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Thousands of NYC Parents Are About to Lose Child Care Assistance
Thousands of parents in New York City are set to lose state-provided child care assistance as soon as April, according to ...
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Hochul Administration Stalls on All-Electric Building Code
The state has yet to publish a building code update, promised in December, which should include requirements to phase out ...
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The Biggest Issue Behind the New York Prison Guard Strike
The New York state prison system is teetering on disaster as guards have staged an unsanctioned wildcat strike at almost all ...
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New York Prison Guards Are Walking Off the Job. What’s Behind Their Demands?
Clinton, Adirondack, and at least 23 other New York state prisons saw guards walk off the job Tuesday — part of an ...
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Health Department Promises Action on Organ Donation After New York Focus Reporting
Governor Kathy Hochul’s agenda for this year includes a similar measure to the Living Donor Support Act: a tax credit of up ...
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Unshowered and Hungry, Incarcerated People Wait Out Prison Guard Strike
On Friday morning, a woman incarcerated at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County tried to get help. The ...
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Mel Hyman
Mel Hyman is a career journalist with decade-long stints at The Record of North Jersey and The New York Post. He began as a ...
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‘A Chilling Effect:’ Central New York County Faces Federal Threats for Not Complying with ICE
Central New York’s Tompkins County, home to Ithaca, found itself in the federal government’s crosshairs last month when the Trump administration made the county a focal point of the president’s push ...
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New York’s Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Challenge New State Education Mandates
When Chaim Fishman left his Brooklyn-based secondary school at 16, he’d never heard of Mozart or Shakespeare. “We were never taught about science or history or geography or civics,” let alone English ...