Op-Ed | How New York can address its dismal racial achievement gap in education
New York’s public education system has been plagued by severe racial and economic disparities for decades, and far too many promising students of color have been left behind as a result. With students...
View ArticlePotential deal to deliver $4.2B in aid would be ‘game changer’ for NYC...
A potential deal between state lawmakers to provide $4.2 billion in long-awaited, long-delayed state aid to public schools over the next three years would be a “game changer,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio...
View ArticleScott Stringer puts small businesses at the front and center of mayoral...
Mayoral candidate and current city comptroller, Scott Stringer, unveiled a plan on Monday that would aid economic recovery in the five boroughs by pumping stimulus funding into support for small...
View ArticleMonstrous Midtown beating, brutal Brooklyn train assault were anti-Asian hate...
The despicable string of hate crimes targeting Asian New Yorkers continued with a pair of violent assaults reported Monday. One of the incidents happened in Midtown Manhattan at about 11:40 a.m. on...
View ArticleParents upset after Queens principal’s letter encourages them to keep...
Some New York City public school parents are outraged over a letter sent to Bayside High School families stating they made a "good decision" by choosing to enroll their children in remote learning and...
View ArticleNYC Comptroller candidates weigh-in on weed bill
With the legalization of marijuana bill language finalized city electeds and advocates wait with bated breaths for the expected vote on the legislation next week. “I am very proud that we finally have...
View ArticleReal transit help or real estate deal? Manhattan boards dismiss Empire...
Community Boards 4 and 5 in Midtown Manhattan issued a joint statement Monday night dismissing Governor Andrew Cuomo's pet project, the Empire Station Complex, as more of a real estate deal than an...
View ArticleCops swarm Lower East Side by land and air after man is shot in broad daylight
Detectives are investigating the shooting of a man on the Lower East Side Tuesday afternoon. The bullets rang out at about 1:35 p.m. on March 30 in front of storefronts and an apartment building at 178...
View ArticleNew Yorkers need a morale booster after COVID-19, but 57% are optimistic...
How are New Yorkers feeling about the future of the metro region as the yoke of COVID-19 appears to nearly be lifted? A study from the Regional Plan Association shows that optimism is blooming, but...
View ArticleSpring cleaning: NYC gives funding boost to Sanitation Department to help NYC...
It's time to take out the trash in New York City! The Sanitation Department, after struggling last year with devastating cuts to resources and this winter’s harsh storms, will be getting a little help...
View Article‘We need to save our mothers’: Mayoral hopeful Garcia outlines plan to boost...
Kathryn Garcia, mayoral candidate and former Commissioner for the New York City Sanitation Department, pledged to make boosting women’s healthcare rights a key goal if elected to the city's highest...
View ArticleYang speaks out against recent anti-Asian hate crime in Midtown
Andrew Yang was deep on the campaign trail Tuesday morning helping hand out produce from a pop-up food pantry outside the St. Ann & and the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn when he spoke on the most...
View ArticleOp-Ed | Poverty is a slow-moving disaster
By any measure, there was a growing crisis of homelessness in New York City even before the impacts of a global pandemic reached our shores a year ago. While the most dependable and trusted sources of...
View ArticleFoley Square protest for rent relief ends with more than a dozen cuffed
More than a dozen protesters marching for rent relief at Foley Square on Wednesday afternoon wound up in police custody after they were seen blocking Lower Manhattan traffic for about two hours. On...
View ArticleDe Blasio signs on for more diversity in the NYPD
Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order mandating diversity hiring in the NYPD Wednesday during his morning briefing. While noticeably lacking a little of the usual, pre-pandemic spectacle of an...
View ArticleHealth Dept. data: 70% of most recent COVID-19 cases in New York City are...
New data shows that certain variants of COVID-19 are on the rise in New York City's coronavirus cases. According to the Health Department, during the week of March 15-21 variants represent over 70% of...
View ArticleTop cop Commissioner Shea and DA Vance confirm recent Midtown attack as hate...
Top police officials and District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. took a victory lap as they officially announced the arrest of Brandon Elliot, the man who allegedly viciously brutalized a 65-year-old Asian...
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