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Friday Means It’s Time For the Weekend to Reign

Blue sky, Queen dead, NYCHA's chair still apparently lives in Minnesota?!!

September 9, 2022

City and State Officials to New Yorkers: Figure Out New COVID Boosters Yourselves, Thanks

New York's mighty public vaccination machine has been reduced to some tweets and links to a federal website.

September 8, 2022

Thursday is the First Day of School and We’ve Almost Given Up

School is back in session, a DHS cop punched a 21-year-old asylum seeker, and more of what we're reading today.

September 8, 2022

Mayor Eric Adams Wonders Why Politicians Like Eric Adams Wanted Smaller NYC Jails

Three years ago, Eric Adams demanded lower jail capacity. Now he wants to know where he's supposed to put all the people he's locking up.

September 7, 2022

Life, Death, and Sex on Orchard Beach in the 1950s

Richard Goldstein looks back at formative summer days and nights on the Bronx Riviera.

September 7, 2022

It’s Wednesday and CNN Asks: Why Do Stenography For Cops When You Can Just Hire One?

Plus: a woman collects good trash, a city agency sits empty, and if kids could vote the city would never have been able to abolish snow days as it just did.

September 7, 2022

City Council Demands Mayor Undo Schools Budget Cuts the City Council Voted For

The city council resolves that it made a huge mistake.

September 6, 2022

$20 Dinner: Unforgettable Fuchka at Tong Bangladeshi Street Food in Jamaica

Tong Bangladeshi Street Food storefront opened in Jamaica earlier this summer.

September 6, 2022

We’re Not Ready for Fall, So Let’s Start This Week on a Tuesday

Pictures from the return of J’Ouvert, arsenic in the water at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses, and more news we’re reading.

September 6, 2022