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VOL. CLXIX . . . No. 58,498 © 2019 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 U(D54G1D)y+&!&!\!#!} CHENGDU, China — With a neon-red backpack and white Adi- das shoes, he looks like any other undergraduate on the campus of Sichuan University in southwest- ern China. But Peng Wei, a 21-year-old chemistry major, has a special mission: He is both student and spy. Mr. Peng is one of a growing number of “student information officers” who keep tabs on their professors’ ideological views. They are there to help root out teachers who show any sign of dis- loyalty to President Xi Jinping and the ruling Communist Party. “It’s our duty to make sure that the learning environment is pure,” Mr. Peng said, “and that profes- sors are following the rules.” In a throwback to the Mao Ze- dong era, Chinese universities are deploying students as watchdogs against their teachers, part of a sweeping campaign by Mr. Xi to eliminate dissent and turn univer- sities into party strongholds. The use of student informers has surged under Mr. Xi, China’s most powerful leader in decades, In China, Spies In Classrooms Inhibit Speech By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ Continued on Page A12 WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is expected to roll back an Obama-era regulation meant to limit the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury into water supplies from the ash of coal-fired power plants, according to two people fa- miliar with the plans. With a series of new rules ex- pected in the coming days, the En- vironmental Protection Agency will move to weaken the 2015 reg- ulation that would have strength- ened inspection and monitoring at coal plants, lowered acceptable levels of toxic effluent and re- quired plants to install new tech- nology to protect water supplies from contaminated coal ash. The E.P.A. will relax some of those requirements and exempt a significant number of power plants from any of the require- ments, according to the two peo- ple familiar with the Trump ad- ministration plan, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the new rules. E.P.A. Plans to Soften Rules to Help Coal Plants By LISA FRIEDMAN A coal ash landfill that was breached by Hurricane Florence last year near Wilmington, N.C. KEMP BURDETTE/CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS Continued on Page A17 Opponents of Rollback Warn of Health Risks He was a 14-year-old boy play- ing basketball at dusk before cur- few. Just another night, on his usu- al court, focused on the game he envisioned as his future. Then came the gunshots, splin- tering the fall air. From 100 yards down the block, a bullet sailed across a parking lot, slipped through a fence and struck the teenager — a neighborhood jewel whom everyone knew — Aamir Griffin. A boy and a dream crumpled to the concrete. Not the target, but the victim. Some would chalk it up to wrong place, wrong time. But Aamir had been where he was meant to be: outside his apart- ment building in Jamaica, Queens, shooting hoops, staying far from the trouble that had lured away so many of his peers. “Aamir was not like these little kids out here running around and trying to gangbang for fun,” said his friend Isis Eastman, 16. “Aamir just played ball. That’s all he did.” Crime is at an all-time low across New York City, dropping to levels not seen for nearly seven decades. But gun violence still flares in some pockets, shattering worlds and igniting despair. Offi- cials have attributed recent bursts to gang conflicts. Northern Brooklyn has seen a rise in shootings this year, with six in one weekend alone. So have several precincts in Manhattan and Queens. The 113th Precinct, where Aamir was killed on Satur- day, has had more than 20 shoot- ings so far this year, compared with 13 for the same period in 2018. Police officials acknowledge the uptick and say they plan to deploy extra resources to certain areas A Boy and His Dream Crumple On a Queens Basketball Court By CORINA KNOLL Aamir Griffin in a photo on his Facebook page from 2016. Continued on Page A24 A rapid suburban expansion into the wilderness is exposing crews fighting wildfires to more chemicals. PAGE A15 NATIONAL A15-22 A New Threat to Firefighters Jason Farago reviews an exhibition of works, like those above, of the provoca- tive artist Hans Haacke. PAGE C17 WEEKEND ARTS C1-32 Exploring the Complicity of Art Almost nothing is known about the new Islamic State head, including who he really is. An ISIS statement warned America not to be happy. PAGE A4 INTERNATIONAL A4-14 ISIS Names New Leader In an indictment unsealed Thursday, another accuser came forward to com- plain that the actor Cuba Gooding Jr. had touched “intimate parts.” PAGE A23 NEW YORK A23-25 A New Set of Groping Charges At the Cigar Smoking World Champi- onship in