Councilmembers Discuss Mayor Mamdani’s Childcare Promise
BY ESTHER BOILEAU Council members of the subcommittee for early childhood education came forward to talk about the expansion of 2k enrollment and the failure …[read more]
Politics
Keeping Big Money Out of Politics: Senator Liz Krueger Leads Town Hall to Seek Answers
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Ten individuals donated about $481 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign, accounting for 44% of all money raised, according to a lawyer …[read more]
Grassroots Organizations Teach Emotional Regulation Tools to Climate Change Activists
BY EMILY NIXON Climate Week is in full swing in New York City (NYC), and Sustaining All Life (SAL), a partner grassroots organization of Re-evaluation …[read more]
Community Educational Council for NY’s District 20 Debates AI Use in Classrooms
BY MATTHEW MUSOLINO Brooklyn’s Community Educational Council for District 20 opened the school year by debatingAI use and screen time, youth vaping, and enrollment issues …[read more]
Weekly Vigils Protest ICE at Metropolitan Detention Center
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Every Tuesday at 6 pm for the last year, a vigil organized by Indivisible Brooklyn, a civic engagement group, and Good …[read more]
A Department on Life Support: Why Puerto Rican Studies At CUNY is Still Fighting for Survival
BY KAILA MACEIRA New York has the highest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the world outside Puerto Rico, but Puerto Rican Studies across City University …[read more]
Mayor-Elect Mamdani Says He Will Not Forget The Bronx
BY PAOLA SACERDOTE Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a surprise visit to the Bronx borough’s holiday tree lighting ceremony at Lou Gehrig Plaza of the Grand …[read more]
Mamdani’s Puerto Rico Trip Draws Hope, and Doubt, from the Diaspora
BY KAILA MACEIRA November is Puerto Rican Heritage Month, and New York has long recognized Puerto Rico’s cultural, political, and historical ties with the city. …[read more]
NYC Mayoral Candidates Offer Plans to Improve Schools
BY ROSSI SEALEY New York City mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa butted heads with Democratic front-runner Zohran Mamdani over the city’s Gifted and …[read more]
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke Warns About The Impacts of the Government Shutdown
BY PAOLA SACERDOTE New York District 9 Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke used her October 8 telephone town hall to blame President Donald Trump and …[read more]