Mr. Banks, who founded the Eagle Academy, a network of public schools for boys, is the first commissioner named to Mayor-elect Eric Adams’s administration.
On Veterans Day Mayor-elect Eric Adams and U. S. Senator Charles Schumer visit Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System. (Shutterstock) By Eliza Shapiro, NY Times David C. Banks, a longtime New York City educator who rose to prominence after creating a network of public all-boys schools, has been chosen by Mayor-elect Eric Adams to […]
By Dave Goldiner and Chris Sommerfeldt, NY Daily News All private sector workers in the city must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under a first-in-the-nation mandate rolled out by Mayor de Blasio on Monday — but the sweeping new rule drew swift pushback from business leaders and could pose a logistical headache for incoming Mayor Eric […]
COVID-19 pandemic likely impacted diagnoses, laboratory testing and HIV care
December 1, 2021 — The Health Department today released the 2020 HIV Surveillance Annual Report (PDF), which shows continued progress toward ending the HIV epidemic in New York City. According to the report, 1,396 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in New York City in 2020, down 21% from 2019 and down 76% since 2001. The Health Department […]
By Maya Kaufman, Crains New York A Minnesota man tested positive for the Covid-19 omicron variant several days after returning home from New York City, where he attended an anime convention at the Javits Center, according to Minnesota health officials. The man, who is vaccinated, developed mild symptoms Nov. 22 and got tested two days […]
By ABC 7 New York New York City Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter on Wednesday announced she is leaving the Department of Education at the end of the month to head a Bronx nonprofit, clearing the way for a new head of city schools in Mayor-elect Eric Adams’ administration. Porter said she will be founding CEO […]
More than 5,000 public housing apartments in buildings long ago deemed “lead free” contain lead paint, THE CITY has learned. And that number is likely to grow. Meet a resident of one of those complexes: Mikhaila Bonaparte, who was born in 2013, just days before NYCHA falsified its lead report to the feds.
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY The inspectors arrived at the Tompkins Houses in Brooklyn to check for lead paint when resident Shari Broomes was a young woman. They randomly tested a couple of apartments and later declared the entire public housing development — all 1,031 units — to be “lead free.” The Tompkins sampling […]
New York City will become the largest municipality in the country to allow legal residents to vote if the legislation is approved as expected in December.
By Jeffery C. Mays and Annie Correal, NY Times For decades, lawmakers and immigrant advocates in New York City have pushed for legislation that would allow legal residents who are not citizens to vote in municipal elections, a right they had in school board elections until the boards were abolished in the early 2000s. Now […]
Mayoral candidate Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. at rally for Adams with Latino leaders at Grand Slam Banquet Hall. – New York, NY – October 13, 2021 (Shutterstock) By City and State NY Every year at the SOMOS conference, leaders from across New York come together to exchange ideas about the […]
Governor Kathy Hochul signs LGBTQ+ protections bills and holds media availability at LGBT Community Center. – New York, NY – November 16, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Denis Slattery, NY Daily News ALBANY — Gov. Hochul doesn’t want auld work acquaintances to be forgot. Commuters should resolve in 2022 to return to their Manhattan workspaces, Hochul told […]
New York may be a city of 8 million stories, but at its core is a story of universal success. Because here in the city that never sleeps the hustle never stops. It’s easy enough to see for yourself: if you can catch a New Yorker at the right moment there’ll be that same […]