Croatia, the competitor who finishes last takes the title. PAGE B11 SPORTSFRIDAY B9-13 Win, Lose or Drag A photographer returned to the sites of protests he documented to show how life returns to normal as the antigovern- ment movement continues. PAGE A10 Hong Kong Reflections Allegations that the ruling party rigged the Oct. 20 election set off violent pro- tests in which two people died and prompted calls for a new vote. PAGE A12 Surging Unrest in Bolivia A New Jersey district will allow princi- pals to block students from some activi- ties over unpaid lunch bills. PAGE A23 Getting Tough on Lunch Debt Even with the strongest labor market in half a century, getting work after losing it can still be an ordeal. PAGE B1 BUSINESS B1-8 For Jobless, What Recovery? “The Morning Show,” the marquee offering of Apple’s new streaming serv- ice, doesn’t mesh quite yet. PAGE C1 Wait for the Upgrade Anthony Rendon, whose homers were crucial in the Nationals’ World Series victory, takes it all in stride. PAGE B9 The Unflappable Slugger Aaron Sorkin PAGE A27 EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27 Research shows the virus can have devastating and long-lasting effects on the immune system. PAGE A16 Measles and ‘Immune Amnesia’ WASHINGTON — A bitterly di- vided House of Representatives voted Thursday to endorse the Democratic-led impeachment in- quiry into President Trump, in a historic action that set up a critical new public phase of the investiga- tion and underscored the political polarization that serves as its backdrop. The vote was 232 to 196 to ap- prove a resolution that sets out rules for an impeachment process for which there are few prece- dents, and which promises to con- sume the country a little more than a year before the 2020 elec- tions. It was only the third time in modern history that the House had taken a vote on an impeach- ment inquiry into a sitting presi- dent. Having resisted such a vote for months, Democrats muscled through their resolution over unanimous Republican opposition with only two of their members breaking ranks to vote no. The tally foreshadowed the battle to come as Democrats take their case against the president fully into public view, sending both par- ties into uncharted territory and reshaping the nation’s political landscape. On the House floor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi presided over the vote in an unusually packed chamber, after a debate that was fraught with the weight of the mo- ment. Ms. Pelosi read from the preamble of the Constitution, a picture of the American flag by her side, and declared somberly, “What is at stake in all of this is nothing less than our democracy.” Representative Kevin McCar- thy, Republican of California and the minority leader, quoted Alex- ander Hamilton, who warned in the Federalist papers against im- peachment as a partisan tool. Lawmakers listened from their seats, stone-faced and somber, while members of the public watched from the crowded gallery above. “We don’t know whether Presi- dent Trump is going to be im- peached but the allegations are as FRACTURED HOUSE BACKS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY By NICHOLAS FANDOS and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG Continued on Page A18 Bitter Vote, 232-196, Approves Rules for a Rare Process He came of age in Queens, built Trump Tower, starred in “The Ap- prentice,” bankrupted his busi- nesses six times, and drew cheer- ing crowds and angry protesters to Fifth Avenue after his election. Through it all, President Trump — rich, bombastic and to many Americans the epitome of a New Yorker — was intertwined with the city he called his lifelong home. No longer. In late September, Mr. Trump changed his primary residence from Manhattan to Palm Beach, Fla., according to documents filed with the Palm Beach County Cir- cuit Court. Melania Trump, the first lady, also changed her resi- dence to Palm Beach in an identi- cal document. Each of the Trumps filed a “dec- laration of domicile” saying that the Mar-a-Lago Club, Mr. Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, will be their permanent residence. The president confirmed the de- cision on Twitter after The New York Times reported on the move, saying that he would “be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Perma- nent Residence.” “I cherish New York, and the people of New York,” he added, “and always will.” But he didn’t have much nice to say about the public officials of New York. “I have been treated very badly by the political leaders of both the city and state. Few have been treated worse,” he said, describ- ing his decision as the “best for all concerned.” Some New York leaders shared the sentiment. “Good riddance,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo tweeted. “It’s not like Mr. Trump paid taxes here anyway. He’s all yours, Flor- ida.” In the