In early February 2023, Department of Social Services Commissioner Gary Jenkins announced that he would be stepping down as the city strains to manage its shelter population and the influx of asylum-seekers. The mayor has repeatedly pushed back on questions about whether dysfunction within his administration led to the departures, claiming that both Grillo and Carone agreed to help lay the groundwork for the new administration, but didn’t plan to stay long term. Late in 2022, government veteran Lorraine Grillo announced that she’d be leaving her position as first deputy mayor – just a few weeks after Frank Carone, Adams’ longtime ally, said he’d step down as chief of staff by the end of the year. The start of Adams’ second year in office was accompanied by some administration shake-ups. In his first year, Adams appointed the city’s first female police commissioner, named a team of six deputy mayors that includes five women and five people of color, and tapped a Latino man to head the city Department of Correction and its majority Black and Latino workforce. But as he settles into the office, he’s also thought a lot about demographic representation. Yes, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is thinking about “emotional intelligence” as he fills out his administration.
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Now he's a powerful, vengeful ghost and he has plans for Jake. In life, Sawyer was a troubled teen who shot and killed six kids at a local high school before taking his own life. Though most ghosts are harmless and Jake is always happy to help them move on to the next place, Sawyer Doon wants much more from Jake. Unfortunately, life as a medium is getting worse. Clair start looking up with the arrival of another Black student - the handsome Allister - and for the first time, romance is on the horizon for Jake. Both are a living nightmare he wishes he could wake up from. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee. "Phoebe Unfired positively and realistically portrays mental health struggles in a way that shows readers they are not alone, and they are never a burden.Phoebe's beautifully written journey toward acceptance and recovery is an absolute delight." -Katy Upperman, author of Kissing Max Holden, The Impossibility of Us, and How the Light Gets In "Heartwarming and hopeful, Amalie Jahn's Phoebe Unfired explores what it might be like to navigate an anxiety disorder in post-Covid America."Heartfelt and hopeful, Phoebe Unfired is a timely and compassionate portrait of anxiety, family, and friendship-and what it means to fully live (and love) in a world composed of that which you fear the most." -Amber Smith, New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used to Be and The Last to Let Go.Poignant, raw, and hopeful, Phoebe Unfired is a novel about a girl who refuses to let her fears define her. Amalie Jahn's touching novel Phoebe Unfired pays tribute to all those who struggle with mental health through its strong heroine.It is refreshing to see a YA novel address the debilitating limitations an anxiety disorder imposes on the one who suffers from it." -Publishers Weekly, The BookLife Prize Phoebe is a smart, appealing heroine with impressive self-awareness.Jahn navigates the romance and social-commentary aspects expertly, and the work offers strong attention to detail, a well-paced plot, and intriguing major characters." -Kirkus Reviews "An engaging narrative about coping with anxiety with an optimistic outlook. |