To reduce New York City’s class sizes under a new state mandate, Department of Education officials floated one option to help principals comply: virtual learning.

via Chalkbeat New York: buff.ly/4by7ySN

If you care about how NYC is being run, you should be following not just THE CITY but also Yoav Gonen, Reuven Blau, katie honan, Jose Martinez, Gwynne Hogan, GregBSmith, haidee chu, claudia irizarry aponte, @rosalindzadams, and all the rest of their dedicated team

“With ‘Sammy’s Law’ set to go into effect on June 19, the long campaign to lower the speed limit still faces some roadblocks, including exactly how it will be implemented and the roles to be played by the City Council.” — ⁦Jose Martinez⁩ reports thecity.nyc/2024/05/09/sam…

In love with haidee chu's opus to Chelsea's wilting flower district, ahead of Mother's Day.

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things i noticed around my apartment that might explain why i wanted to write this (pre) mother’s day piece about the flower district for THE CITY 🧵:

(i only started connecting the dots when my caffeinated brain wouldn’t shut up after filing the story) thecity.nyc/2024/05/10/mot…

DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber on Thursday made clear that while she is an appointee of Mayor Eric Adams, her mission is to investigate without fear or favor as an independent “conscience of the city.”

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When Albany lawmakers last month passed “Sammy’s Law” — allowing the city to lower the speed limit to 20 mph on some roads — safe-streets advocates celebrated a victory that was years in the making.

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For the workers in Manhattan’s Flower District, there’s hardly time to stop and smell the lilies on as Mother’s Day approaches.

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Mayoral aide Winnie Greco, who returned to work last week after going on leave following FBI raids of her homes in February, has nearly doubled her salary to $196,000 since Eric Adams hired her in January 2022.

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Would just like to say that the team at THE CITY has been on fire lately with the public interest reporting and it is very much appreciated

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A top aide to Mayor Eric Adams who went on leave after her two houses were raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in late February is back in a government job, THE CITY has learned.

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SCOOP: Key mayoral aide Winnie Greco, who returned to work last week after going on leave following FBI raids of her homes in February, has nearly doubled her salary since Mayor Eric Adams hired her in January 2022.

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A state law that goes into effect in June will give New York City more power to regulate its own speed limits. But there are a few paths to get there.

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More than 200 Clinton Hill residents crammed into a standing room only meeting Monday night to raise their concerns about a compound of sprawling migrant shelters where an estimated 4,000 people now live in a two-block radius.

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New York’s Equal Rights Amendment, which would enshrine the right to an abortion in the state, has been ordered off the November ballot after a judge ruled that lawmakers didn’t follow the appropriate procedure in passing it.

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New York City schools Chancellor David Banks defended his record on antisemitism during a tense congressional hearing Wednesday, reports Chalkbeat New York.

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Thank you to our friends at THE CITY for posting this story from Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi Cohen of ProPublica.

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Police fatally shot Win Rozario during a mental distress call. Afterwards, they interrogated his mom and brother in the precinct and blocked the family from the apartment for two days — even as they pleaded to get in for medicine and to feed their cat. thecity.nyc/2024/05/08/win…

We now know which candidates will be on your ballot in June. Get ready to vote again in New York’s second primary of 2024, on June 25.

Here’s THE CITY’s 2024 voting guide with all the information you need.

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