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Mamdani Budget Director Pins Blame for Fiscal Mess on Adams
New York City’s budget director testified Wednesday in front of the City Council about the city’s $5.4 billion budget deficit and faced questions on a proposal to raid the city’s “rainy day” fund — which has never been done before. Speaker Julie Menin said the Council was “deeply concerned” about the mayor’s plan to take […]
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NYU Faculty Union Reaches Agreement to End Strike
New York University reached a tentative agreement with the union representing approximately 950 non-tenure track faculty on raises, better job security and more, the union and the university announced Wednesday morning, putting an end to a strike that began on Monday as students returned to campus from spring break. Striking faculty returned to work Wednesday […]
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ICE to Face Court Trial Over Conditions at 26 Federal Plaza
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be forced to defend its detention practices inside holding cells at 26 Federal Plaza in a trial slated for the end of May. Immigrant advocates from Make the Road New York and attorneys from the law firm Wang Hecker and the NYCLU have argued that migrants were held there in […]
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Why 24 Seniors Are Holding Up NYCHA’s $1.2B Plan to Demolish and Rebuild Chelsea Complex
The $1.2 billion reconstruction of NYCHA’s Fulton, Elliott and Chelsea Houses has been touted as a win-win-win. Eighteen mid-sized NYCHA buildings that are in need of serious upgrades will be demolished and replaced with six taller towers. Each of the 2,056 residents now living in these developments will be guaranteed a spot in the new […]
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Once a Sweatshop, Now a Lab for Life: Studying Inside the Triangle Shirtwaist Site
Inside a building in Greenwich Village, NYU Ph.D. and postdoctoral students follow a familiar routine. They take the elevator to a laboratory on the top floor, where they sit for hours perched over glass slides and microscopes, observing fruit fly cells and ant brains. They’re studying aging and brain development in social insects to understand […]
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