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The Days of NYC’s Stupefyingly Bad, Maddeningly Unequal Property Tax System May Be Numbered
A crash course on our FUBAR property tax system and more links for your Wednesday.
Is the Dream of Reviving the Rockaways to Elmhurst Subway Line Dead?
A defunct rail line is probably going to get torn up to put a park inside a larger park.
‘They Totally Fucked Me’: Inside the Rise and Fall of ArtsDistrict Brooklyn
Weddings and parties were thrown into disarray, vendors say they went unpaid. Was it all part of a “clandestine scheme to siphon money”?
What’s Going on With the Sexual Assault Allegations Against Eric Adams?
A former New York Transit Police employee has alleged in a lawsuit that the mayor demanded a quid pro quo sexual favor from her in 1993. Here’s what we do—and don’t—know.
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.
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.
NYC Policing by the Numbers: Yep, Still Racist
And more stories to ponder at the beginning of the week.
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."
