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Mayor Adams stands with city officials to announce the Queens organics composting program

Services

Mandatory composting starts Oct. 6: Here’s what you need to know

Posted on October 4, 2024

Construction of new prison medical space at Bellevue Hospital to replace infirmary on Rikers Island

How will NYC care for incarcerated people in need of medical care after Rikers Island closes?

Posted on March 4, 2024

SNAP benefits paying for groceries

Politics

‘SNAP’-ping to it: NYC finally resolves public benefits backlog six months after court order

Posted on March 4, 2024

A LinkNYC kiosk in Manhattan.

Services

As many New Yorkers still struggle with internet connectivity, LinkNYC provides massive benefit: study

Posted on November 6, 2023

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Brooklyn Paper

‘It’s amazing what we’re doing’: Bay Ridge Center preps to open new, expanded facility for older adults

First GED test center

First GED test center for people with disabilities in New York City now officially open

Posted on September 13, 2023

Midtown Manhattan

Camp Win brings summer joy to homeless children with Midtown carnival

Posted on August 22, 2023

Children attend a dance and singing class at the PS 130 Summer Rising program.

Applications for the city’s annual free summer camp for kids opens April 17

Posted on April 3, 2023

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Politics

City Council Caucus proposes solutions to address early childhood care crisis in NYC

Posted on March 13, 2023

Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani

Services

With big Con Edison rate hikes looming, seven NY reps urge Hochul to unplug the plan

Posted on March 3, 2023

Those facing food insecurity received groceries from the West Side Campaign Against Hunger on Feb. 23 as COVID-era benefits hang in the balance.

‘A hunger Grand Canyon’: Concerns surge in New York as COVID-era benefits are set to end on March 1

Posted on February 23, 2023

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Harlem

Inside the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, the backbone of Upper Manhattan for more than 125 years

Posted on January 27, 2023

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Politics

City Council eyes expanding CityFHEPS housing benefit program to help vulnerable New Yorkers find permanent housing

Posted on January 18, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

Plight of the homeless: Chelsea exhibit chronicles 150 years of The Bowery Mission’s aid

Posted on December 8, 2022

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Health

NYC to provide humanitarian emergency response for asylum seekers

Posted on September 22, 2022

Politics

Too much to bear: Asylum seeker commits suicide in New York City shelter

Posted on September 19, 2022

Politics

Mayor Adams says city’s got migrant crisis under control, rebuffs critics while touring Midtown resource center

Posted on September 15, 2022

Schumer speaks about student loan forgiveness program

Politics

Schumer says loan service companies need to staff up amid Biden student debt forgiveness plan

Posted on August 28, 2022

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Politics

Many homeless families in New York City being denied housing vouchers, analysis finds

Posted on August 25, 2022

Homeless crisis in NYC

Politics

State of the sweeps: Has NYC’s encampment crackdown made a dent in the homelessness crisis?

Posted on August 23, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

A killer cap? Livery drivers say they’ll go out of business if mayor, TLC won’t lift license limit

Posted on August 1, 2022

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Services

Counting on HOPE: DSS releases number of homeless in NYC

Posted on June 17, 2022

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Lower Manhattan

Vouch for the future: Homeless demand mayor make housing vouchers more effective

Posted on June 9, 2022

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Politics

‘Care for All Families’: Pols rally for $10M to support care for undocumented children

Posted on May 31, 2022

Homeless crisis

Politics

Accepting services or bowing to ultimatums? Advocates question Adams’ Subway Safety Plan stats

Posted on May 26, 2022

Health

Empire BlueCross BlueShield opens Midtown headquarters

Posted on May 25, 2022

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Midtown Manhattan

Last call: End of the line for New York City’s public payphone

Posted on May 23, 2022

Project Renewal

Ready to soar: Project Renewal Support in East Harlem heals a homeless man’s broken wings

Posted on May 22, 2022

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‘Trust is the biggest thing’: Inside the Bowery Mission’s effort to help New York’s homeless

Posted on May 8, 2022

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City agencies celebrate the relaunch of the IDNYC campaign

Posted on May 2, 2022

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Politics

Adams backs hotel conversion bill in Albany that could help solve NYC’s homelessness crisis

Posted on May 1, 2022

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EXCLUSIVE: Let our people go! City Council bill seeks relief to reopen more public bathrooms across New York City

Posted on April 28, 2022

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Politics

FIRST ON amNY: Homeless men left stranded in the Bronx after being turned away at Safe Haven

Posted on April 27, 2022

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‘They’re going to get fair pay for an honest day’ of work; Adams announces new measures to boost NYC delivery workers

Posted on April 21, 2022

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Health

City expands summer youth employment program with 100,000 new jobs for NYC youth

Posted on February 15, 2022

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Politics

Mayor Adams says his new housing team will focus on affordability

Posted on January 30, 2022

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Health

Wage war: Home health aides laud Queens lawmaker for exposé, calls for accountability

Posted on January 12, 2022

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Save the New York City bodega from losing out to grocery delivery apps, pols say at Lower East Side rally

Posted on January 10, 2022

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People

‘I give because I know what it’s like to have nothing’: Bronx native celebrates 24 years delivering gifts to mothers recovering from drug addiction

Posted on December 28, 2021

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Brooklyn

Party time with the NYPD: Brooklyn kids enjoy video game fun with the Finest

Posted on October 20, 2021

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Queens

EXCLUSIVE: NYPD’s newest canine members specially bred to sniff out explosives in seconds

Posted on October 17, 2021

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Stocking up: Citymeals on Wheels ready to deliver thousands of winter food packages to senior New Yorkers

Posted on October 10, 2021

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Politics

New York City Council passes Safety in Our Shelters Act, protecting those guarding homeless centers

Posted on October 7, 2021

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Sermon in the street: Middle Church hosts first in-person service since fire ravaged East Village church

Posted on October 3, 2021

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Bronx

Inside look: How NYC mobile teams turn homeless outreach into a surrogate family

Posted on September 19, 2021

Yom Kippur service in Central Park

Services

Jewish temple hosts first outdoor Yom Kippur service in Central Park

Posted on September 16, 2021

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‘Housing should be for New Yorkers’: City Council hears push to end illegal hotels

Posted on September 13, 2021

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‘People should never live like this!’ Life inside a Wards Island homeless shelter

Posted on August 30, 2021

More from around NYC

people at a podium during press conference about National Guard troops in NYC subways

Hochul to add 250 National Guard troops to NYC subways

Hozier performs at Forest Hills Stadium during the 2024 concert season.

Legal battle escalates: Forest Hills homeowners group files injunction to stop stadium’s 2025 concert season

Net gains! Brooklyn Chamber honors Liberty’s championship win, local business leaders at Winter Gala

The US Capitol Building in Washington.

Senate approves anti-trans military spending bill, drawing calls for president’s veto