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Hochul Wants More Power Over State Education Dept. Amid Move to End Regents Requirement
With New York poised to eliminate Regents exams as a graduation requirement, Gov. Kathy Hochul is raising alarms about what comes next. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York’s slow-moving transition…
Brooklyn Asylum Seeker Breaks 30-Day Hunger Strike in ICE Detention in Georgia
Andrei Gerdiukov fled Putin’s Russia after he was caught distributing opposition pamphlets. Now detained at a Georgia ICE facility, he went on a 30-day hunger strike seeking a transfer to another detention center. A Russian asylum seeker who…
Hochul Made Big Gains in NYC’s Blue Wave — Except in These Neighborhoods
See where NYC flipped blue for Hochul, how neighborhoods shifted and more. Almost 2 million New Yorkers cast their ballots in this year’s gubernatorial election, 218,453 more than in 2022. The increase in voters helped Democratic incumbent Gov.…
LISTEN: A Big Blue Wave Boosts Brooklyn’s Bosses
This is an anti-Trump election. This is not necessarily an endorsement of Democrats’ policies in New York State. There’s some of that at play, but this is an anti-Trump election in New York and beyond. Max Politics host…
High Stakes and High Costs: NY Voters Hit the Polls as Hochul Faces Blakeman
Nearly 700,000 city residents cast early ballots in a race topped by the campaign for governor, as Democrats battle Republicans across the country for control of Congress. New York City voters head to the polls Tuesday after a…
Government-Backed Lenders Tighten Mortgage Rules in Response to Mamdani’s Rent Freeze
Freddie Mac has paused new loans, and Fannie Mae is baking in the cost of the rent freeze, making it difficult for landlords to get financing, multiple real estate sources told The City Reporter. The nation’s two most…
LISTEN: Life, Death and the World in the Confines of One Subway Car
As soon as social media seized on the story, it was turned into a kind of intellectual junk food: Jordan Neely is either a career criminal who was finally put down or a victim of every systemic injustice…
The High School Hunt: A Guide to NYC’s Complex Admissions Process
New York families have a month left to apply to their preferred high schools. Applications are due December 4. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Applying to high school in…
E-Bike Battery Fires on the Rise at NYCHA, Leaving Death in Their Wake
Eleven-year-old Zion Maine was killed in a lithium-ion battery fire on Monday at his family’s home at the Patterson Houses in The Bronx. In 2023, after several e-bike battery fires erupted inside New York City Housing Authority apartments,…
NYC Broker Fees Are Banned but Not Gone as City Ramps Up Enforcement
In a year and a half, officials issued $60,000 in penalties against people violating the FARE Act. So-called “management fees.” Listed apartments already rented. Off-market exclusives dangled like bait. These are among what some apartment-seekers saw as they…
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News from THE CITY – November 6, 2026
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News from THE CITY – November 5, 2026
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News from THE CITY – November 4, 2026
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News from THE CITY – November 2, 2026
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News from THE CITY – November 1, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 31, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 30, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 29, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 28, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 27, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 26, 2026
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News from THE CITY – October 24, 2026
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