News about Mark Levine

During a busy illegal crossing in Eagle Pass, Texas troopers and Border Patrol agents carry out CPR on drowning victims and saving drenched migrants

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 27, 2023
The video was shot at an illegal crossing near Eagle Pass, Texas, where a state of emergency was declared after being overrun with thousands of migrants in September. As the migrants struggled to cross the Rio Grande in the midst of a severe migrant crisis, Texas Department of Public Safety Spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez delves into their heroism by a Tactical Marine Unit. 'Operators acted quickly in deploying personal floatation units, pulling women and children out of the river, as well as executing resuscitative efforts,' he said.

With 42,000 intercepted last year, a record number of illegal immigrants from INDIA is crossing the US southern border

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 29, 2023
The new number, which was announced by US Customs and Border Protection last month, is more than double the number from the previous year - when crossings by Indians were already at a new high. What's more, an additional 1,600 people have moved across the northern border as a result of the rising phenomenon, four times more than the number of the last three years combined. Following recent demonstrations surrounding India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, nearly all turned themselves in to the Border Patrol, who interpret them as asylum seekers. The number of annual illegal border crossings from India has only surpassed 5,000 four times since 2007. A number of other factors, political and economic, have since fueled the sizable rise, which has also increased by estimates from other demographics.

Meet the 'BATHROOM influencer' in New York: Woman, 24, transforms her agony in a citywide CRUSADE as a result of her reports of toilets in five boroughs

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 1, 2023
Theodora 'Teddy' Siegel, 24, inadvertently launched her brand in summer 2021 with a 12-second TikTok sharing intel about a bathroom on a second floor of a Times Square McDonald's. In her story, she was enjoying a day of shopping with her sister who wanted a place to pee but became more frantic after the store refused to help her. She was told she had to be a paying customer in order to use the restrooms after bursting into the McDonald's on 7th Avenue and 45th Street, and shelled out $3 for a bottle of water.

On NYC's wettest day ever, LaGuardia Airport FLOODS. Stunned passengers are seen wading through terminal only to find subways suspended as city buckles are covered under EIGHT INCHES of rain

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
New York City is expected to get the most rain for a single day ever, with up to eight inches predicted later this week, as the city's streets have already turned to rivers and flash floods submerged LaGuardia Airport. The rain, a hangover from Tropical Storm Ophelia, is some of the worst seen in New York City since Hurricane Ida in 2021, when 13 people drowned in basement apartments after being caught off guard. The weather today isn't like we expected.' If we get up to eight inches of rain by tomorrow morning,' Mayor Eric Adams cautioned before releasing a travel warning until 6 a.m. on Saturday. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine declared that the city is on track to record its hottest day ever. In a single day, the new record of 8.28 inches was set in a single day. Some 23 million residents are now under a flood warning across the tri-state area, and entire streets in Brooklyn are submerged, with governor Kathy Hochul declaring a state of emergency. Terminal A at LaGuardia has been grounded due to weather conditions, with video demonstrating the luggage area under water and John F Kennedy Airport in New York receiving almost eight inches of rain since midnight, which means it's been the wettest day in history.

Uber and Lyft are among the only winners' in NYC flash floods, with surging fare prices: 'They're the only winners.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
In New York City, Uber and Lyft have raised fares as a result of the heavy rain. Rain-dodging customers who were charged up to $80 for a ten-minute journey were accused of'slime ball' tactics. On Friday, New York City declared a state of emergency, and 23 million residents were under flood warnings across the tri-state area. Subways in the five boroughs were flooded, causing travel chaos. Several people were outraged that Uber and Lyft's rates went up as a result of increased demand. When demand is high, the businesses use'surge' prices. According to one woman, the cost of her ten-minute commute to work was $83.90. Uber likes to rob the people of NYC,' she said on X.' Due to heavy rain, Uber continues to rob the people of NYC.'

