It’s not just the delta variant that makes Zhenghao Lin, a Chinese immigrant, nervous about returning to school next month. Zhenghao, a rising senior at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Brooklyn, said he has…
Kathy Hochul made many vows following her swearing-in as New York’s 57th governor Tuesday — all based on rebuilding broken trust in government. Her task looms large after the collapse of her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo…
New York’s statewide sales tax collections continued their positive trend for the fourth straight month, as the $1.58 billion generated last month marked an increase of more than 21.2% from July 2020. The latest data…
The restart of fully in-person public school classes in less than a month will bring the return of nearly a million students — along with more than 4,000 school safety agents. That’s reignited a raging…
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul doesn’t officially become governor until next week. Still, she’s already catching criticism from Republicans after she voiced her support for a statewide mask mandate in schools. The Buffalo Democrat…
New York City’s population surged by more than 600,000 over the past decade, to a record high of 8.8 million people, even as the census count took place during the height of the pandemic. Yet…
New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli became the latest official to criticize the state’s rollout of funds from a federal rent relief program as he released a report showing a fraction of the aid has been…
Haitian-American leaders in New York offered a loud-and-clear message Monday in the wake of the deadly 7.2 magnitude earthquake that devastated the southwestern portion of the Caribbean nation: Haiti needs help, but from the right…
Walking through the hallway at Francis Lewis High School is like an Olympic sport, said Arthur Goldstein, an English as a second language teacher and dean at the coveted Queens school. The building operates at…
If someone in a New York City public school classroom tests positive for COVID this fall, fully vaccinated students and staff will not have to quarantine as long as they haven’t been infected and don’t…