A program that has helped connect tens of thousands of New Yorkers to federal, state, and city benefits is under threat after it wasn’t earmarked for any funding in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest budget proposal. NYCBenefits launched in 2023 and works with three dozen providers across the city to help low-income residents through every step […]
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Two parents and their children sued the Administration for Children Services in a federal class action lawsuit Thursday, alleging the agency “abused” its emergency powers to separate them without approval from family court. State law generally allows emergency removals in situations where the time spent seeking removal orders from a judge would endanger a child.
NEW YORK, NY (May 29, 2026) – The leading nonprofit newsroom covering New York City has changed its name to emphasize the importance of professional journalists in an age of algorithms and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019 as THE CITY, the 25-person media outlet has won multiple awards for its coverage of politics and society
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With this new name, we’re proudly investing in our identity as reporters, people who investigate stories and verify facts. In an era of robots and algorithmic news, we affirm the indispensable value of the professional skills of reporters. A chatbot doesn’t know how to conduct an interview that is both compassionate and skeptical. It can’t
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For the past seven years, Lillian Pagan has lived a largely peaceful existence in The Bronx’s River Park Towers. Her apartment, which looms over the Major Deegan Expressway, is filled with her beadwork, hand-sewn stuffed figures and family photos, and shared with her white cat, Alexis. So last year, when 76-year-old Pagan learned her landlord
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday endorsed political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier in her primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, shaking up the race for the Upper Manhattan and Bronx House seat where the mayor grew up. Mamdani made a joint appearance with Avila Chevalier, a fellow Democratic Socialists of America member, on MS NOW to
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday endorsed political newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier in her primary against incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat, shaking up the race for the Upper Manhattan and Bronx House seat where the mayor grew up. Mamdani made a joint appearance with Avila Chevalier, a fellow Democratic Socialists of America member, on MS NOW to
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate goals — all eight weeks after the tax and spending plan was first due on April 1. The deal allows Hochul to claim some legislative
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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed New York’s $268.5 billion budget, funding pension boosts and an expansion of New York City’s free childcare program, while watering down the state’s climate goals — all eight weeks after the tax and spending plan was first due on April 1. The deal allows Hochul to claim some legislative
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an official review of the city’s charter focused on government efficiency and also dissolved the charter commission announced in the final hours of former Mayor Eric Adams’ term. The cheekily-titled Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE – a nod to the Trump administration’s DOGE, which cut services – is “tasked with