As commuters post wild footage from the wet chaos, a NYC subway has suspended service throughout the city in the aftermath of Brooklyn flooding due to Tropical Storm Ophelia

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
In the aftermath of Hurricane Ophelia's flooding in Brooklyn, commuters in the city have suspended operations across the region. On Friday morning, the New York City Transit Authority sent a warning to commuters: "Please stay home if you don't have to travel." Underground flooding has resulted in limited subway flooding at several of the stations that commuters depend on, despite heavy rain and flooding. The transit authority announced that service had resumed on the C train around 11:45 a.m., but that major delays in both directions persist, with very limited buses. Except between 59 St-Columbus Circle and Canal Street, the A train is running and making local stops.

When complete Brooklyn streets are flooded, the city of LaGuardia Airport terminal is completely cut off, the city is declared a state of emergency, and the LaGuardia Airport terminal is completely cut off: up to seven inches of rain will drench the city

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
As the city prepares to be battered with up to seven inches of rain in a final blow from Tropical Storm Ophelia, New York City has declared a state of emergency. The rain fell at a rate of one to two inches an hour in the morning commutes of millions of New Yorkers, with social media users posting videos of the tumultuous scene around the region. Terminal A at LaGuardia has been closed due to weather, and John F Kennedy Airport in New York already has over three inches of rain.

After Texas Governor Abbott re-installed it along the Rio Grande, five Border Patrol agents CUT through razor wire at Eagle Pass and allow migrants to enter the country

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 29, 2023
Hundreds of migrants are seen pulling razor wire and cutting it with what looks to be bolt cutters before helping several migrants climb an embankment on the Rio Grande. Officers were seen supporting a group of migrants, including women and children who are beaten up by officers, in a video obtained by DailyMail.com. Officers may also be seen assisting women carrying their children across the embankment and then tieing fabric over the wire to prevent any injuries. Many who have just crossed will be seen gathering to be processed after making it over the border.

The Roosevelt Hotel in New Ellis Island, New York, is now home to THREE THOUSAND migrants, with between 300 and 500 border crossers crossing the river every day to request assistance

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 27, 2023
As between 300 and 500 refugees arrive and seek assistance every day, New York City's historic The Roosevelt Hotel has become the home of 3,000 asylum seekers. Since crossing the US-Mexico border in Texas, the historic hotel, nicknamed "the new Ellis Island" by one city official, has become the registration point for the migrants arriving by bus in the city. Many of them have been arrested north by Republican governors who are fed up with what they believe to be open-arms laws by Democrats. The Roosevelt, which has 1,025 rooms, was ercheically located between Rockefeller Center and the Chrysler Building, and President Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who resigned in 2005.

Migrants are raking in $3,000 a month as they work illegally as delivery drivers and send their kids to local schools while living in NYC's luxurious Roosevelt Hotel

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 22, 2023
When living at The Roosevelt Hotel, where they get free food, bedding, and even cleaners, asylum seekers in New York City are migrant workers. After crossing the US-Mexico border in Texas, the historic Manhattan tower, nicknamed 'the new Ellis Island' by one city official, has become the city's registration point for the migrants arriving by bus. Many of them have been arrested north by Republican governors fed up with Democrats' open-arms policies. The hotel is one of many in Manhattan designated to house migrant families with children, who have started attending classes in midtown. Each migrant family in the city needs housing and food is currently paying $385 a night. According to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, asylum seekers are costing the city more than $100,000 a day.

HUNDREDS of migrants flooded into NYC's Roosevelt Hotel overnight to be processed - as the Big Apple becomes the epicenter of the crisis away from the border

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 22, 2023
Hundreds of migrants have flooded into The Roosevelt Hotel in New York City's overnight to be processed and given shelter. As the city battles the refugee crisis, it is also bears the brunt of it. Despite the city's apparent difficulties dealing with the huge influx, so far in 2023, it has taken in at least 95,000 migrants so far. Following the pandemic outbreak in Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston, the city has welcomed more than twice as many migrants as Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston. Migrants have been arriving at a rapid rate,' I was told, and it's overwhelming the process.' Without the right support, NYC will surely fall without the right assistance,' said independent journalist Leeroy Johnson on Thursday night.

