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Photo of the Month: Beating the Summer Slide with Literacy Fun
Students can lose up to two months in reading achievement and 2.6 months of math skills over a single summer. Over time, this translates to two years of learning loss by middle school. This decline in academic skills, which is especially pronounced for children from low-income families, is known as the summer slide. The Child Center of NY’s summer programs for elementary and middle schoolers, made possible with funding from the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development and the generosity of private funders, are here to help.
Woman Stabbed Twice In Random New York Subway Attack
Authorities report that a young woman in her 20s was stabbed multiple times at a subway station in Queens on Sunday evening. The victim was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. Police said Monday that the 23-year-old man was stabbed at least twice—in the chest and abdomen—at the Van...
Bryant Park Family Day: A Day of Fun, Music, and Activities for Everyone!
Get ready for a day full of excitement and family fun at Bryant Park’s first-ever Family Day on Saturday, August 10. From 10 AM to 6 PM, Bryant Park will transform into a playground of free activities, performances, and interactive experiences designed to entertain kids and adults alike. This event is part of Bryant Park’s ongoing summer season of free activities, ensuring there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
We Belong Here Announce Fisher, Kaskade, and Monolink for Central Park Festival Debut
New York City is getting a new music festival this fall as We Belong Here unveils its highly anticipated three-day festival. Taking place from October 4-6, 2024, at the iconic Wollman Rink in Central Park, the festival will feature headlining sets from electronic music powerhouses Fisher, Kaskade, and Monolink. This marks the first time the festival is venturing outside of Miami, where it has already established itself as a premier destination for electronic music fans.
NYC Health + Hospitals Secures $5 Million Donation For Behavioral Health Staff Recruitment
NYC Health + Hospitals today announced it received $5 million to support its behavioral health workforce with a gift from Black Family Philanthropies, one of the largest donations ever received by the health system. $4 million of those funds will directly support student debt relief for behavioral health staff in...
Live Review: Sofia Wolfson Brings Her Intimate & Stirring Debut LP ‘Imposing on a Hometown’ to Life in New York City
When a fiction writer composes music, you get some of the best lyricism of 2024: It was a nostalgic summer night when singer/songwriter Sofia Wolfson sang of the West Coast in a Ridgewood basement. Stream: ‘Imposing on a Hometown’ – Sofia Wolfson. A month after her debut...
NYC financed the most new affordable homes on record this fiscal year
New York City has produced a record-breaking number of affordable housing units for back-to-back years, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. In the fiscal year 2024, the city financed 28,944 affordable and public housing units through new construction and preservation efforts, the highest for any fiscal year. The mayor also touted his administration’s effort to move a record number of homeless New Yorkers into permanent housing, streamline the housing lottery system, and build the most supportive homes and homes for homeless New Yorkers in the city’s history.
National Cheesecake Day: NYC eateries offering deals, discounts
NEW YORK (PIX11) – Tuesday is National Cheesecake Day and restaurants around New York City are offering deals and discounts to celebrate. Junior’s Restaurant and Bakery is offering $5 off any cheesecake slice with the purchase of an entree. It’s also debuting a new cheesecake flavor, Raspberry Supreme Cheesecake. It features yellow cake layers with […]
Boy Scouts Help Save Passenger Suffering Mid-Flight Cardiac Arrest
A group of Jewish Boy Scouts saved a man who went into cardiac arrest on a Southwest flight bound for New York City. Led by Scout leader Evan Gilder, the Scouts were returning from a high adventure camping trip in Cimarron, New Mexico. When the flight attendant asked for help, three doctors and a nurse on board responded, but additional assistance was needed to help perform CPR.
New York City’s Restaurant Meals Program Expands: EBT Cardholders, Seniors, and Homeless Eligible
New York City’s Restaurant Meals Program: SNAP Recipients Can Now Buy Hot Meals with EBT. New York Launches EBT Hot Meals Initiative: Seniors, Disabled, and Homeless Eligible for New Program. New York City has introduced an exciting new option for SNAP benefit recipients allowing some residents to purchase hot...
Man pleads guilty to stealing $1 million in equipment from rental companies in US, metro Atlanta
Christopher Marquis Windsor, 32, is awaiting sentencing after he pleaded guilty in April to federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen goods.
Rockrose to buy former Long Island College Hospital site
Rockrose is buying a development site that was once part of the vision to rezone the Long Island College Hospital. The firm is in contract to buy 91-95 Pacific Street in Cobble Hill from Madison Realty Capital, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. Madison and Rockrose declined...
$999 floral objets d’art? Rain mirrors? Recyclable cookware? MoMA unwraps holiday collection that’s full of surprises
Last week, New York’s Museum of Modern Art held a preview event for its fall/holiday product launch, with introductions across home, apparel, tech, gifts and more. Full of colorful and clever items, the collection will be available in August. See a few of what we saw below.
Urban Post-Disaster Housing Prototype
Although Hurricane Katrina made landfall over 1,000 miles south of New York City, the storm had an impact there. There certainly was rain in the days after the 2005, Category 5 hurricane hit Louisiana and Mississippi but other effects were not meteorological. Government officials in New York City realized that...
Young Jazz Trumpeter Summer Camargo Is Grateful for the Good Times
Jazz may not be “cool” to teenagers anymore, and being a trumpet-obsessed high school student in the 21st century may evoke the phrase “band geek” rather than seeming like a path to the hippest parties in New York City. But don’t tell that to Summer Camargo, who currently holds the trumpet chair in the Saturday Night Live band and is the youngest person ever to join that most sought-after gig.
Blackbird Introduces Crypto Payments at NYC’s Hottest Restaurants
Semma, a South Indian Michelin-starred restaurant in the West Village, is currently one of the hottest restaurants in New York—and thus, the world. Booking a table at Semma is such a feat that The New York Times recently dedicated an entire feature to the subject; celebrities who turn up looking for special treatment at the 65-seat spot are routinely turned away.
Fed-Up Flatbush Tenants Want Landlord to Fix Leaks, Mold, Hundreds of Violations
Flatbush tenants are demanding their landlord and the building’s management company immediately address hazardous housing violations that are negatively impacting their quality of life. They are also calling for compensation for medical expenses due to prolonged exposure to these hazardous conditions. At a July 25 press conference, residents of...
How This Nonprofit Teams Up with Restaurants to Clean NYC's Harbor
Since 2015, the Billion Oyster Project has been collecting empty shells from NYC restaurants and using them to repopulate new oysters into New York Harbor. The nonprofit partners with about 75 restaurants across the city and, to date, has collected approximately 2,500,000 pounds of shells. "Being able to do something positive and productive with oyster shells by reintroducing them into the New York Harbor," says Michael Anthony, executive chef at Gramercy Tavern, one of Billion Oyster Projects longest restaurant partners. "Having a direct connection with the water systems around us is really interesting for a restaurant staff and ultimately the people who eat here."
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