stakeholders and landlords as plots a recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
The bankruptcy “will allow us to strengthen our financial structure as we recover from what has undoubtedly been the most challenging event in our company’s history and get back to the business of delivering memories, entertainment, and pizzas for another 40 years and beyond,” CEC CEO David McKillips said in a Thursday statement.
CEC closed the dining rooms and arcades at its roughly 550 company-run Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza venues in March as the coronavirus spread around the world. The Texas-based company said it had reopened 266 of those locations as of Wednesday, which it expects to continue operating during the bankruptcy proceedings.
Comparable sales plunged about 22 percent in the first quarter even though most of its restaurants remained open for takeout and delivery. The company tried to boost its to-go business during the pandemic by quietly rebranding as “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings” on delivery apps, but the move perplexed some customers.
CEC’s financial struggles predated the pandemic — it reported net losses of nearly $29 million last year and about $20.4 million in 2018. The company’s bankruptcy filings reveal estimated liabilities of $1 billion to $10 billion and roughly 1,500 potential creditors.
Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell started the company as Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre in 1977. CEC now has more than 600 Chuck E. Cheese locations and more than 120 Peter Piper Pizza restaurants, including franchises, across 47 states and 16 foreign countries and territories.
Private equity giant Apollo Global Management bought CEC in 2014. The company had plans to go public last year through a merger with a blank-check company, but the deal was nixed in July.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--A-frame houses stage a massive comeback for the Instagram age

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It wasn’t so long ago that the humble A-frame house — so named because of its silhouette’s similarity to the triangular letter — was a bygone architectural relic. These small chalets, which flourished in the 1950s and ’60s as inexpensive vacation homes for America’s booming postwar middle class, were largely forgotten by building buffs who regularly waxed rhapsodic about other, more popular midcentury structures.
But in recent years, the A-frame has experienced a huge resurgence in popularity, particularly among design-minded New Yorkers seeking refuge in regions outside the five boroughs like the Hudson Valley and the Catskills.
That was the case for Jeremy Parker and Carlos Breton, the owners of what is perhaps New York’s coolest A-frame: a circa-1961 Catskills cabin they’ve dubbed the Black A-Frame due to the color of its facade. The property in the newly trendy hamlet of Kerhonkson, NY, has become an Instagram sensation, with more than 92,000 followers. Parker, a 39-year-old photo studio owner, and Breton, a 38-year-old medical researcher, bought the house in 2015, intending to fix it up and use it as a weekend getaway from the city. They transformed the once rundown structure into a sleek two-bedroom retreat that’s since become hugely popular on Airbnb (reservations that average $266/night are booked solid through the end of the year). Its social media fame means that the pointed home has appeared in many an influencer’s dreamily lit photos.
“We were committed to [renovating the cabin] and we were enjoying the process, and once it was done we just decided to put in on Airbnb just to see what happened,” Breton says. “All of a sudden, it was booked solid.”
Social media has helped propel these often diminutive homes to what is essentially architectural stardom — particularly on Instagram, where A-frame enthusiasts share snaps of their quirky finds across the United States. With their attractively sloped sides, bucolic rural settings and interiors that are often inspired by Scandinavian or Japanese design, these homes are basically engineered to take in the likes on the image-heavy platform. Dedicated fan accounts like A-Frame Addicts, A-Frame Daily and Stay A-Frame showcase some of the most stylish specimens out there. A-Frame Dreams, meanwhile, posts exclusively about angular abodes that are on the market.
“Once somebody buys an A-frame, they start their account, [and] everybody follows them,” says Leah Bopf, 37, who runs A-Frame Dreams from her (non-A-frame) home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. “It’s like you’re in a club together — that’s how it was in the ’60s, and that’s how I feel the A-frame community is.”
The enduring popularity of midcentury modern architecture and design is another factor in the A-frame renaissance. As the bold, often groovy styles of that period came back into fashion over the past decade, so too did the clean lines and simplicity of the A-frame. And for city dwellers who want to invest in their own weekend hideaway — or enterprising buyers looking to make some extra cash from a rental property — A-frames are both attainable and practical.
“The diminutive size, rustic, often do-it-yourself construction, and off-the-grid location of many postwar A-frames has endeared them to those exploring alternative ways of living,” writes author Chad Randl in a new preface to his 2004 book “A-Frame,” which was reissued this month by Princeton Architectural Press.
For Adam Paiva, who says he’s “always been obsessed with A-frames,” that accessibility was part of the appeal. He purchased a dilapidated A-frame home in the Catskills hamlet of Greenfield Park, NY, in 2015, and has spent the past five years fixing it up with help from his father. (And the A-frame obsession runs in the family: Paiva’s dad built an A-frame for the family in his native Paraguay in the 1980s.)
“I liked the idea of doing it myself, and my own blood, sweat and tears going into the cabin,” says Paiva, a 36-year-old acoustical engineer. “I’m taking pride in it, and I like the working-hard-to-make-it-mine aspect of it.”
Paiva has been living in his A-frame full time during the coronavirus pandemic, and has used lockdown as an opportunity to accelerate his renovation, which has included creating a new, lofted bedroom and gutting the kitchen. “The A-frame is a blessing and a curse,” he says. “Dealing with the angled walls just makes all of it more challenging. I have basically one wall to put up art, so I have to be very selective on what to hang. There’s just not many flat areas to use. It makes setting up my furniture kind of tricky. But for me it’s worth it, because I like it so much.”
The A-frame’s newfound renown, however, cuts both ways: The homes are getting more visibility than ever, which makes them harder to snag when they come onto the market. According to Megan Brenn-White, a broker at Keller Williams Realty Hudson Valley North, these houses move fast in the already-hot upstate real estate scene, and potential buyers should be prepared to pay a premium because they’re so popular.
“You take what’s happening in this market,” Brenn-White, 46, says, “and then you give it steroids when you have something that’s a particular architectural style that has a ton of people who love it right now.”
Appraisals for these properties can also get complicated. “The appraiser could go in and be like, ‘This is dumb. This living room is oddly shaped. Where are you putting a sofa?’ ” Brenn-White adds. “But an actual buyer might value something that looks like an A-frame at $100,000 more than something that would have the similar square footage and bedrooms and bathrooms — because it looks so cool. To someone who’s buying a weekend home, that could be worth a lot of money.”
Another thing to consider: The characteristics that make A-frames so buzzy — the cool shape, the architectural history and the intangible nostalgia factor — can also make them tricky DIY projects. “There are certain things about A-frames that people either love or hate,” Bopf says. “Sometimes the kitchens are really small, and people can relate with each other when they have to deal with those quirks of the home.”
Parker and Breton of the Black A-Frame chose to completely gut and reconfigure their house, turning a structure that was “in really terrible shape” into a super-stylish sanctuary. “For us, it was a learning experience because it’s not a simple square house,” says Parker. “There’s a lot of challenges that you have to incur with the angles of the roof. We had a contractor who was chill and able to work with us, but Carlos and I were in there like crazy, doing as much of the work as we could ourselves. It was definitely a very hands-on project.”
It can also be tough to make A-frames work as a family home. Architect Edgar Papazian bought a Hamptons A-frame in 2013 with his wife, Michelle, and spent several months — and about $300,000 — making it livable for their family of four. That included removing an enclosed porch that had been tacked on illegally, adding insulation (which is often missing from midcentury A-frames) and finishing a basement, which holds the home’s three bedrooms. “We were able to basically maximize the square footage of the original A-frame house so that every function and every use can be accommodated,” says Papazian, 47. His family’s “triangle house” in Sag Harbor was featured in a 2018 book, “The Modern A-Frame.”
But even with those foibles, A-frame owners have no regrets about pulling the trigger on their square foot-starved purchases. “It’s a place [where] you are always interacting,” Papazian explains. “We have a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old, and especially during this whole coronavirus situation, we’ve been in the same room all day, every day for the past four months. I think it’s brought us closer in a way that people who live in typical suburban houses aren’t necessarily.”
Parker and Breton’s A-frame days will soon be coming to an end: The couple listed the Black A-Frame earlier this spring, and recently accepted an offer on the house that they say is “well over” the asking price of $595,000. “We got to be so busy with other things that we started to rent it more and more, and then it just started to become more of a full-time rental situation,” Parker says.
But they’re hopeful that the new owners will keep the cabin — and the community that’s sprung up around it — alive.
“We’ve given so much love to that space, there’s literally I don’t think there’s anything more that we could do,” Parker says. “It’s kind of perfect.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Missouri woman apologizes for praising ‘KKK belief’ to Black Lives Matter supporter

