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Evening Roundup: Buying Back Used Needles, A Battle Over a Mountaintop in New Jersey, and a New Exhibit That Transports You to Puerto Rico
A new City Health Department pilot program offers New Yorkers a cash incentive to help properly dispose of spent needles. A billionaire family in New…
1 year, 5 months ago
Midday News: NJ Transit Faces Strike Deadline, City Gears Up for Bike to Work Day, Knicks Cooked in Boston, and Prison Reform in Albany
Thursday marks the final day for NJ Transit to reach a deal with union engineers to avert a strike that could halt all rail service. Meanwhile, Frida…
1 year, 5 months ago
Morning Headlines: Potential NJ Transit Strike Nears, Lawmakers Demand Answers in Prison Deaths, and MTA Holds Subway Music Auditions
A potential NJ Transit strike could begin if the agency and its engineers’ union fail to reach a contract agreement, marking what would be the region…
1 year, 5 months ago
Evening Roundup: Inflation Refund Checks for Some New Yorkers, Fighting Domestic Terrorism in NY, Former NYC Mayor de Blasio Agrees to Pay Fine for Misusing Public Funds, Remediation Manager to Take Over Rikers and NY’s Fight Over Food Regulations
More than eight million households across New York State will receive inflation refund checks this fall. Plus, three years after a racist mass shooti…
1 year, 5 months ago
Midday News: Federal Judge Orders City Jails Overseen by Remediation Manager, Knicks Try to End 25 Year Playoff Drought, and Newark Airport Staffing Crisis
A federal judge has ordered a “remediation manager” to oversee New York City jails until conditions improve. In sports, the Knicks are back in Boston…
1 year, 5 months ago
Morning Headlines: NY, NJ Attorneys General Sue Over Withheld Disaster Funds, NYPD Fatally Shoots Man in Brooklyn, City Launches Office to Fight Antisemitism, and Knicks Look to Advance
The attorneys general of New York and New Jersey are suing the Department of Homeland Security, claiming the federal government is withholding disast…
1 year, 5 months ago
Evening Roundup: Atlantic Avenue Could Get Major Upgrades Under Rezoning Plan, Newark Airport’s Short-term Fix, Possible NJ Transit Strike May Impact Concert Goers, NJ Dems Running for Governor Debate Immigration and Magic in Brooklyn
A big upgrade could be in the works for a 20-block stretch of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue. Plus, the U.S. Transportation Secretary has a plan to fix t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Midday news: Voting for Reps on Community Education Councils, Rikers Island Jail Under New Scrutiny, and an Interview with the Outgoing NYC Parks Commissioner
Public school parents can vote for representatives on their community education councils until midnight Tuesday. Plus, a federal judge is placing the…
1 year, 5 months ago
Morning News: Lawmaker Pushes for Return of Parking Violation Stickers, ,Reparations Commission Gets Extension, and Knicks One Win from Conference Finals
City Councilmember Gale Brewer is calling for the return of green stickers that shame drivers who flout alternate side parking rules, pointing to per…
1 year, 5 months ago
Evening Roundup: Diddy Trial Starts, Old Brooklyn Office Building Could Become Affordable Housing, Adams Denied Public Matching Funds AGAIN, What’s at Stake for Defunded NYC Researchers and a Times Square Statue Sparks Internet Hate
A jury has begun hearing opening statements in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial in New York. Plus, a soaring skyscraper in downtown Brooklyn…
1 year, 5 months ago