A 20-year-old high school student from Ecuador reunited with her family early Wednesday morning, after three weeks in ICE detention in Louisiana following her arrest after a routine immigration court appearance at 26 Federal Plaza.  Joselyn Chipantiza-Sisalema, 20, was greeted by a small group of supporters at the Port Authority bus terminal shortly after midnight, […]

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Queens Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani has been reaping the spoils of his blowout Democratic primary victory, records filed Tuesday show, raking in a huge wave of campaign donations and securing another $1 million in public matching funds for the general election. His chief rivals for the general election, meanwhile, had more fraught post-primary experiences. Mayor Eric […]

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Thousands of workers who provide legal services to low-income people are preparing for a possible strike by the end of this week — joining the more than 400 already on the picket line seeking better pay for themselves and more resources for their clients amid steep federal funding cuts. Lawyers and other staff at CAMBA, […]

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THE CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. City University of New York Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez was the latest higher education leader to be grilled about efforts to tamp down on antisemitism on the university’s 26 campuses Tuesday morning, where he avoided engaging directly with House […]

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After torrential rains on Monday that turned several station entrances into waterfalls, experts warned that the subway system will remain exposed to recurring flash flooding — unless the city and the MTA better collaborate on multibillion-dollar stormproofing projects. Described by MTA officials as the second-biggest one-hour downpour in city history, the storm overwhelmed the subway, […]

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