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For Homeless Parents, a Child Care ‘Catch-22’
Tianna Daniels was eight months pregnant when she moved into a Staten Island family shelter last March. She had just been fired from her job as chief engineer at a Pennsylvania hotel — on the same day her doctor submitted documents to her employer for her maternity leave, she said. “I weighed out every option […]
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Big Energy Bill? Usage and Costs Climb During New York’s Rough Winter
As the snow melts in New York, the temperature is not the only thing on the rise. Prepare for sticker shock on your utility bills, which are likely to be particularly high after a brutally cold winter. “Natural gas has more seasonal fluctuation, and we tend to use more in the winter,” said Sanya Carley, […]
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How NYC Small Businesses Are Putting AI to Work for Them
Holly Diamond is using artificial intelligence to improve the menu and streamline hiring at her self-described “hole in the wall” Korean barbecue restaurant in Flatiron run by her parents, who speak limited English. Reuel Williams, a computer science graduate from Princeton, is building AI tools to help musicians improve their work and to protect them […]
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Council Fails Adams on Bus and Bike Lanes as Mamdani Streets Boss Promises More
The city’s woeful attempts to expand the number of lanes reserved for buses and bicycles earned failing grades Tuesday from members of the City Council. Established in 2019, the NYC Streets Plan set mandates for the city to build at least 150 miles of protected bus and 250 miles of protected bike lanes between 2022 […]
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Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds
More than 600 vacant NYCHA apartments were taken over by squatters over the last few years as the number of empty public housing units spiked, a frustrating trend for the 165,000 applicants stalled on the authority’s waiting list. The city Department of Investigation (DOI) released a report Tuesday revealing that in between January 2022 and […]
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