As schools continue to recover from the pandemic, there’s one troubling COVID symptom they can’t seem to shake: record-setting absenteeism. In the 2021-22 school year, more than one in four U.S. public school students missed at least 10% of school days. Before the pandemic, it was closer to one in seven, the Associated Press reported, […]
Nearly a year after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill to cap class sizes in New York City at 20 students for kindergarten through third grade, 23 in grades 4 to 8 and 25 in grades 9 to 12, the NYC Independent Budget Office released a report suggesting the poorest schools stood to benefit least […]
New York City is in the midst of a migrant crisis. According to reports, more than 100,000 migrants have arrived in the city since spring 2022. Mayor Adams himself has
A boiling controversy over outdoor concerts at Forest Hills Stadium is tearing the normally-sleepy Queens neighborhood apart, as lawsuits and accusations of extortion are flying with the first concert mere hours away.