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3 weeks ago | 
thecity.nyc | Jonathan Custodio
A losing candidate in the heated competition to develop the Kingsbridge Armory in the Northwest Bronx says the process was tainted by corruption, favoritism and theft of intellectual property, according to a new lawsuit filed by that developer. Agallas Equities LLC, filed the suit on Friday evening seeking an annulment of the contract awarded to 8th Regiment Partners LLC in January.
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1 month ago | 
amsterdamnews.com | Jonathan Custodio
Hunter College community members join a Lower Manhattan protest calling the release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, March 10, 2025. Credit: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York.
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1 month ago | 
thecity.nyc | Jonathan Custodio
The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. The City University of New York is once again listing two faculty positions at Hunter College focusing on Palestinian Studies but no longer specifically calling for a scholar concerned with “settler colonialism, genocide and apartheid.” Gov.
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1 month ago | 
thecity.nyc | Jonathan Custodio
The New York City Department of Design and Construction is moving forward with a $273 million project to overhaul an NYPD training facility and shooting range on City Island, a notice published Thursday in the City Record shows.
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1 month ago | 
thecity.nyc | Jonathan Custodio
The sirens from an ambulance woke up Sade Greene at the Lenox Terrace apartment complex at the beginning of the month. The bell had rang for her famous neighbor down the hall, 92-year-old Hazel “Ma” Dukes, who Greene recalled as a “great mother bear” always asking her about her family. Dukes, the longtime civil-rights leader and power player in local politics died peacefully in her sleep on March 1, her son Ronald Dukes announced that week.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Suzie Glassman |Amelia Pak-Harvey |Erica Meltzer |Jonathan Custodio
Read in English. Este artículo fue producido originalmente por Colorado Community Media. “Esta es mi casa. Esta es mi comunidad. ¿Por qué tengo que irme?”, le preguntó el hijo de Gloria Rubio cuando se enteró de que la escuela secundaria Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School podría cerrar. No entendía por qué la escuela que lo había formado a él y a sus amigos, donde se sentía seguro y apoyado, podía ser eliminada. Vació su alcancía y le pidió a su madre que comprara tres bolsas de aureolas.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Amelia Pak-Harvey |Suzie Glassman |Erica Meltzer |Jonathan Custodio
Sign up for Chalkbeat Indiana’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Indianapolis Public Schools, Marion County’s township districts, and statewide education news. The former CEO of the Tindley charter school network has pleaded guilty to defrauding the network by helping to submit nearly $1 million worth of fake invoices.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Suzie Glassman |Erica Meltzer |Jonathan Custodio |Reema Amin
This story was originally produced by Colorado Community Media. “This is my home. This is my community. Why do I have to leave?” Gloria Rubio’s son asked her when he learned Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School might close. He didn’t understand why the school that had shaped him and his friends, where he felt safe and supported, could be taken away. He emptied his piggy bank and asked his mom to buy three bags of halos. He planned to hand them out at the meeting, wanting everyone to wear one in solidarity.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Jonathan Custodio |Reema Amin |Jason Gonzales |Catherine Carrera
Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Three educator groups are suing to block the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing new civil rights guidance that targets a wide range of practices related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The guidance came in the form of a Dear Colleague letter to school leaders on Feb. 14. The letter cited the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v.
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1 month ago | 
chalkbeat.org | Jonathan Custodio |Reema Amin |Jason Gonzales |Catherine Carrera
This story was originally published on Feb. 25 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning. Commonpoint, a growing Queens nonprofit that runs community centers, has taken over operations at the former Madison Boys and Girls Club Joel E. Smilow clubhouse in Crotona, after purchasing the building for $7.9 million late last year — saving a storied youth facility from closing.
