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Michael Mulgrew of the UFT at a podium

Teachers’ union UFT rolls out class size plan to meet new state mandate by September

Posted on May 7, 2024

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Queens

Queens teacher faces backlash for anti-Israel remarks, dissing local lawmaker on social media

Posted on May 7, 2024

Students march in protest over Palestine

Chalk pleas and arguments with opponents: Inside another college campus pro-Palestine protest in Manhattan

Posted on May 2, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx youth will light up Radio City Music Hall for the Garden of Dreams talent show

Mayor Adams

Politics

How NYC plans to bring hate crime prevention lessons into public school classrooms

Posted on April 30, 2024

Columbia University protests: New Yorkers say they’re fed up and fearful over chaos

Posted on April 30, 2024

Some on the outside even pressed their hands to the warm glass in a show of solidarity.

Chelsea

“We will not stop, we will not rest’: FIT pro-Palestine protesters end lobby encampment, for now

Posted on April 29, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn school honors fallen firefighter Steven Pollard with memorial scholarship

House Speaker Mike Johnson at Columbia University

Harlem

Columbia University protests: House Speaker Mike Johnson visits campus, calls for Shafik’s resignation amidst Pro-Palestine protest encampment

Posted on April 24, 2024

Harlem

Columbia University protests: Admin gives students 48 hours to clear encampment, demonstrators agree to some concessions

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Opinion

Op-Ed | Don’t let FAFSA troubles derail your college dreams

Posted on April 24, 2024

Worker outside NYU amid protests there and Columbia University

Greenwich Village

Columbia University admin calls for outside agitators to vacate encampment while NYU barricades campus with plywood

Posted on April 23, 2024

NYC parents slam mayoral control renewal, saying Adams ‘should not be in charge of education’

Posted on April 23, 2024

Columbia University professor argues with administrator after being denied access

Harlem

Columbia University protest: Professor organizing pro-Israel rally denied campus access as pro-Palestine demonstrators rebuff allegations of antisemitism

Posted on April 22, 2024

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Mayor Adams restores $500 million for education, leaves open-ended questions about free child care in NYC

Posted on April 19, 2024

Bronx Zoo exhibit

Bronx Times

Bronx Zoo marks 125th anniversary with ceremony, new exhibit

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Harlem

Columbia University protests: NYPD arrests over 100 students while dispersing occupation

Posted on April 18, 2024

Pro-Palestine protester arrested at Columbia University protest

Columbia University protest: Pro-Palestine students enter second day of occupation

Posted on April 18, 2024

Columbia University pro-Palestine protest

Harlem

Columbia University students hold pro-Palestine protest on campus’ great lawn as president testifies on Capitol Hill about antisemitism

Posted on April 17, 2024

Cars drive by Lehman College on March 15, 2024.

Bronx Times

Lehman’s Institute for Literary Studies canceled a panel on the struggles for Palestine. What are the implications?

Dominique R. Jones talks importance of the work Global Kids does for New York City youth

Posted on April 17, 2024

Green plastic mop

NYC school cleaners and handypersons gather for contract negotiations

Posted on April 16, 2024

NYC school chancellor David Banks testifies at City Council hearing

Politics

Schools Chancellor Banks to testify before Congress in May at hearing on antisemitism

Posted on April 15, 2024

College students on campus

Looking for a higher education in NYC? Here’s how to find the college that’s right for you

Posted on April 14, 2024

Bronx Times

Bronx Bound Books aims to continue trend of literary resurgence in the borough

several people at a table, including Miguel Cardona, discussing student loan forgiveness

U.S. Education Secretary in Downtown Manhattan for UFT meeting on student loan forgiveness

Posted on April 8, 2024

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Bronx Times

BCC’s new Early Childhood Center program lifts burden for Bronx student parents while they pursue their education

parents and pols want smoke shop shut in Harlem

Harlem

Not near their children: Why Harlem parents and pols want smoke shop shut down before it even opens

Posted on April 6, 2024

NYC schools chancellor David Banks with Mayor Eric Adams

Politics

NYC schools: Mayoral control extension to be decided after state budget passes, Stewart-Cousins says

Posted on April 3, 2024

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed | Community colleges hold keys to the city’s success

Posted on March 29, 2024

CUNY students talk careers

Business

Mapping out the future: CUNY gets big grant to help students build careers

Posted on March 27, 2024

Lehman College Memorial Lecture with Fat Joe

Bronx Times

Annual Lehman College lecture features Fat Joe, former BP Rubén Díaz, Jr.

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Sports

NYC parents rage over resolution seeking to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports

Posted on March 25, 2024

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Bronx Times

Mayor Adams announces $77M plan to boost city’s electric school bus fleet, build nation’s first truck charging depot in Hunts Point

Actor LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow in a library holding a book

‘Butterfly in the Sky’: LeVar Burton talks with amNY about new documentary on ‘Reading Rainbow’

Posted on March 19, 2024

Child reaching for medication in poison danger

Health

Op-ed | Take simple steps to protect kids at home during National Poison Prevention Week

Posted on March 18, 2024

Parent signs petition in Brooklyn against child care cuts

Fighting child care cuts, NYC parents organize petition to mayor at local playgrounds

Posted on March 17, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx electeds announce legislation ensuring equitable funding for charter schools

Columbia University

Columbia University urged to ‘immediately’ reinstate pro-Palestine student groups in civil liberties lawsuit

Posted on March 12, 2024

Charter school teacher helps students

NYC charter schools continue strong enrollment, data finds

Posted on March 12, 2024

Teacher with students in charter school classroom

NYC charter schools: What you need to know about their operations

Posted on March 12, 2024

Students walking down staircase at Charter school

NYC charter school applications: Here’s what you need to know for 2024-25 school year

Posted on March 12, 2024

Female High School Students Wearing Uniform Using Interactive Whiteboard During Lesson

Charter school students in New York City demonstrate significant growth in 2023 assessment scores

Posted on March 12, 2024

examples of school lunches

Brooklyn Paper

‘Moldy, unappetizing, slimy’: Brooklyn pol slams quality of public school lunches amid budget cuts

Exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage

Fighting antisemitism: Museum of Jewish Heritage battles hate with new FAQ program for teachers, students

Posted on March 5, 2024

Origins High School in Brooklyn, where antisemitism claims have been made

Brooklyn

Swastikas, death threats and Nazi lingo: Inside claims of rampant antisemitism at Brooklyn high school

Posted on March 4, 2024

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Bronx Times

School-based food pantry serves three South Bronx schools

A person walks by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine one the NYC Health + Hospitals Jacobi campus on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024.

Bronx Times

‘Worthy cause’: Bronx Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives $1B donation for free tuition

More from around NYC

montefiore

Montefiore unveils renovated ICU waiting room, hosts special lung cancer screening event for Bronx community

Senator Addabbo and Queens Library host fun-filled day for older adults in Rego Park

The new 7,000-square-foot rink aims to transform Domino Square into a winter wonderland

Williamsburg’s first waterfront ice rink opens next week at Domino Park

Gays Against Guns holds a demonstration marking Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 21.

Emotional Transgender Day of Remembrance vigil held in Manhattan