As an historic blizzard pummeled New York City Monday, about four dozen people dozed off in chairs in a lobby of Bellevue Hospital, slumped over suitcases or swaddled in blankets. Some were dressed in ripped sweaters or sandals with no socks. Nurses and doctors zipped by, barely glancing at them.  Bellevue’s south lobby is one […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s broad affordability agenda should extend to four-legged New Yorkers, with funding for low-cost veterinarian services that could help overloaded shelters, a new proposal from animal welfare advocates says.  Voters for Animal Rights and Flatbush Cats, a non-profit that also provides low-cost vet care, last month released a policy proposal for the new […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday will name Sideya Sherman as the director of the city Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission. Sherman most recently served as the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice (formerly the Mayor’s Office of Equity) under Mayor Eric Adams. She was previously […]

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A major snowstorm that blanketed the city overnight forced criminal arraignment courts across New York City to remain closed until 2 p.m. Monday, delaying the processing of newly arrested people and raising fresh concerns about potential backlogs in already strained holding facilities and courthouses.  By mid-afternoon, courts began working through arrests mostly made before the […]

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City’s public schools will reopen on Tuesday after a major blizzard dumped over 20 inches of snow on parts of the city, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday afternoon. “I hope our students enjoy their snow day today and stay warm and safe […]

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