Supporters of the Housing Access Voucher Program say it’s needed now more than ever to curb rising homelessness, and as another federal rent subsidy is expected to run out of funding next year. But Gov. Kathy Hochul has yet to embrace the initiative. Tenant organizers with the Housing Justice for All Coalition rallying at the […]
The Frick Collection came back with a bang on Monday (March 31) with $3.7 million in new funds to show for it. Ahead of the institution’s much-awaited April 17 reopening, the Fifth Avenue mansion hosted its first black-tie gala since closing for renovations five years ago—a ‘welcome back’ celebration that doubled as a farewell to
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Si bien las organizaciones en Nueva York no han dejado de representar a los menores no acompañados con los que ya trabajan, no están seguras de cuánto tiempo podrán hacerlo sin financiación. Un centro de procesamiento de la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense para familias inmigrantes y menores no acompañados en Texas en 2021. (Jaime Rodriguez Sr./Customs
A state board is still months away from selecting up to three locations for New York City-area casinos but some bidders are rolling the dice as if they’ve already won — with a boost from state lawmakers. Last month, the owners of the Mets, who want to put an entertainment complex anchored by a casino next
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New York and a group of 22 other states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Tuesday attempting to reverse billions in federal funding cuts that are expected to decimate infectious disease surveillance and mental health programs. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Rhode Island, targets the administration’s abrupt
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You’ve seen the articles where researchers find a correlation between swearing and IQ: the more you curse, the smarter you are. Hell shitting ass damn right, say I. No doubt David Mamet, bard of potty-mouthed jags, would admit to being in possession of a galaxy brain. Does said genius status extend to the trash-talking salesmen
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Police should be removed from mental health crises in the subway system, not the people with untreated mental illness, mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said in a new policy proposal. Mamdani, a third-term Assemblyman and the progressive Democratic frontrunner in the brewing race for City Hall, released a public safety platform on Tuesday that calls for
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New York State will blow past its April 1 deadline to finalize a state budget, as Gov. Kathy Hochul pushes lawmakers to get behind her proposals to change evidence-sharing laws in criminal cases and expand involuntary hospitalizations of people with serious mental illness. Both measures are priorities of the city’s business community but have run
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Access to Italian citizenship is an issue that affects millions of people around the world. Many descendants of emigrants still face a complex bureaucratic system of changing legal interpretations and very long waiting times. Attorney Alessandro Mignacca works every day to assist those who want to obtain recognition of Italian citizenship. “Our vocation is to
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Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photos This is a pretty big week in American politics. On Tuesday we’ll see the first special and off-year elections of the second Trump era, and on Wednesday Trump will impose a wide array of new tariffs (an event he calls Liberation Day). But a little-known decision could soon dwarf those
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