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NYC’s Students Take a Seat at the Table Preview
In the latest episode of FAQ NYC Off Cycle, Host Katie Honan talks with Jose Santana, a senior at Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School in the Bronx, about his work journalists producing the new student-produced podcast PS Weekly.
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Cascade of NYCHA Failures Led to Panic Over Nonexistent Arsenic, Probe Finds
A series of bureaucratic blunders triggered the 2022 debacle over the ultimately debunked tests that claimed arsenic was in the water at the Jacob Riis Houses and resulted in nearly $500,000 in “unnecessary costs” to taxpayers, according to twin investigations by the New York City Housing Authority’s federal monitor and the city Department of Investigation. […]
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The Cost of Shoeleather Reporting
This piece is the first in a series that will take you through THE CITY’s impact and values, and introduce you to our reporters. We hope this series will move you to contribute to our spring fundraising campaign. Reader donations make THE CITY’s work possible: we couldn’t do it without you. I’m Claudia Irizarry Aponte […]
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MTA Blames Canceled Express Bus Trips on Driver Shortages
On Thursday morning, the MTA scrapped a series of scheduled trips on express bus routes that link the boroughs with Manhattan, sounding a familiar refrain on social media about a shortage of drivers. “We’re running as much service as we can with the bus operators we have available,” @NYCTBus posted repeatedly to X (formerly Twitter). […]
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Elderly New Yorkers Throng City Hall to Protest Proposed Cuts to Senior Centers
Hundreds of older New Yorkers rallied outside City Hall to protest cuts to the city’s Department for the Aging, which could shutter dozens of senior centers and reduce services like meal delivery. The agency, which had its budget slashed by $20 million last year, faces an additional $80 million in cuts in the budget City […]
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