Eagle Pass, Texas declares state of emergency as shocking photos show it being overwhelmed by migrants - with 4,000 streaming across the border TODAY

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 20, 2023
As the river approaches the border today, Eagle Pass, Texas, has declared it a state of emergency after shocking photos and videos show it being overwhelmed by migrants. According to border patrol reports, there are approximately 7,500 other migrants who have surrendered themselves in over the past week. According to ABC News 7, a large migrant caravan crossed the Rio Grande and thousands of people are now being held under the bridge in Eagle Pass, Texas, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety source, with more expected.

Senator Scott Galvin of Massachusetts is urging state legislators to call a 'right to shelter' bill that was passed at a later date as migrants flood the state

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 12, 2023
Woburn, Massachusetts, mayor Scott Galvin, a Democrat, has raised the alarm about the Massachusetts town, which has been grappling with the migrant crisis. It was revealed in a New York Times article that the little town of 40,000 residents had helped some 80 migrant families. Last month, the families had been put in Woburn hotels, with a group of locals stepping up to assist them.

Residents complain that the building is never appropriate to house people, and no one should be exposed to it.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 9, 2023
St. John Villa Academy is now housing nearly 300 migrants, something it was never intended to do. The 67-year-old building in the area is now serving as a full-time residence and toilet for migrants. It was never meant to be used on a 24-hour basis, and the ejector pumps were not designed to move large amounts of raw sewage into the city's sewers. A septic-treatment firm visits the site multiple times a day to pump the raw sewage into a concrete pit, which usually takes 15 minutes and takes it away. During this time, the abhorrent smell plagues the neighborhood

In sting, the NYPD cracks down on illegal weed shops: In a nationwide investigation, four unlicensed smoke shops have been shut down

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 8, 2023
Mayor Eric Adams and Manhattan's top prosecutor announced Tuesday that they would suspend landlords who allow illicit shops to operate in a renewed effort to snuff out New York City's burgeoning illicit weed market. On the same day, a DailyMail.com photographer snapped officers from the Office of Cannabis Management raiding an unlawfully operating store in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. In addition to operating without a licence, four stores were raided on Tuesday and were found to be selling marijuana to minors in lieu of operating without a license. According to a lawsuit, the 'dispensary,' Saint Mark's Convenience and Smoke Shop, has been accused of selling marijuana to minors on three separate occasions since December. An undercover NYPD officer caught the transactions. Since cannabis was legalized in 2021, the state has distributed 66 licenses. Only two stores have opened, but the rate of openings is expected to increase in the coming months. According to reports, there are 1,400 illegal stores in the Big Apple.

Following the Labor Day holiday, the number of NYC employees back at work has risen from 38 percent to 52 percent

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 16, 2022
Following the pandemic and rise in working from home, New York City workers have been slower to return to their desks than in other cities. According to the MTA, the number of people riding the subway surpassed 3.7 million for the first time since March 2020. This week, offices in New York hit 52% capacity, up from 38 percent the week before. After Labor Day, the city became busier, with more parents returning to the office in the morning.

The $78 billion bill for teaching English to foreign-born schoolchildren is up by a billion fold

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 16, 2022
The need for more English-language classes has exacerbated a teacher shortage that has caused some states to loosen regulations and recruit adults with no more than a high school diploma. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, schools have failed to recruit enough teachers in several areas, particularly in areas of the South. Teachers in fields such as special education and bilingual education have been severely lacking. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of individuals working in public schools decreased from nearly 8.1 million in March 2020 to 7.3 million in May. While unemployment has since recovered a little, schools are still short of 360,000 positions.