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Under a Remediation Manager, Who Will Actually Control Rikers Island?

Metal gates lock in detainees at the Otis Bantum Correctional Center on Rikers Island.

Over the past four years, an unlikely alliance of advocates for people behind bars and former Department of Correction commissioners joined forces to urge the federal judge overseeing Rikers Island to appoint an outsider to run it.  They argued that it is impossible to turn around the beleaguered department without giving the person in charge […]

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Are You Traveling Over Troubled NYC Bridges?

Drivers pass under the south side of the Shea Road underpass near the Grand Central Parkway ramp in Flushing.

This story was produced in conjunction with the NYCity News Service and with the support of the Equity Through Data Project at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Drivers heading to LaGuardia Airport or CitiField may not know it, but they could face greater concerns than missing their flight or the first […]

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LISTEN: Cuomo’s Still Coasting

Mayoral forum moderator Christopher Robbins holds a picture of absent candidate Andrew Cuomo while questioning several of his rivals about the former governor’s record.

Time’s running awfully short for Zohran Mamdani to turn his momentum into a winning campaign. And it’s running out on Adrienne Adams to ignite her candidacy, or for anyone else in the field to catch up with Andrew Cuomo. Meanwhile, the ex-governor is happy to stay out of the fray, keep unscripted interactions with voters […]

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The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur

A classic billboard of a pink cat sat atop an Atlantic Avenue tire shop in 2018.

About 25 years ago, people passing a drab industrial stretch of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn started noticing a hand-painted billboard that looked both of the place and out of this world.  “Attention LANDLORDS,” it said in blocky print, followed by an offer for home heating oil at economical prices.  The words were a snooze, but […]

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Journalists Barred from Brooklyn College Demonstration to Sue CUNY

Dozens of NYPD officers enter Brooklyn College to break up a small pro-Palestinian encampment.

Four reporters blocked from entering Brooklyn College campus during a pro-Palestinian student demonstration on May 8 plan to sue, arguing the college violated their First Amendment right to freedom of the press.  In a notice of intention to file a claim sent to Brooklyn College and the City University of New York Friday afternoon, Wylie […]

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