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Chronic absenteeism remains high in Harlem elementary schools
Tiwana Robinson’s grandchildren don’t want to go to school. “They’re being bullied in school, picked on,” she said on a recent afternoon, waiting to pick up her pre-kindergartener at PS 36 in West Harlem. More than 60% of students there were chronically absent for the...
Pathologist disputes finding that Marine veteran's chokehold caused subway rider's death
NEW YORK (AP) — For roughly six minutes, Jordan Neely was pinned to a subway floor in a chokehold that ended with him lying still. But that's not what killed him, a forensic pathologist testified Thursday in defense of the military-trained commuter charged with killing Neely. Dr....
New York building superintendent is charged with stealing $350,000 from 100-year-old man
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City building superintendent who was praised as a devoted caregiver in a New York Times profile was charged Thursday with stealing more than $350,000 from a 100-year-old resident of the building where she worked, prosecutors announced. Rosalind Hernandez,...
Progress on New York City school bus fleet electrification is slow, advocatess say
As dawn breaks and New York City awakens, Ingrid Espinal is already behind the wheel of her yellow school bus. For nearly two decades, the early hours have been a cornerstone of her daily routine. “I tell everyone: I love my job. The only thing I don’t like is the time to wake up,” she said....
Gold-plated rose stolen from NYC 9/11 memorial honoring influential pastor
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are searching for a man accused of stealing a gold-plated rose from a Manhattan church memorial honoring the victims of 9/11. The metal flower had served as the centerpiece of a memorial at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, whose long-time...
Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
NEW YORK (AP) — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: “Chopin.” A previously unknown work of music penned by the European master...
NYCFC stadium next to Citi Field to be called Etihad Park after United Arab Emirates airline
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City FC’s $780 million, 25,000-seat venue that it intends to open next to the Mets’ Citi Field in 2027 will be named Etihad Park under a 20-year agreement announced Thursday with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. The...
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
NEW YORK (AP) — In 2022, New York City’s jails commissioner, Louis Molina, issued a dire warning to local lawmakers: fentanyl was pouring into Rikers Island through the mail, he said, spurring an overdose crisis among the jail's detainees and putting guards at risk. As evidence...
Georgia election workers seek more penalties against Giuliani, saying he continues to defame them
Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment against Rudy Giuliani asked a judge Wednesday to penalize him even further for continuing to falsely accuse them of tampering with ballots during the 2020 presidential election. Attorneys for Ruby Freeman...
NYPD gets a new top cop after months of turmoil. Jessica Tisch is the 2nd woman to lead the force
NEW YORK (AP) — Moving to stabilize an administration roiled by investigations, resignations and his own indictment, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she'll be just the...
