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NYC pols beg Gov. Hochul for more psych beds to ease street homelessness crisis

New York City lawmakers are ramping up pressure on Gov. Kathy Hochul to reopen long-shuttered psychiatric hospitals, arguing a severe shortage of long-term beds is feeding the city’s homelessness and public safety crises. The City Council’s Common Sense Caucus, a group of bipartisan lawmakers, sent a letter to Hochul Wednesday urging her to bring back...

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Long Island bank robber busted after stickup note shenanigans: cops

A Long Island bank robber who allegedly held up two local Flagstars using stickup notes has been arrested, cops said Thursday. Brian Blackford, 51, was pulled over by police during an early-morning traffic-stop in Copiague just before 1 a.m. Thursday when the officers on scene identified him as the suspected thief, according to Suffolk County...

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‘Dynamic pricing’ used to raise costs of everything from food and Uber rides to museum visits

Variable pricing is nothing new, but artificial intelligence has made it easier for companies of all sizes to leverage dynamic pricing – and “when something is easier to use, it becomes easy also to take advantage of,” said Pascal Yammine, CEO at Zilliant, an AI-driven pricing strategy firm.

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