A Missouri woman has reportedly apologized for telling a Black Lives Matter supporter she intended to pass on her bigotry to her grandchildren — claiming she doesn ’ t remember making the comments .
Kathy Jenkins was caught on camera Sunday draped in a Confederate flag and extolling her “ KKK belief ” at a Black Lives Matter rally outside of a Dixie Outfitters store in Branson .
“ I will teach my grandkids to hate you all , ” Jenkins told one demonstrator during a heated exchange , video shows .
On Wednesday , Jenkins , who said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Branson , called into the KOLR10 newsroom and issued an apology .
“ I ’ m so , so sorry , ” she told the outlet .
“ I mean , if it would help for me to stand with Black Lives Matter , I absolutely would do that.
” Jenkins , who was gathered with roughly 50 counter-protesters , claimed on Wednesday that she unintentionally ended up with the group who supported the Confederate flag .
She said it was her first time to a rally , originally there as a spectator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assumed signified unity .
Before her on-camera remarks , Jenkins claimed to the station that she “ was chanting Black Lives Matter.
” “ I hadn ’ t said anything until they came into my face…It ’ s like I blacked out .
I don ’ t even remember saying half the stuff that I said , ” she claimed .
“ She knew exactly what she was doing .
She was there from the start on the counter-protesters ’ side shouting obscenities and hateful words at our protesters , ” Pittser said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think her claims to not know what the Confederate flag is and what it represents are absurd and lies , ” the organizer wrote .

A Missouri woman has reportedly apologized for telling a Black Lives Matter supporter she intended to pass on her bigotry to her grandchildren — claiming she doesn’t remember making the comments.
Kathy Jenkins was caught on camera Sunday draped in a Confederate flag and extolling her “KKK belief” at a Black Lives Matter rally outside of a Dixie Outfitters store in Branson.
“I will teach my grandkids to hate you all,” Jenkins told one demonstrator during a heated exchange, video shows.
On Wednesday, Jenkins, who said she has since lost her job and left Branson, called into the KOLR10 newsroom and issued an apology.
“I’m so, so sorry,” she told the outlet. “I mean, if it would help for me to stand with Black Lives Matter, I absolutely would do that.”
Jenkins, who was gathered with roughly 50 counter-protesters, claimed on Wednesday that she unintentionally ended up with the group who supported the Confederate flag.
She said it was her first time to a rally, originally there as a spectator before being handed the flag that she assumed signified unity.
Before her on-camera remarks, Jenkins claimed to the station that she “was chanting Black Lives Matter.”
“I hadn’t said anything until they came into my face…It’s like I blacked out. I don’t even remember saying half the stuff that I said,” she claimed.
Faith Pittser, an organizer of Sunday’s Black Lives Matter rally didn’t buy Jenkins’ claims.
“She knew exactly what she was doing. She was there from the start on the counter-protesters’ side shouting obscenities and hateful words at our protesters,” Pittser said in a statement to KOLR10.
“I think her claims to not know what the Confederate flag is and what it represents are absurd and lies,” the organizer wrote.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Yankees’ Zack Britton confident in MLB health protocols

