New York City expands protections for delivery workers
Beginning Friday, new city laws take effect to protect delivery workers for apps like GrubHub and Uber Eats. It marks...
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High schoolers interview DOE Chancellor about issues students face, plans to lead NYC schools, others
Some high schoolers recently interviewed the new Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education about the issues students...
Education Collaborative wants city to launch program to hire more teachers, social workers
The Education Collaborative, a coalition of more than 30 community organizations, wants the city to launch a three-year, $8.2 million...
Math teacher develops gerrymandering curriculum in the Bronx
Veteran math teacher Kate Belin has won numerous accolades for her work with students and her mentorship of teachers, including...
NY appeals court rules district lines illegal
Democratic state lawmakers in New York acted with partisan intent and tried to restrict electoral competition when drawing congressional lines...
House lawmakers demanding answers from MTA on camera malfunction during Brooklyn subway shooting
Members of Congress are demanding answers from the MTA about why multiple subway surveillance cameras were not fully functioning when...
Seventeen-year-old dies trying to rescue driver whose car plunged into canal
A 17-year-old boy is being mourned as a hero after he trying to rescue a driver who had crashed into...
Councilwoman Shahana Hanif wants DPC investigated after Muslim surveillance comments
Councilwoman Shahana Hanif (D-Brooklyn) wants DA Alvin Bragg to review comments made by Deputy Police Commissioner John Miller before the...
Ten-year-old boy diagnosed with terminal cancer sworn in by NYPD
On Wednesday, 10-year-old Devarjaye Daniel, who goes by DJ, from Pearland, Texas, was sworn in by the New York Police...
Man charged in fatal subway push deemed unfit for trial
The man charged with fatally shoving an Asian American woman onto the subway tracks in Times Square in January has...
NYC trash bin pilot program aims to curb large garbage piles on City streets
The piles of curbside trash bags currently serving as “all-you-can-eat buffets” for the city’s rats will soon be off the...
Council members, advocates push Education Department to ramp up support for kids in foster care
The city’s schools serve upwards of 7,000 children in foster care each year. Their educational outcomes are startling. “The New...
DOE fails to pay therapists in NYC’s special education recovery program
Despite the influx of resources, occupational and physical therapists across the city have struggled to get paid on time since...
NYPD SUV hits pedestrian crossing Brooklyn street
NYPD SUV hit and injured a pedestrian carrying groceries across a Brooklyn street Tuesday, police sources said. The 59-year-old victim...
Police nab fugitive wanted for raping twin 4-year-old girls in NYC
Police confirmed on Wednesday of arresting a fugitive wanted for raping twin 4-year-old girls. Prior to the arrest, he assaulted...
NYC feds threaten Rikers Island with independent takeover
As the Rikers Island crisis continues to go unaddressed, prosecutors are floating the idea of a federal takeover. In a...
Mask mandate changes on planes, trains, rides and more
A federal judge in Florida voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national mask mandate for travel on planes...
NYC building workers union reaches tentative agreement to avoid strike
The building workers union reached a tentative, four-year agreement with the landlords that employ them, the two negotiating partners announced...
Trespasser stabs, kills female high school student
On Monday, The Stockton Police Department arrested an unidentified man at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School after stabbing and killing...
Bronx man sentenced 25 to life for murdering sleeping girlfriend
Miguel Bonilla, 49, confessed he stabbed Juana Alvarez, 52, to death in the apartment they shared in July 2016, taking...
NYC schools witness high opt-out of state tests amid rising anxiety
This year marks the first time that any parents at P.S. 171 have opted their children out of testing (not...
Former New York City CIO “Jessica Tisch” named as sanitation chief
A twice-weekly pre-pandemic annoyance is returning for New York City car owners. Jessica Tisch, the former head of the city’s...
Alternate-side parking rules returning to NYC
The five boroughs will fully restore alternate side parking this summer as part of an $11 million effort to improve...
Former NYC Mayor Bloomberg returns to City Hall after eight years out in cold
For a week, Mayor Eric Adams was stuck in Gracie Mansion, isolating with COVID-19. But that ended that ended Monday...
No lawyers left to represent low-income Manhattan, Brooklyn tenants facing eviction
The Legal Aid Society is expected Monday to tell court administrators it can’t take 130 cases in Manhattan and 100...
NY Auto Show returns after 2-year break
The 122-year-old New York International Auto Show is making its return to Javits Center this week after missing two years...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar reacts to video of Christians singing on a plane
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has reacted via Twitter to what might happen if her Muslim family behaved the same way...
Mayor Adams, Sewell persist New York City subways are safe after shooting as mayor downplays crime rise
Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday tried to assure the public that the subways are safe after last week’s rampage —...
“I’m proud how New Yorkers have risen in charity for the suffering refugees of Ukraine,” –Cardinal Dolan
Cardinal Timothy Dolan praised New Yorkers’ compassion for Ukrainians and outlined his upcoming trip to meet with refugees in an...
