Day: April 1, 2026

Show Only ...
Maps - Photos - Videos

Trump Assault on Federal Data Solves Nothing – Bloomberg

|

Michael Bloomberg: Trump Assault on Federal Data Solves Nothing – Bloomberg

We have a saying here at Bloomberg, and it’s one we brought with us to New York City Hall: “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” The federal government is now in danger of proving just how much truth those words hold.

For more than a century, Republicans and Democrats have agreed on the need for objective data to inform their debates. In the 1890s, when the Senate commissioned a novel study of prices and wages — partly to assess the impact of the McKinley Tariff Act — Senator Nelson Aldrich, a Republican and staunch protectionist, explained the rationale:

24 Eagle Street Properties

|

I was looking at the map of city owned properties, and noticed that some seemed to be missing. So I did a quick query of NYSGIS database to find properties that belong to City Hall at 24 Eagle Street in Albany.

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses – The New York Times

|

C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses – The New York Times

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has temporarily paused testing for rabies and pox viruses, the family of viruses that includes smallpox and mpox, according to an update to the agency’s website on Monday.

The C.D.C. offers testing for dozens of pathogens to assist state and local public health laboratories that are not equipped to conduct them. The organization began evaluating its tests in late 2024 as part of an agencywide review.

But widespread layoffs, hiring freezes and resignations have shrunk the number of qualified scientists who can assist state labs. The C.D.C.’s rabies and pox virus teams have lost many of their members. By July, the rabies team will be down to just one person with the clinical expertise to advise state and local officials, and the pox virus team will have none.

The teams already have too few members to offer after-hours advice for states as the agency has long done, according to an official with knowledge of the situation who asked to remain anonymous because of fear of retaliation.