The union representing thousands of New York’s public defenders, museum staff and academics on Wednesday endorsed a trio of left-leaning Democratic mayoral primary candidates — and explicitly called on its members and the public to not rank Eric Adams on their ballots. United Auto Workers Region 9A unanimously endorsed Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens), City Comptroller […]

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City is extending the high school application deadline to Dec. 9, after officials discovered a glitch in a new tool that tells students their admissions chances, an Education Department spokesperson said Wednesday. The glitch only affected two schools, but families […]

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Your Local Epidemiologist New York is published by Healthbeat, a nonprofit newsroom covering public health published by Civic News Company and KFF Health News. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Here’s what you need to know about New York public health this week. Whooping Cough Spreads Whooping cough (pertussis) cases have surged in New York […]

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Mayor Eric Adams will know as soon as Dec. 16 if his reelection bid will qualify for millions of dollars in public matching funds as the Campaign Finance Board votes on the first tranche of payments for the 2025 contest. At a City Council hearing on Wednesday, CFB executive director Paul Ryan testified that a […]

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New York City officials are racing to scale back the use of National Guard members in migrant shelter operations ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, THE CITY has learned. The incoming president has promised to unleash the largest deportation campaign in the nation’s history. His “border czar,” Tom Homan, has threatened New York and other […]

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