Tag: New York City

Bill de Blasio calls on Cuomo to resign amid slew of sexual harassment allegations

Jake Dima · March 11, 2021 4:27 pm

A reckoning for Andrew Cuomo

Washington Examiner · March 10, 2021 12:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2015 file photo, students arrive for the first day of school at Stuyvesant High School in New York. A push to diversify New York City's most elite public high schools is facing a backlash from the group that makes up most of the schools' current student bodies: Asian-Americans.

Lawsuit filed in New York City alleges school system of racist admission policies

Kaelan Deese · March 9, 2021 10:36 pm

Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen 150% nationwide: Study

Mica Soellner · March 9, 2021 9:59 pm

New York City to reopen high schools for in-person classes after four months of all-remote learning

Cassidy Morrison · March 8, 2021 9:11 pm

Mayor Bill de Blasio, second from left, and his wife Chirlane McCray, center, leaves after a press conference in lower Manhattan in New York Thursday May 16, 2019. Mayor de Blasio announced Thursday that he will seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

NYC first lady Chirlane McCray encourages residents to ‘intervene’ in violent situations after calling to defund the police

Emma Colton · March 8, 2021 5:00 pm

New York Democratic leaders Stewart-Cousins and Heastie call on Cuomo to resign from office

Kerry Picket · March 7, 2021 9:14 pm

Beltway Confidential

Due process is good again!

Becket Adams · March 5, 2021 11:02 pm

A copy of the book "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," by Dr. Seuss, rests in a chair, Monday, March 1, 2021, in Walpole, Mass. Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves and protects the author and illustrator's legacy, announced on his birthday, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it would cease publication of several children's titles including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran the Zoo," because of insensitive and racist imagery.

New York Public Library will keep all of its Dr. Seuss books circulating

Zach Halaschak · March 4, 2021 1:50 am

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who had been seeking a waiver of $10 billion since 2012, said in a statement that an "agreement in principle" had been reached. The agreement with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius still has to be finalized.

Andrew Cuomo apologizes to accusers but denies inappropriate touching

Kaelan Deese · March 3, 2021 6:52 pm

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at a press conference to celebrate Billy Joel's 100th lifetime concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in New York.

New York lawmakers to strip governor of emergency pandemic powers

Nicholas Rowan · March 2, 2021 9:57 pm

Variant-fueled spring surge could end sharp decline in COVID-19

David Hogberg · March 2, 2021 11:27 am