Easter parade returns to New York City with extravagant bonnets
With the chimes of the bells, St. Patrick's Cathedral welcomed parishioners visiting near and far for Easter Sunday service. “Our...
Brooklyn school shooting: Memorial holds for 12-year-old Kade Lewin
Kade Lewin’s memorial comes amid a spate of violence, including a subway shooting in Sunset Park, Brooklyn that included several...
NJ emergency responders rappel down elevator shaft to rescue 6 children
Emergency responders in New Jersey had to rappel down an elevator shaft to rescue six children Friday. It happened around...
City adds 1000 seats to third grade ‘gifted program’
City leaders have announced an expansion of gifted seats in third grade. More students will have the chance to enroll...
These NYC residents can’t get out of jury duty
Manhattan residents summoned for jury duty may be in for an unwelcome surprise. Manhattanites can now be called into the...
Workers of NYU Shanghai ‘trapped’ amid harsh COVID lockdown
Dozens of staff and vendors at NYU’s Shanghai campus have been “trapped” on campus for weeks, an administrator said. “We...
Woman arrested for raiding Queens clothing store
Angelina Davis, 31, stormed the H&M store at Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst Wednesday, packing a bag and cart with...
Fleeing children, parents frightened by Brooklyn playground shooting
On Friday, in a Brooklyn playground shooting that sent frightened children and horrified parents running, a gunman killed a 20-year-old...
Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams take action on tax returns
It is the tale of two tax returns. Gov. Hochul allowed reporters to view her 2021 tax returns on Friday,...
MTA workers honored at City Hall for rescue efforts during subway shooting
As the platform filled with smoke and bloodied passengers exiting the Brooklyn train car, N train operator David Artis directed...
Increasing coronavirus cases may raise NYC alert level to “medium”
As COVID-19 cases rise statewide, the city can expect to move to a “medium” alert level in the next week,...
Here are a few Easter-themed activities to enjoy in New York City this weekend
Easter is this Sunday, and that means it is Easter egg hunt season. All across New York City, organizations are...
Ground Zero survivors battle New York-Presbyterian Hospital
New York-Presbyterian Hospital has made it known that it won’t accept a health plan covering Ground Zero survivors is another...
NJ man arrested for shooting Brooklyn ex-con
A New Jersey man, Andrae Robertson, 26, was charged with murder and gun possession in connection with the March 8...
Political donor sentenced to 30 years in prison for fetish deaths
Ed Buck, 67, a wealthy gay white donor to Democratic, LGBTQ and animal rights causes, was sentenced Thursday in U.S....
DC police union produces ad blaming rise in crime on members of city council
The D.C. Police Union has gone on the offensive, blaming the rise in crime and a shrinking police force squarely...
NYC’s controversial big clean energy project just got the green light
Green energy from upstate and Canada: those are two sources New York City will soon be tapping into to produce...
City to expand gifted and talented program to more students, districts
The city will expand its gifted and talented program, promising to create seats in neighborhoods that historically had few. The...
After a spate of violence in NYC, expert offers advice on how to talk with kids
New York City’s students have been through a lot lately. In the terrifying moments after a gunman opened fire on...
Report says NYC schools have spent just half of this year’s COVID relief
As of the first week of March, the education department had spent just half of the $3 billion in federal...
NYC teachers to stop taking controversial certification exam
Prospective teachers in New York state will no longer have to take the controversial edTPA, a national assessment that some...
New Omicron subvariants spreading fast in New York
Two new Omicron subvariants that appear even more transmissible than the highly-contagious BA.2 are driving an uptick in Covid cases...
Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James in custody after massive manhunt
The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting inside a Brooklyn subway station during rush hour Tuesday morning has...
I won’t succumb to anyone who believes they can attempt to harm New Yorkers– Mayor Adams
Mayor Eric Adams joined Ruschell Boone, Dean Meminger and Anthony Pascale on NY1 Wednesday to discuss the arrest of Frank...
Twitter investor accuses, sues Elon Musk for violating stock trading law
On Tuesday in Manhattan Federal Court, a jilted Twitter investor accused and sued Tesla CEO, Elon Musk for violating a...
Gunshots erupt in bloody 6-hour span in the Bronx
A shooting spree began Tuesday night across Brooklyn and the Bronx just before 4:30 p.m. on Gates Ave. near Marcy...
Police officer sentenced to 10 years in prison in federal date rape drug trafficking case
An officer with the New York Police Department has been convicted of trafficking massive quantities of date rape drugs to...
Judge grants bail for D.C. men charged with impersonating federal agents
A Washington, D.C. federal judge denied prosecutors motion to detain the two men who were charged with impersonating federal law...
Biden calls Russia war a ‘genocide’, says Putin trying to ‘wipe out’ Ukraine
President Joe Biden called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a genocide, saying “Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea...
N.Y. lieutenant governor resigns after being charged with corruption
New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin was arrested and indicted Tuesday in connection with a campaign finance scheme on charges...
NY to improve support for child care eligibility
The child care funding and pre-K spending were major pushes by New York officials in this year's budget to increase...