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Columbia adopts new definition of antisemitism amid negotiations with Trump admin

Posted on July 18, 2025

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Cellphone ban will start at NYC Public Schools in September; here’s what to know

Posted on July 17, 2025

Preschoolers read a picture book with an instructor.

With new funding, advocates and City Council seek greater support for preschoolers with disabilities

Posted on July 9, 2025

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Courts

Barnard pledges to tackle antisemitism, discrimination in lawsuit settlement

Posted on July 8, 2025

New York City, New York, USA - December 31, 2014: Columbia University inscribed on the Low Memorial Library facade at New York City's Columbia University

Columbia hacker stole data for a ‘political agenda,’ university official says

Posted on July 3, 2025

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Politics

Report card time: NYC Public Schools see uptick in reading and math scores during 2024-25 academic year

Posted on July 2, 2025

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Gay City News

Advocates, electeds reaffirm commitment to LGBTQ-inclusive education after controversial Supreme Court ruling

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New Yorkers pursuing ‘in-demand’ jobs will get free community college, Hochul announces

Posted on July 2, 2025

NYC Expands 2K Child Care, Boosts Special Needs Services, and Adds $220M in Child Care Vouchers in New Budget

New York Family

New NYC Budget Expands 2K Child Care, Boosts Special Needs Services, and Adds $220M in Child Care Vouchers

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Bronx Times

South Bronx student going from Highbridge to Harvard

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Brooklyn Paper

‘An inspiration to us all’: Bay Ridge school renamed for Joanne Seminara

NYC Public Schools to Teach Real-World Money Skills: Launch New FLY Program This Fall

New York Family

NYC Public Schools to Teach Real-World Money Skills: Launch New FLY Program This Fall

Eric Adams

NYC public schools to get new financial literacy education

Posted on June 18, 2025

One in three respondents reported their quality of life as being "good" or "excellent."

Business

New Yorkers’ quality of life and public safety ratings remain low but improve since 2023, survey shows

Posted on June 4, 2025

Jackson Heights Post

Lexington School for the Deaf narrowly falls to NYS lawmakers in annual basketball classic

NYC Public Schools Extend Winter Break: No School Jan. 2

New York Family

NYC Public Schools Extend Winter Break: No School Jan. 2

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Bronx Times

Bronx high school students participate in citywide pro-democracy walkout

The Bronx's hometown superstar, Ice Spice surprised and inspired young women last week appearing at a wellness event in the West Bronx along with the nonprofit Girls Inc. and fashion designer Kate Spade.

Bronx Times

Ice Spice returns to the Bronx to empower young women at Girls Inc. Wellness Summit

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Brooklyn Paper

All Good Dispensary opens in Brooklyn with a focus on wellness, safety, and locally-grown cannabis

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Dan’s Papers

Kermit the Frog Gives First Commencement Speech Since Southampton College 29 Years Ago

Councilmember Erik Bottcher and more than a dozen other elected officials from Manhattan signed a letter blasting "ongoing dysfunction" at Community Education Council District 2.

Gay City News

Community Education Council accused of obstructing votes on trans resolutions

Multiracial students

New York’s free community college program set to launch this fall

Posted on May 16, 2025

Bally's Chair Soo Kim proudly displays his very own Preston High School hoodie while grateful students parents and school administrators show off signs that read "Soo Kim is Awesome."

Bronx Times

Exclusive: Preston HS families thank Bally’s Chair Soo Kim for saving school at final PTA meeting of the year

Over 60 grant-funded projects have been canceled at CUNY as of late April and that the number may have increased since, according to the PSC.

‘Bridge the gap’: After federal grant freeze, CUNY union seeks city funding lifeline to continue research

Posted on May 14, 2025

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Bronx Times

‘Getting dizzy just thinking about it’: NYC borrowers scramble as student loan collections return

In addition to addressing smartphone use, Governor Hochul’s proposal also seeks to enhance protections against online dangers that youth face, including artificial intelligence risks.