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Yankees reliever Zack Britton is confident MLB and the players have their priorities in the right place when it comes to health and safety as baseball attempts to take initial steps towards a 60-game regular season with a shortened spring training in big league parks.
“I am anxious to see how it all works out. I think we are taking the appropriate steps regarding health protocols,’’ Britton wrote in an email to The Post on Wednesday. “Obviously, with only 60 games, the season will feel a lot different, but I am excited we are playing again.’’
Testing, wearing masks, no spitting and social distancing are big parts of those protocols.
The plan is for the season to begin in late July. The hope is that a World Series winner will be crowned in October. Of course, that plan was hatched to deal with the coronavirus that has infected several players and staffers from organizations before Spring Training 2 opens.
Last weekend The Post reported four members of the Yankees’ organization tested positive in Tampa and with teams testing before workouts begin it is possible more positive results will surface.
Against that serious backdrop teams are preparing for a season that vanished on March 12 when the coronavirus forced spring training to be halted. Trucks currently are moving equipment from spring training facilities to big league parks. A few Yankees staff members were at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday.
Players will report July 1, rosters which have been frozen since March can be altered starting Friday at noon. By Sunday at 4 p.m. clubs have to turn in their 60-man rosters, 20 of which will make up a taxi squad.
So, what does it mean for the Yankees who have worked off Zoom calls for three months and will finally get a live look at the players in a structured environment that will likely feature a lot of simulated games?
With their 40-man roster full (the suspended Domingo German is on the restricted list), the Yankees would have to drop a player to make room for a free-agent signing or trade acquisition.
Looking at the Yankees’ roster there isn’t a clear area that needs addressing if healthy. Of course the Yankees would have had Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Hicks, James Paxton and Luis Severino on the injured list if the season started on March 26 as scheduled.
According to BetOnline the Yankees and Dodgers lead the majors with projected win totals of 38 ½ in a season that will put a heavy emphasis on a quick start. The schedules are expected to be released in a few days.
The rotation headed by Gerrit Cole is solid as is the bullpen which is anchored by closer Aroldis Chapman. An outfield of Aaron Hicks, Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, Mike Tauchman and Giancarlo Stanton offers power and speed. Gleyber Torres takes over for Didi Gregorius at short and DJ LeMahieu will play second. Luke Voit at first and Gio Urshela at third are the corners. Gary Sanchez’s bat is something the Yankees remain high on. Miguel Andujar might possess the best bat off the bench in baseball.
As for a 60-game slate in which the Yankees will play 40 against the AL East and 20 versus the NL East, Hicks understands there is no settling in.
“As a starter you have to know that you are going to have to play every single game because there is no time,’’ Hicks told The Post last week. “Anything can happen in a 60-game season. … You have to come out fast and you have to come out strong. You have to create separation between you and the other teams.’’


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--MLB commissioner Rob Manfred: ‘We owe it to our fans to be better’

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Rob Manfred knows many fans were angered by the financial fight between Major League Baseball and the players’ association during a pandemic.
“We need to get back on the field, and we need to in a less-charged environment start to have conversations about how we — and the we in that sentence is the commissioner’s office, my staff, the clubs and the MLBPA and the players — can be better going forward,” he said Wednesday during an interview with The Associated Press. “We owe it to our fans to be better than we’ve been the last three months.”
Spring training was cut short by the novel coronavirus on March 12. The sides reached an initial agreement on March 26, which was to have been opening day. That deal called for players to receive prorated salaries, get $170 million in advances and receive a guarantee of service time in the event no games were played this year.
When it became clear the only way to start the season was to play in empty ballparks, the sides battled publicly over what the agreement meant.
Owners said players needed to accept additional cuts and proposed an 82-game schedule starting around the Fourth of July. Players argued they shouldn’t have to accept less than the original deal called for. But that agreement didn’t bind Manfred to start the season with no gate revenue.
Vitriol rose in baseball’s worst infighting since the 7 1/2-month strike of 1994-95 wiped out the World Series for the first time in nine decades. The union rejected the last proposal for a financial agreement, then finished protocols to play in the pandemic on Tuesday and promised players will start reporting July 1 for a 60-game season scheduled to start July 23 or 24, MLB’s briefest since 1878.
“The focus here was on a day’s wage for a day’s worth of work,” union head Tony Clark said during a separate interview with the AP. “That’s what we believed was fair, and that’s why we maintained the position that we did.”
In the view of many, the outcome left losers on both sides. MLB already has experienced four straight seasons of declining average attendance.
“In my opinion, it’s a damn shame that the ramifications of this are going to be felt for a long time,” said Cincinnati catcher Tucker Barnhart, the Reds’ player representative. “I grew up a baseball fan, I’m a baseball fan first, and I think it sucks that it’s had to go on the way that it is. But I hope that getting out and playing will kind of mask some of the bruises that the game as a whole has taken over the last few months.”
MLB intends to start without fans in ballparks, even in places where government and medical officials allow some spectators.
“I think we need to get on the ground running and get comfortable that we can play games in empty stadiums safely before we move forward fans,” Manfred said. “My patience in that regard is in part based on the fact that there are so many different situations. Some places there looks like there’s no prospect, other places they’re more aggressive. I think we need to be patient and even where we have the option, we need to make sure that we know exactly what we’re doing before we jump into it.”
Owners decided to go ahead with a season despite the threat of a grievance from the union, which has claimed MLB did not adhere to provisions in the March 26 agreement requiring the longest schedule economically feasible. That deal also included additional provisions such as fans being allowed into all 30 ballparks and no relevant travel restrictions.
“Every time you make a decision like this, you balance risk and reward,” Manfred said. “I think the clubs felt that the most important objective was to get the game back on the field, and because that was the most important objective, they were prepared to bear whatever risk was associated with a grievance that is — let me be really clear about this: utterly without merit.”
Clark would not directly respond when asked whether lasting damage had been inflicted.
“I think there is an opportunity to move forward, move our game forward,” he said. “And as it relates to the atmosphere in general, the lines of communication remain open, and we’ll count that as a positive in the days ahead. ”
Because there was no financial agreement, the postseason is slated to remain at 10 teams rather than expand to 16. MLB could attempt to make another proposal for a larger postseason.
“I would simply say that if there’s interest to discuss something, I’ll be available to discuss it,” Clark said.
He maintained the decision by the executive board to reject the last plan Monday was not a choice of a grievance over a deal.
“The grievance was not the focus, never has been the focus,” he said. “The goal, and that’s why we sent across proposals, was to attempt to find common ground on an agreement. We simply were unable to do so.”
He would not address last week’s one-on-one meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, which Manfred said produced a framework for a deal and Clark called merely a management proposal. Manfred has maintained Clark promised to try to persuade players to accept it, then said a few hours later he could not get their support.
“Rob can focus on his side and I’ll focus on mine,” Clark said.
Clark defended the union’s decision not to accept MLB’s offer to eliminate free-agent compensation, which could hurt several players’ value next offseason.
“It was associated with significant salary cuts,” he said.
As baseball prepares to resume, Manfred and his staff have watched European soccer leagues carry on with closed-door matches.
“We normally think about our product as two products, the live product and the broadcast product,” he said. “Given our current situation, I think that the goal is to make the broadcast product, because it’s the only one we have, as entertaining for fans as we possibly can. We’re working closely with the RSNs and our national partners in an effort to give the game a zeal that will be satisfying to our fans without having the normal crowd noise and excitement that’s created by that environment.”
Broadcasts possibly may contain artificial crowd noise.
“We’re still making decisions about that,” he said. “I like what they’ve done in England and Germany because I think it’s innovative and I think that the current situation calls for us to try some things that are different.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Colorado mom makes a splash throwing toddler into pool in viral Tik Tok video

