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LISTEN: New York City Is a Blue and Orange Dream

Knicks fans show their pride around Madison Square Garden,

The New York Knickerbockers will come into Madison Square Garden Monday night for the first NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden this millennium having last lost a basketball game 46 days ago. That’s roughly four times as long as peak Lin-sanity and full four Scaramuccis.  Hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel talk […]

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Frozen Garden for Trump Visit as Knicks Chase Glory

A Lower East Side business showed their Knicks support with a Jalen Brunson mural ahead of game 1 of the NBA finals,

The NYPD is restricting access around Madison Square Garden Monday afternoon ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned attendance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals, urging fans with tickets to arrive early — and everyone else to stay away. “Please allow extra time to get to the game and avoid the area around MSG if […]

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Why NYC school budgets won’t be cut, at least for now, in cases of lower enrollment

Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels speaks alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani at the opening of a Brooklyn child care center,

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Despite shrinking enrollment, New York City schools will not see their initial budgets take a hit next school year. New York City principals are soon expected to receive their budgets for the 2026-27 school year, and schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels gave them a […]

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Second Avenue Subway Breaks Ground Ahead of Big Tunnel Dig Next Year

MTA officials prepared for a press conference in East Harlem to announce the start of boring for Second Avenue Subway expansion up to East 125th Street,

New York officials dropped ceremonial shovels into a Second Avenue lot Monday ahead of a much deeper dig to eventually stretch the Q line into East Harlem, then potentially further west beneath 125th Street. Gov. Kathy Hochul, elected leaders and the head of the MTA dug into the East 119th Street construction site — where […]

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New Jail Site Rained Debris on Downtown Brooklyn Amid Worker Injuries

Lori Richmond speaks about Brooklyn Detention Center construction debris flying into her apartment building

Last August an ironworker at the towering new jail under construction in Downtown Brooklyn claimed that he had been “severely injured” while transporting heavy equipment up a staircase without proper safety equipment, according to a lawsuit he filed. The city agency overseeing the project, the Department of Design & Construction (DDC), however, was told the […]

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