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Gothamist
Published October 01A man who died on Rikers treated as ‘less than a human’ as family wages $25 million lawsuit
John Price died while in the care of the DOC custody. A DOC report reveals that John Price waited over three hours for medical treatment before he later died. [ more › ]
Trump axes universities’ funding for international education
The Trump administration announced it slashed $70 million for “woke international education” at institutions nationwide — which had included at least $500,000 annually to NYU until last year. The federal government stopped funding grants for international education and foreign…
Review: Miley Cyrus reinvents herself on ‘Bass Persuades’
From Disney Channel starlet to pop star, Miley Cyrus is no stranger to reinvention. Ever since she flipped the narrative from a bubblegum-pop role model to a risque provocateur on her 2013 album “Bangerz,” Cyrus has used her style and sound to redefine her persona. Recently,…
Most hotels use AI — but under 10% do less work, SPS researchers find
More than half of hotels use generative artificial intelligence, but fewer than 10% reported substantial cuts to manual workload, researchers from the NYU School of Professional Studies concluded in an annual report. SPS’ Jonathan M. Tisch Center of Hospitality developed the…
Review: ‘Best of the Best’ lets the girls fight
Somewhere around the third time the main characters in “Best of the Best” blow up their friendship over something completely absurd, it becomes completely clear that the film has no intention of being a classic coming-of-age story. After all, the genre already has had enough of…
Gothamist
Published October 01School buses still failing to show up for many NYC students with disabilities
School bus service is a common problem around the start of the school year. The annual dysfunction is a growing source of frustration among elected officials. [ more › ]
Queens Ledger
Published October 01Who Gets Paid Out of a Queens Injury Settlement Before You Do
Contributed by Dan Rose, a Senior Local Business Guide Specializing in Personal Injury Legal Services in New York City When a Queens injury case settles, it is announced as one number, and the check the injured person receives is almost always a smaller one. Some of the…
THE CITY
Published October 01Elderly Artist’s SoHo Loft Nightmare: 6 Years, 4 Flights and 1 Dormant Elevator
For the elderly artists who’ve lived for decades on the upper floors of a 19th century cast-iron SoHo loft building on Mercer Street, the last six years have been a physical and emotional nightmare with a singular cause: their landlord banned them from the building’s sole…
Gothamist
Published October 01New apartments are coming and there’s nothing these 12 neighborhoods can do to stop it
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn The Mamdani administration released a list of 12 community districts subject to a “fast-track” housing approval process first initiated by his predecessor. [ more › ]
THE CITY
Published October 01The 12 Neighborhoods the Mamdani Administration Is Targeting for More Affordable Housing
What do the Upper East Side, Maspeth and the middle of Staten Island all have in common? They’re three of the 12 community districts the city has officially designated as having the worst affordable housing droughts in New York City. By city officials’ count, those areas have in…
City Limits
Published October 01See the 12 Communities on New York City’s Affordable Housing Naughty List
The Upper East and West Sides, Elmhurst, and Bayside are among the communities that have built little affordable housing over the past five years, and now will see certain projects fast-tracked under new city rules.
New York Amsterdam News
Published October 01Shuttered Navy Yard Boys & Girls Club could become a development site
In Downtown Brooklyn, there’s a section of the Farragut Houses that sits on Navy Street, and across the street is a low brick building.