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Parents From Long-Shuttered Public Schools Warn: Get Ready for Stress and Tears
Thousands of kids enrolled in southern Brooklyn have already been living with school shutdowns for more than a month, as students citywide now join them in all-remote learning.
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Stringer Sues de Blasio in the Case of the Missing Pandemic Preparation Files
It marked the first lawsuit filed by the comptroller against City Hall. Stringer, a mayoral hopeful, wants documents key to his probe of de Blasio’s COVID crisis response.
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Capital Losses: Major Subway and Bus Projects Falling by Wayside in MTA’s Pandemic Budget Crunch
Paint jobs, structural repairs and accessibility upgrades are among the capital projects put on hold as the MTA hopes for billions from a more transit friendly Biden administration.
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The Open Newsroom, THE CITY’s collaborative local journalism project, is heading to your inbox and phone with news to use on two crucial issues heightened by the pandemic.
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NYCHA Backs Look at Fan Plan to Head Off New COVID Wave in Public Housing
After THE CITY reported that housing complexes hardest hit by the pandemic rely on aging ventilation systems, NYCHA boos agrees to Gillibrand and Velázquez’s demand for independent study.
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Here Are Their Names: Remembering the New Yorkers Lost to COVID-19
We’ve created a searchable memorial of nearly 1,000 and counting. We’ve memorialized some in words and images. But we’ve got a long way to go — and we need your help.
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‘Why Are You in My Home?’ Kawaski Trawick Never Got an Answer Before Police Fatally Shot Him
Police body camera footage released Tuesday shows how, within two minutes, cops arrived, Tased and shot the 32-year-old man in his Bronx apartment last year.
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Inmates Say Warden Brings Calm to Rikers’ Young Adult Jail, But Correction Officers Balk
Violence has dropped in lockup for 18- to-21-year-old detainees since Joe Caputo took over. But critics slam a mentorship program manned by older inmates — including one accused of assaulting a correction officer.
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Most NYC Students Are Learning Online, But The City’s Virtual Teaching Strategy Remains Elusive
On a given school day, up to 800,000 students are expected to sign in for remote learning from home — but New York City has yet to put forward a detailed strategy to help schools improve online instruction.
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Hitting Home: Help Us Report on Eviction in New York City
THE CITY and Retro Report are teaming to cover the impending eviction crisis in the city. If you’re a tenant behind in rent or a landlord facing financial hardships because of the COVID-19 economic fallout, we want to hear from you.
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Their Brooklyn Building Burned Last Year. Who’s Responsible for Making it Whole Again?
Tenants are fighting to get their homes rebuilt, putting them at odds with condominium owners who say they cannot afford to restore the devastated structure across from Sunset Park.
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Helicopter Noise Complaints Sky High as Anxious, Cooped-Up New Yorkers Feel Buzzed
The 7,758 chopper noise complaints through the end of October are nearly 4,500 more than were registered via 311 in all of 2019, THE CITY’s analysis shows.
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New Gambit in NYC Self-Storage Wars: Some Owners Willing to Cut Struggling Customers Free as Demand Booms
More pandemic-slammed New Yorkers facing auctions of belongings in self-storage units are getting a new choice: make a deal or just get out. Here’s what you can do if you need help.
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FIT’s Offer of Free Temporary Housing to Laid-Off Workers Isn’t Actually Free
Soon-to-be-unemployed dorm workers facing decision deadline say they’re not sure they can afford to accept the state college’s offer meant to ease the pain of a Manhattan pandemic pushout.
NYC School Buildings Will Open Monday, But Imminent Closures Loom
The coronavirus positivity testing rate has been creeping up toward the 3% threshold set by Mayor de Blasio for stopping in-person learning. Gov. Cuomo now suggests the city’s cutoff is too strict.
Comptroller Probing City Hall’s Bungled $1.4 Billion Pandemic Purchasing Spree
Scott Stringer, who is running for mayor, called THE CITY’s report that the Department of Citywide Administrative Services got the wrong masks and lost track of crucial equipment "deeply disturbing." He wants to see receipts.
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What’s the Big Idea for Governors Island? A Climate Research Hub and New Development
Leaders on the island have floated grand plans for the harbor retreat, including a center for climate change education. Finding a partner to build and operate the resiliency hub, however, remains a hurdle.
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NYC Public Schools Have Lost 31,000 Students This Fall, Preliminary Data Show
Public school enrollment is falling at schools across New York City, according to data obtained by Chalkbeat. School rosters have already lost about 3.4% of students compared with last year.
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Why Many Tenants Got Shut Out of State Rent Relief Program
THE CITY’s Open Newsroom team breaks down some of the latest info about renting in NYC. Sign up for our tenants’ newsletter for the latest updates.
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Tapped-Out Tenants Take Charge as Landlords Pursue End Runs Around Eviction Moratorium
Harassment and lockouts pressure renters to leave their homes — but renters are fighting back with a little help from their friends. One way: "stoop court" sessions.