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MTA Searches Underground for Ways to Cool Sweltering Stations

The tiled 168th street sign can be seen on the left side of the frame while a train car arrives in the station on the right. A father with his two small daughters sit on the beach waiting for the train.

The MTA is looking for ways to cool steamy subway platforms by potentially tapping into geothermal technologies, records reveal. The transit agency last week issued a request for information to gather insights into whether systems dug beneath the earth could someday be used to combat heat and humidity in sauna-like stations. The Sept. 18 request […]

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What to Know About Getting a COVID Vaccine in New York This Fall

Gov. Kathy Hochul gets a Covid vaccine booster shot at a Midtown pharmacy.

We’re headed into cold and flu season and you want your shots, including an updated COVID booster. Where can a New Yorker go to get the jab? After the Food and Drug Administration changed its regulations around the COVID vaccine this summer to limit access, New York state crafted a workaround to preserve people’s ability […]

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Trump Administration Cancels NYC Magnet School Funding Over Trans Student Policies

President Donald Trump exits the White House to board Marine One.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. The Trump administration is canceling millions of dollars in magnet school grant funding after New York City officials missed a Tuesday deadline to overhaul their policies regarding transgender students. At stake is $36 million that city officials expected to flow to several schools over the next […]

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Amtrak Police Arrests Surge at Penn Bathroom Cruising Spot

Four unformed Amtrak police officers enter the Men's Bathroom that has a sign stating "This facility is Monitored 24/7 by Uniformed and undercover police Department officers.

A surge of public lewdness arrests inside a Penn Station bathroom by Amtrak Police has rattled the LGBTQ community and landed at least one person in ICE custody, THE CITY has learned. The surge in arrests by the Amtrak Police, a national police force who are not bound by city sanctuary protections, kicked off in […]

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Housing Advocates Target City Council’s Power to Kill Development

Councilmember Sandy Nurse chairs a City Hall hearing on the Department of Probation.

When someone approaches Brooklyn developer Kirk Goodrich about participating in a new project that will go through the city’s land use review procedure, the first thing he does is check which City Council member represents the area. If he doesn’t think that member will be supportive, he won’t get involved because under the doctrine of […]

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