Construction on Bound Brook’s newest apartment building to begin by year’s end

BOUND BROOK – Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of the year on The Rail at Bound Brook on Hamilton Street. The 143-unit apartment building, approved earlier this year by the borough …

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/construction-bound-brooks-newest-apartment-101637263.html

YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties to use state aid to bolster teen programs

An allotment of $1.8 million in state funds announced this week will help the YMCA of Bucks and Hunterdon Counties better serve youth tomorrow. That was the message both State Sen. Steve Santarsiero …

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/ymca-bucks-hunterdon-counties-state-030041824.html

We Found a Hidden Deal on Samsonite Luggage That Can Save You Up to $720 This Week Only

Shoppers say it holds a “sneaky amount” of clothes. Macy’s After the excitement of booking a trip and counting down the days till you head to the airport, there are several less fun hurdles to …

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/found-hidden-deal-samsonite-luggage-100000063.html

Good job, FIFA! Edicts on LGBTQ support only serve to keep the controversy going |Opinion

Had FIFA let players wear “OneLove” armband, it would have been a story for a day or two. It worried about upsetting its sugar daddy, the Qatar emir.

     

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Beyond Disgusting: Former Beyond Meat Employee Shares Photos, Docs, That Appear To Show Mold, Dirty Conditions

Beyond Disgusting: Former Beyond Meat Employee Shares Photos, Docs, That Appear To Show Mold, Dirty Conditions

So much for skipping out on meat to get healthier…

One of Beyond Meat’s “key” factories was “reportedly riddled with mold, bacteria and other health-related concerns”, the NY Post reported this week, citing evidence that was obtained from a former employee. 

Leaked internal documents showed that the plant “tested positive for the harmful bacteria Listeria at least 11 times in the second half of 2021”. Both photographs and documents were provided by the former employee, who said they were “worried” about the conditions at the plant.

Two other workers at the plant, which is located about an hour from Philadelphia, confirmed that Listeria had been found on the site. 

Additional documents showed that contaminants like “string, metal, wood and plastic” had all been found in products that were produced at the plant as recently as last December. 

Photographs posted by Bloomberg, who produced the original report, appear to show dirty conditions and mold. Bill Marler, a food-safety attorney, after viewing some of the photos, told Bloomberg: “Mold growth takes a while — that underscores a lack of cleanliness.”

The company pushed back on the claims, however, telling Bloomberg that two inspections this year by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture had “found no instances of nonconformance with regulations.”

But one spokesperson from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture said that one of those two visits, performed in September, wasn’t a “complete plant inspection”. Instead, they called it an “effort to address an unpaid registration fee, which has since been paid.”

The spokesperson said that the company’s standards “go above and beyond industry and regulatory standards”.

“External third-party audits, including our most recent third-party audit in May 2022, gave the plant the highest-possible rating in each of the last three years,” the company concluded.

So, who are you we to believe – the company, or our own lyin’ eyes?

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/23/2022 – 18:30

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/beyond-disgusting-former-beyond-meat-employee-shares-photos-documents-appear-show-mold

NY pet stores beg Gov. Hochul to unleash veto on puppy sales ban

Pet stores are worried Gov. Kathy Hochul could sign legislation banning them from selling dogs, cats and rabbits, intended to steer people away from puppy mills and toward shelters.

https://nypost.com/2022/11/23/ny-pet-stores-beg-hochul-to-veto-puppy-sales-ban/

NYC teens on way to school save brother, 10, from kidnapping on subway: cops

Two teenagers saved their little brother from being kidnapped by a creep on a Midtown train Wednesday morning, police said. The siblings — a 16-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and their 10-year-old brother — were taking the southbound No. 2 train from the Bronx to their Brooklyn schools when a stranger tried to nab the youngest, police…

https://nypost.com/2022/11/23/teens-save-brother-10-from-kidnapping-on-midtown-train/

Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision Of New York’s New Gun Control Law

Federal Court Strikes Down Another Provision Of New York’s New Gun Control Law

Authored by Jonathan Turley,

I have previously written about how New York has proven time and time again as the gift that keeps on giving for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and gun-rights groups. New York Democrats continue to pass laws that are virtually guaranteed to be struck down and further reinforce Second Amendment rights. The latest provision involves the possible criminal prosecution for possessing a gun on private property if owner has not approved such possession on the premises.

New York Democrats have passed a series of laws that led to catastrophic losses in federal court, including the recent major ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. BruenThis includes openly gaming litigation to the irritation of individual justices.

