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Assemblyman and Democratic Nominee Zohran Mamdani Mamdani mentioned his administration would prioritize effectivity on city-owned properties to guide by instance and encourage non-public constructing house owners to comply with swimsuit. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Monday unveiled a sweeping plan to scale back the variety of sidewalk sheds throughout New York Metropolis, pledging to take away all city-owned scaffolding that has been up for greater than three years and to overtake the town’s method to constructing upkeep and facade inspections. The proposal aimed toward dismantling what Mamdani known as the town’s “concrete jungle gym” was…
A homeless man sits in Chelsea. Photograph by Dean Moses Greater than 154,000 NYC public college college students had been homeless final 12 months, based on a report printed on Monday by the Advocates for Youngsters of New York (AFC). That quantity is sort of one in each seven college students enrolled within the nation’s largest public college system. The stunning statistic made the 2024-2025 college 12 months the tenth consecutive 12 months during which greater than 100,000 college students didn’t have a everlasting place to name dwelling. It was additionally the primary educational 12 months during which the full…