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Midday News: Brownsville Precinct Will Turn into Housing, A Quirky Auction in Chinatown, and a Firefighter Speak Out on Mental Health Amid Rising Wildfires
An abandoned NYPD precinct in Brownsville will be converted into affordable housing after a deal between the city and developers. Meanwhile, authors …
1 year ago
Morning Headlines: New York Moves Toward School Smartphone Ban, Columbia Protest Film Debuts, and Yankees Season Opener
New York state is getting closer to prohibiting students from using smartphones during the school day. Meanwhile, a new documentary about the Columbi…
1 year ago
Evening Roundup: School Cell Phone Ban in Budget Negotiations, Man Dies in NYPD Custody, Yankees Return to the Bronx, Ask a Super and Women’s History Month.
New York State is inching closer to prohibiting students from using smartphones in schools. Plus, officials are investigating after a man died in NYP…
1 year ago
Midday News: Columbia Professors Sue Over Federal Cuts, Newark Debates Ironbound Redevelopment, and Hochul Presses Trump on MTA Funding
Columbia University professors are taking the Trump administration to court over hundreds of millions of dollars in revoked federal funding. Meanwhil…
1 year ago
Morning Headlines: City Braces for End of Emergency Rent Vouchers, Con Ed Settles Discrimination Case, and Crackdown on Sidewalk Sheds Moves Forward
New York City officials say they’re preparing for the end of a federal rent voucher program that currently helps more than 7,600 low-income household…
1 year ago
Evening Roundup: Dispute Over Evidence in the Luigi Mangione Case, Rent Aid Dries up for Thousands of New Yorkers and a Mayoral Candidate Runs on Afterschool for All
Luigi Mangione's lawyers say prosecutors are withholding key evidence in his case at the same time that law enforcement is leaking information to the…
1 year ago
Midday News: Hochul Seeks Federal MTA Funding, Columbia Student Sues Over Deportation Threat, and Nadine Menendez Bribery Trial Begins
Governor Hochul and top New York lawmakers are asking President Trump and congressional Republicans for more federal funding to support the MTA, citi…
1 year ago
Morning Headlines: Comptroller Candidate Targets Tesla Over Musk’s Role in Federal Cuts, Hochul Pushes Criminal Justice Changes, and Council Members Call to Expand Mobile Mental Health Teams
City Councilmember Justin Brannan says he’ll push to divest city pension funds from Tesla if elected comptroller, accusing CEO Elon Musk of targeting…
1 year ago
Evening Roundup: Congestion Tolls Rake in $100 Million in Two Months, New York’s Wage Gap, Warning Labels on Gas Stoves and Women’s History Month
The MTA says they collected $52 million from drivers through its congestion pricing program in February. Plus, a new report from New York State compt…
1 year ago
Midday News: Wage Gap Persists in New York, Candidate Zohran Mamdani Hits Fundraising Cap, Gas Stove Bill Resurfaces, and Newark Teens Push to Vote
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says women earned 87 cents for every dollar men made in 2023, a wage gap that would require women to work 53 …
1 year ago