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The appeals court agreed with teachers and parents who sued over the changes that the process leading up to the city’s budget approval violated the law, but allowed the cuts to move forward regardless.
The cuts, amounting to roughly $375 million, have already had an impact on public school students and teachers.
New Jersey follows nearly two dozen other states, counties and cities across the country that have brought similar complaints against the fossil fuel industry in recent years.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3ERzdRj
The officer was found guilty in a department trial in the 2019 beating of a woman inside a holding cell in the Bronx’s 44th Precinct.
The officer was found guilty in a department trial in the 2019 beating of a woman inside a holding cell in the Bronx's 44th Precinct.
Officials plan to install the technology on 1,500 buses in December.
Officers first responded to a 911 call at around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, finding a naked 24-year-old woman who was “acting erratic but non-violent.”
"The work that New York City is doing to address hate crimes is really looking at it in a comprehensive way."
Q&A with Hassan Naveed, who runs the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes.
Russia's intensified attacks on civilian infrastructure have left millions without power as the cold winter months begin. We hear how Ukrainians are dealing on the ground.
A few weeks back, attorneys filed a final round of briefs for a largely unknown case against the world’s biggest free digital library — the Internet Archive, a treasure trove of over 35 million books, 8 million videos, and some 734 billion web pages.
The outcome of Hachette v. Internet Archive could and upend digital lending, as we know it, everywhere.
The case against the Internet Archive that could disable digital lending as we know it.
Service on the 2, 3, 4 and 5 subway lines was suspended between Brooklyn and Manhattan for 3 hours Saturday after a piece of ceiling in a tunnel near Atlantic Ave collapsed onto the tracks. The MTA has been renovating that section of tunnel, built in 1908.
https://gothamist.com/news/fallen-debris-in-brooklyn-subway-tunnel-causes-major-delays
Part of the ceiling in a subway tunnel collapsed in Brooklyn on Saturday afternoon, resulting in a three-hour service suspension and long lines awaiting buses.
New proposed legislation in the state Assembly would impose sound limits on the NYPD shooting range at Rodman's Neck in the Bronx, and ensure the city and the NYPD answer the decades-old pleas of nearby residents for peace and quiet.
https://gothamist.com/news/state-lawmakers-renew-push-to-muffle-nypd-firing-range-after-decades-of-failed-promises
North Bronx residents have put up with the sound of gunfire for over 50 years.
Public schools are required to provide a fair and appropriate education to all students – including those with mental health challenges. But in NYC, families face a complex process that can take years to obtain the right services for their child. https://gothamist.com/news/in-nyc-public-schools-are-often-the-main-source-for-youth-mental-health-care
“Kids cannot get the mental health care that they need in their communities.”
The subway? Times Square? In church?
As New Yorkers for and against more access to guns debate whether people should be able to carry fi****ms in public, it can be hard to keep track of where fi****ms are allowed these days.
As a number of challenges to the state’s new concealed carry laws make their way through court, we keep you up to date on what the rules are now.
Now that New York City voters have overwhelmingly endorsed making racial equity a priority of city government, where should a new Office of Racial Equity focus its attention first?
We asked seven thinkers what the new voter-backed Office of Racial Equity tackle first.
If you or someone in your household is receiving SNAP benefits, you are likely eligible for a free lawyer.
Court officials say lawyers have declined to take on more than 10,000 eviction cases as housing lawyers remain scarce.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg talks about the results to the midterm elections, plus the latest on the Trump Organization trial, his office's approach to crime and its priorities.
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg responds to the recent election results, and more.
Trash pickups surge the week after Thanksgiving as New Yorkers give up on their leftovers, city data shows.
Trash pickups surge the week after the holiday as locals give up on their leftovers, city data shows.
How the myth of the perfectly normal butt was born and how it haunts our dressing rooms today.
This year’s show features new works and crowd favorites from last year’s premiere.
The 30-year-old detective, who was assigned to the 100th Precinct in Rockaway Beach, was involved in a Nov. 8 shooting in the Brookville section of Queens, according to one law enforcement official. But it's not clear if that's related to his suspension.
Saul Delacruz, a member of the department’s Field Intelligence Unit, was suspended without pay on Tuesday.
