Nearly a year after the MTA pledged to make quick fixes to prevent vandals from breaking into train crew cabs, subway cars on only three lines have upgraded locks on worker compartments, according to the agency. Agency numbers reveal that among the entire subway fleet of more than 6,400 train cars, only those that run […]

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A divided City Council gave the go-ahead Thursday on an update of the city’s zoning codes projected to create new capacity to construct up to 80,000 new residences over the next 15 years. The Council voted 31 to 20 to advance Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity agenda — with some members saying […]

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Derek Sandoval seemed like a good candidate for Discovery, a program created to boost the numbers of disadvantaged kids in New York City’s elite public high schools. Derek and his parents arrived from Venezuela in the summer of 2022 with little English […]

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The union representing thousands of New York’s public defenders, museum staff and academics on Wednesday endorsed a trio of left-leaning Democratic mayoral primary candidates — and explicitly called on its members and the public to not rank Eric Adams on their ballots. United Auto Workers Region 9A unanimously endorsed Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani (D-Queens), City Comptroller […]

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City is extending the high school application deadline to Dec. 9, after officials discovered a glitch in a new tool that tells students their admissions chances, an Education Department spokesperson said Wednesday. The glitch only affected two schools, but families […]

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