State Elections Are About to Become Way More Important
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s bombshell decision in Louisiana v. Callais, which basically eliminated the Voti… More »
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May 2026
LAS Art Foundation Pushes Quantum Art Forward in a New Venice Commission
There are now many organizations operating at the fertile intersection of art, technology and science, and even museums are catching up, showcasing more experimental new media artists fluidly engaging across disciplines and between physical and digital realms. LAS Art Foundation was not only among the earliest to define this space, but it remains one of
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Reject PPGG Part T. Protect patient access, not health plan profits. ( option 2 )
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Reject PPGG Part T. Protect patient access, not health plan profits.
Learn more at qualitycarecommission.org SFY 2026–27 · Article VII · PPGG · Part T | REJECT Independent Dispute Resolution / Medicaid Managed Care Policy Alert — New York State Budget 2026–27 Reject PPGG Part T.Protect patient access,not health plan profits. Part T of PPGG would eliminate the only neutral, binding mechanism available to resolve Medicaid
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7 Amtrak Trains That Make the Slow Way Worth It
Train travel in America has always been something of a dare. The country laid 250,000 miles of track in the 19th century, effectively invented the long-distance passenger train, then spent most of the 20th century backtracking. Something shifted in the last few years. Amtrak moved a record 34.5 million passengers in fiscal year 2025—its second
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The Awful Voting-Rights Decision Could Screw With NYC
The recent gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court’s conservative majority will injure American democracy in ways that go far beyond the outcome of this year’s midterm elections. And the d… More »
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How Many NYC Jobs? State SNAFU Brings Confusion
When the Independent Budget Office and the city comptroller released their annual economic and budget review late last year, they projected that New York City would add about 40,000 jobs in 2025, mostly home health care jobs. But when the final numbers came out in the spring, the state labor department said the city had
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They Overdosed in Plain View on Rikers Island. NYC Will Pay $5.2 Million
City lawyers have agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle lawsuits brought by the families of two men who died from methadone overdoses while jail staff ignored them on Rikers Island. The settlements come amid a sharp rise in claims and a dramatic spike in taxpayer-funded payouts by the Department of Correction. In fiscal
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The NBA Player and the Gambler Who Needed Him
It was early spring 2024, and at an overlit food court in an Atlantic City casino called Resorts, a group of poker dealers was holed up at a table cluttered with baskets of chicken fingers and fries. Tim McCormack was both a trusted New York City dealer and a gambler; he’d worked in backroom game…
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Disabled New Yorkers Oppose Bill to End 24-Hour Shifts for Home Aides
Disabled New Yorkers and disability advocates spoke out against a City Council bill that would ban 24-hour home care shifts, saying their own care will suffer. The bill, which was stalled in the Council, would replace the 24-hour shifts with 12-hour shifts performed by two separate workers. But those who rely on the support of
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