Mayor Eric Adams has made boosting literacy a top priority. Schools Chancellor David Banks is calling on schools to improve, and in some cases replace, reading curricula.
Now, to garner support, the administration has convened a “literacy advisory council" of nearly 60 literacy experts, educators, nonprofit leaders and parents.
Mayor Eric Adams, who has dyslexia, has made improving literacy a top priority.
The African Diaspora International Film Festival, which opens Friday, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It'll be at multiple venues, today through Dec. 11.
It’s impossible to keep up with everything happening in New York City arts and culture, but here are some recommendations for events you shouldn’t miss during the week ahead.
Amazon was met with protests and walkouts around the world today — including a demonstration in front of Jeff Bezos' Fifth Avenue home.
“While we are not perfect in any area, if you objectively look at what Amazon is doing in each one of these areas you’ll see that we do take our role and our impact very seriously," the company says.
Amazon workers around the world on Black Friday went on strike or demonstrated during the online retailer’s busiest day.
A 64-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of a Forest Hills, Queens apartment building fire Friday. It's just a day after another blaze claimed two lives in the Bronx.
The fire comes just a day after another that killed two people in the Bronx
The legal way to fly with a gun is unloaded and locked in a secure hard case as checked baggage only, including the bullets. Fi****ms and ammunition must be declared to the airline upon check-in.
TSA says it found a loaded gun on Thanksgiving at Newark Airport – the 14th gun of this year, and the third of this month
“Food is one of the last — if not the last — vestige of culture we can hold onto and claim as our own,” said Nicole Ponseca, a Filipino American whose restaurants, Jeepney and Maharlika, were credited with putting Filipino food on the map in New York during the early 2010s.
Current and former restaurant owners, chefs, historians and diners say Filipino food has lingered far too long on the brink of the ascendancy predicted by culinary greats.
Were you naughty, throwing your single-use cups on the ground? Or were you nice enough to go find a trash bin? Santa was watching, but either way, about 140 NYC sanitation workers were on the job.
Last year, they cleaned up about 27 tons of trash. This year, they were figuring on more.
New York City’s Department of Sanitation expects more garbage than ever after the Thanksgiving Day parade.
The cause of the blaze is still under investigation, but it may have been an electrical fire, NYPD officials said.
The fire burned through the second floor of a building in the Mount Hope neighborhood.
A new composting program in Queens has kept millions of pounds of organic waste out of landfills since it launched in early October, city sanitation officials said Thursday.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3EWNDQ5
Meet Dr. Katharine Hayhoe – a climate scientist who happens to be an evangelical. She says a productive conversation about the climate starts with our values.
“It doesn’t matter to me where they’re from or who they are,” says Juan Sanchez. “What matters to me is to know the person and help them however I can, so the person receives that human warmth of family that they left in Venezuela.”
Read more: https://bit.ly/3GFzyaO
The new documentary, "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues," uses archival footage and home recordings to paint a new portrait of the founding father of jazz.
A new documentary uses archival footage to tell the story of Louis Armstrong.
Writer E. Jean Carroll filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump Thursday morning, alleging he r***d her in the 1990s and defamed her on social media earlier this year. The suit was filed at the very beginning of a one-year "lookback" window laid out by New York’s Adult Survivors Act, during which New Yorkers can bring lawsuits for sexual assaults regardless of how long ago they occurred. The act was signed into law in May of this year and went into effect Thursday.
The Adult Survivors Act, which went into effect Thursday, allows New Yorkers to bring lawsuits for attacks outside the statute of limitations.
The 96th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade brought droves of spectators and high spirits to the Upper West Side and Midtown Thursday morning. The parade, which featured dozens of balloons and thousands of performers, wound its way from Central Park down to Herald Square over the course of a few hours. All along the parade route, attendees jammed to the sounds of marching bands, including the Q***r Big Apple Corps and the Columbia, South Carolina’s Benedict College Marching Tiger Band of Distinction.
The parade featured four new giant balloons and a couple dozen classics.