documents, Mr. Trump said he “formerly resided at 721 Fifth Avenue,” referring to Trump Trump Makes Florida Resort His New Home A New Yorker No More After a Court Filing By MAGGIE HABERMAN Continued on Page A21 WASHINGTON — When the Republican-led House voted in 1998 to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Bill Clin- ton, 31 Democrats sided with Republicans, and the White House breathed a sigh of relief that the number was not signifi- cantly larger. In today’s hyper- polarized Washington, defections of that magnitude on the ques- tion of impeachment would be considered a tsunami. Not a single House Republican on Thursday joined Democrats in supporting a resolution outlining the parameters for the next stage of impeachment proceed- ings, despite having demanded such a vote for weeks. Just two Democrats broke from their party to oppose the investigation. The stark division in the 232- to-196 vote made clear that the accelerating impeachment inqui- ry will continue to be highly partisan as it moves into its more public phase, with the two par- ties pulling ever further apart as they dig in deeper on the right- eousness of their respective causes. Democrats say it is their con- stitutional duty to hold a lawless President Trump to account even if he is unlikely to be removed from office. Republicans are determined to defend a president they say is being persecuted for political gain. Little evidence has emerged that either side is will- ing to give an inch, and the cer- tainty of facing a major political backlash for doing so would seem to decrease chances of that Few Defectors, and No Signs That Either Side Will Give an Inch By CARL HULSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the House voted on Thursday to outline the parameters for the next stage of its impeachment proceedings. ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS ANALYSIS Continued on Page A22 Late Edition Today, sunshine and a few clouds, very windy, chillier, high 56. Tonight, clear, chilly, low 40. Tomorrow, mostly sunny, a chilly day, high 53. Weather map appears on Page B8. $3.00
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CHENGDU, China — With aneon-red backpack and white Adi-das shoes, he looks like any otherundergraduate on the campus ofSichuan University in southwest-ern China.
But Peng Wei, a 21-year-oldchemistry major, has a specialmission: He is both student andspy.
Mr. Peng is one of a growingnumber of “student informationofficers” who keep tabs on theirprofessors’ ideological views.They are there to help root outteachers who show any sign of dis-loyalty to President Xi Jinpingand the ruling Communist Party.
“It’s our duty to make sure thatthe learning environment is pure,”Mr. Peng said, “and that profes-sors are following the rules.”
In a throwback to the Mao Ze-dong era, Chinese universities aredeploying students as watchdogsagainst their teachers, part of asweeping campaign by Mr. Xi toeliminate dissent and turn univer-sities into party strongholds.
The use of student informershas surged under Mr. Xi, China’smost powerful leader in decades,
In China, SpiesIn ClassroomsInhibit Speech
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
Continued on Page A12
WASHINGTON — The Trumpadministration is expected to rollback an Obama-era regulationmeant to limit the leaching ofheavy metals like arsenic, leadand mercury into water suppliesfrom the ash of coal-fired powerplants, according to two people fa-miliar with the plans.
With a series of new rules ex-pected in the coming days, the En-
vironmental Protection Agencywill move to weaken the 2015 reg-ulation that would have strength-ened inspection and monitoring atcoal plants, lowered acceptablelevels of toxic effluent and re-quired plants to install new tech-
nology to protect water suppliesfrom contaminated coal ash.
The E.P.A. will relax some ofthose requirements and exempt asignificant number of powerplants from any of the require-ments, according to the two peo-ple familiar with the Trump ad-ministration plan, who requestedanonymity because they were notauthorized to speak about the newrules.
E.P.A. Plans to Soften Rules to Help Coal PlantsBy LISA FRIEDMAN
A coal ash landfill that was breached by Hurricane Florence last year near Wilmington, N.C.KEMP BURDETTE/CAPE FEAR RIVER WATCH, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
Continued on Page A17
Opponents of Rollback Warn of Health Risks
He was a 14-year-old boy play-ing basketball at dusk before cur-few. Just another night, on his usu-al court, focused on the game heenvisioned as his future.
Then came the gunshots, splin-tering the fall air. From 100 yardsdown the block, a bullet sailedacross a parking lot, slippedthrough a fence and struck theteenager — a neighborhood jewelwhom everyone knew — AamirGriffin.
A boy and a dream crumpled tothe concrete. Not the target, butthe victim.
