This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Five new schools are expected to open this fall in The Bronx and Queens: Two will exclusively serve students with significant disabilities, three will have an arts focus, and all promise to incorporate project-based learning. The new schools aim to ease […]

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The city’s main voucher program, CityFHEPS, has been a lifeline for many homeless New Yorkers who have secured permanent homes with the rental subsidy. But a broad swath of people in New York’s shelters are not eligible, cutting them off from a key avenue out of homelessness, according to data from two major local shelter […]

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New Yorkers who use the city’s Fair Fares program to ride buses, trains and Access-a-Ride are still struggling to afford transit despite receiving half-off on fares, according to a new analysis. Fair Fares is a city-run program that reduces the cost of transit rides by half for adults under 65 who make less than $23,940 […]

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Zohran Mamdani’s first political endorsement since becoming mayor predictably didn’t pan out, but Lindsey Boylan wasn’t the candidate he’s betting his political capital on.  The FAQ NYC hosts discuss all that and much more, including why bringiing casinos to New York is such a terrible idea, what’s so good about bodega cats and bad about […]

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An ICE agent appeared to tase a man several times while another agent tried to forcefully drag him out of his car as the man screams in pain and begs for help, as captured in a video obtained by THE CITY. ICE agents later took that man to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center for medical treatment, […]

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