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People shop for Christmas trinkets in Bryant Park's Winter Village holiday market

Small businesses, and shoppers, return to holiday markets

Posted on November 23, 2022

The cast of Into the Woods on Broadway

amBroadway | COVID cancellations persist, Joaquina Kalukango to join ‘Into the Woods’ and more

Posted on November 22, 2022

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Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes

Posted on November 18, 2022

New York City's Schools Chancellor Banks and Mayor Eric Adams. The two announced that Financial aid is coming for students in temporary housing — including those who may be seeking asylum.

No NYC school funding cuts this year even with enrollment decline: Adams and Banks

Posted on November 7, 2022

New York City's Schools Chancellor Banks and Mayor Eric Adams. The two announced that Financial aid is coming for students in temporary housing — including those who may be seeking asylum.

NYC agrees to provide nearly full funding for all community-based Early Childhood Education programs

Posted on November 3, 2022

Test Scores District Data

Massive learning setbacks show COVID’s sweeping toll on kids

Posted on October 28, 2022

Governor Kathy Hochul gets a flu shot

‘The flu is nasty’: Hochul, health officials urges New Yorkers to get the flu shot

Posted on October 26, 2022

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White House launches COVID booster blitz

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Fordham University faces potential lawsuit over booster vaccine mandate

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FACT FOCUS: States, not CDC, set school vaccine requirements

Posted on October 21, 2022

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US clears Novavax COVID booster dose

Posted on October 21, 2022

Igor Levit

Igor Levit back on road but post-pandemic far from normal

Posted on October 18, 2022

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Met Opera, New York Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall drop mask mandate

Posted on October 17, 2022

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Fordham University faces opposition over its COVID-19 double-booster mandate

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In drawn-out recovery, NYC inches out from COVID’s shadow

Posted on October 13, 2022

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Ringo Starr tour on hold as he recovers from COVID-19

Posted on October 7, 2022

MTA finances in peril if transit ridership doesn't rebound, DiNapoli says

‘Tough decisions’ await MTA if transit ridership and revenue don’t fully rebound in two years, DiNapoli warns

Posted on October 6, 2022

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State education department’s plan approved to restart school accountability program

Posted on October 3, 2022

U.S. Health Secretary Becerra gets COVID-19 booster

Becerra boosted: US Secretary of Health gets COVID-19 shot in Harlem, responds to Biden’s claim that pandemic is over

Posted on September 19, 2022

Virus Outbreak China

WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest since March 2020

Posted on September 14, 2022

A jail on Rikers Island

Yet another Rikers Island inmate dies in custody – the third since August

Posted on September 14, 2022

TikTok Misinformation

TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report

Posted on September 14, 2022

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‘The gangs run the jails’: Board of Corrections hear about lack of progress with ongoing NYC jail woes

Posted on September 13, 2022

Chancellor Banks welcomes students back to school at P.S 161 in the South Bronx.

Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks and other pols welcome students back to school

Posted on September 8, 2022

Hochul gets Omicron booster shot, says New Yorkers should too

Posted on September 8, 2022

Schools Chancellor David C. Banks

New NYC school safety plan includes enhanced safety trainings for leadership, increased communication and more

Posted on September 7, 2022

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Op-Ed | Reviving NYC: Public transit must adapt to a post-COVID city

Posted on September 7, 2022

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EXPLAINER: Should you get a new COVID booster? If so, when?

Posted on September 2, 2022

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CDC advisers weigh who needs updated COVID booster and when

Posted on September 2, 2022

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Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

Posted on September 1, 2022

Tenants and city officials rally to slow eviction court outside of the Queens Housing Court.

New York City officials and tenants rally to slow eviction court

Posted on August 31, 2022

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US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variants

Posted on August 31, 2022

CUNY grads

Speaker Adams and CUNY Chancellor Rodríguez launch Reconnect program for working-age students

Posted on August 30, 2022

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Secret Service recovers $286M in stolen pandemic loans

Posted on August 26, 2022

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Moderna sues Pfizer over patents behind COVID-19 vaccine

Posted on August 26, 2022

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Tweaked COVID boosters close but how much will they help?

Posted on August 26, 2022

A boy and his classmates raise their hands as the teacher writes on the blackboard. Back to school concept

New York families to submit applications for free or reduced-price school meals

Posted on August 25, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Adolescents receive COVID-19 vaccine

New York City Health + Hospitals urges wellness checks and immunizations ahead of school year

Posted on August 24, 2022

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Pfizer COVID shots appear 73% effective in children under 5

Posted on August 23, 2022

Editorial on Dr. Anthony Fauci retirement

Editorial | Thanks, Doc: Brooklyn’s Anthony Fauci should be celebrated by all, not smeared

Posted on August 22, 2022

Governor Kathy Hochul eases COVID-19 quarantine rules for schools

Hochul lifts COVID quarantine, test-to-stay requirements for schools

Posted on August 22, 2022

President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 22, 2020, in Washington. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name, and the subject of partisan attacks, during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than 5 decades of service.

Anthony Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December

Posted on August 22, 2022

Mayor Adams celebrates Catholic Schools week

New York City Catholic schools prepare for the upcoming school year

Posted on August 17, 2022

CDC Reorganization

CDC director announces organization shake-up aimed at speed

Posted on August 17, 2022

Joe Biden, Beau Biden, Jill Biden

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19, has ‘mild’ symptoms

Posted on August 16, 2022

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J&J COVID vaccine factory forced to trash even more doses

Posted on August 12, 2022

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CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID

Posted on August 12, 2022

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Polio detected in NYC’s sewage, suggesting virus circulating

Posted on August 12, 2022

More from around NYC

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The Week In Rewind | Only two movie theaters remain in the Bronx, Dem primary for Bronx DA heats up and looming closure of Icehouse Café sparks outrage

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Trio brutally assaults teen and steal his sneakers inside of Forest Hills subway station: NYPD

Brooklyn DA man sentenced to prison

Former Sunset Park man sentenced to prison for brutally attacking former girlfriend: DA

Advocates and State Senator Robert Jackson urge Governor Kathy Hochul against imposing changes to 340B, a federal drug discount program.

Providers urge state to keep 340B drug discount program intact