Stanley Richards, who did multiple stints on Rikers Island as a youth before going on to lead the city’s largest nonprofit assisting people who have been locked up, was announced …
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This article is co-reported with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters. In a press conference this week …
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It was frigid on Thursday when the Shoofly — a 64-foot 1941 tugboat forged with American steel – set out along the Newtown Creek to carve up the ice sheets …
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A decade ago, a multimedia artist from The Bronx got a lucky break. She was one of the winners of a lottery — to which over 53,000 people applied — …
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday painted a dire picture of the city’s finances, placing the blame for a $12 billion budget gap over two years on former Mayor Eric Adams. …
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After seven months of reviewing candidates, a federal judge overseeing Rikers Island announced the appointment of Nicholas Deml, a former CIA officer, as the “remediation manager” who will have sweeping …
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday assured New Yorkers the city is ready for its first major snowstorm in years, promising plowed streets and, if needed, a remote school day for …
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When President Donald Trump made his budget proposal last May, disaster loomed for housing in New York. He wanted to combine housing vouchers, public housing aid and assistance to the …
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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Sorry kids, New York City students will still not have a traditional snow day, no matter how many inches …
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During a heated Zoom meeting Thursday evening, city officials told Chinatown residents that construction on a new jail in their neighborhood would begin soon and take an estimated six years …