NYC’s deputy chancellor of early childhood education stepping down
New York City’s head of early childhood education is out after a tenure pockmarked by backlash to 3-K budget cuts and workplace tensions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
10 Jul 20246min
Chancellor Banks’ former chief of staff to return to Education Department as deputy chancellor
Melissa Aviles-Ramos, Chancellor David Banks’ last chief of staff, is taking over as deputy chancellor for family engagement and external affairs — after the schools head tapped outgoing Deputy Chancellor Kenita Lloyd last week as his next right hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
9 Jul 20245min
Legal challenges slowing campaign to shutter unlicensed NYC cannabis shops
After being held out as an example of how a new state law was allowing NYC to quickly stamp out unlicensed cannabis shops, New City Smoke Shop in downtown Manhattan is back up and running as errors in execution and legal challenges hamper efforts to shut down thousands of weed shops, the Daily News has learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
8 Jul 20246min
Schools Chancellor taps NYC schools point-person on parent tensions as chief of staff
A Delta Airlines flight destined for Amsterdam was forced to make an emergency landing at JFK International Airport early Wednesday after passengers were given rotten food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4 Jul 20246min
Mayor Adams backs decision not to fire the cop who lied about getting COVID vaccine.
Mayor Adams defended NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban’s decision to save the job of a police officer who admitted to submitting a phony COVID vaccination card and then lying about it, saying Tuesday the cop in question ultimately suffered a “huge penalty.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
3 Jul 20246min
Mayor Adams takes victory lap over NYC budget reversing his library cuts
Mayor Adams took a victory lap Monday over the adoption of a municipal budget that reversed his controversial cuts to the city public library systems, vexing City Council members who argued it’s disingenuous for him to celebrate the rollback of spending reductions he long advocated for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2 Jul 20247min
NYC Council passes $112.4 billion budget in down-to-the-wire vote
With just hours left on the deadline clock, the New York City Council on Sunday voted to approve a $112.4 billion budget that restores almost all of the cuts proposed by Mayor Adams and adds about $1 billion to what he proposed in April. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
1 Jul 20246min
Most state Assembly incumbents from NYC poised to keep seats after Tuesday primaries
"Initial results of several hotly-contested state Assembly primaries offered a view Tuesday night into which way the political winds are blowing for New York City Democrats — with most incumbents holding onto their seats and maintaining the status quo." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
28 Jun 20245min
