Physically Challenged Students Take Their Case to Albany

An annual personal appeal goes virtual for 2021, but it still goes well
An annual personal appeal goes virtual for 2021, but it still goes well
A Brooklyn Democratic leader resigned from her position Thursday evening after offensive comments she made about Chinese and Palestinian people surfaced, igniting threats to boycott an upcoming mayoral candidate debate. The Brooklyn politician, Lori Maslow, announced she would leave her position as Assembly District leader in the Kings County Democratic County Committee, which is scheduled […]
A Bronx state senator threw his support behind two candidates for New York City mayor under the new ranked-choice voting system
What will post-coronavirus contact tracing look like in New York City?
A dual threat: a deadly pandemic and an existential funding fight
As the pandemic continues, the foster care system tries to adapt
Even in a pandemic, the natural cycles of life and death continue, and nobody knows this better now than the obstetricians and midwives working in New York City. Weddings can be postponed, birthday parties and Botox rescheduled. A baby’s arrival cannot. City hospitals not only juggle thousands of coronavirus-positive patients every day, but also the […]
Tomas Ramos has built a bridge between generous donors and needy clinics in the Bronx
The government passed the largest stimulus bill in American history, but individual checks may come up short
By Yoonji Han and TuAnh Dam Robert Rose III vividly remembers the 24 years he spent in jail. The empty cell, the cement walls, the rough jeans inmates were allowed to wear. But for Rose, who was convicted of homicide in the second degree, the ordeal started with his bail hearing. Navigating the bail system, […]
Nurses treating COVID-19 patients throughout many of the city’s hospitals are reporting that they don’t have enough protective gear. As the virus continues to spread through the city, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that more personal protective gear, and masks are on their way. For anxious nurses, the relief can’t come soon enough. Reports of supply […]
Nearly 2,000 such kids are without Pre-K seats, and 40% of them are in the Bronx
After decades of advocacy, adoptees in New York can finally get their original birth certificates. But it has been a long, arduous road
New Yorkers seem prepared for the new law despite the state’s one-month enforcement delay
A new city policy may soon offer both small business owners—and pedestrians— some relief. If the Mayor’s Office of Operation and city Law Department approves the proposal, the policy would give business owners the chance to have certain fees waived if their business opens its bathroom up to the public. The program is awaiting the […]
A gym full of angry Queen’s residents greeted Mayor Bill de Blasio with boos Wednesday night at a Town Hall meeting at JHS 190 Russel Sage in Forest Hills. Attendees had plenty of questions and even more complaints. One man was even escorted out when he told de Blasio he was the worst mayor New […]