🌱 Adams, Sliwa Debate + NYC Workers' Vax Mandate • Daily Digest

Good morning, New York! It's Thursday, Oct. 21. Mayoral candidates Eric Adams and Curtis Sliwa squared off in a fiery first face-to-face debate Wednesday night. See what they had to say below.

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Here are the top stories in New York City today:

1. Frontrunner Democrat Eric Adams met Republican Curtis Sliwa on the debate stage last night. Here's where the sparks flew: (New York City Patch)
2. With 46,000 unvaccinated municipal workers, the city's new mandate could create shortfalls. (New York City Patch)
3. A pair of Brooklyn attorneys have pleaded guilty to firebombing an empty police car. (New York City Patch)
4. Mayor Bill de Blasio is not happy about the unmasked cops who shoved a commuter from the subway for calling them out. (New York City Patch)
5. An embattled organization advocating for restaurant workers is gearing up for a third decade. (New York City Patch)
6. This NYC jeweler was just robbed of $1.2M in gems — by a pair of unarmed crooks. (New York Daily News)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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