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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Leaders from New York City’s public hospital system anticipate a crisis of coverage as federal healthcare policies force hundreds of thousands residents to lose their…
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For the first time, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration used a new law to intervene on behalf of a Brooklyn family facing eviction they say is because of deed fraud. But the move may not have worked. A city lawyer filed papers Friday to try to prevent the impending eviction of a family in order…
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I think Haley Stevens’ implosion complicates the future of Chuck Schumer because that was his girl. He went hard in the paint in the primary for her. And now there are a lot of folks who are like, ‘Hey, Chuck, is this your person? This is who you thought should be the senator for Michigan?’ […]…
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The nation’s two most important buyers of mortgage loans have imposed new rules for New York City’s rent-regulated buildings in the wake of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent freeze that are making it impossible or extremely difficult for landlords to get financing. Government-backed Fannie Mae, which…
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A Kings County Hospital Center nurse practitioner who claims she was suspended in retaliation for union organizing was ordered to report back to work after three weeks away from the bedside, after the city hospital’s system apparently decided to put its misconduct investigation on ice. The nurse,…
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The company has submitted an application to the state’s grid operator to build three new gas units at the site of aging plants.
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The Republican candidate for governor failed to report more than $1.8 million in transactions, including donations from a political ally whose firm received a $730,000 Nassau County contract.
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat and is the third story in a three-part series. Read parts one and two here. And keep Chalkbeat’s valuable education coverage at the top of your feeds by clicking here and checking the box next to their name. Nearly a year into his administration,…
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As soon as social media seized on the story, it was turned into a kind of intellectual junk food: Daniel Penny is either a hero or a vigilante. You have to pick. Jordan Neely is either a career criminal who was finally put down or a victim of every systemic injustice in American life. You […] The…
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Applying to high school in New York City is daunting: Eighth graders can choose from 700 programs in 400 schools across the five boroughs. Last year, of roughly 68,000 eighth graders who…
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In 2023, after several e-bike battery fires erupted inside New York City Housing Authority apartments, including a blaze that killed a 5-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman, NYCHA considered banning the devices entirely from authority property. But opposition emerged from those arguing that some…
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Insurgent Democrats in Oswego County are propelled by anger at Trump's presidency, energizing normally sleepy legislative races.
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The governor has kept more than $85,000 in donations from at least 19 appointees, despite an anti-patronage ethics rule.
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. This is part two of a three-part series. Here’s the first story. And sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free email newsletter to be the first to know when the next story is published. As a parent leader for more than a decade, Johanna Bjorken has…
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So-called “management fees.” Listed apartments already rented. Off-market exclusives dangled like bait. These are among what some apartment-seekers saw as they searched for rentals in the wake of the 2025 FARE Act, which in almost all cases bans brokers from charging fees to tenants. And those…
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A Yonkers City Council aide was fired after launching a campaign for county legislature against Democrats' pick. Now she's running against him on the Working Families Party line.
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Here's how New York's often-overlooked county governments work.
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. this week sent letters to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and two government agencies demanding they intervene to transform a parking lot built on top of an African burial ground into a respectful memorial commemorating the sacred ground. Richards, joined by…
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Scores of adjunct professors at the City University of New York aren’t getting paid on time, CUNY officials acknowledged, in an ongoing problem that has frustrated the university’s part-time teaching workforce for several years. Some CUNY adjuncts are owed sums north of $10,000. “First paychecks…
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A few blocks off the Belt Parkway in Gravesend, Brooklyn, a playground bathroom has been closed so long its doors no longer have handles. A rusted latch box is bolted to the graffiti-tagged doors of the cube-like structure, which city records show has been shut since at least 2018 — three mayors…
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The MTA is looking to significantly boost the number of buses in its fleet that alert drivers about would-be hazards while they’re behind the wheel. With the number of collisions between buses and bicycles this year down 16% from the same time period in 2025, according to MTA data, the…
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Letitia James told reporters she supports a bill that would undercut her office’s efforts to dismiss prison sex abuse claims.
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This story was reported by Haidee Chu and Carol Chen of The City Reporter, based on original research and data analysis by Stephen Lurie and Matt Daniels of The Pudding. Katie Honan contributed. When the playground at St. Vartan Park closed for renovations this spring, parents in Murray Hill…
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The city is dragging its feet on a requirement for all city agencies to upload records requests and data to an online public portal, further delaying transparency from city agencies, good-government advocates said. The bill, which was passed in the City Council last November, requires every…
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Despite a reported threat against the witness, a judge ruled that his identity should be disclosed to the defendants, only to be later overruled.
