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NYC's EV revolution is riding on Uber and Lyft drivers
Switching Uber and Lyft drivers to EVs in New York City is key to spurring the build out of more ch…
Catherine Boudreau
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The typical NYC family is spending more than 25% of its income on childcare — triple what's deemed affordable
New York City families would need to make $300,000 per year to afford childcare prices in city, acc…
Jacob Zinkula
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The NYC Department of Education is reversing its ban on Zoom after the company addresses its security and privacy concerns
New York City teachers and students are once again allowed to use Zoom for online learning, after t…
Paayal Zaveri
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NYC Department of Education is banning Zoom over privacy concerns for students and teachers
As schools have moved to remote classrooms in response to the novel coronavirus outbreaks in recent…
Ellen Cranley,Ellen Cranley
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What happens to NYC's 3.2 million tons of trash
New York City doesn't process its own trash. The city exports it to waste to energy facilities and …
Abby Narishkin,Steve Cameron,…
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It took 50 years and $11 billion to complete a train station beneath NYC's Grand Central Terminal. It shows how hard it is to build things in the US.
Bringing the Long Island Rail Road to Manhattan's east side was expensive and slow. Other major US …
Jacob Zinkula,Catherine Boudr…
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New York City doesn't need Andrew Yang as mayor, because NYC doesn't need a mascot
New York City needs a mayor who can solve the problems it faces - like child hunger and addressing …
Linette Lopez
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Mayor Bill de Blasio says NYC schools can use empty streets and parks for classrooms as part of a new outdoor learning plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio said it's up to each school principal to determine "how to use schoolyards and…
Monica Humphries
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo snapped at reporters at a tense coronavirus press briefing where he learned that NYC schools were closing amid a spike in new infections
The briefing overlapped with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio running over five hours late to his…
Jake Lahut
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AAPI communities shaken by stabbing of woman in NYC's Chinatown and ongoing trauma of hate crimes
While Asian American women regularly deal with harassment, the fatal stabbing of Christina Yuna Lee…
Gwen Aviles
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Short-staffed NYC schools are asking teachers with mild COVID symptoms to return to the classroom
In New York City, teachers who tested positive five days earlier can return to the classroom if the…
Juliana Kaplan
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Being a parent of school-aged kids during COVID is to be helpless in the face of failed 'leaders'
New York's mayor, schools chancellor, and teachers' union had over six months to do their jobs. The…
Anthony L. Fisher
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Do you need a polio vaccine booster? Probably not but those who do 'should rush to get shots' if they're in NYC, one expert says
New York City urged people to get a polio vaccine if they need it. Insider asked two experts who ne…
Allana Akhtar
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Ron DeSantis snaps at NYC Mayor Eric Adams for pushing Floridians to move to NY in response to 'Don't Say Gay' law
Mayor Adams defended his billboard campaign and said he likes stoking "rivalries with other states."
Brent D. Griffiths,Jake Lahut
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NYC teacher suspended after alleged 'inappropriate sexual act' during Zoom lesson
The teacher worked at the Columbia Secondary School for Math, Science, and Engineering, the New Yor…
Sinéad Baker
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10 people were shot during a mass shooting on a NYC subway train. Authorities located a van they believe was rented by the shooting suspect.
Police are still searching for the shooting suspect, who they said donned a gas mask before opening…
Rebecca Cohen,Natalie Musumeci
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I was left in the dark after my son's COVID-19 exposure at school. It made me face my fear of the unknown.
As a parent, the COVID-19 pandemic changed how I measured risk. This is for one simple reason: You …
Taayoo Murray
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A national bus driver shortage 'unlike anything we have witnessed' is leaving kids with disabilities frazzled and 'at their wit's end,' experts say
A New York City middle school student with special needs comes home with persistent headaches after…
Katie Balevic
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Anti-vaccine protesters knocked over a mobile COVID-19 testing site in Manhattan during a protest against NYC vaccine requirements
As of Monday morning, 95% of the city's 148,000 public school staffers received at least one dose o…
Lauren Frias
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Q&A: Kathryn Garcia says her NYC mayoral rivals Andrew Yang and Eric Adams lack the "broad management experience" for the job
On Mayor de Blasio, Garcia said "there was a moment last summer where it was almost like he didn't …