Mid Year Media Review
A Hasidic Jewish school in Brooklyn recently notified parents that it will stop teaching secular studies to eighth graders, even though state law requires such classes, according to a new … Read More
Lori Gjenashaj leaned her car seat back, turned the radio up loud, and waited for the cops to arrive on March 25, 2018. Moments earlier, the mother of two had … Read More
A dozen deaths so far this year. More than a thousand officers calling out sick each day. Skyrocketing violence. Mayor Bill de Blasio and top jail officials blame spiralling chaos … Read More
Brooklyn Technical High School on Monday offered a “social and emotional learning day,” an opportunity for students and teachers alike to share offbeat lessons. One chemistry teacher offered a “classic … Read More
For the first time in years, city jail officials put a Rikers Island facility housing seriously mental ill detainees on lockdown because there were not enough available officers on Sunday, … Read More
New Yorkers volunteering at mutual aid groups that assist neighbors in need during the pandemic should be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Bill de Blasio declared Tuesday. “People who … Read More
New Yorkers working and volunteering at nonprofits that help meet the huge pandemic-driven demand for food became eligible Monday for the COVID-19 vaccine — but mutual aid group members apparently … Read More
As Sanitation commissioner, Kathryn Garcia had a unique view of city streets during snowstorms. The camera displays in the department’s Lower Manhattan operations center were set up to show the … Read More
