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In Manhattan, downtown [1] and [2] local skip Christopher St-Stonewall, Houston St, Canal St and Franklin St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [2][3] skips Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen St
In Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound [4] local skips Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza and Bergen St
No [6] between Hunts Point Av and 125 St
No [7] between Queensboro Plaza, Queens and 34 St-Hudson Yards, Manhattan
[A] trains are running with delays in both directions while we prepare for planned maintenance in Manhattan.
[E] trains are running with delays in both directions while we conduct track maintenance along the line in Queens and Manhattan.
[D] trains are running with delays in both directions between Norwood-205 St and World Trade Center while we perform track mainteance in Manhattan.
[F] trains are running with delays in both directions while we perform track maintenance in Queens.
In Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound [F] and Church Av-bound [G] skip 4 Av-9 St, 15 St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Pkwy
New York City will add 10,000 free 2-K seats next fall, covering every school district in the Bronx and all of Staten Island.
Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul said the program for 2-year-olds grows to 22 of the city's 32 school districts in fall 2027, including East Harlem, Bed-Stuy, Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Corona and Jamaica [83][85]. Unlike 3-K and pre-K, 2-K runs 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. year-round, and only through child care centers and licensed home daycares [83][86]. Providers are the catch: many waited months for city payments this year, and the city says it is hiring 200 Education Department staff to speed contracts [85][87].
“We would be forced to give up part of our business, the only part that we have control over now will be taken away”
“Absolutely, we didn't come this far to turn back now.”
City & State New York - All Content
GothamistThree years after his arrest, Adams' former buildings commissioner is the first Adams-era corruption case to reach trial, accused of taking more than $150,000 in cash and gifts.
Ulrich's bench trial before Manhattan Judge Daniel Conviser opened Monday on charges he traded favors, including lifting a vacate order on Fortunato Brothers bakery and speeding a reinspection of Aldo's pizzeria in Ozone Park, for cash and Mets season tickets [9][16]. His defense concedes he took money from friends, but says it fed gambling at Resorts World, not bribes [16][25]. Former Buildings Commissioner Melanie La Rocca is set to testify; Eric Adams is not [16].
“Public power, private gain. It is a betrayal of the city's trust”
“Call him an addicted gambler, call him an alcoholic, call him a foul-mouthed, unpolitically correct politician, but he was never a bribe receiver”
City & State New York - All ContentGothamist
The Knicks get their championship rings at the Garden tonight, before tipping off against LeBron James and the 76ers.
The ring ceremony and banner raising start around 6:30 p.m. ahead of the 7 p.m. opener on NBC [165][169]. The Knicks bring back the title core and kept 14 players to stay under the second apron, picking center James Wiseman over Bruce Brown for the last spot [166]. Josh Hart is managing a sore right ankle [167].
“Mine is still not washed; it's in the bag, and I'm afraid to open it.”
“You get tired of hearing the congrats.”
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A brightly plumed male mandarin duck has been hanging around the pond at Bowne Park in Flushing since early October, eight years after the original "Hot Duck" ruled Central Park. Sarah Gonzalez, a Queens birder, blew off her chores Sunday to see him: "He's one of the most colorful, vibrant ducks I've ever seen, and just so cute." [105]