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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s former press secretary Karen Hinton was placed in a medically induced coma over the weekend after suffering a head injury, a relative said Monday. Hinton, 58, got lightheaded while running on a treadmill and fell, injuring her head, Hamilton Hinton, her nephew, told The Post. She had bleeding on the brain and doctors placed her in a coma, said her nephew, who lives in Hinton’s native Mississippi.

Cuomo’s homelessness order deepened the chill between him and Mayor de Blasio Sunday, with the mayor’s office charging Cuomo lacks the power to impose the mandate. "We support the intent of the Executive Order, but to forcibly remove all homeless individuals in freezing weather, as the Governor has ordered, will require him to pass state law," de Blasio spokeswoman Karen Hinton said as Cuomo inked the order requiring people to go to shelters when temperatures are below 32 degrees. "This Executive Order adds no legal or financial resources to New York City's programs to assist the homeless, and merely requires...