NYC teachers’ union, Staten Island borough president sue to stop congestion pricing
NYC teachers and Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella are suing to stop the MTA’s congestion pricing plan, saying it will punish teachers, firefighters and other city workers who commute to M...
5 Tammi 20247min
Governor Hochul proposes statewide phonics-based reading program
Governor Hochul on Wednesday introduced a framework to overhaul reading curriculum across New York State, emphasizing phonics, after New York City officials introduced similar, sweeping changes to lit...
4 Tammi 20246min
Mayor Adams fails to register his Brooklyn rental property with NYC housing agency again
Mayor Adams faces potential fines for failing to register his Brooklyn rental property with the city’s housing agency last year — the latest in a string of violations at the building, according to pub...
3 Tammi 20247min
NYC murders and shootings down in 2023 for second year in a row
New York City homicide and shootings dropped in 2023 for a second straight year, NYPD data show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2 Tammi 20244min
Mayor Adams dismantling ‘disruptive’ NYC task force accused of heavy-handed raids at bars, venues
Mayor Adams, an avowed booster of New York City’s nightlife scene, is dismantling a decades-old, multiagency enforcement task force that has long been accused of using heavy-handed tactics during insp...
29 Joulu 20236min
Mayor Adams sets strict limits on when migrant buses can arrive in NYC
New York City will only allow buses of asylum seekers to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and noon on weekdays going forward, Mayor Adams said Wednesday, instituting the restrictions in concert with Denver an...
28 Joulu 20236min
Governor Hochul uses Christmas address to condemn hate crime spikes in N.Y.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul used her Christmas address Monday to condemn a spike in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic hate crimes seen across New York since Hamas’ terror attack on Israel this fall. Le...
27 Joulu 20237min
UFT sues to block Mayor Adams’ NYC education budget cuts
The city’s teachers union is suing to stop the Adams administration from shaving as much as $2 billion off the local Education Department budget as part of a long list of spending cuts first announced...
22 Joulu 20237min
