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Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York’s 2026–27 college-aid applications are now open, including the NYS Tuition Assistance Program (TAP), the NYS STEM Incentive Program, and the federal FAFSA. Backed by roughly $800 million annually, TAP has expanded eligibility—already helping nearly 38,000 newly eligible students—while the STEM scholarship covers SUNY/CUNY tuition for top 10% graduates…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Kathy Moser as acting commissioner of the state’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, pending Senate confirmation next year. Ms. Moser, a veteran conservation executive who most recently served as chief conservation and policy officer at the Open Space Institute and previously was a deputy commissioner at the…
Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch announced third-quarter crime stats showing seven consecutive quarters of declining major crime since January 2024, with six of seven index categories down. Shooting incidents fell 15.6% in Q3 (-29.7% in September) and victims hit record lows, aided by 4,100 illegal guns seized this year and nearly…
Machete Incident in Boro Park , Brooklyn. 2 Teens Arrested On September 29 at approximately 5:20 PM, Boro Park Shomrim, in collaboration with the NYPD, responded quickly to multiple reports of a group armed with a machete near 43rd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. Thanks to their rapid action, a machete was recovered, and two…
New York City will join a new proposed $7.4 billion Purdue Pharma–Sackler family settlement, securing approximately $48 million for the five boroughs to help repair communities harmed by the opioid crisis. Announced by Mayor Eric Adams and Corporation Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant, the deal—part of litigation dating back to 2017—adds to nearly $190 million already received…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state will award $25 million—its largest single-round allocation under the three-decade-old Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Abatement and Control Program—to help farmers finance water-quality projects, funded by the Environmental Protection Fund and, for the first time, the 2022 Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act. The…