This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. A top Education Department official overseeing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious childcare program for 2-year-olds is stepping down. Simone Hawkins, the deputy chancellor of the divi
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. A top Education Department official overseeing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ambitious childcare program for 2-year-olds is stepping down. Simone Hawkins, the deputy chancellor of the divi
The lottery is open for NYC's popular Family Camping program. The NYC parks department has opened a lottery portal for its popular Family Camping program, hosted by the Urban Park Rangers, a group of city-employed park stewards and outdoors educators. [ more › ]
The takeover is part of the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, which allows artists to install projects in unused spaces throughout the subway system, like newspaper kiosks. Instead of newspapers or gum, the former newsstand is stocked with free zines, guides to several subway stations and a limi
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at an event July 27. The city posted a database of more than 900,000 properties that “may” be subject to the new surcharge. [ more › ]
Police said one of the victims was a member of his family, and he met others at the shelters. [ more › ]
He also bit a school employee who tried to apprehend him, according to the Queens DA. [ more › ]
New York City health officials said Friday that the deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, killing seven people on the Upper East Side, is over. Health Commissioner Alister Martin announced that the two-week incubation period for any new cases linked to this cluster had passed. The fi
New York City health officials said Friday that the deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, killing seven people on the Upper East Side, is over. Health Commissioner Alister Martin announced that the two-week incubation period for any new cases linked to this cluster had passed. The fi
A look inside the three-bedroom apartment where the boys lived with their mother and grandmother. The boys’ mother, 36-year-old Geneva Jarvis, and grandmother, Denise Jarvis, 62, were arraigned late Thursday on charges including depraved indifference murder and manslaughter. [ more › ]
People board a NJ Transit light rail train in Hoboken in 2024. They hope momentum from the successful "A Better PATH" campaign can continue into changes for light rail. [ more › ]
This story was produced as part of a partnership between The City Reporter and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued prediction market Kalshi in state court on Friday, alleging that the company runs an
This story was produced as part of a partnership between The City Reporter and NOTUS, a publication from the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. New York Attorney General Letitia James sued prediction market Kalshi in state court on Friday, alleging that the company runs an
MTA Chair Janno Lieber has been in charge of the nation's largest transit system for a half-decade. Lieber helped drag the nation's largest transit system out of the COVID-19 pandemic and implemented congestion pricing, but collected his fair share of scars along the way. [ more › ]
The CommuniCards will be distributed to shelters to help residents who are deaf or hard of hearing. The CommuniCards are meant to help deaf New Yorkers more quickly communicate their needs. [ more › ]
A stock photo of an NYPD cruiser NYPD says the man met at least three of his victims at homeless shelters. [ more › ]
Dozens of women, men and their children, many fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras, Guatamala and El Salvador, arrive at a bus station following release from Customs and Border Protection on June 23, 2018, in McAllen, Texas. The end of a federal legal services contract for unaccompanied minors l
Throughout the summer, inside a small, fluorescent-lit courtroom in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of migrant children, some as young as three, faced deportation hearings. Most appeared virtually. Some sat around desks in a classroom, while others bounced on bunk beds or rocked in chairs inside small off
Throughout the summer, inside a small, fluorescent-lit courtroom in Lower Manhattan, hundreds of migrant children, some as young as three, faced deportation hearings. Most appeared virtually. Some sat around desks in a classroom, while others bounced on bunk beds or rocked in chairs inside small off
Health officials say five people remain hospitalized, but no new symptoms have been reported in the last two weeks and the city believes the source of exposure has been eliminated. [ more › ]
