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The changes came as President Trump has moved to erase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. A Justice Department official still said the report seemed “fishy/illegal.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has been taking steps to try to strengthen his ties with Black voters, issued two reports that focus on the ways nonwhite New Yorkers are being left behind.
Andrew Hevesi, a lifelong Democrat and New York State assemblyman from Queens, was told his voter registration had been changed without his knowledge. He has a culprit in mind.
The Rev. Al Sharpton wants to leave his mark in the face of gentrification, which he says has diluted Harlem’s political power.
The mayor has observed the Passover holiday in several ways in recent days, including a left-wing event on Monday. He planned to hold a Seder for city workers in the evening at Gracie Mansion.
The city thinks four developments in Chelsea are too run-down to be saved, and wants to rebuild them, adding mixed-income housing. Some residents are opposed.
A powerful lawyers’ association is opposing a bill that would cap damages, but the ride-share company has spent millions lobbying state lawmakers to lower rates, some of the highest in the country.
Learning a memory trick at a bus stop, a lost neighborhood recalled and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
South Seaside Park on the Jersey Shore has just succeeded in leaving Berkeley Township and joining its neighbor, Seaside Park, but there are still more challenges ahead.
A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned away from an Ulta Beauty salon in Manhattan because of their hair texture.