The city’s three public library systems — Brooklyn, Queens and New York — say that they need an additional $35 million in the upcoming budget. Instead, they are facing $11 million in cuts. At a rally before Tuesday’s City Council budget hearing, library and city officials warned that a reduction in funding would lead to […]
Sailors, Marines and members of the Coast Guard have arrived by the hundreds in New York City — and they’re eager to meet New Yorkers, see the sights and chow down on some good NYC food. Aboard the USS New York, an amphibious transport vessel which has returned to its namesake city for the first […]
Adding to a groundswell of concern over the New York City education department’s pending takeover of publicly funded preschool and daycare programs, all five borough presidents are calling on the city to scrap its plans and start over. The borough leaders worry that the city’s changes will starve providers of funding, stifle access to supports […]