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This article originally appeared in Documented. Ahsan Chughtai sat on a gilded chair, wearing a garland and clutching a small water bottle as a group of businessmen paid their respects to him. Prominent members of New York’s Pakistani community had gathered to celebrate his appointment as Mayor Eric Adams’ Senior Advisor on South Asia and Muslim Affairs…
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Wall Street is holding its own in New York, with employment in the financial industries near its highest level since 2000, average wages that tower of any other sector and soaring profits this year that will translate into a much needed tax revenue windfall next year. While other industries like tech have become much more…
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Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Wednesday by federal prosecutors following a corruption investigation, first reported by the New York Times. The indictment is expected to be unsealed Thursday by U.S. District Attorney Damian Williams, and will make Adams, New York City’s 110th mayor, the first to be criminally charged while in office. A spokesperson for…
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Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.After ChatGPT exploded in popularity, New York City’s public school system quickly pushed back on the powerful chatbot, arguing it couldn’t help students build …
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More than 900,000 students will return to New York City schools on Thursday, after a summer that saw Cov…
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The City University of New York board of trustees last Monday authorized a contract worth approximately $4.4 million for three years with Kansas-based Mammoth Sports Construction to manage and operate athletics at its eight senior colleges. “Will this make us bowl eligible?” one trustee jokingly asked. “The CUNY Bowl,” replied trustee Bill Thompson Jr., chairperson…
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Along Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, a familiar pattern has emerged: the 18 outdoor dining sheds that had lined the ten blocks adjacent to the subway since 2020 have dwindled down to just three. The scene on Ditmars mirrored restaurant rows across the city over the weekend when contractors with pickup trucks and power tools hit…
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Planned Parenthood to ‘Temporarily’ Stop 20-Plus Week Abortions in New York, Citing Financial Issues
Citing financial issues, New York’s local Planned Parenthood chapter says within weeks it will no longer provide abortions at 20-plus weeks or “deep sedation” for patients seeking to be put under for the insertion of intrauterine devices for birth control and surgical abortions.On Monday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York told THE CITY that beginning…
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Nearly 20 years after highly toxic chemicals were found lurking under the Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village — and four years after specific cleanup plans were recommended — not one cubic yard of toxic soil has been removed from the site, an investigation by THE CITY has found. Public housing tenants first learned…