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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 cooperating while e-learning on laptop during adult education training course in the classroom.

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

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‘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

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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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Opinion

Op-Ed | How we’re connecting more CUNY students to careers

Posted on April 1, 2025

Bronx Times

Celia Cruz High School jazz band named finalist in Essentially Ellington competition

New York Attorney General and Lehman College alumna Letitia James was one of the guest speakers at the school's fourth annual Spring Fling — a fundraiser to support the Lehman College Foundation.

Bronx Times

Attorney General to hold public hearing on Bronx high school closure

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Bronx Times

Letter to the Editor: Sisters decline Bally’s $8.5M offer for Bronx Catholic school

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Bronx Times

South Bronx students unplug — and thrive — under all-day cell phone ban

Three people at Manhattan summit on how to protect Jewish students from antisemitism

Jewish students from across the globe unite in Manhattan to fight campus antisemitism

Posted on March 24, 2025

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Op-Ed

Op-ed | We need a true ‘bell-to-bell’ cell phone ban in schools—with no exceptions

Posted on March 22, 2025

Queens Post

LaGuardia College welcomes new archives director, unveils NYCHA open space exhibit

NYC charter school students

NYC charter school applications: Here’s what you need to know for 2025-26 school year

Posted on March 19, 2025

Preston High School students, parents and alumni used the Throggs Neck St. Patrick's Day Parade to make their voices heard, chanting "save our school" while marching along East Tremont.

Bronx Times

Preston High School community rallies at Throggs Neck St. Patrick’s Day Parade to fight closure

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Charter schools in NYC: A growing trend with benefits and challenges

Posted on March 18, 2025

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New online directory helps families navigate the many charter schools in NYC

Posted on March 18, 2025

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NYC charter schools: What you need to know about their operations

Posted on March 18, 2025

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NYC charter schools continue strong enrollment, data finds

Posted on March 18, 2025

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Sponsored

My Path to Success: Excellence Boys Charter School

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Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE | Bally’s foundation bid $8.5M for Preston High School property, but Sisters rejected offer

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BP Gibson joins Jewish group for cheesecake crawl in celebration of Shavuot

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State Sen. Ramos funds sound system at Elmhurst Older Adults Center amid wider fight to protect senior services

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Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for fatal stabbing former partner

An International Transgender Day of Visibility demonstration in 2023.

Pew: LGBTQ adults say trans and non-binary people lag behind in acceptance