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CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

Students sat outside Hunter College.

The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. CUNY chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez on Wednesday laid out a roadmap for expanding the university in the year ahead while reflecting on the enrollment growth at the 25-school system over the last year. At a state of the university address at the […]

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Mayor Adams Announces Budget Adds — and New Head of NYPD

Three-time commissioner Jessica Tisch speaks at Mayor Eric Adams' budget modification briefing, Nov. 20, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday unveiled a modified budget that includes funding for 1,600 new police officers and money for rental vouchers — and then introduced a new police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, in a surprise announcement. The November changes — an annual occurrence — are the latest  update to the city’s fiscal year 2025 budget […]

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How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

A garage on West 61st Street just outside of the proposed congestion pricing zone, Sept. 7, 2022.

Parking has emerged as a central focus of negotiations on Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping package of proposed development reforms ahead of a crucial City Council committee vote Thursday. The City of Yes for Housing Affordability proposal, which aims to ease up rules to spur more residential development, is projected to create between 58,000 and 109,000 […]

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One in Six Children in Migrant Shelters With Time Limits Have Left the City School System

Kelly Gonzalez seated at City Hall with her elbows on the table and hands in front of her chest speaks into a microphone.

About 1,000 children — or nearly 15% of the 7,600 kids living in migrant shelters whose families got notices to leave city shelters since the end of June — have left the public school system, representatives of the city’s Office of Asylum Seekers disclosed at a City Council hearing Tuesday. Molly Schaeffer, the head of […]

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City Investigators Probe Eric Adams Protege Jesse Hamilton and His Real Estate Deals

State Sen. Jesse Hamilton joins a City Hall press conference about the Trans Pacific Partnership.

The city Department of Investigation (DOI) is looking into the actions of a longtime associate of Mayor Eric Adams whom the mayor put in charge of city leases, including a last-minute decision to rent space from a big donor to the mayor’s legal defense fund, THE CITY has learned. Jesse Hamilton, the deputy commissioner for […]

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