Generally, Broadway theater isn’t cheap. And if you want to see a buzzy Broadway show and you’re not lucky enough to win a lottery or show up early to the box office or wait in line in Times Square, theater is expensive. Fortunately, not all theater is “on” Broadway. We've taken a look at where to find great shows on a budget.
Lindsey Weber, who writes “not broadway” on Substack, shares her tips on how to see more theater in New York City for less money.
Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon select one of seven candidates to lead New York State’s highest court, from a list of nominees released Wednesday. The New York Commission on Judicial Nomination submitted the nominations to Hochul following former Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's resignation in July. The position holds outsize importance, not only in deciding cases that reach the state's top court, but in setting the direction of the New York court system.
Gov. Kathy Hochul has until Dec. 23 to put forward a nominee from list.
Sober October has passed. Dry January awaits. But for a growing cohort of young New Yorkers, cutting back on alcohol has become an all-year affair. While in the past staying sober on a night out meant ordering something like a seltzer and cranberry juice, New Yorkers trying to drink less booze are now being met with a growing menu of options.
Gothamist explored the city’s alcohol-free nightlife offerings, where event planners, business owners and patrons are envisioning a more lucid nightlife experience.
Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude, but in the chaos of day-to-day life, it can sometimes be difficult to find something to be thankful for during challenging times.
Rev. Dr. Lewis is senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church, the home to the New York City Liberty Bell that marked the birth of the U.S., which burnt down nearly two years ago.
For some users, Twitter was more than just an app — it was a stepping stone for their careers and activism.
For some users, Twitter was more than just an app — it was a stepping stone for their careers and activism
Filipino dining in the five boroughs has become more visible since food writers provided the earliest whiffs of recognition in the 1980s. Breakthroughs in more recent years have included a thriving pop-up scene and the increased prominence of traditional practices like kamayan — eating with bare hands, a practice disparaged by Western invaders in historical writings, yet to this day a hallmark of celebrations in Philippine provinces. But the cuisine’s trajectory in New York has been uneven — with the closures of coveted former success stories in Manhattan, as well as fresher fusion ventures that failed to attract stable business.
Current and former restaurant owners, chefs, historians and diners say Filipino food has lingered far too long on the brink of the ascendancy predicted by culinary greats.
Germany's players covered their mouths for their team photo before their opening World Cup match in an apparent rebuke of FIFA's clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar.
The players covered their mouths for their team photo in an apparent rebuke of FIFA's clampdown on plans to wear armbands to protest discrimination in host nation Qatar.
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What does it mean to be a mom? Do moms really have super powers? Being a mom is complicated…and having a mom is complicated too. In this interactive and intimate episode, host pianist Eunbi Kim and guests shower the audience with reflections ranging from the madcap to the mournful, and the familiar to the foreign. Kim performs the world premiere of Pauchi Sasaki’s Mother’s Hand, Healing Hand with violinist Lauren Cauley and cellist Wick Simmons. Later in the program, Kim is joined by guests including the zany musical comedy duo Slanty Eyed Mama, and violinist, author and mom Rebecca Fischer
Get Lit with All Of It Get Lit is back in The Greene Space! All of It host Alison Stewart continues her book club series IN PERSON with The Candy House by Jennifer Egan. Grammy-winner and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Famer Steve Earle stops by for a musical performance.
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🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨 What happened to a prominent couple killed in their New Jersey home? WNYC's Nancy Solomon takes us on a journey into the crazy world of Garden State crime and politics in Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery. Listen to the first episode today: https://link.chtbl.com/deadendpodcast?sid=facebook
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🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨 A prominent couple dies. The investigation is a mess. Their son looks for the truth. Coming April 26, true crime meets political corruption in the Garden State. Subscribe today to Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery — https://bit.ly/38UUBr3
As part of our poetry month challenge, Megan Valle submitted "Normal, you see." "Can you see it? Can you feel it? The pulse of NYC is back Or has it been lingering? It's always been normal, you see...to us New Yorkers" Our theme this year is "normalcy," whatever that means to you in this particular moment. Submit your poems by responding to this tweet or emailing us at [email protected] We may read your poem on the air!
In partnership with the Center for American Women and Politics, The Takeaway presents Women Leading Locally, a Women's History Month special focused on highlighting women breaking barriers, holding office, and making change.
