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Immigrant children find belonging through basketball 

In one corner of the packed Corona Golf Playground, young kids performed dribbling drills and crossover moves with their coaches. The 6- to 12-year-olds are members of a basketball academy catered towards Spanish-speaking immigrant children in Queens. The academy was started by Lorena Valero and her partner David Valencia last year. It helps recently arrived…

Buy a $17K oceanside apartment in affordable housing lottery

There is a new affordable housing lottery you should know about. It would help New Yorkers become homeowners at a cost significantly cheaper than most co-op buildings: just $17,941.  And as an added bonus: this lottery also offers oceanside living. A lottery for the waitlist at Dayton Beach Park, which is a Mitchell-Lama co-op, opened…

Shifting gears on bike lanes

If I asked you to name a time when a fight boiled over between proponents and detractors of bike or bus lanes in a particular NYC neighborhood — with each side trading barbs over street safety, use of public space, and neighborhood character — you could pick a neighborhood and year out of a hat…

MTA changes parents should know for the upcoming school year

The first day of school (September 5!) is less than a month away. As if adjusting to an earlier bedtime and morning routine isn’t hard enough, some of you will also have to prepare for a different commute due to service changes on some subway and bus lines. To help you plan ahead, we’ve compiled…

Forest Hills High School students take on hopelessness with politics

A few years ago, Forest Hills High School student Salma Baksh was afraid to speak up in a club they had joined to learn how to talk about politics. Even with her best friend, Vilinez Estevez, beside her, she felt unsafe and like she didn’t have a voice.    Baksh was no stranger to speaking up…

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