Heard Around Town

Policy

Audit: Children with disabilities did not receive services from state early intervention program

Physical therapy and speech pathology were among services the Department of Health was to provide, according to a report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Education

Exclusive Policy

Exclusive: New York City schools to create working group on phasing in smaller class sizes

Parents, school leaders and advocates are being asked about their interest in joining the effort in a new survey released today.

Politics

Politics

City Hall talks public safety, with a new briefing

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said media coverage is affecting the perception of crime in the city, so he’s trying something new.

Policy

Policy

Who decides a NYC public school holiday?

Here’s a look at the movement to give students the day off for holidays like Diwali.

Housing

Policy

New York City’s borough presidents are ready to build

They each have their own priorities for development, but there’s a sense of urgency to create more housing.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

The New Majority NYC endorses 27 women for City Council, including four non-incumbents

The group formerly known as 21 in ‘21 hopes to keep the New York City Council majority women.

Politics

Politics

Being the city’s social services commissioner is a hard job. And Gary Jenkins is leaving at a particularly difficult time.

The New York City shelter population is at a record high, and more homeless New Yorkers died last year than ever before.

Heard Around Town

Policy

After banning ChatGPT, NYC Schools consider how to use it

Schools Chancellor David Banks said the DOE is looking for the right “guardrails.”

Infrastructure

Policy

Biden touts $300 million grant for 'critical first phase' of Gateway Hudson River tunnel

The funding, however, will only go towards a sliver of the work that’s needed for the $16.1 billion project, which is set for completion in 2038.

Heard Around Town

Politics

'I want to be in motion too': UFT brings contract negotiations to the public

New York City public school teachers, like almost all city employees, are working under an expired union contract

Eric Adams

Policy

5 takeaways from Eric Adams’ State of the City

The New York City mayor laid out his “Working People’s Agenda” for 2023 at a theater in Queens on Thursday.