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Francis

Nation

Homosexuality is not a crime: Pope

Posted on January 25, 2023

Anita Pointer

Music

Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74

Posted on January 1, 2023

Vivienne Westwood

People

Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81

Posted on December 30, 2022

Lighting up marijuana in the East Village

High times in the East Village: Shoppers revel in city’s first legal marijuana dispensary opening

Posted on December 29, 2022

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2023 PREVIEW | Here are some New York City events and milestones to look forward to new year

Posted on December 29, 2022

Adnan Syed

Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown’s prison reform initiative

Posted on December 24, 2022

Wesley Autrey, the winner of the Publishers Clearing House prize.

People

New York City ‘subway hero’ wins over $52K from Publishers Clearing House

Posted on December 23, 2022

Threats to LGBTQ community persist

Nation

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

Posted on December 17, 2022

Ukrainian youth choir performs in Denmark

Ukrainian youth choir defies war with messages of freedom

Posted on December 10, 2022

Grant Wahl

Soccer

US soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies suddenly at World Cup

Posted on December 10, 2022

Aline Kominsky-Crumb

People

Aline Kominsky-Crumb, underground cartoonist, dies at 74

Posted on December 2, 2022

Citymeals Power Lunch

Citymeals Power Lunch raises nearly $3.7 million for elderly in need

Posted on November 22, 2022

‘This can’t be how I go down:’ Manhattan woman’s homeless battle with encampment sweeps ends in massive stroke

Posted on November 21, 2022

Ned Rorem

People

Ned Rorem, prize-winning composer and writer, dies at 99

Posted on November 18, 2022

Comptroller Brad Lander

Politics

NYC Comptroller says new analysis shows many schools welcoming newcomer students faced budget cuts

Posted on November 11, 2022

Daycare centers

Health

Adams signs child care bills to support working parents and guardians

Posted on November 9, 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

Children arrive at school

Finance

IBO simulates financial strain of Fair Student Funding recommendations

Posted on November 7, 2022

LAWMAKERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS MARCH TO DEMAND THE CITY AND STATE

Politics

Lawmakers, parents and student march in Brooklyn to demand permanent housing provided to homeless students

Posted on November 3, 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

A suicide note left on the cell of former Rikers Island detainee, Segundo Guallpa.

Health

Family of deceased inmate at Rikers Island sues the City for wrongful death

Posted on November 2, 2022

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

Politics

New York City schools to receive more funding to aid migrant students

Posted on October 31, 2022

Laura Kavanagh named NYC Fire Commissioner

Politics

Laura Kavanagh makes history as NYC’s first-ever female Fire Commissioner

Posted on October 27, 2022

NYCEDC introduces now monthly economic snapshot

Business

NYCEDC introduces a new monthly economic snapshot report

Posted on October 27, 2022

Comptroller Brad Lander

Politics

Data from NYC Comptroller shows little improvement in city jails

Posted on October 26, 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

Student homelessness still high in New York City

Politics

Huge amount of NYC students still experiencing homelessness, report finds

Posted on October 26, 2022

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Politics

Major funding coming to boost teacher support in New York

Posted on October 25, 2022

Students celebrate I Will Graduate Day at the Barclays Center.

Brooklyn

‘I Will Graduate’ event celebrates students with largest education rally in the city

Posted on October 25, 2022

Migrants

Finance

NYC schools face cash crunch while accommodating migrant children, Comptroller Lander says

Posted on October 20, 2022

A bench in her name—Doris Diether reads:

People

Doris Diether gets a bench in her name in Washington Square Park

Posted on October 18, 2022

NYC Mayor Eric Adams

Business

Mayor Adams signs legislation to encourage small businesses growth

Posted on October 18, 2022

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People

9/11 Memorial & Museum to host program highlighting victims that were undocumented immigrants

Posted on October 18, 2022

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin speaks to delegates and assembled party officials at the 2022 NYGOP Convention on March 1, 2022

Politics

Hochul slams Zeldin’s pre-2020 election texts to Trump White House with his ideas on discrediting voting results

Posted on October 17, 2022

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Politics

NYC Comptroller calls for a federal receiver to be appointed at Rikers

Posted on October 13, 2022

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul

Finance

Hochul signs student debt legislation ending additional 22% charge to total debt owed

Posted on October 13, 2022

Homeless crisis in NYC

Health

Legal Aid Society and Coalition for the Homeless respond to skyrocketing number of homeless New Yorkers

Posted on October 12, 2022

School lunch

No Kid Hungry and DOE celebrate National School Lunch Week

Posted on October 12, 2022

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nina Totenberg

People

Totenberg tests tenet of journalism with source friendships

Posted on October 10, 2022

Pope Francis speaks out on migrant treatment in Europe

World

Pope Francis slams treatment of migrants as 2 Italians become saints

Posted on October 9, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

‘Project Pivot’ aims to boost NYC student academic success through expanded social and mentoring programs

Posted on October 6, 2022

New York State Attorney General Letitia James

Business

Attorney General and NYC Comptroller recover major wages for real estate workers

Posted on October 6, 2022

schools higher education

Politics

NYS Comptroller says NYC schools are not doing enough to prepare students for higher education

Posted on October 4, 2022

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

Posted on October 3, 2022

NYC creating rest hubs for delivery workers

Business

NYC creating rest hubs for food delivery workers across the five boroughs

Posted on October 3, 2022

"Housing is a human right!"

Business

LISC leader to address the affordable housing crisis on the Black community

Posted on September 30, 2022

Street vendors rally for greater NYC protection

Business

‘We want him to get serious’: NYC street vendors demand action, not talk, from mayor at City Hall rally for protection

Posted on September 29, 2022

Admissions for NYC public schools returns to screening process

Politics

Admissions change: NYC public high schools returning to academic screening process

Posted on September 29, 2022

More from around NYC

snow, snowstorm, mta, subway

What winter? NYC goes without any measurable snowfall so far

Glendale

Made in Eatalia: Glendale market offers a taste of Italy with authentic Italian products

Nikki Secondino, 22, is accused of killing her father and seriously injuring her sister in Bensonhurst.

Bensonhurst woman indicted for allegedly murdering father and stabbing sister

Jack Phillips

Colorado appeals court rules against Masterpiece Cakeshop again