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Trains · New YorkTrees and branches that tumble onto the subway tracks have already delayed nearly 800 trains this year, MTA data shows — far more than in all of 2023. The impact has been felt most sharply along the Brighton Line, the stretch of open-air tracks south of Prospect Park where B and Q trains run beneath tree-covered Brooklyn backyards. According to MTA statistics, 415 trains on the Brighton Line were delayed through July 18 because of fallen trees a…See the Story
Delays From Trees on Tracks Shoot Up as Branches Tangle Commutes
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New York State · New YorkThe CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Students in New York City and across the country have major financial-aid questions this summer that could complicate their ability to get to college in the fall. That’s because of the botched rollout of the redesigned Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) that kept many seniors from completing the form — a key step in accessing aid money for college —…See the Story
CUNY Tries to Keep College-Bound Students on Track Amid Federal Financial Aid Chaos
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Eric Adams · New YorkMayor Eric Adams’ nonprofit organization that funds special initiatives has been without a staff director since February — stalling at least one of the mayor’s promised programs. In July 2023, Adams pledged to raise money to support diversity in journalism via his nonprofit Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, providing an online link for donations and setting a target of $500,000 within a year. But when asked by THE CITY Tuesday about progre…See the Story
Leaderless Mayor’s Fund Won’t Say How Much It’s Raised for Journalists-of-Color Scholarships
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Health · New YorkSince last June, New York City’s four free public health vending machines have dispensed over 18,000 items — everything from COVID tests and safe sex products to fentanyl test strips and 2,100 naloxone kits to reverse overdoses, according to the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. When the health department first announced the program in January 2022, it planned for 10 such machines across the boroughs, backed by nearly $750,000 in ci…See the Story
City’s Public Health Vending Machine Program Ends With Just Four Installed Out of 10 Announced
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NYPD · New YorkAn NYPD administrative trial judge recommended on Tuesday that the disciplinary case against Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey be dismissed, arguing that the watchdog agency that determined he had abused his authority lacked jurisdiction in the case. The Civilian Complaint Review Board was set to prosecute Maddrey, the department’s top uniformed cop, next month over a November 2021 incident in which he ordered officers at a Brooklyn precinct …See the Story
Judge Nixes Disciplinary Case Against Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD’s Top Uniformed Cop
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Property · New YorkTweaks in a state law guiding how property gets divided after its owner dies stand to make a big difference for heirs whose family homes are targets for predatory real estate speculators. The changes to New York’s 2019 Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act went into effect Friday and were prompted by an investigative series from THE CITY that featured family members who found themselves dispossessed from their own homes after investors forced …See the Story
Heirs Gain New Shield From Predatory Real Estate Speculators
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Joe Biden · New YorkThe more than $1 billion in federal infrastructure money Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi has won for New York City under the federal infrastructure law — one of President Joe Biden’s most important accomplishments — will buy electric vehicles, reduce freight transport carbon emissions, make ports more energy efficient, plan the overhaul of expressways that have divided communities and make some of the city’s most dangerous streets safer. But her favori…See the Story
Biden Leaves Billion-Dollar Infrastructure Legacy to New York City
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