President Biden says a decision on student loan forgiveness is coming within weeks
Pesident Joe Biden said Thursday that he is "considering" taking action to forgive some student loan debt, with a decision...
After employers complain, NYC to push back law requiring pay transparency
Go to any job website, and you may be looking for one thing: How much you’re going to get paid....
In surprising setback to Mayor Adams, city’s panel for education policy rejects school funding formula
On Wednesday night, the city’s Panel for Educational Policy voted against the routine approval of New York City’s school funding...
NYS math tests fall during fasting period, upsetting Muslim families
This year’s Ramadan overlapped with the state math tests administered to New York’s third- through eighth-graders from April 26-28, upsetting...
City schools to provide 4 at-home COVID tests to students each week
According to an education department letter sent to families on Wednesday, City schools are now providing four at-home COVID testing...
NYC’s nurses provides solution to reckon with shortage
It’s a problem throughout the country and it’s no different in New York City: there aren't enough nurses. It's a...
NYPD union hits Mayor Adams for remark about cops using their phones
Two of the city’s police unions took umbrage with Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday after he said he was “disappointed” in...
Democrats lose control of N.Y. election maps, as top court rejects appeal
New York's top court on Wednesday rejected the congressional and state Senate maps drawn by the Democratic-led Legislature earlier this...
Deen Digest | What You Should Know About Zakat and Zakat-al-Fitr
“Zakat expenditures are only for the poor and for the needy and for those employed to collect and for bringing...
Adams proposes more summer programming for students in NYC education budget plan
The de Blasio administration had planned to spend $3.1 billion in stimulus funding this fiscal year, but just half of...