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What does it mean to have transit access?

This week, the MTA announced that the myriad lawsuits against the city’s congestion pricing plan could imperil billions of dollars’ worth of transit improvements that have been planned out years in advance. The plan, which has been in discussions for years and slated to finally go into effect this summer, would charge most drivers $15…

Weeksville: Rediscovering Black history in Brooklyn’s hidden gem

Walking along Crown Heights’ Buffalo Avenue, it’s easy to miss a significant piece of New York City’s Black history: the four remaining homes of Weeksville, a historic African American community established in the 1830s, which once occupied what is known today as Crown Heights, Bed Stuy, and Brownsville. Residents were self-sufficient and politically active.  Earlier…

Free tuition for all medical students going forward

Here’s some good news for prospective med students: On Monday, the president and CEO of Montefiore, Einstein Philip Ozuah, announced that thanks to the largest gift ever made to any medical school in the country, no student at Einstein will have to pay tuition again. Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D., chair of the Einstein Board of Trustees and a Montefiore Health System board member,…

Charter school rent controversy

Two elected officials from the Bronx recently announced legislation that would help charter schools pay rent, according to the Bronx Times. State Senator Luis Sepúlveda and Assembly member John Zaccaro Jr. were at a rally in Albany celebrating 25 years of charter schools in New York City when they shared legislation that aims to amend…

NYC’s abandoned pet problem, through the eyes of park rangers

Shantel Mena was surprised to find her job as an urban park ranger involved frequent care for abandoned pets. In college, she imagined working with big birds, horses, and other large animals. But reality hit when Mena started working at the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation in 2021. The first animal she…

There’s good news about the news: A report from the Knight Media Forum

It’s been an awful, relentless year for the news business. And we’re only in February. I just returned from the Knight Media Forum, a gathering in Miami of nearly 700 funders, news outlets, and community builders. I’m the CEO of two media companies, the Queens-based Epicenter NYC and URL Media, an advertising, talent and content-sharing…

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