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NYC's Closure of Five Early Childhood Centers Leaves Brooklyn and Queens Families Scrambling for Childcare Solutions
NYC families are struggling as the Department of Education won't renew leases for five early childhood centers.
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A New York City housing crisis, both on land and at sea
A houseboat community nestled beside a Brooklyn mall faces eviction, part of a dwindling number of New Yorkers who live on the water.
New York City shutters sprawling migrant tent camp on remote former airfield
New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex that housed hundreds of migrant families on a remote former airport in Brooklyn, as it shrinks the emergency shelter system built up in response to a surge from the southern border that has been steadily receding in recent months.
With ‘City of Yes,’ New York Finally Gets Real About the Housing Crisis
A new rezoning plan for the city aims to remove long-outdated barriers to building housing and to spread development across all the city’s neighborhoods.
Vigil held for New York City subway burning victim Debrina Kawam in Brooklyn
A vigil was held Sunday in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam​, the woman fatally set on fire on a subway back in December​.
Thirteen migrant shelters closing by June, New York City says
By the time the shelters are set to close in June, the city hopes to have shuttered roughly 45 over the proceeding 12 months. Currently, fewer than 51,000 migrants are using city shelter services, marking the smallest amount in more than a year.
Suspect in New York City subway burning death pleads not guilty to murder charge
The man charged with burning a woman to death on a New York City subway train pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and arson charges.
Why New York Is a Sanctuary City, and How That Could Change Under Trump
New York’s status as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants has shifted over time. Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter office, it may shift once again.
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Macy's will close 5 stores in New York City
Macy's will have five stores remaining inside the city limits following the closures, with two in the Bronx, one in Brooklyn, one on Staten Island and its main Manhattan flagship.
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Thousands of New Apartments on Brooklyn’s Waterfront? Not So Fast, Say Some Local Leaders
Some members of a task force weighing the Brooklyn Marine Terminal’s future question whether scaling back one of the borough’s last remaining industrial areas is necessary or wise.
New year, new you: Combine your New York holiday with the NYC Marathon
Fiona Harper takes a unique tour through New York’s five famed boroughs. It’s 4am on the first Sunday in November and the city that never sleeps is wide awake. So am I. I’ve barely slept a wink yet my body is buzzing with adrenaline.
New York Democrats' new tax forces middle-class workers into lawless subway tunnels
New York City is imposing a controversial new driving tax on vehicles headed south of Central Park or into Manhattan from New Jersey and Brooklyn.