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How NYC Small Businesses Are Putting AI to Work for Them
Holly Diamond is using artificial intelligence to improve the menu and streamline hiring at her self-described “hole in the wall” Korean barbecue restaurant in Flatiron run by her parents, who speak limited English. Reuel Williams, a computer science graduate from Princeton, is building AI tools to help musicians improve their work and to protect them […]
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Council Fails Adams on Bus and Bike Lanes as Mamdani Streets Boss Promises More
The city’s woeful attempts to expand the number of lanes reserved for buses and bicycles earned failing grades Tuesday from members of the City Council. Established in 2019, the NYC Streets Plan set mandates for the city to build at least 150 miles of protected bus and 250 miles of protected bike lanes between 2022 […]
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Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds
More than 600 vacant NYCHA apartments were taken over by squatters over the last few years as the number of empty public housing units spiked, a frustrating trend for the 165,000 applicants stalled on the authority’s waiting list. The city Department of Investigation (DOI) released a report Tuesday revealing that in between January 2022 and […]
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Here Are the Neighborhoods Getting Free Child Care for 2-Year-Olds This Fall
Neighborhoods in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens will be the first to get free seats for 2-year-olds this fall, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday. Hochul committed $73 million to fund about 2,000 seats for the program’s first year. The following year, the state is planning to contribute $425 million to […]
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Hochul Raises Alarm on Costs of Climate Law as Skeptics Call Foul
New York has been falling behind on its legally-mandated climate goals. And now Gov. Kathy Hochul is indicating she’s again moving to revise the law. The governor is now pointing to the costs that could be in store for New Yorkers, if the law — which requires the state to drive down planet-warming emissions and […]
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