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`Cats' returns at new Perelman Center, a $500 million building in downtown Manhattan
Read full article: `Cats' returns at new Perelman Center, a $500 million building in downtown ManhattanAndrew Lloyd Webber’s absence from New York City’s stages will be at most 14 months, with “Cats” returning in June 2024 at the World Trade Center’s new Perelman Performing Arts Center.
The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit ends
Read full article: The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit endsPresident Joe Biden has wrapped up his two-day climate summit, saying the climate crisis has created an opportunity to remake the global economy and produce millions of jobs in clean energy and technology.
Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summit
Read full article: Go forth and spend: Call for action closes US climate summitIn closing President Joe Biden's global climate summit, world leaders shared stories of their own nations' drives to break away from climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
Bloomberg gives $500,000 to spur Dem turnout in Miami-Dade
Read full article: Bloomberg gives $500,000 to spur Dem turnout in Miami-DadeWASHINGTON – Billionaire former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is donating $500,000 to juice Democratic turnout in Miami-Dade County, a place where the party must bank a massive number of votes if it hopes to win the pivotal swing state of Florida. The money will be used to register Miami-Dade voters and knock on doors. In a statement, Bloomberg highlighted the importance of Miami-Dade County. “As one of the most diverse counties in Florida, Miami-Dade County is a particularly important county for a Democratic victory in Florida,” he said. “I’m glad to support the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee’s work to directly reach voters and urge them to cast their ballots."
Bloomberg raises millions to help Florida felons vote
Read full article: Bloomberg raises millions to help Florida felons voteThe former Democratic presidential candidate has helped raise more than $20 million so that felons who completed their prison sentences can vote in the presidential election. Bloomberg also has pledged $100 million to help Joe Biden win Florida. Working together with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, we are determined to end disenfranchisement and the discrimination that has always driven it,” Bloomberg said in a written statement. The Florida Rights Restitution Coalition had raised about $5 million before Bloomberg made calls to raise almost $17 million more, according to Bloomberg staffers. ____This version corrects the name of the group to Florida Rights Restoration Coalition.
How Bloomberg's $100 million Florida bet may shape campaign
Read full article: How Bloomberg's $100 million Florida bet may shape campaignFacing questions about whether he would fulfill his promise, Bloomberg moved over the weekend to direct $100 million to Florida alone in support of Joe Biden. “Mike Bloomberg is an impact player,” said former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who served as a co-chair of Bloomberg’s presidential campaign. After spending $1 billion on his own campaign, Bloomberg won just one primary contest: American Samoa. And they say that, beyond Florida, Bloomberg is one of the Democratic Party’s biggest funders. Many say Biden, who visited the state on Tuesday for the first time since becoming the nominee, has not reached out enough to Hispanics in particular.
Cuomo: Health workers to supervise annual 9/11 light tribute
Read full article: Cuomo: Health workers to supervise annual 9/11 light tributeNEW YORK – The annual light display honoring victims of 9/11 is back on, officials announced Saturday, saying New York health officials will supervise this year's tribute to ensure workers' safety amid concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came days after the National September 11 Memorial & Museum canceled the Tribute in Light over concerns the coronavirus might spread among crews creating twin columns of light to represent the World Trade Center in the Manhattan sky. Alice Greenwald, president and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, thanked former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Cuomo and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation “for their assistance in offsetting the increased costs associated with the health and safety considerations around the tribute this year." “This year, its message of hope, endurance and resilience are more important than ever,” Greenwald said in a statement. The foundation’s tribute will be held just south of the memorial plaza and relatives will read the victims’ names, with mask-wearing enforced and podiums being sanitized after each speaker.
2020 Michigan Presidential Primary Election: How to view your sample ballot
Read full article: 2020 Michigan Presidential Primary Election: How to view your sample ballotRelated: What your 2020 Michigan primary election ballot will look like on March 10The millage first passed in 2012. The 2020 Michigan Presidential Primary Election is on Tuesday, March 10. The Michigan Secretary of State Voter Information Center allows you to: Verify your Voter Registration OR Find your Polling Place. Do I need my voter registration card in order to vote? The Voter Identification Card is for your reference and is not required to vote.
Trump savoring scrambled Dem race, Bloomberg's debate debut
Read full article: Trump savoring scrambled Dem race, Bloomberg's debate debutPresident Donald Trump delivers the commencement address at the "Hope for Prisoners" graduation ceremony, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, in Las Vegas. “I don’t know if anyone watched last night’s debate,” Trump told an arena of raucous supporters. But his preoccupation with the scrambled nomination race for the Democrats seeking to replace him has been clear throughout the trip. On Thursday, Trump predicted the debate would be the end of Bloomberg's campaign, and said Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar's campaign was also mortally wounded. Long insecure about Bloomberg’s wealth, Trump told confidants that the debate proved money alone did not lead to his own electoral success.
Sanders' 'summer camp' in Vermont becomes fodder in debate
Read full article: Sanders' 'summer camp' in Vermont becomes fodder in debateYes, he has a home in Washington, where he works; one in Burlington, Vermont, where he lives; and “like thousands of other Vermonters, I do have a summer camp,” Sanders shot back. In other parts of the country, Sanders' vacation home would be called a cabin or just a summer home. The waterfront homesits on the island of North Hero in 120-mile-long (190 kilometers) Lake Champlain, between Vermont and New York. Sanders' assertion that “thousands” of Vermonters have summer homes is difficult to check. Vermont has 77,000 second homes, rental properties or camps, according to Douglas Farnham, policy director for the Vermont Department of Taxes.