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On primary night in June, democratic socialist wins in New York congressional races garnered national attention, but lower down on the ballot, a quieter sea change was taking place in Brooklyn. Reform-oriented candidates with the New Kings Democrats and Brooklyn Can’t Wait flipped eight of nine contested district leader races, bringing their coalition to 22.

The City Council voted unanimously to approve a one-time $10,000 payment to most of the public school paraprofessionals on Thursday, an effort to boost retention and recruitment for the badly-needed – but low-paying – jobs with students.  But Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who could try to stop the bill, said it is in “direct violation” of

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City officials urged summer school programs to limit outdoor activity on Thursday as wildfire smoke wafted into the five boroughs. The Education Department’s guidance to principals also asked schools to reschedule outdoor trips. The city’s summer school program, known as Summer Rising, has slots

Hundreds of workers representing low-income defendants in Brooklyn and Queens walked off the job Thursday morning, after failing to reach a deal with management on wages and benefits before an 8 a.m. strike deadline. Approximately 500 lawyers, case managers and staff at Brooklyn Defender Services and Queens Defenders have been locked in negotiations on a

This story is part of Summer & The City, our weekly newsletter made to help you enjoy — and survive — the hottest time in the five boroughs. Sign up here. Anthony Reyes began his life’s work fishing the waters around New York City as a kid, when his dad would take him to the

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. Health officials have yet to identify the source of the Legionnaires’ outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side as the number of infected individuals has climbed over the past two weeks. Sixty-three people have developed the severe form of pneumonia from the Legionella bacterium as

A group of seven strangers sat in a 25-foot-long wooden boat on a recent clear-skied Wednesday evening, brows glistening with sweat as they rowed up and down the Hudson River. They were not trying out for a crew team but taking part in a free, twice-weekly community rowing program hosted by the nonprofit Village Community

Trash cans overflowing with empty Modelo bottles. Weeknights spent hanging out with friends with no regard for work in the morning. Fireworks on Steinway Street. New York City has been outside all summer thanks to the World Cup, and on Sunday, the fun (and crowds) comes to a close, with Argentina and Spain facing off

The court-appointed remediation manager overseeing Rikers Island has ordered the city to overhaul key parts of the troubled jail system, calling for hiring new investigators to police officer misconduct, a $50 million expansion of educational and other programs for detainees and a pilot revamp of solitary confinement. In a 33-page action plan filed Wednesday —