After the Hormel union strikes of the 1980s, a new immigrant workforce finds opportunity in SPAMtown, U.S.A. But soon …workers start getting sick. Listen to the final episode of “SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned” from The Experiment podcast: https://bit.ly/33VHYtO
This week on The Experiment podcast: how a strike at the Hormel meatpacking plant pit brother against brother, captured the world’s attention, and tried to turn back an inevitable tide. Listen to part two of “SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned” today: https://bit.ly/33VHYtO
In producer Gabrielle Berbey’s Filipino-American household, canned SPAM is a beloved delicacy. But how did a meat product from the American heartland find its way into the hearts and cuisines of people across the Pacific? Listen to the first part of “SPAM: How the American Dream Got Canned," a three-part miniseries from The Experiment podcast: https://bit.ly/33VHYtO
America, shall I compare thee to a can of SPAM? A new miniseries from The Experiment podcast tells a story of U.S. food, work and family through the history of the canned meat. Coming February 3. Listen to the trailer today: https://bit.ly/33VHYtO
Apple Podcasts has just named The Experiment one of the best podcasts of 2021. From WNYC Studios and The Atlantic, The Experiment looks at what happens when individual people confront deeply held American ideals in their own lives. Listen to it here: https://apple.co/podcastsbestof2021
ICYMI: In honor of Halloween, WNYC's Sean Carlson reads Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Raven' on All Of It With Alison Stewart Click here to listen to the full reading: 🎧 https://www.wnyc.org/story/reading-raven 🎧
LIVE NOW: Our virtual book club series Get Lit with All Of It With Alison Stewart continues tonight with Lauren Groff’s latest novel, MATRIX. All of It host Alison Stewart and Groff will discuss the engrossing tale of female desire, passion, creativity, and power set in a medieval abbey, and the sisterly trio The Staves stop by for a musical performance.
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LIVE NOW: Our virtual book club series Get Lit with All Of It With Alison Stewart continues tonight with Jonathan Lee’s The Great Mistake. All of It host Alison Stewart and the author will discuss the novel about a mysterious murder in New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, and NYC’s own Claudi of the band Pinc Louds will share a couple of songs.
Gothamist's Jake Offenhartz took a ride on the long-awaited Brooklyn Bridge bike lane, now open to public. At just 8 feet wide, the new lane allows little room for error. Read more: https://bit.ly/3lrvor0
"That day was a military assault on unarmed inmates," a former inmate at Attica Correctional Facility tells WNYC's Joseph Gedeon. 50 years ago, prisoners took control of the state prison to demand humane treatment. Days later, 29 of them were dead. Read more: https://bit.ly/3kgLuEB
“Muslim Girl” in America: 20 Years After 9/11, a Facebook Live conversation. Amani, the founder of MuslimGirl.com, and activist, journalist and author Mona Eltahawy, join host Melissa Harris-Perry to talk about the cultural, social and political context Muslim women have faced for the last two decades.
“It came to the point where I was literally being followed by two cops, and I told myself it was in my head." Soon after 9/11, NYPD informants and plainclothes officers were placed around the NYC area and beyond to monitor Muslim communities. Read more: https://bit.ly/3DXKX1W
Twenty years later, there’s still a sense that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks came out of nowhere. They didn’t. In the podcast Blindspot: The Road to 9/11 from HISTORY and WNYC Studios, reporter Jim O'Grady traces the long, strange wind-up to the attacks that remade the world — and the chances we had to stop them. Listen here: https://bit.ly/3kDN16C
LIVE NOW: Our virtual book club series Get Lit with All Of It With Alison Stewart continues tonight with Nghi Vo’s The Chosen and the Beautiful. All of It host Alison Stewart will discuss the novel, which puts a magical realism lens on The Great Gatsby, with the author and musical guest, pianist Emmet Cohen @heyemmet, will transport us back to the Jazz Age.
"I’ve never seen a cougar in the wild, but I’ve seen them on leashes, smashed into cages, and crying for their mothers when breeders rip them away. I’ve also seen the heartbreak of owners," says Kelly Donithan of the Humane Society of the United States. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ypW0wR
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