Reading List
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MTA Approves Millions More for OMNY Chatbot in Buggy System
The MTA is set to pay millions more to the company that developed the new OMNY fare payment system — which has been plagued by a spotty rollout and complaints over customer service. The transit authority’s board on Wednesday approved a nearly $3 million modification to its existing contract with Cubic Transportation Systems for an […]
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Migrants, Protesters and a Pastor Arrested Inside and Outside Manhattan Immigration Courthouses
Federal agents inside of a Manhattan immigration court building on Wednesday made numerous arrests of migrants and observers, including a pastor from Queens. A reporter for THE CITY witnessed about two dozen masked officers, dressed in plainclothes, staking out the lobby of 26 Federal Plaza, where immigrants go for check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
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Major Jewish Community Endorsements Still Up for Grabs in Mayor’s Race
When Andrew Yang won endorsements from an array of Brooklyn-based Hasidic Jewish sects before the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary, his campaign, and multiple political insiders, touted that support as a possible game changer that could put him over the top in a tight election. It was not enough. Yang was trounced in the primary that […]
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The Money Race, and Finding Your Sample Ballot
This article is adapted from our May 27 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers, Money isn’t everything. But it pays for a lot of important things, especially in the last few weeks of a campaign. Let’s check in on where the mayoral candidates stand […]
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LISTEN: ‘How Do I Get a Squirrel?’
“It’s hard to be a human in New York but it’s downright dangerous to be a baby squirrel,” says Kyra Tippens-Richan, who spends her work days performing autopsies on animals and her off-hours caring for squirrels. “I was in high school and I had a boyfriend at the time. I convinced him to come over […]
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