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How to Apply for Summer Food Benefits for NYC Kids
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City families: You may be eligible for $120 per child in summer food benefits this year. The Summer EBT program, which rolled out for the first time last year, is intended to help low-income families cover costs for meals […]
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NYC Closing Roosevelt Hotel Migrant Welcome Center
Manhattan’s Roosevelt Hotel, the first stop for tens of thousands of migrants arriving in New York City, will close by the end of June, Mayor Eric Adams pledged Monday. The 1,022-room hotel, a block from Grand Central Terminal, is the latest large-scale migrant shelter that city officials have lined up for closure, following announcements about […]
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Making Sense of NYC and Our Mayor in the Trump Era
It’s a challenge to make sense of everything happening between Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald Trump right now. But we’re up to the task. It’s our job, after all. On Wednesday night, four journalists from THE CITY’s newsroom sorted through the chaos around City Hall and answered reader questions in a virtual talk open […]
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Judge in Eric Adams Case Assigns Outside Counsel to Examine Dismissal of Charges
The judge considering the Trump Justice Department’s highly unusual motion to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case on Friday appointed an outside counsel to help him decide what to do. Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho assigned the task to Paul Clement, a former Solicitor General under President George W. Bush, to advise on the scope […]
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Indicted Eric Adams Fundraiser in Possible Plea Discussions with Feds
A fundraiser for Mayor Eric Adams charged in a kickback scheme involving city contracts obtained a delay in the case in preparation for possible plea negotiations with prosecutors in the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office, a court filing shows. Weihong Hu was indicted last week in a public corruption scheme, accused of bribing the founder of […]
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