Reading List
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Librarians, Kids Throw the Book at Mamdani Over Broken Funding Promise
As a candidate, Zohran Mamdani promised to fund the city’s three library systems with half of 1% of the city’s budget, vowing to end the usual budget dance and financial uncertainty that put libraries at the middle of tense negotiations with the City Council. But as mayor, Mamdani’s executive budget proposal coughs up just .42% […]
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Mamdani to Lower Rent for Poorest New Yorkers in City-Financed Buildings
Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to lower the rent for some of the poorest New Yorkers. The mayor will announce on Tuesday that New Yorkers who are considered “extremely low-income” — no more than $50,880 for a family of four — will pay a quarter of their income on rent, down from 30%, on city-subsidized apartments. […]
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Don’t Trash Your Old Vapes. NYC’s Volunteer Recyclers Want Them.
On a street corner in Bushwick, Brooklyn, a volunteer cuts a knife through a square container, releasing a flood of dead vapes in rainbow waves. The clear plastic box filled up after an Earth Day event at a nightclub across the street, where partygoers dropped off the eye-popping smoking devices rather than sending them to […]
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LISTEN: The Knicks Are on Fire and the Mecca of Basketball Isn’t Going Anywhere
The Knicks are on an epic winning streak at the perfect time not just for the team but for owner James Dolan as the Trump administration announced $8 billion for a new Penn Station plan that leaves Madison Square Garden intact atop the railroad station and for Mayor Mamdani as he tries to tap into the […]
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Protesters Block Newark ICE Detention Facility as Hunger and Work Strike Enters Day 3
Dozens of protesters blocked entrances to Delaney Hall, a massive ICE detention facility in Newark, for hours Sunday evening after word spread that guards were trying to move a detainee involved in an ongoing work and hunger strike. The detainee, Martin Soto, was among those who announced the strike on Friday, calling for the immediate […]
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