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Meet the Parks Seed Seekers Who Cultivate Spring in the Cold
Patrick Over reached for two white sacks in his bag as he ducked into a city Department of Parks and Recreation seed lab on Staten Island, letting in a rush of low-40-degree cold as he entered on a late-November day. “How’d it go?” asked Lucy Rubino, 44, director of the Plant Ecology Center and Nursery, […]
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Mamdani Takes Health Fund Audit ‘Seriously’ as Insolvency Reverberates
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday he takes “seriously” an audit that determined a key fund that pays insurance premiums for city workers, retirees and their dependents is insolvent. He also sought to reassure city workers concerned about what the bombshell findings by Comptroller Brad Lander may mean for their health care. Lander’s probe, released […]
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Hochul Grants Two Clemencies After Months of Inaction, Leaving Hundreds Still Waiting
Some of the most powerful actors in New York’s criminal justice system — district attorneys, prison superintendents and even the judges who imposed the original sentences — have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to grant clemency to people serving decades behind bars. Until this week, she hadn’t freed a single one. On Tuesday afternoon, Hochul issued […]
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Explosive Audit Urges Dissolving Insolvent City Employee Health Fund
An explosive audit from City Comptroller Brad Lander recommends dissolving a fund that helps finance city employees health benefits, concluding that it is billions of dollars in the red after being tapped for years by municipal unions and mayors in labor bargaining. Declaring the fund “insolvent,” Lander’s auditors determined that the Health Insurance Stabilization Fund […]
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Mamdani Builds Team with Fresh and Familiar Faces. Here’s Who’s On Board
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s next mayor on Jan. 1. In the weeks since his win, he’s been slowly building out his administration, although there are some key roles still not filled — including deputy mayor for operations, a schools chancellor, and the head of the Department of Transportation. One […]
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