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The city is set to rebrand summer school. Summer Rising, New York City’s massive effort to rebrand summer school as something fun and educational, has a lesson for the regular school year: Children really like outdoor and hands-on…

Part-time CUNY and SUNY students can now apply for state tuition assistance, a move that advocates believe could be “transformative” for low-income students eyeing college.The aid is also available to students attending…

Mayor Eric Adams has said selling marijuana on the streets is “not acceptable” two days after the NYPD took 19 “illegal" cannabis trucks off city streets.“This is not going to be a city where we snub our noses and break the law,” Adams…

New York City has released new data on Thursday showing stark disparities in monkeypox vaccine access, with Black men receiving the vaccine at a much lower rate than members of other racial groups.The new data revealed that only 12% of…

The city’s public health system has announced that starting next week it will begin testing wastewater for polio and monkeypox at the city's 11 public hospitals.The announcement comes days after New York state and city health officials…

Florida state attorney Andrew Warren sues Ron DeSantis over suspensionA suspended state attorney in Florida has sued Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, claiming that the Republican violated the prosecutor’s constitutional rights by…

New York City's summer work program for youth has been called a success with over a hundred thousand jobs filled.When Ariful Anup was looking for a job last summer, he applied for the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program.…

A police officer accused of spying for the China will head to trial in Brooklyn Federal Court next month.Officer Baimadajie Angwang, 35, is accused of using his position as a cop in Queens to infiltrate Tibetan communities in…

The Department of Education has announced Tuesday that it was putting forward another round of loan cancellations for former students of a closed for-profit college.The department is forgiving $3.9 billion for 208,000 students who…

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, her communications director said Tuesday.Biden, 71, tested negative during a regular screening Monday but began to experience symptoms later in the day. She then initially tested…

US President Joe Biden has signed a $740bn climate change, healthcare and tax bill into law, handing the Democratic Party a much-needed win ahead of the November midterm elections.In a signing ceremony at the White House on Tuesday,…

A veteran NYPD lieutenant who’s competed in numerous bodybuilding competitions has been suspended for testing positive for steroids.Lt. Apollo Story had been on desk duty, without his shield and gun, after he was tested for…

The United States Justice Department has opposed efforts by media organisations to unseal the affidavit that backed the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, saying the document contains sensitive material.…

American Airlines has again cutting its flight schedule, slashing 16% or 31,000 flights during November, according to data from Cirium, an aviation analytics company.The airline said the move is "in line with our approach to network and…

Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced on Monday that an additional $234 million federal funding will be allocated for all recipients enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for the month of August, a release said.“No…

The city’s education department made plans to dramatically expand restorative justice programming, thanks to billions in federal pandemic relief funding, more than tripling funding over a three-year period to $21.6 million this…

The Trump Organization’s longtime financial sentry Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal tax fraud charges later this week, two sources said Monday.Weisselberg’s 11th hour decision comes days after a judge…

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for murder for the shooting of a pal, also 14, while they played around with a gun in the lobby of a Bronx apartment building, police said Sunday.The suspect, whose name was not released by…

A US congressional delegation led by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has arrived in Taipei on an unannounced two-day visit, the second US congressional delegation to Taiwan this month.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drew the ire of…

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee has said that he has not seen evidence that former President Donald Trump declassified documents that were found by the FBI during a search of his South Florida…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned Washington against using "language of threat" against the Islamic republic."History ought to have taught the United States that language of threat against Iran and Iranians…

Texas migrants have received a warm welcome from a South Bronx group working to arrange housing for the new arrivals on Saturday.“This has been an overwhelming experience,” said Ariadna Phillips, an organizer with South Bronx…

The attack on Salman Rushdie, the novelist who was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York on Friday, was appalling, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said.“We’re all praying for his…

US President Joe Biden has reacted to the attack on author Salman Rushdie and said he was “shocked and saddened” by the incident. He called it a “vicious attack” and said “people around the world are praying for his health and recovery”. …

The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater weeks after a case of polio was identified in Rockland County, north of the city, health officials announced Friday.The presence of the poliovirus in the…

The city has began shutting down the 10 COVID-19 vaccination sites for kids younger than 5 last week, with all expected to close by Sunday, Aug. 14.Three of the locations switched to distributing monkeypox vaccines on Aug. 5, the city…

The European Union and South Korea have raised concerns about proposed US tax credits for purchases of electric vehicles, saying they may discriminate against foreign-made vehicles and breach World Trade Organization, or WTO, rules.…

FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home this week removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the US Justice Department said on Friday while also disclosing that…

New York City is planning to end its program to administer weekly coronavirus tests to a random sample of students, removing one of the last standing campus COVID safety measures.The decision to discontinue on-site PCR testing…

Chancellor David Banks has indicated a move to slash hundreds of millions worth of tuition payments for students with disabilities.“All this money that is meant for the kids in our public schools are going to private schools,”…