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Op-Ed | Two decades of training New York’s journalists
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (417+ words) “I listened to the needs of the community and wrote with the intention of answering those needs,” he explained to the school’s class of 2025 at their commencement ceremony, where he served as the alumni speaker. His successes speak to the…...
The art of capture: Gordon Parks and the beauty that accuses
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (345+ words) The art of photography becomes revolutionary when it shows us more of a person than our prejudices know how to accommodate. Gordon Parks captures Blackness as a living abundance: poised, restless, tender, self-directed. His subjects possess the quiet authority of…...
Top execs from California’s largest companies blast state’s wasteful spending in ‘explosive’ ad
19+ hour, 27+ min ago (538+ words) California’s business heavyweights are warning residents that Sacramento politicians are preparing to drop a “tax bomb” on the state — and they’ve released a new ad to make the point. The “explosive” new spot from the Californians Against Wasteful Spending and…...
MTA doubles down on new fare gates, plans to expand to 20 more NYC subway stations
1+ day ago (344+ words) The MTA is doubling down on its new glass fare gates, expanding them to 20 more subway stations across the city, touting a 35% reduction in fare evasion and projected savings of $100 million annually. The expansion will replace every set of turnstiles…...
Fare evasion: Hochul, MTA leaders say stations testing modern fare gate models see 35% drop in the costly crime
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (647+ words) Fare evation has plummeted an average of 35% across the 20 stations where the MTA is testing modern subway entrance gates meant to deter the practice, Gov. Kathy Hochul and agency leaders announced on Wednesday. Hochul and MTA honchos also revealed on…...
Malpractice attorney Kathleen Kettles, and her journey from nurse to patient advocate
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1255+ words) The seeds of Kathleen Kettles’ path to law as a form of patient advocacy began to grow when she was still working as a nurse. “I almost collapsed,” Kettles said. She recalled feeling a deep sense of “powerlessness” as a…...
Op-ed | If meeting Trump is good for Mamdani, why was it bad for Jeffries?
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (615+ words) Last month, President Donald Trump attended the United Nations General Assembly here in New York City. While he was here, Mayor Zohran Mamdani invited the president to Gracie Mansion for a private meeting. Mamdani said the purpose of his conversations…...
Nithya Raman drank margaritas as ICE protests ignited LA — now she wants LAPD chief fired over his response
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (714+ words) Nithya Raman has declared she’ll fire LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell if she’s elected mayor for not stopping ICE from arresting illegal immigrants last June – despite spending the afternoon sipping cocktails as mass protests first rocked Los Angeles. She said he…...
Attorney David Lesch is in the family business of changing people’s lives in the Bronx one personal injury case at a time
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (1237+ words) David Lesch’s family firm has spent decades getting Bronxites money after they’ve been injured. Now the managing parnter of Lesch Law, Lesch says he’s motivated every day to continue the work his family started in 1966 because he knows it’s changing…...
Harlem business leaders urge MTA chair to include them in possible Second Avenue Subway westward expansion
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (645+ words) Central Harlem business and community leaders implored MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on Monday to include them in the decision-making process as the transit agency continues to study the possibility of expanding the Q line westward below 125th Street to…...