A viral TikTok has been making a splash on social media this week .
The video , which was posted by Colorado native Krysta Meyer on Wednesday and reached almost 70 million views worldwide , shows 18-year-old Jillian Anderson throwing Meyer ’ s 8-month-old into a pool and then climbing in herself while the baby floats on his back reports Fox 21 .
The video was intended to showcase her children ’ s progress in learning how to swim .
However , some people have found this method to be a bit extreme .
“ What a nice way to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ user @ adison.pearl .
“ Your such a bad mother man he ’ s a fricken baby and you ’ re throwing him into the water , ” said another .
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends swim lessons for infants one year and older , but writes on its website , “ there is currently no evidence that infant swim programs for babies under 1 year old lower their drowning risk.
” Armstrong , who works at the Little Fins Swim School , disagrees with that recommendation .
“ Parents always ask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ start , and it ’ s six months , ” she said .
“ They just don ’ t know what babies are capable of .
It ’ s amazing what they can do !
” .
While toddlers can float naturally , the object of the Little Fins course is to teach the infants how to float until an adult can come and rescue them .
“ There ’ s a lot of people that have misinformation .
Our biggest goal is to get people to know what ’ s actually happening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the General manager of the school , also stands by the actions of the instructor .
“ It gives them that sensation of an unexpected water entry and how to recover when you don ’ t know what to do , ” Armstrong said .
“ It ’ s giving my kids a chance to fight in case there is an accident , ” says mother Krysta Meyer .
Meyer , who has received backlash and even death threats for the video doesn ’ t regret posting it .
“ I need people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it ’ s going to save my kids .
I would never be able to live with myself knowing that drowning is 100 percent preventable , and I could have done something about it , ” she said .
“ Even if we can change five … 10 people ’ s mindset into putting their kids into swim classes… that ’ s five or 10 lives that we could potentially be saving .
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A viral TikTok has been making a splash on social media this week.
The video, which was posted by Colorado native Krysta Meyer on Wednesday and reached almost 70 million views worldwide, shows 18-year-old Jillian Anderson throwing Meyer’s 8-month-old into a pool and then climbing in herself while the baby floats on his back reports Fox 21.
The video was intended to showcase her children’s progress in learning how to swim.
However, some people have found this method to be a bit extreme.
“What a nice way to drown a baby,” said TikTok user @adison.pearl.
“Your such a bad mother man he’s a fricken baby and you’re throwing him into the water,” said another.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends swim lessons for infants one year and older, but writes on its website, “there is currently no evidence that infant swim programs for babies under 1 year old lower their drowning risk.”
Armstrong, who works at the Little Fins Swim School, disagrees with that recommendation.
“Parents always ask me when the right age is to start, and it’s six months,” she said. “They just don’t know what babies are capable of. It’s amazing what they can do!”.
While toddlers can float naturally, the object of the Little Fins course is to teach the infants how to float until an adult can come and rescue them.
“There’s a lot of people that have misinformation. Our biggest goal is to get people to know what’s actually happening in the video.”
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Mary Armstrong, the General manager of the school, also stands by the actions of the instructor.
“It gives them that sensation of an unexpected water entry and how to recover when you don’t know what to do,” Armstrong said.
“It’s giving my kids a chance to fight in case there is an accident,” says mother Krysta Meyer.
Meyer, who has received backlash and even death threats for the video doesn’t regret posting it.
“I need people to understand I am trusting into something because it’s going to save my kids. I would never be able to live with myself knowing that drowning is 100 percent preventable, and I could have done something about it,” she said.
“Even if we can change five … 10 people’s mindset into putting their kids into swim classes… that’s five or 10 lives that we could potentially be saving.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Kings’ Jabari Parker, Buddy Hield and Alex Len have coronavirus

The coronavirus has struck the Sacramento Kings .
Three Kings players Jabari Parker , Alex Len and Buddy Hield have tested positive for COVID-19 , according to multiple reports .
“ Several days ago I tested positive for COVID-19 and immediately self-isolated in Chicago which is where I remain , ” the 25-year-old forward Parker said in a statement released by the team .
“ I am progressing in my recovery and feeling well .
I look forward to joining my teammates in Orlando as we return to the court for the resumption of the NBA season.
” Len , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Instagram post that he was tested Tuesday in Sacramento , Calif. “ I want to thank the Sacramento Kings for their great care and the NBA for putting the protocols in place to allow me to catch this early , ” Len ’ s statement said .
“ I have immediately entered isolation and look forward to being cleared and rejoining my teammates for our playoff push.
” Hield tested positive , according to The Athletic , but the Kings and Hield did not confirm that report .
The 27-year-old shooting guard recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Oklahoma .
The Kings , who have a 28-36 record , are one of the 22 NBA teams slated to resume games on July 30 in Orlando , Fla .
These cases came after the Pacers ’ Marcus Brogdon announced on Tuesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus .

The coronavirus has struck the Sacramento Kings.
Three Kings players Jabari Parker, Alex Len and Buddy Hield have tested positive for COVID-19, according to multiple reports.
“Several days ago I tested positive for COVID-19 and immediately self-isolated in Chicago which is where I remain,” the 25-year-old forward Parker said in a statement released by the team. “I am progressing in my recovery and feeling well. I look forward to joining my teammates in Orlando as we return to the court for the resumption of the NBA season.”
Len, a 27-year-old forward, said on an Instagram post that he was tested Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif.
“I want to thank the Sacramento Kings for their great care and the NBA for putting the protocols in place to allow me to catch this early,” Len’s statement said. “I have immediately entered isolation and look forward to being cleared and rejoining my teammates for our playoff push.”
Hield tested positive, according to The Athletic, but the Kings and Hield did not confirm that report. The 27-year-old shooting guard recently played in a men’s league in Oklahoma.
The Kings, who have a 28-36 record, are one of the 22 NBA teams slated to resume games on July 30 in Orlando, Fla.
These cases came after the Pacers’ Marcus Brogdon announced on Tuesday that he tested positive for the coronavirus.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Behold, 5 adorable A-frame houses for sale near NYC