Some would chalk it up towrong place, wrong time. ButAamir had been where he wasmeant to be: outside his apart-ment building in Jamaica, Queens,shooting hoops, staying far fromthe trouble that had lured away somany of his peers.
“Aamir was not like these littlekids out here running around andtrying to gangbang for fun,” saidhis friend Isis Eastman, 16. “Aamirjust played ball. That’s all he did.”
Crime is at an all-time lowacross New York City, dropping tolevels not seen for nearly sevendecades. But gun violence stillflares in some pockets, shatteringworlds and igniting despair. Offi-
cials have attributed recent burststo gang conflicts.
Northern Brooklyn has seen arise in shootings this year, with sixin one weekend alone. So haveseveral precincts in Manhattanand Queens. The 113th Precinct,where Aamir was killed on Satur-day, has had more than 20 shoot-ings so far this year, comparedwith 13 for the same period in2018.
Police officials acknowledge theuptick and say they plan to deployextra resources to certain areas
A Boy and His Dream CrumpleOn a Queens Basketball Court
By CORINA KNOLL
Aamir Griffin in a photo on hisFacebook page from 2016.
Continued on Page A24
A rapid suburban expansion into thewilderness is exposing crews fightingwildfires to more chemicals. PAGE A15
NATIONAL A15-22
A New Threat to FirefightersJason Farago reviews an exhibition ofworks, like those above, of the provoca-tive artist Hans Haacke. PAGE C17
WEEKEND ARTS C1-32
Exploring the Complicity of Art
Almost nothing is known about the newIslamic State head, including who hereally is. An ISIS statement warnedAmerica not to be happy. PAGE A4
INTERNATIONAL A4-14
ISIS Names New LeaderIn an indictment unsealed Thursday,another accuser came forward to com-plain that the actor Cuba Gooding Jr.had touched “intimate parts.” PAGE A23
NEW YORK A23-25
A New Set of Groping ChargesAt the Cigar Smoking World Champi-onship in Croatia, the competitor whofinishes last takes the title. PAGE B11
SPORTSFRIDAY B9-13
Win, Lose or Drag
A photographer returned to the sites ofprotests he documented to show howlife returns to normal as the antigovern-ment movement continues. PAGE A10
Hong Kong Reflections
Allegations that the ruling party riggedthe Oct. 20 election set off violent pro-tests in which two people died andprompted calls for a new vote. PAGE A12
Surging Unrest in Bolivia
A New Jersey district will allow princi-pals to block students from some activi-ties over unpaid lunch bills. PAGE A23
Getting Tough on Lunch Debt
Even with the strongest labor market inhalf a century, getting work after losingit can still be an ordeal. PAGE B1
BUSINESS B1-8
For Jobless, What Recovery?“The Morning Show,” the marqueeoffering of Apple’s new streaming serv-ice, doesn’t mesh quite yet. PAGE C1
Wait for the Upgrade
Anthony Rendon, whose homers werecrucial in the Nationals’ World Seriesvictory, takes it all in stride. PAGE B9
The Unflappable Slugger
Aaron Sorkin PAGE A27
EDITORIAL, OP-ED A26-27
Research shows the virus can havedevastating and long-lasting effects onthe immune system. PAGE A16
Measles and ‘Immune Amnesia’
WASHINGTON — A bitterly di-vided House of Representativesvoted Thursday to endorse theDemocratic-led impeachment in-quiry into President Trump, in ahistoric action that set up a criticalnew public phase of the investiga-tion and underscored the politicalpolarization that serves as itsbackdrop.
The vote was 232 to 196 to ap-prove a resolution that sets outrules for an impeachment processfor which there are few prece-dents, and which promises to con-sume the country a little morethan a year before the 2020 elec-tions. It was only the third time inmodern history that the Househad taken a vote on an impeach-ment inquiry into a sitting presi-dent.
Having resisted such a vote formonths, Democrats muscledthrough their resolution overunanimous Republican oppositionwith only two of their membersbreaking ranks to vote no. Thetally foreshadowed the battle tocome as Democrats take theircase against the president fullyinto public view, sending both par-ties into uncharted territory andreshaping the nation’s politicallandscape.