Silence! NYS school cellphone ban to go into effect this fall, Hochul says

Posted on May 6, 2025

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Here’s where 7 new NYC public schools will open this September

Posted on May 5, 2025

Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul can't agree on funding a popular childcare voucher program which could end affordable childcare for tens of thousands of families unless City Hall and Albany can close the funding gap.

Bronx Times

Childcare voucher crisis puts over 60,000 families in limbo amid NYC-Albany budget feud

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Bronx Times

Bronx nonprofit marks five years of teaching kids to cook—and changing lives

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Bronx Times

Fordham, CUNY international student visas reinstated — at least temporarily

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2025 Mayor’s Race

Adams unveils after-school expansion and effort to make it universal, following similar plans from mayoral rivals

Posted on April 29, 2025

Bronx City Council Member Kevin Riley rallied supporters for the Indoor Hoops Act which would increase the number of indoor basketball courts available to the public year-round.

Bronx Times

Riley and sports advocates rally for year round access to indoor basketball courts

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Opinion

Op-Ed | An ode to public higher education

Posted on April 28, 2025

Columbia University and South Bronx Unite have been working together to offer teens in the South Bronx opportunities to study environmental health science and climate justice.

Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Bronx teen program in jeopardy after federal grant cut by Trump administration

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Bronx Times

Preston High School saved from closure in $8.5M deal with Bally’s Foundation

Participants at the Feb. 23, 2025 rally in Central Park proudly waved Israeli flags and carried posters with the pictures, names, and ages of the hostages still in Hamas captivity.

Politics

New York leads the nation in reported antisemitic incidents in 2024: ADL

Posted on April 22, 2025

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Tiegerman School celebrates 40 years of helping kids and adults with developmental disabilities

Posted on April 22, 2025

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Bronx

Five students at two Bronx universities have visas revoked during Trump crackdown on higher education

Posted on April 17, 2025

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Politics

Mayor Adams restores $167 million in 3-K and pre-K funding left out of his January budget plan

Posted on April 16, 2025

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Bronx Times

City Council Majority Leader Farías, Speaker Adams present $139K check to FAN4Kids

Hundreds of students, teachers, parents and alumni cheered each other on as State Attorney General Letitia James listened to them talk about how closing Preston High School would irreparably harm the community and the future of its current students.

Bronx Times

Preston High School community testifies before AG Letitia James in emotional plea to halt its closure

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Sponsored

The Advantages of Charter Schools

Posted on April 8, 2025

Arts education advocates plead for more data transparency ahead of Council’s Joint Oversight Hearing on Ensuring Equity and Access in the Arts.

Politics

Painting a picture of need: NYC pols, arts advocates rally for transparent arts education funding

Posted on April 8, 2025

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Reopen the books: Parents, teachers and students rally to restore NYC public school libraries

Posted on April 8, 2025

The EPIC Coalition — an organization that advocates "for greater investments and fair funding for all types of schools" — said in the report that more than four million students in 25,000 nonpublic schools nationwide are affected by such exclusions.

Faith-based organizations in New York and beyond face systematic education funding exclusion, study finds

Posted on April 8, 2025

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New York Family

New York Schools Refuse to Drop DEI Programs Despite Trump Administration’s Funding Threats

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Bronx Times

Rep. Torres blasts Gov. Hochul over proposed cuts to Medicaid-funded autism services

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Bronx Times

Families flock to South Bronx for charter school fair and kids expo

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Bronx electeds express disappointment with Bally’s vote

QNS received an exclusive tour of Episcopal Health Services's soon-to-open state-of-the-art labor and delivery suite.

New Episcopal Health Services maternity suite brings modern, family-centered care to the Rockaways

man with trophy is crowned winner of the 3A division of the Us National Yoyo Championships

Brooklyn yo-yo champion spins his way to national title after 13-year journey

Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón looks at the camera during a portrait with the American Flag in the background.

Puerto Rico restricts gender-affirming care for people under 21