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Adams Administration Backpedals on Huge Cuts to Pre-K and 3-K Programs

"We're gonna resolve that issue," Schools Chancellor David Banks told the City Council.

Freshest Hell

NYC Policing by the Numbers: Yep, Still Racist

And more stories to ponder at the beginning of the week.

The Department of Education, Formerly the Board of Education, Is Actually ‘NYC Public Schools’—For Now

The DOE's "brand refresh" comes as the Adams administration fights to maintain mayoral control over the school system.

My Neighbor, Virginia

When Vincenza Ann "Virginia" Filingeri Checkle died, 20th-century Brooklyn died with her.

I Survived (and Thrived) Watching Half of the Seven Hour Hitler Movie

Scenes from a rare screening of the first half of the seven-hour experimental 1977 film, "Hitler, a Film from Germany."

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The River Hag of Newtown Creek

Greenpoint resident Karolina Zaniesienko has spent the past year fishing the polluted creek—and has created a living diorama of what she's found in a fish tank in her living room.

New Body Cam Footage Shows NYPD Started Confrontation With Migrants in Times Square

"Looks like Ugly Betty, eh?" a man says, a moment before an NYPD officer pushes him against the wall.

Let’s Meet Up and Live Forever: A Day With Bryan Johnson in Brooklyn

New Yorkers wanted to know: How does one spend their eternal life? Or is cheating death enough?

Evidentiary Photo Album: Deputy Mayor Phil Banks’s 2014 Trip to Israel

Three convicted co-conspirators, one unindicted co-conspirator, and memories to last a lifetime.

Most Libraries Will Only Be Open Five Days a Week Under Mayor Adams’s Budget

"It is astounding to me that we're in a situation where we are seriously contemplating losing universal six-day service."

‘They Either Die Outside or They Come Inside and Survive’: Ebou Sarr Won’t Stop Sheltering Migrants

An interview with the African immigrant who set up illegal shelters for dozens of recently arrived migrants.

City Wants to Jail One of NYC’s Most ‘Egregiously Negligent’ Landlords

But good luck finding him! And other links to start your spring-like Tuesday.

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