Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon activating more than 3,500 members of the New York National Guard in response to a wildcat strike by hundreds of state correction officers.  Hochul’s order also greenlights additional overtime pay for corrections officers being deployed to the state’s 42 penitentiaries. Approximately 33 facilities are currently on […]

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In response to a blizzard of executive orders from President Donald Trump, the Public Broadcasting Service recently erased a series of videos made in partnership with New York City Public Schools focused on LGBTQ history. This week, the city’s Education Department found a new home for […]

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Hundreds of federal employees rallied across downtown Manhattan on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s cuts to the public sector workforce at the hands of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, which is led by billionaire mogul Elon Musk. Current and former federal employees, some of whom had received termination letters in recent days, and […]

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Barely six weeks after the launch of congestion pricing, the tolls on motorists driving into the core of Manhattan are facing yet another existential threat — but aren’t being turned off no matter what President Donald Trump says. Trump followed through Wednesday on his August campaign pledge to “TERMINATE Congestion Pricing,” setting the stage for […]

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“You simply can’t trust Eric Adams nor those that are closest to him,” former assemblymember and Mayoral candidate Michael Blake said  as he sat down with FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer and Harry Siegel on Tuesday for the latest installment in the pod’s series of interviews with the field.   “When you have four deputy […]

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