On the House floor, SpeakerNancy Pelosi presided over thevote in an unusually packedchamber, after a debate that wasfraught with the weight of the mo-ment. Ms. Pelosi read from thepreamble of the Constitution, apicture of the American flag byher side, and declared somberly,“What is at stake in all of this isnothing less than our democracy.”
Representative Kevin McCar-thy, Republican of California andthe minority leader, quoted Alex-ander Hamilton, who warned inthe Federalist papers against im-peachment as a partisan tool.Lawmakers listened from theirseats, stone-faced and somber,while members of the publicwatched from the crowded galleryabove.
“We don’t know whether Presi-dent Trump is going to be im-peached but the allegations are as
FRACTURED HOUSE BACKS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
By NICHOLAS FANDOSand SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Continued on Page A18
Bitter Vote, 232-196,Approves Rules for
a Rare Process
He came of age in Queens, builtTrump Tower, starred in “The Ap-prentice,” bankrupted his busi-nesses six times, and drew cheer-ing crowds and angry protestersto Fifth Avenue after his election.Through it all, President Trump —rich, bombastic and to manyAmericans the epitome of a NewYorker — was intertwined withthe city he called his lifelonghome.
No longer.In late September, Mr. Trump
changed his primary residencefrom Manhattan to Palm Beach,Fla., according to documents filedwith the Palm Beach County Cir-cuit Court. Melania Trump, thefirst lady, also changed her resi-dence to Palm Beach in an identi-cal document.
Each of the Trumps filed a “dec-laration of domicile” saying thatthe Mar-a-Lago Club, Mr. Trump’sresort in Palm Beach, will be theirpermanent residence.
The president confirmed the de-cision on Twitter after The NewYork Times reported on the move,saying that he would “be makingPalm Beach, Florida, our Perma-nent Residence.”
“I cherish New York, and thepeople of New York,” he added,“and always will.”
But he didn’t have much nice tosay about the public officials ofNew York.
“I have been treated very badlyby the political leaders of both thecity and state. Few have beentreated worse,” he said, describ-ing his decision as the “best for allconcerned.”
Some New York leaders sharedthe sentiment. “Good riddance,”Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo tweeted.“It’s not like Mr. Trump paid taxeshere anyway. He’s all yours, Flor-ida.”
In the documents, Mr. Trumpsaid he “formerly resided at 721Fifth Avenue,” referring to Trump
Trump MakesFlorida ResortHis New Home
A New Yorker No MoreAfter a Court Filing
By MAGGIE HABERMAN
Continued on Page A21
WASHINGTON — When theRepublican-led House voted in1998 to begin an impeachmentinquiry into President Bill Clin-ton, 31 Democrats sided withRepublicans, and the WhiteHouse breathed a sigh of reliefthat the number was not signifi-cantly larger. In today’s hyper-polarized Washington, defections
of that magnitude on the ques-tion of impeachment would beconsidered a tsunami.
Not a single House Republicanon Thursday joined Democrats insupporting a resolution outliningthe parameters for the nextstage of impeachment proceed-ings, despite having demandedsuch a vote for weeks. Just twoDemocrats broke from theirparty to oppose the investigation.
The stark division in the 232-to-196 vote made clear that theaccelerating impeachment inqui-ry will continue to be highlypartisan as it moves into its morepublic phase, with the two par-ties pulling ever further apart asthey dig in deeper on the right-eousness of their respectivecauses.
Democrats say it is their con-stitutional duty to hold a lawless
President Trump to account evenif he is unlikely to be removedfrom office. Republicans aredetermined to defend a presidentthey say is being persecuted forpolitical gain. Little evidence hasemerged that either side is will-ing to give an inch, and the cer-tainty of facing a major politicalbacklash for doing so wouldseem to decrease chances of that
Few Defectors, and No Signs That Either Side Will Give an InchBy CARL HULSE
Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the House voted on Thursday to outline the parameters for the next stage of its impeachment proceedings.ERIN SCHAFF/THE NEW YORK TIMES
NEWS ANALYSIS
Continued on Page A22
Late EditionToday, sunshine and a few clouds,very windy, chillier, high 56. Tonight,clear, chilly, low 40. Tomorrow,mostly sunny, a chilly day, high 53.Weather map appears on Page B8.
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