Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday announced an effort to expand child care across the state, including a free program for 2-year-olds in New York City starting in the fall. “The cost of child care is too damn high,” Hochul said at an event at a YMCA in Flatbush, Brooklyn. “We know this is a determinative […]

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Lower Manhattan Thursday morning was met with protests, one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Noem traveled from Minneapolis to New York City to announce the completion of “Operation Salvo” alongside high-ranking ICE and Customs and Border Protection […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani accepted the resignation of Department of Investigation Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber Thursday, closing out an extraordinary tenure for the city’s top anti-corruption fighter that included the investigation and ultimate indictment of the mayor who appointed her, Eric Adams. “We thank Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber for her unwavering fight against corruption. We look forward to […]

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The MTA has begun exploring whether artificial intelligence can be harnessed within the transit system to detect weapons, monitor unattended items or even anticipate subway stampedes. An unspecified number of tech providers and systems integrators responded by the Dec. 30 deadline to a request for information from the transportation authority early last month, officials said. […]

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday promised to look into a revelation by THE CITY that the Adams administration holdover Mamdani reappointed as chief business diversity officer oversaw a unit caught cherry-picking data to inflate its success helping minority- and women-owned businesses win MTA contracts. “We expect excellence and accountability throughout our administration that extends across […]

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