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Romania's Ambassador to the US George Maior argued that he told the truth regarding Rudolph Giuliani's letter which was send to the authorities in Bucharest and added that "there is a political interest so that he leaves this office."

NEW YORK (AP) — A protest against U.S. immigration policy forced the evacuation of the Statue of Liberty on the Fourth of July, with a group unfurling a banner from the pedestal and a woman holding police at bay for hours after she climbed the base and sat by the statue's robes.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held himself out as a champion of women and a liberal foil to President Donald Trump, resigned from office after four women accused him of physical violence during intimate encounters.

American philosopher Susan Buck-Morss - professor of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center and professor emeritus in the Government Department at Cornell University - will speak on the subject of revolution in the present day, at the Athens Concert Hall on Thursday, April 26.

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a one-time federal prosecutor, is joining U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal legal team, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement on April 19.

Hundreds of new permanent enclosures will be installed in the Times Square and elsewhere in New York to prevent pedestrians from being attacked by cars, the Associated Press reported.

The municipality will spend $ 50 million on various protection measures, including the installation of 1500 metal enclosures at key locations in the city, said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

An explosion rocked New York's Port Authority, one of the city's busiest commuter hubs in midtown Manhattan, during Monday morning's rush hour, injuring several people, Reuters reported.

New York Mayor and Democrat Bill de Blasio won a second term with 66 percent of the vote on Tuesday's elections, reports CNN. 

With 93 per cent of votes counted, his main rival, Republican Nicole Malliotakis, received only 28 percent, according to the unofficial results of the city's election commission, quoted by DPA.