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Students at 51 percent of schools citywide head to the lunchroom at 11:00 a.m. or earlier. Where does your child’s school rank? And why is it so hard to feed kids at a normal time?
Rewarding vehicles that cause less congestion or generate less pollution means reducing the amount of money congestion pricing will pump into the transit system.
In the 2018 election and many before it, New Yorkers faced a voting hurdle unlike voters in most other major cities: a relatively low number of polling places, scattered unevenly through the city.
A lack of regulations, and a dearth of information about what impact earlier place-based tax programs had, has some New York advocates and experts worried that Opportunity Zones offer as much peril as they do promise.
Advocates predict that changes proposed by the governor could reduce the number of ‘fiscal intermediaries,’ who help administer the Medicaid program that pays for home-health aides, by 90 percent.
An orthopedic surgeon tosses pizza dough. An engineer with a doctorate drives for Uber and Lyft. They are among thousands who arrived here with advanced educations but can only find low-skill work.
In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstructs deliveries, slows buses and drives motorists crazy.
The Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program or CDPAP pays for home-health aides and family caregivers. The state recently has subjected the program to major changes and more might be coming.
The state’s paid-leave law is helpful, experts say, but cannot fully close the gap between what family caregivers can provide and what older New Yorkers need. But, unlike most states, at least New York is trying.
The teacher reminded some restless students to focus during the last 15 minutes before lunch. Standard directions for students feeling antsy before the mid-day meal. Except it was 9:25 a.m.
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