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Looking to take the plunge and buy your own A-frame ?
Good point !
You ’ ll find plenty of good options within the tristate area .
Check out these cute homes for same right now , curated by interior designer Leah Bopf of A-Frame Dreams , a website and Instagram feed that lists angular abodes on the market across the US .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours ’ drive from New York City .
Be prepared , though — you ’ ll probably to start an Instagram account for your own quirky A-frame .
Less than an hour outside of New York City , this swanky three-bedroom chalet would be perfect if you want the A-frame lifestyle without the need to DIY a space .
The house was built in 1968 and has a real “ Brady Bunch ” vibe thanks to its wood paneling , exposed brick walls , and generally mod interiors .
It ’ s set @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with a pool .
Seeking more of a beachy vibe ?
This four-bedroom A-frame is located just off the coast of the Long Island Sound in the Connecticut hamlet of Stratford .
The house itself could use some work , but the bones are there — including a spacious deck and a balcony off of one of the bedrooms .
This New Jersey A-frame dates back to the 1970s , but you wouldn ’ t know it from the interiors : It was recently renovated , with huge windows , a modern kitchen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a sleeping loft .
It ’ s nestled in the woods and close to Forest Lake ; the expansive deck would give you a perfect perch to enjoy views of both .
Down a secluded cul-de-sac on Long Island ’ s North Fork sits this circa-1954 A-frame with a spacious back addition that could easily accommodate a large family .
It has two bedrooms as well as a large loft that can work as a bedroom or home office ( or both ! )
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It ’ s just a short drive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fork ’ s beaches on the Long Island Sound .
This cute complex in Woodstock is a larger parcel of land that holds a main home and two smaller A-frame cabins .
The interiors are all Instagram-ready , with an aesthetic the brokerbabble describes as a “ new take on a classic Scandinavian summerhouse.
” Read : a mix of light and dark woods , minimal furnishings and plenty of cozy nooks and crannies .
The smaller A-frame properties on the land are sleek and spare , practically begging to be rented out @ @ @ @

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Looking to take the plunge and buy your own A-frame? Good point!
You’ll find plenty of good options within the tristate area. Check out these cute homes for same right now, curated by interior designer Leah Bopf of A-Frame Dreams, a website and Instagram feed that lists angular abodes on the market across the US.
The five properties below are just a couple hours’ drive from New York City. Be prepared, though — you’ll probably to start an Instagram account for your own quirky A-frame.
5 Croton Lake Road Croton-on-Hudson, New York
$1.3 million
Less than an hour outside of New York City, this swanky three-bedroom chalet would be perfect if you want the A-frame lifestyle without the need to DIY a space. The house was built in 1968 and has a real “Brady Bunch” vibe thanks to its wood paneling, exposed brick walls, and generally mod interiors. It’s set on close to 2 acres and comes with a pool.
Valeria Leis, North Country Sotheby’s International Realty, 914-271-5115
68 2nd Ave., Stratford, Connecticut
$350,000
Seeking more of a beachy vibe? This four-bedroom A-frame is located just off the coast of the Long Island Sound in the Connecticut hamlet of Stratford. The house itself could use some work, but the bones are there — including a spacious deck and a balcony off of one of the bedrooms.
Osi Rosenberg, A to Z Realty, 917-273-7524
18 Deer Run, Byram Township, New Jersey
$290,000
This New Jersey A-frame dates back to the 1970s, but you wouldn’t know it from the interiors: It was recently renovated, with huge windows, a modern kitchen and a slick spiral staircase that leads to a sleeping loft. It’s nestled in the woods and close to Forest Lake; the expansive deck would give you a perfect perch to enjoy views of both.
Lisa DeSordi, Re/Max Platinum Group, 973-726-5700
600 Highwood Road, Southold, New York
$579,000
Down a secluded cul-de-sac on Long Island’s North Fork sits this circa-1954 A-frame with a spacious back addition that could easily accommodate a large family. It has two bedrooms as well as a large loft that can work as a bedroom or home office (or both!). It’s just a short drive from Southold to some of the North Fork’s beaches on the Long Island Sound.
John Nickles, Lewis & Nickles, 631-765-3416
Silver Hollow Road, Woodstock, New York
$1.49 million
This cute complex in Woodstock is a larger parcel of land that holds a main home and two smaller A-frame cabins. The interiors are all Instagram-ready, with an aesthetic the brokerbabble describes as a “new take on a classic Scandinavian summerhouse.” Read: a mix of light and dark woods, minimal furnishings and plenty of cozy nooks and crannies. The smaller A-frame properties on the land are sleek and spare, practically begging to be rented out to city weekenders.
Gary Heckelman, Halter Associates Realty, 845-532-1178


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Florida man allegedly stole, crashed and abandoned a $1 million yacht

There ’ s likely a stern punishment in store for this alleged criminal .
A Florida man reportedly stole , crashed and then abandoned a yacht worth almost $ 1 million in March , evading police for three months before being arrested last week .
The nautical no-gooder , 28-year-old Donovan Russell Jester , stole the boat from a dock in St. Petersburg , Florida , then left it after crashing it into channel-marker pilings , according to the Pinnellas County Sheriff ’ s Office .
The boat then drifted into a nearby oyster bed , where it was discovered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to identify Jester by a thumbprint left on the cabin door .
He was charged with grand theft vessel for the joyride , and faces up to 30 years in prison .
The stolen yacht was identified by authorities as a 46-foot Jeanneau Leader worth $ 900,000 .
On its website , Jeanneau markets the luxury vessel with provocative terms , describing “ her sinuous profile ” and “ sporty look.
” Jeanneau ’ s website says the boat ’ s interior “ will seduce you with her contemporary spirit.
” It also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ owner ’ s suite that can fit a king-sized bed .
Jester was being held at the Pinnellas County Jail with bail set at $ 50,000 , according to the Tampa Bay Times .

