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Eighteen Yeshivas Are Failing To Provide Secular Education, City Finds
Detailed reports show significant deficiencies at four schools, including no English instruction at all.
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A Long Trial Puts A Focus On Who's To Blame For A Disastrous Construction Accident
In a rare occurrence, two supervisors face criminal charges over injuries that disabled two workers at an East Harlem building site.
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NYCHA's Decade Of Court-Monitored Mold Cleanup Starts To Show Results
The pace of tenant requests for repairs has dropped dramatically since 2019; a federal judge’s oversight and unusual management discipline.
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‘Over Income' NYCHA Tenants Get Reprieve On Looming Rent Hikes
The federal housing agency hit pause on its decision after getting pushback from the nation’s large public housing authorities.
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FDNY Cracks Down On Illegal Refurbished Batteries At Chinatown E-Bike Shops
Inspectors found tampered with batteries at 80 Madison St., where a fire killed four earlier this month, and at nearby 91 Canal St.
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Mobility-Impaired New Yorkers Blast MTA's Proposed Changes To E-Hail Program
The agency plans to raise costs and cap subsidies: “It feels like I’m being punished for using paratransit,” one commuter testified.
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Read It And Weep: Libraries Face $1 Billion Gap For Repair Of Decrepit Buildings
One library repair project has been in the works for nearly 14 years, THE CITY found.
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City Council Vows To Override Mayor Adams Veto Of Housing Voucher Bills
The veto further strains the fraught relationship between Adams and the Council, as a deadline for a city budget looms.
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Richard Ravitch, 1933-2023, Friend To NYC And THE CITY
The steadfast and outspoken civic leader, who died Sunday, helped save the city and MTA from financial ruin.
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PLACE-Endorsed Candidates Win Nearly 40% Of Seats On NYC's Parent Councils
Advocates for testing-based school admissions secured a say in district-level school governance.
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Fire Inspectors Did Not Have Basement Access At Store Where E-Bike Blaze Killed Four
Mayor Eric Adams has ordered the department to speed up response times to 311 calls about dangerous conditions.
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MTA Expands Paratransit E-Hail Pilot, But Boosts Price And Caps Number Of Rides
“I love this program, I feel like it gives me more freedom,” said pilot program participant Mario Reyes, a wheelchair user from Manhattan.
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How The New York City Budget Gets Made — And What Happens If It's Late
Here, THE CITY explains how the budget is hammered out, how the money is distributed and what can happen if it’s late.
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Rikers Set To Renew No-Bid Contract With Much Criticized Commissary Vendor Keefe Group
The City's Department of Correction is close to approving a $33 million no-bid contract with the operation’s management firm.
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What Albany Lawmakers Have — And Have Not — Accomplished This Year
Albany lawmakers have passed a lot of bills. But many of their goals have so far gone nowhere this session.
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Critics Charge Darlene Mealy Has Hardly Been Working As She Kept Winning
The Council member often charged with being MIA is vying for a fifth term representing Brownsville.
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Dollar Vans See Lifeline In State Bill Easing Insurance Costs
A regulated insurance program bill passed both chambers of the state legislature and could help commuter van drivers get back on the road.
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FDNY Failed To Follow E-Bike Battery-Check Law Before Deadly Chinatown Fire
“The reality is that New York City right now is flooded with non-certified batteries,” executive director Ligia Guallpa said.
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Crowds, Trash And Clogged Streets: Tompkins Open Streets An Ongoing Headache, Neighbors Say
In Bedford-Stuyvesant, residents are demanding organizers of weekly Sunday festivals further curb issues on the avenue.
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Steinway Billiards Abruptly Closes After More Than Three Decades
Waitstaff said they’re scrambling to find new jobs after coming in on Wednesday to be told it would be their last day.