After each loss, the same politicians circle the firing squad again and pass the next round of questionable gun limits. New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul promised such legislation within an hour of the release of Bruen.  It passed with the help of a special session in the resumption of this inexorable cycle and has already resulted in court losses. Now there is a new such ruling against the law.

In New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 142 S. Ct. 2111 (2022), the Supreme Court rejected the prior New York law under the Second Amendment to publicly carry firearms for self-defense. The Court held that New York’s “proper cause” licensing regime unconstitutionally infringed this right. New York responded roughly a week later with Senate Bill S51001 (June 30, 2022, Extraordinary Session). The new law created a target rich environment for new challenges.

The new decision comes from Judge John Sinatra (W.D.N.Y.) in Christian v. Nigrelli: where the court ruled that the private property exclusion violates the Second Amendment.

The state might have been able to reinforce an important right of private business owners to exclude guns with a reasonable drafting of the law. Instead, it sought to use the issue to effectively ban guns from “sensitive” and privately owned areas.

Gov. Kathy Hochul again made the case against her own state in ill-considered comments where she proclaimed that S51001 “makes ‘no carry’ the default for private property” by “establish[ing] that private property owners must expressly allow a person to possess a firearm, rifle, or shotgun on their property[.]” That default is the problem.

The provision at issue is § 265.01-d:

Criminal possession of a weapon in a restricted location.

1. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in a
restricted location when such person possesses a firearm, rifle, or shotgun and enters into or remains on or in private property where such person knows or reasonably should know that the owner or lessee of such property has not permitted such possession by clear and conspicuous signage indicating that the carrying of firearms, rifles, or shotguns on their property is permitted or has otherwise given express consent.

Plaintiff Brett Christian complained that he is:

“unable to carry firearms on his person throughout the State because of S51001’s designation of private property, even private property open to the public, as “restricted locations.” Christian Dec. ¶¶ 10, 11. Christian brings his firearm with him on private property open to the public, such as weekly visits to gas stations and monthly visits to hardware stores. Christian Dec. ¶ 10. He intended to continue to do so, but for the enactment and enforcement of S51001. Christian Dec. ¶ 10. Moreover, since S51001 bars even “entering” these locations, Plaintiff will need to disable and store his firearms before driving his vehicle or walking into parking lots, which means in some instances, Plaintiff will need to stop carrying for selfdefense before he can get physically close enough to see if any “clear and conspicuous signage” Case 1:22-cv-00695-JLS Document 19-1 Filed 09/28/22 Page 14 of 30 10 exists permitting him to carry. Christian Dec. ¶ 11. Not only does this put Plaintiff at risk of uncomfortable situations with passersby observing him disable and store his firearms, but the fact he has to constantly disarm greatly reduces his ability to defend himself throughout the State. Christian Dec. ¶¶ 11, 12.”

The court found a sufficient injury and a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the constitutional violation.

“In sum, the vast majority of land in New York is held privately, and it encompasses homes, stores, businesses, factories, vacant land, hotels, parking lots and garages, grocery stores, pharmacies, medical offices, hospitals, cemeteries, malls, sports and entertainment venues, and so on. These are places that people exercising their rights, frequent every day when they move around outside their homes. The exclusion here makes all of these places presumptively off limits, backed up the by the threat of prison. The Nation’s historical traditions have not  countenanced such an incursion into the right to keep and bear arms across all varieties of private property spread across the land. The right to self-defense is no less important and no less recognized on private property.”

Unfortunately, there is no evidence that New York is committed to ending its historical use of a circular firing squad on Second Amendment rights. Hochul used the law to rally support from voters despite this likely outcome. It is all crushingly predictable. Hochul won the election and yet another provision in the law was found unconstitutional. As a result, New Yorkers have once again strengthened Second Amendment precedent in support of gun rights.

There is the opinion granting the preliminary injunction: Christian v. Nigrelli

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/23/2022 – 18:55

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/federal-court-strikes-down-another-provision-new-yorks-new-gun-control-law

Gonez is reelected; Rivas wins open seat on L.A. school board

Rivas pledges to represent all after L.A. school board race drew in competing unions and charter backers. District faces academic and financial challenges.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-23/election-of-rivas-to-l-a-school-board-is-loss-for-charters-gain-for-teachers-union

LAPD officer injured in crash during high-speed chase in Watts

One officer was injured in the crash during a pursuit of a suspected stolen car in Watts, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-23/lapd-officer-injured-crash-high-speed-chase-watts