There’s likely a stern punishment in store for this alleged criminal.
A Florida man reportedly stole, crashed and then abandoned a yacht worth almost $1 million in March, evading police for three months before being arrested last week.
The nautical no-gooder, 28-year-old Donovan Russell Jester, stole the boat from a dock in St. Petersburg, Florida, then left it after crashing it into channel-marker pilings, according to the Pinnellas County Sheriff’s Office.
The boat then drifted into a nearby oyster bed, where it was discovered by local deputies. They were able to identify Jester by a thumbprint left on the cabin door.
He was charged with grand theft vessel for the joyride, and faces up to 30 years in prison.
The stolen yacht was identified by authorities as a 46-foot Jeanneau Leader worth $900,000.
On its website, Jeanneau markets the luxury vessel with provocative terms, describing “her sinuous profile” and “sporty look.” Jeanneau’s website says the boat’s interior “will seduce you with her contemporary spirit.”
It also has two large cabins, including an owner’s suite that can fit a king-size bed.
Jester was being held at the Pinnellas County Jail with bail set at $50,000, according to the Tampa Bay Times.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Man accused of fatally shooting 7-year-old girl three hours after jail release

A North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly fatally shooting a 7-year-old girl on Tuesday three hours after he was released from jail .
Shaquille Marshon Francis , 26 , is accused of firing the shot that struck Aaliyah Norris in the head as the little girl was inside of a car in Forest City , police said .
Norris was taken to the hospital in critical condition , but by Thursday she had died , police announced .
Police were tipped off by community members that Francis , of Forest City , was the suspect .
He was arrested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill .
After Norris died , Francis ’ charges were upgraded to murder , police said .
Forest City Police Chief Chris LeRoy told WLOS that Francis had been released from jail Tuesday just three hours before he allegedly shot Norris .
Forest City Dunbar Elementary School , where Norris attended , mourned the youngster ’ s death in a Facebook post .
“ The Forest City – Dunbar family is incredibly saddened at the loss of one of our students @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Please keep her family and friends in your prayers .
”

A North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly fatally shooting a 7-year-old girl on Tuesday three hours after he was released from jail.
Shaquille Marshon Francis, 26, is accused of firing the shot that struck Aaliyah Norris in the head as the little girl was inside a car in Forest City, police said.
Aaliyah was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but by Thursday she had died, police announced.
Police were tipped off by community members that Francis, of Forest City, was the suspect. He was arrested Wednesday and initially slapped with several charges, including assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury with intent to kill.
After Aaliyah died, Francis’ charges were upgraded to murder, police said.
Forest City Police Chief Chris LeRoy told WLOS that Francis had been released from jail Tuesday just three hours before he allegedly shot Aaliyah.
Forest City Dunbar Elementary School, which Aaliyah attended, mourned the youngster’s death in a Facebook post.
“The Forest City – Dunbar family is incredibly saddened at the loss of one of our students Aaliyah Norris,” the statement read.
“Please keep her family and friends in your prayers.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Tom Brady’s coronavirus message: ‘Only thing we have to fear is fear itself’

Despite a rise of coronavirus cases in Florida , Tom Brady isn ’ t backing down from holding workouts with his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates .
And during a Thursday workout , he even channeled one of most known presidents in the United States — Franklin Delano Roosevelt .
The 42-year-old quarterback posted a picture of himself on his Instagram story drinking water with the quote : ” ‘ Only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
’ -FDR ” in an apparent response to critics who think he should not be holding workouts during this stage of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his first inaugural address as the 32nd president of the United States on March 4 , 1933 after defeating Herbert Hoover for the presidency and with the country in the middle of The Great Depression .
Brady likely will be glad to know that the NFL still plans to hold training camps on time beginning in late July , though contingency plans are in place .
In response to NFL players holding private workouts , the NFL ’ s chief medical officer , Dr. Allen Sills , backed up a recent statement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s medical officer , advising against the workouts .
Brady isn ’ t the only NFL quarterback that is holding workouts .
The Giants ’ Daniel Jones and the Jets ’ Sam Darnold held workouts in Texas and Florida respectively , but haven ’ t been as public about the workouts as the surefire Hall of Fame quarterback has been .
“ This is , again , a place where the NFLPA and the NFL are in the same exact place , which is we want whatever makes it the safest possible environment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sills said .
“ Again , this is all about risk reduction and trying to mitigate risk .
We know that we can ’ t eliminate risk .
And so we will work very much hand in hand with the players association because , again , this is where everyone in that team environment is going to share the same risk .
But they ’ ll also share the same responsibility to each other.
” This isn ’ t the first time Brady has disregarded coronavirus-related orders .
In April , Brady was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the local government had closed the area because of the virus .
The six-time Super Bowl champion also disregarded stay-at-home orders in Florida , when Brady attempted to visit Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich that same month , but mistakenly walked into a neighbor ’ s house .
Sills also stressed that what the general public should be doing during the pandemic is exactly what the league and its players should be doing .
“ We remain in very active discussion with the players association on the protocols dealing with testing and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said Thursday .
“ And so we updated the ownership about where we stand with those issues and our approach to that .
The league and the Pro Football Hall of Fame did cancel the opening preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers set for Aug. 6 .
The hall ’ s induction ceremonies set for Aug. 8 , and again in mid-September for a special centennial class , have been moved to August 2021 , when the Cowboys and Steelers will play in the game .

