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NEW YORK — Diwali is the newest day off from the NYC public schools, but education officials will have to make adjustments to accommodate another holiday in an already packed school calendar.

New York City will add the festival of Diwali to the list of public school holidays in recognition of the growth of the city’s South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities

America’s largest Pride celebration follows growing threats and a wave of legislation targeting LGBT+ communities. The state’s governor has promised them a ‘safe haven’’. Ariana Baio reports from Manhattan

New York City is receiving $25 million in emergency funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to establish scores of new e-bike charging stations across the city

Some of New York City’s most influential members of Congress are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to back off a string of “short-sighted” spending cuts he’s seeking as part of the next municipal budget, which is due in less than two weeks.

New York City is planning to open an asylum application center in the coming weeks to help migrants formally apply for asylum — a necessary step in securing permits to work legally in the U.S.

NEW YORK — There are enough vacant apartments in the city’s public and supportive housing systems to accommodate 15,000 people, according to data shared with the New York Daily News by Brooklyn Councilman Lincoln Restler, who’s questioning why Mayor Eric Adams’ administration isn’t doing more to fill those units amid…

A majority of the City Council has signed a letter calling on Mayor Eric Adams to add at least $195 million for legal service providers to next year’s budget, warning that the city-supported lawyers face a “funding crisis.”

NEW YORK — Even before she finished her first year as New York City’s top cop, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell suggested she was frustrated by those who second-guessed her and told her things they would never tell a man.

‘This executive order reaffirms the fact that hate has no place in our city’

New York City has reached tentative labor agreements with 11 unions representing uniformed city workers — a package of deals that includes annual salary increases of between 3.25% to 4% over the next several years.