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Trump Cuts Off Budding CUNY Scientists From Mentorship and Aid

21 hours ago | thecity.nyc | Jonathan Custodio

The Trump administration has cut off support that has sustained a teaching model that for decades has been instrumental in catapulting students into careers as scientists. Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) supports the pursuit of advanced degrees by students in the biomedical field, who are offered tuition assistance, mentorship, registration to professional conferences and, crucially, lab experience.
Cuomo Penalized $622K in Campaign Funds for ‘Improper Coordination’ with Outside Spending Group

2 days ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have to forfeit more than $600,000 in public matching funds, the New York City Campaign Finance Board announced Monday, stating it had found reason to believe his mayoral campaign had inappropriately coordinated with an independent expenditure committee that’s spending millions of dollars to boost his campaign.
The State Is Making New York City Spend $275 Million More for Child Care Vouchers

2 days ago | thecity.nyc | Julia Rock

The state budget approved by legislators last week gives $350 million in additional funding to help New York City continue providing child care vouchers to low-income families — if the city throws in the same amount of its own money. There’s another major caveat buried in the fine print: The state is raising the minimum amount that New York City must spend on the program to $328 million a year. Even if the city doesn’t want to pay to get the matching funds, the new requirement could force it to.
Voting Begins in Teachers Union Elections As Insurgents Vie to Unseat Mulgrew

2 days ago | thecity.nyc | Claudia Irizarry Aponte

With voting underway in the election for United Federation of Teachers leadership, longtime president Michael Mulgrew is facing insurgent challenges at a time when workers broadly have been willing to jettison veteran leaders — most recently 1199 SEIU president George Gresham.
Tough Times for Tchotchke Trade with Trump Tariffs

2 days ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

Tarun Karmaker faces a tough choice: raise prices and lose sales, or leave them the same and make less. Karmaker owns Little Italy Gifts Center on Mulberry Street, and nearly all of his wholesale suppliers have already jacked up prices between 10 and 25%. Even imported Trump bobblehead dolls have gone up 50 cents, to $4.50. And he fears more hikes could be on the horizon.
Eric Adams Search Warrant Records Show Scramble to Evade FBI Scrutiny

5 days ago | thecity.nyc | Greg Smith |Yoav Gonen |Katie Honan

A trove of documents from Mayor Eric Adams’ now-defunct criminal case released late Friday reveals extraordinary steps the mayor and his aides took to keep their communications secret — prompting the FBI to seek approval to unlock his many electronic devices by pressing the mayor’s fingers to devices or holding his head in front of them if needed to gain access.
Business Boosts Mark Hochul’s ‘Rainy Day’ Spending Plan

5 days ago | thecity.nyc | Greg David

Two weeks ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a budget deal that would set state spending at $254 billion, up more than 5% from last year, and would include her key priorities of a school cellphone ban, changes to criminal discovery laws, flexibility for involuntary confinement of mentally ill people and funding for the MTA capital plan.
NYPD Tases Pro-Palestinian Demonstrator Outside Brooklyn College

6 days ago | thecity.nyc | Gwynne Hogan

Several dozen NYPD officers cleared a demonstration of about as many pro-Palestinian student demonstrators from Brooklyn College Thursday evening before making a series of violent arrests and tasing one demonstrator just outside the campus.
Candidates Hit the Airwaves, Cuomo's Dog and Your Debate Questions

6 days ago | thecity.nyc | Katie Honan

This article is adapted from our May 8 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up. Dear New Yorkers,Spending by special interest political groups has hit its stride this New York City primary season, which you’d know already if you watch local television. Between all of the ads for New Jersey’s gubernatorial race, which isn’t of interest to me, you’ll start to see more spots for the mayoral candidates who can afford it.
City to See Fewer Tourists as Trump Stances Anger Canadians

6 days ago | thecity.nyc | Greg David

Tourism is expected to decline slightly in New York City — primarily because of President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st American state. New York City Tourism + Conventions, a semi-independent agency of city government, on Thursday reduced its forecast for visitors this year to 61.4 million, about 3 million less than it had expected in February and about 300,000 short of last year’s total.