New York City

The digital age is dawning for older bus riders who refuse to dump coins for the MTA’s new fare-payment methods. With OMNY now in use on 92% of paid bus …

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Reading scores sank in New York City last school year, with a nearly 14 percentage point decline among third …

“If you live in New York City, pay the New York City price. It sucks, I get it. Insurance is expensive here, but that’s the deal.” Even a “slow’ August …

Seventeen-year-old Sabrina Gao, a rising senior, and 15-year-old Benjamin Xie, a rising junior, at Stuyvesant High School have taken on a duty some of the grown-ups have shirked: advancing socioeconomic …

The City Council plans to hold an oversight hearing on the Mamdani administration’s rocky rollout of a new tax on luxury second homes, as thousands of homeowners seek exemptions from …

City health officials have detected nearly twice as many mosquito samples with West Nile virus so far this year compared to the same time last year, the health department warned …

As New York City rolls out a new tax on pricey second homes, the state will be watching for evidence of potential tax fraud by owners who claim they mostly …

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Reading proficiency plunged across New York state last school year while math scores ticked up slightly, according to preliminary …

Attorneys and families of dozens of Legionnaires’ disease victims from last summer’s Harlem outbreak are suing the city and several contractors they allege failed to maintain cooling towers linked with …

All aboard, baby. Tykes who ride MTA buses will have designated stroller-only spaces across the entire fleet of nearly 6,000 carriages by the end of the year, officials announced Thursday. …