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This is an update for the meeting: City Council Special Meeting - Feb 08 2021
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City Council Special Meeting - Feb 08 2021

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani heads to Washington today to meet with President Trump. He says he's ready to work with the administration on tackling the city's cost-of-living crisis despite their political clashes. Trump previously threatened to withhold federal funds if Mamdani won. But Mamdani says this meeting is about the relationship between New York City and the White House, not personal differences.        The White House says President Trump doesn't want a group of Democrats to be put to death after he called for them to be tried with sedition. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to the question about President Trump's post saying a group of Democrats should be tried for "seditious behavior, punishable by death." Trump was referring to the lawmakers who made a video, telling military members to ignore orders issued by Trump if they are illegal.        A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the release of several hundred immigration detainees in the Chicago area, putting an earlier order on hold while the government appeals. The detainees include many arrested in Operation Midway Blitz, and a hearing next month will determine whether the stay remains in place.        The TSA is proposing an 18-dollar fee for travelers who show up to airport security without a REAL ID or passport, using the money to fund a biometric identity-verification program. The agency published the plan Thursday but hasn't set a start date.        The New Jersey Supreme Court has become the first in the nation to ban Shaken Baby Syndrome testimony, ruling 6-to-1 that the expert evidence is "unreliable" and inadmissible. The decision, released Thursday, upholds lower court findings labeling the theory "junk science," even though a 2018 consensus statement supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics affirms its validity.        Thanksgiving dinner is getting a little cheaper this year, with the American Farm Bureau Federation reporting a five-percent drop in the cost of a large holiday meal. The decline comes as retailers slash turkey prices by about 16 percent to boost demand, even though wholesale turkey costs are higher than in 2024. The Farm Bureau says stores are rolling out aggressive holiday deals to entice shoppers back to the traditional bird.       

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