Transportation
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This week's transit news.
Transportation
This week's transit news.
Education
This Tuesday saw 844 positive COVID cases reported among students and staff, significantly higher than the Tuesday before masking became optional in schools when there were 229 cases reported across the city’s schools. In both snapshots, 70% of the cases were among students, Chalkbeat reports.
Politics
The court’s decision kept state Assembly lines drawn by the Democrat-controlled legislature intact, but gave a win to a Republican-backed legal challenge on the Senate and congressional lines, THE CITY reports.
Politics
Two more voters say they never signed petition objections filed in their names to the Board of Elections. It’s part of a troubling pattern political reformers in Brooklyn say is part of a bid by the borough’s Democratic party to keep hold of power, THE CITY reports.
Education
For the 2022-23 school year, the education department plans to add 1,000 new seats across the city for gifted programs launching in third grade, Christina Veiga reports for Chalkbeat.
Politics
Retaining a majority of support from district leaders, who are typically elected by voters, is essential for party officials to get their priorities enacted, George Joseph and Yoav Gonen report for THE CITY
Education
Now, three months into Mayor Eric Adams’ tenure, his schools chancellor, David Banks, said he will soon announce what will happen to the program. The new mayor and chancellor have indicated that dramatic changes are off the table, reports Christina Veiga.
infrastructure
Community groups and some residents see potential to develop the area in a way that maintains its affordability, given that it is close to an express subway stop on the A train and not far from Kennedy Airport, but first, they need proper sewers, Samantha Maldonado reports.
New York City is home to some 150,000 Ukrainians, the largest population in the country. The Adams administration — which touts the motto “get stuff done” — has not made any public announcements about possible initiatives in the works to assist refugees, reports Reuven Blau for THE CITY
Grassroots groups serving heavily Muslim and South Asian communities, like the Taxi Workers Alliance, Desis Rising Up and Moving and South Asian Youth Action, were all created or expanded in the post-9/11 era. And this year, more Muslims ran for local office in New York City than ever before.
By Rawlston Williams, Owner of The Food Sermon in Brooklyn I closed my doors just last week, and I am not sure if or when I will open them again. The Food Sermon burst onto the food scene in 2015 with a dazzling New York Times review [https://www.nytimes.
In addition to extending the eviction moratorium until mid-January, legislators added $300 million in federal funds to the state’s rental relief program, allowed local governments to hold meetings virtually, and approved appointments to a board overseeing marijuana legalization, reports THE CITY.
But 11 years later, residents of the four buildings on Gates Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant say that living conditions have slumped to an all-time low, reports Gabriel Sandoval for THE CITY.
Education
With fewer than three weeks until students return to classrooms, educators are frustrated about how they should approach teaching students quarantined at home, report Alex Zimmerman and Reema Amin for Chalkbeat.
You’re no longer protected by the state eviction moratorium or the federal eviction moratorium. That means your eviction case can move forward in court, and your landlord may be able to file and move forward with a new eviction case against you, Allison Dikanovic writes for THE CITY.
opinion
The city should pay for you to get a backwater valve, and Councilmember Justin Brannan is here to tell you why.