Despite a rise of coronavirus cases in Florida, Tom Brady isn’t backing down from holding workouts with his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates.
And during a Thursday workout, he even channeled one of most known presidents in the United States — Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The 42-year-old quarterback posted a picture of himself on his Instagram story drinking water with the quote: ” ‘Only thing we have to fear is fear itself.’ -FDR” in an apparent response to critics who think he should not be holding workouts during this stage of the pandemic. Roosevelt delivered that famous line in his first inaugural address as the 32nd president of the United States on March 4, 1933 after defeating Herbert Hoover for the presidency and with the country in the middle of The Great Depression.
Brady likely will be glad to know that the NFL still plans to hold training camps on time beginning in late July, though contingency plans are in place.
In response to NFL players holding private workouts, the NFL’s chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, backed up a recent statement by Thom Mayer, the union’s medical officer, advising against the workouts. Brady isn’t the only NFL quarterback that is holding workouts. The Giants’ Daniel Jones and the Jets’ Sam Darnold held workouts in Texas and Florida respectively, but haven’t been as public about the workouts as the surefire Hall of Fame quarterback has been.
“This is, again, a place where the NFLPA and the NFL are in the same exact place, which is we want whatever makes it the safest possible environment for all of our constituents,” Sills said. “Again, this is all about risk reduction and trying to mitigate risk. We know that we can’t eliminate risk. And so we will work very much hand in hand with the players association because, again, this is where everyone in that team environment is going to share the same risk. But they’ll also share the same responsibility to each other.”
This isn’t the first time Brady has disregarded coronavirus-related orders.
In April, Brady was ejected from a park in Tampa, where the local government had closed the area because of the virus. The six-time Super Bowl champion also disregarded stay-at-home orders in Florida, when Brady attempted to visit Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich that same month, but mistakenly walked into a neighbor’s house.
Sills also stressed that what the general public should be doing during the pandemic is exactly what the league and its players should be doing.
“We remain in very active discussion with the players association on the protocols dealing with testing and screening and treatment, response and travel,” he said Thursday. “And so we updated the ownership about where we stand with those issues and our approach to that.
The league and the Pro Football Hall of Fame did cancel the opening preseason game between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers set for Aug. 6. The hall’s induction ceremonies set for Aug. 8, and again in mid-September for a special centennial class, have been moved to August 2021, when the Cowboys and Steelers will play in the game.
— with AP


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Bill de Blasio’s bogus layoff threat

Bill de Blasio’s bogus layoff threat

Mayor Bill de Blasio has plenty of ways to trim ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio is threatening to pink-slip 22,000 city employees if the feds or state don’t send him cash soon, but the schnook can’t even blackmail properly.
De Blasio trotted out the L-word, layoffs, to stoke fear of a catastrophe. Yet even after letting that many workers go, the city headcount would still be higher, by nearly 7,000, than when Hizzoner took office in 2014.
The growth came with no noticeable improvement in services, so why expect layoffs to make them worse? Some might see a trimming as a necessary step, aid or not. So much for his threat.
Yes, layoffs are painful (especially if you’re getting the ax). But de Blasio spent years recklessly bloating the workforce when the economy was strong and revenue flush; that left the city at risk during the inevitable downturn.
Indeed, despite the pandemic, his April budget called for an even larger workforce by 2022. If he imposes layoffs now, he’d deserve the blame — not DC.
Massive job cuts, of course, aren’t likely. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson says it’s possible to make ends meet without them — and for good reason: There are countless better ways to close the $1 billion gap de Blasio says he’s suddenly facing.
Budget watchdogs, for starters, note 22,000 layoffs would save far more than $1 billion. The Citizens Budget Commission says losing 9,000 jobs over two years via a real job freeze alone could do the trick.
“Better to work with labor to increase productivity, reduce the workforce through attrition” and have workers chip in for health benefits, says CBC prez Andrew Rein.
Meanwhile, Mayor Bail-Me-Out is also plotting to taunt President Trump with a giant “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street by Trump Tower. That’s a pretty odd way to seek federal help.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Verizon joins in on Facebook ad boycott

Verizon joins in on Facebook ad boycott

A Facebook ad boycott gathered more steam on Thursday , when telecom giant Verizon said it would pull ads in July over criticisms of the social media giant ’ s failure to monitor hate speech .
The “ Stop the Hate for Profit ” campaign had already convinced Unilever-owned ice cream maker Ben & Jerry ’ s to join the campaign , as well as clothing brands The North Face and Patagonia , and REI .
Ad agency Goodby Silverstein said that it , too , would stop posting on Facebook in July .
“ We are taking this action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propagation of hate speech , racism and misleading voter information , ” it said .
The company ’ s other prominent advertisers include PepsiCo and BMW .
A BMW spokesman told Ad Age that it was not participating in the boycott , while PepsiCo declined to comment .
Verizon , the nation ’ s largest wireless carrier , is by far the largest advertiser to pull ads so far .
Ad Age said that through the first three weeks of June , it had spent $ 850,000 on Facebook ads .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable and is consistent with what we ’ ve done with YouTube and other partners , ” a Verizon spokesman said .
eMarketer recently lowered its projection for Facebook ’ s ad spending in 2020 to $ 31.4 billion .
That ’ s down from previous forecasts of $ 36.25 billion , but still a 4.9 percent gain .
“ This one feels different , ” said Debra Aho Williamson , a senior analyst at eMarketer , about the boycott .
“ It is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen.
” Still , she could not say for sure whether it will translate into a big ad hit .
“ It ’ s massive audience is still hugely important to a lot of advertisers .
”

A Facebook ad boycott gathered more steam on Thursday, when telecom giant Verizon said it would pull ads in July over criticisms of the social media giant’s failure to monitor hate speech.
The “Stop the Hate for Profit” campaign had already convinced Unilever-owned ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to join the campaign, as well as clothing brands The North Face and Patagonia, and REI.
Ad agency Goodby Silverstein said that it, too, would stop posting on Facebook in July.
“We are taking this action to protest the platform’s irresponsible propagation of hate speech, racism and misleading voter information,” it said.
The company’s other prominent advertisers include PepsiCo and BMW. A BMW spokesman told Ad Age that it was not participating in the boycott, while PepsiCo declined to comment.
Verizon, the nation’s largest wireless carrier, is by far the largest advertiser to pull ads so far. Ad Age said that through the first three weeks of June, it had spent $850,000 on Facebook ads.
“We’re pausing our advertising until Facebook can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable and is consistent with what we’ve done with YouTube and other partners,” a Verizon spokesman said.
eMarketer recently lowered its projection for Facebook’s ad spending in 2020 to $31.4 billion. That’s down from previous forecasts of $36.25 billion, but still a 4.9 percent gain.
“This one feels different,” said Debra Aho Williamson, a senior analyst at eMarketer, about the boycott. “It is the largest boycott that I’ve ever seen.”
Still, she could not say for sure whether it will translate into a big ad hit. “It’s massive audience is still hugely important to a lot of advertisers.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Tituss Burgess recalls being stopped and followed by police

Actor Tituss Burgess said that this week he “ had the most minor impasse with three cops.
” The “ @ @ @ @ @ said on Jess Cagle ’ s SiriusXM show : “ They crossed the road [ @ @ @ @ @ me off .
I just paused a bit to give them some distance … It @ @ @ @ @ to exert some bizarre brawn or force .
They had some strange insatiable appetite to @ @ @ @ @ less than.
” Burgess , who says they followed him for four blocks before leaving @ @ @ @ @ was so bothered by the gesture .
It is as if there are certain people @ @ @ @ @ who feel that … your natural existence , defies them .
”

Actor Tituss Burgess said that this week he “had the most minor impasse with three cops.”
The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star said on Jess Cagle’s SiriusXM show: “They crossed the road [on foot] to cut me off. I just paused a bit to give them some distance … It was clear that they wanted to exert some bizarre brawn or force. They had some strange insatiable appetite to make some human beings feel less than.”
Burgess, who says they followed him for four blocks before leaving, says, “I was so bothered by the gesture. It is as if there are certain people who work in law enforcement who feel that … your natural existence, defies them.”