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Fundamentally, the commission’s goal was to put forth proposals that would allow government to keep pace with New Yorkers and make the bureaucracy less painful… COGE Commissioner Emma Wolfe and Executive Director Ann Cheng visit the podcast to explain the questions on the back of every NYC ballot…
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Despite inflation that has pushed up prices in the New York area by 4% in the last year, low-wage workers won’t see an expected increase in the city’s $17 an hour minimum wage on Jan. 1 because of a quirk in the 2023 state law that indexed the minimum wage to the consumer price index. […] The post…
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Days before the school year started, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced new restrictions on student-facing artificial intelligence tools used in hundreds of New York City public schools. “We will…
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Records show that counties billed ICE millions before New York passed a law banning them from holding the agency’s detainees.
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Will New York be on its own when disaster strikes? That may be the future after the next Superstorm Sandy or Hurricane Ida, according to recent remarks from the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Administrator Cameron Hamilton. At an annual meeting for state emergency managers on…
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Sunnyside Yard burst into the headlines in February when Mayor Zohran Mamdani went to Washington to meet President Donald Trump, armed with a mock Daily News front page that read “Trump to City: Let’s Build” and a pitch that the two of them could erect an enormous housing project over the Queens…
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Talking to brand new immigrants to New York City, it reminds you of what an amazing place this is. They want to come here because of what it stands for. Having been a local reporter in this town for as long as I have, I know how grinding the bureaucracy is and how difficult it […] The post LISTEN:…
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Oscar Belgal, the man shot by an ICE agent in Marble Hill earlier this month, will remain in custody after a federal judge in Brooklyn denied his request for release. In a ruling Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Hector Gonzalez found that the 28-year-old Dominican father of two had received…
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City is considering closing a small Harlem high school, the first in what could be a growing number of school merger and closure proposals this school year as the nation’s largest…
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The New York State Nurses Association has filed a complaint with a state labor board after it says a nurse practitioner was suspended without pay at Kings County Hospital Center in retaliation for union organizing. NYC Health + Hospitals, which administers the city’s public hospitals, suspended…
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city government’s top lawyer is personally looking into allegations revealed by The City Reporter that top officials at the agency overseeing city purchasing and properties regularly used personal emails and texting to discuss official business. City employees are…
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Just months after the MTA installed five new elevators at the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium subway station, several were sidelined during baseball season, transit authority data shows — and one lift is expected to remain out of service until winter 2027 because of power problems. The elevators at…
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Calling all New Yorkers: It’s time to choose your Congress members, governor and state legislators — and decide the fate of five ballot proposals backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Whom you can vote for and where you can vote depends on where you live. All registered voters in New York City will have…
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State regulators approved two “thermal energy” pilots but rejected nine others, raising questions about the future of the technology.
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One of the largest industrial warehouse managers in the country is eyeing a massive, once-public vacant building steps from the South Bronx waterfront — raising concerns with locals who say the area is already overrun with similar businesses. The nearly 400,000-square-foot facility at 900 E. 132nd…
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The mysterious bid of a 22-year-old was buoyed by a consultant of his ostensible rival.
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Did New York’s landmark program to give eviction help to low-income people cause a dip in emergency room visits? That’s what a new study points to, studying millions of ER visits in the first neighborhoods where the legal program rolled out. The research, published Wednesday in the Journal of…
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The city’s former parks commissioner had serious concerns about the proposed Metropolitan Park casino in Queens before it was approved by the state, noting the potential to increase flooding in the area and restrict parks access, documents shared with The City Reporter shows. Sue Donoghue, who…
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Documents reveal how New York’s second-largest police force handle credible allegations against its employees.
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Neighbors stunned by the closure of a local newspaper in The Bronx are rallying behind an effort to relaunch the community mainstay, with or without help from its former owner — the borough’s largest employer. In August, the owners of the Norwood News — Mosholu Preservation Corp., an umbrella…
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It was the beginning of her first year at Hostos Community College, and Shannon needed help. The Bronx mother of two was excited to be in school, but right as she started her public health classes, we was stunned by a notice alleging she owed nearly $50,000 in arrears on her apartment. Shannon,…
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This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. As new Medicaid work requirements are set to take effect in January, approximately 200,000 Bronx residents could get a reprieve. Because of the borough’s high unemployment…
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After a twelve-hour shift, most people would undergo a bleary-eyed commute home, enjoy whatever show they’re currently binging, and go to bed before doing it all over again the next day. But not Alex Gomez. Gomez, a 31-year veteran of the city’s Emergency Medical Services, lives in East…
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When the New York Knicks took home the NBA championship title for the first time in 53 years this summer, fans joked that a Knicks-inspired baby name trend may be nigh. Would someone name their newborn daughter “Anna Nobey” after forward OG Anunoby, who famously tipped in a game-winning shot to…
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Lily Fan, chair of the State Liquor Authority, is bankrolling a super PAC run by lobbyists seeking to influence her agency. Hochul’s office says ethics rules don’t apply.
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