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Kindergarten Applications Are Open. Here’s What You Need to Know.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Navigating New York City’s school system is not for the faint of heart, even if your child is just beginning their schooling. To get a seat in kindergarten, families have to submit an application and can rank as many choices as they want. Kindergarten […]
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Billion-Dollar Makeover for Coney Island Boardwalk
The Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island will get a $1 billion makeover. As part of the full reconstruction of the nearly three-mile-long boardwalk, the Parks Department will partner with the Economic Development Corporation to replace the utilities and structural piles and elevate the walkway in some places. The complete project also includes improving adjacent access […]
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Major Adams Backer Wins Bid to Redevelop City-Owned Building
A major donor to a political committee backing Mayor Eric Adams’ quixotic re-election bid has been named by the mayor’s team to redevelop a city-owned office building in Lower Manhattan into 3,700-units of mixed income housing — at a price that is not public. On Monday, Adams announced that GFP Real Estate, a major developer […]
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LISTEN: A New Home for a New Mayor Vowing to End Homeless Sweeps
Amid the silly season of transition speculation, New Yorkers are waiting to see how Zohran Mamdani, a brilliant messenger, handles the levers of power and who else he’s bringing inside of City Hall to help him run the huge machine. While those staffing decisions are playing out, slowly and behind closed doors, the outgoing administration […]
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Mamdani Will Move Into Gracie Mansion
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and his wife will move into Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, after he’s sworn in next month, he announced Monday. Mamdani and Rama Duwaji are ditching their rent-stabilized one-bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, for the two-story, federal-style mansion along the East River in Yorkville. “This decision came down to our family’s […]
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