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--Mackenzie Hughes’ shot at 59 shifts Travelers talk away from coronavirus

CROMWELL , Conn. — Marc Leishman called TPC River Highlands “ as gettable as I ’ ve ever seen this place.
’ ’ Well , Mackenzie Hughes went out and got it in Thursday ’ s opening round of the Travelers Championship .
The 29-year-old Canadian set a scorching pace playing in the morning wave of tee times , posting a 10-under 60 to take a three-shot lead into Friday ’ s second round .
In the span of a day , the talk around the Travelers went from the Wednesday withdrawals of Brooks Koepka and his brother Chase , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19-related issues to Hughes ’ might and a 59 watch .
Hughes , who began his round on the 10th hole , shot a 29 on his opening nine ( the back ) and had a look at 59 with a birdie putt on No .
9 , his final hole , but left it short .
Still , his 60 , which included 10 birdies and no bogeys , was good enough for a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy , Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland and a four-shot lead over several players @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For professional golfers , 59 is a magical number — like breaking the four-minute mile barrier is for a runner .
“ That one shot means a lot more than 61 to 60 , ’ ’ Hughes said .
“ That ’ s a big leap .
I kind of joked walking off there that 59 wasn ’ t even the record because Jim [ Furyk ’ s ] 58 [ in the 2016 Travelers ] .
I mean , [ 59 ] is probably not even that special around here .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ would have been really , really neat .
You just don ’ t get very many chances in your life to do it .
“ But … you ’ d take 60 every day and run.
’ ’ Especially when it comes four days after he shot 18 shots higher with his 78 in the final round of the RBC Heritage Championship on Sunday to finish second-to-last .
“ I actually felt pretty good on Sunday at Harbour Town and was playing well over there and … for whatever reason it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re kind of shoveling [ expletive ] uphill and nothing is going right , ’ ’ Hughes said .
“ I don ’ t really know what to put a finger on it for .
It ’ s just one of those things that golf does sometimes .
No difference really from Sunday to here .
Just 18 shots .
’ ’

CROMWELL, Conn. — Marc Leishman called TPC River Highlands “as gettable as I’ve ever seen this place.’’
Well, Mackenzie Hughes went out and got it in Thursday’s opening round of the Travelers Championship.
The 29-year-old Canadian set a scorching pace playing in the morning wave of tee times, posting a 10-under 60 to take a three-shot lead into Friday’s second round.
In the span of a day, the talk around the Travelers went from the Wednesday withdrawals of Brooks Koepka and his brother Chase, Webb Simpson and Graeme McDowell because of COVID-19-related issues to Hughes’ might and a 59 watch.
Hughes, who began his round on the 10th hole, shot a 29 on his opening nine (the back) and had a look at 59 with a birdie putt on No. 9, his final hole, but left it short.
Still, his 60, which included 10 birdies and no bogeys, was good enough for a three-shot lead over Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele and Viktor Hovland and a four-shot lead over several players, including Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia.
For professional golfers, 59 is a magical number — like breaking the four-minute mile barrier is for a runner.
“That one shot means a lot more than 61 to 60,’’ Hughes said. “That’s a big leap. I kind of joked walking off there that 59 wasn’t even the record because Jim [Furyk’s] 58 [in the 2016 Travelers]. I mean, [59] is probably not even that special around here. But for a personal milestone, it would have been really, really neat. You just don’t get very many chances in your life to do it.
“But … you’d take 60 every day and run.’’
Especially when it comes four days after he shot 18 shots higher with his 78 in the final round of the RBC Heritage Championship on Sunday to finish second-to-last.
“I actually felt pretty good on Sunday at Harbour Town and was playing well over there and … for whatever reason it’s one of those days where you’re kind of shoveling [expletive] uphill and nothing is going right,’’ Hughes said. “I don’t really know what to put a finger on it for. It’s just one of those things that golf does sometimes. No difference really from Sunday to here. Just 18 shots.’’
And a three-shot lead.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--7-year-old girl grazed by bullet in NYC, gunman still on loose

A 7-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet and a 19-year-old was shot in the leg on Thursday when a @ @ @ @ @ , cops said .
The gunfire rang out when a large group began brawling on @ @ @ @ @ 6:15 p.m. , according to police .
Both the 7-year-old girl and the 19-year-old were @ @ @ @ @ They were listed in stable condition on Thursday night .
Cops were on the lookout @ @ @ @

A 7-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet and a 19-year-old was shot in the leg on Thursday when a fight broke out in Harlem, cops said.
The gunfire rang out when a large group began brawling on East 102nd Street at around 6:15 p.m., according to police.
Both the 7-year-old girl and the 19-year-old were taken to area hospitals.
They were listed in stable condition on Thursday night.
Cops were on the lookout for the gunman.


newyorkpost--2020-06-25--NYC man arrested carrying a grenade launcher in the Bronx

A man was arrested while walking through the Bronx on Thursday while carrying a grenade launcher and wearing a bulletproof @ @ @ @ @ The suspect was walking near Andrews Avenue and 179th Street in University Heights when police @ @ @ @ @ the weapon strapped to his back , according to police sources .
Cops obtained a @ @ @ @ @ ’ s home on Andrews Avenue .
The suspect was in custody on Thursday night @ @ @ @ @ pending .

A man was arrested while walking through the Bronx on Thursday while carrying a grenade launcher and wearing a bulletproof vest, sources said.
Edison Cruz was walking near Andrews Avenue and 179th Street in University Heights when police from the 46th Precinct spotted the weapon strapped to his back, according to police sources.
Cops obtained a warrant to search the man’s home on Andrews Avenue.
Cruz was in custody on Thursday night. Charges against him were pending.