Search

The quick selection of Melissa Aviles-Ramos to lead the New York City school system seemed intended to quell a deepening crisis that has seen several top officials resign. Mayor Eric [...]

The resignation of Mr. Banks, planned for the end of the year, comes amid a flurry of federal investigations into Mayor Eric Adams and his administration. David C. Banks, the [...]

The resignation of Mr. Banks, planned for the end of the year, comes amid a flurry of federal investigations into Mayor Eric Adams and his administration. David C. Banks, the [...]

A group of New York's most powerful philanthropies will spend millions to help make migrants more self-sufficient. More than two years after the first buses of migrants began arriving from [...]

The Brearley School, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, hopes to diversify its student body with a free tuition program. One of New York City's most prestigious private schools [...]

The Brearley School, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, hopes to diversify its student body with a free tuition program. One of New York City’s most prestigious private schools [...]

Philanthropists worry that the city's complex tangle of crises -- migrants, homelessness, housing, the cost of living -- cannot be easily fixed. At first glance, this might seem like just [...]

The tunnel, beneath the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitcher movement in Brooklyn, prompted a confrontation that led to several arrests this week. An illegal tunnel beneath one of the most important [...]

Videos showed a tumultuous scene as young Hasidic men clashed with the police in the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitcher movement in Brooklyn. A decades-old fight about the direction of [...]

Videos showed a tumultuous scene as young Hasidic men clashed with the police in the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitcher movement in Brooklyn. A decades-old fight about the direction of [...]

Philanthropists worry that the city’s complex tangle of crises — migrants, homelessness, housing, the cost of living — cannot be easily fixed. At first glance, this might seem like just [...]

There is an extravaganza of cleanliness to be found just behind an unmarked door in a corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This is the home of Kingbridge's enormous new [...]

There is an extravaganza of cleanliness to be found just behind an unmarked door in a corner of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This is the home of Kingbridge’s enormous new [...]

New York City has not always been a lobster roll town. Fifteen years ago, Ms. Povich set out to change that. She first learned to love lobster in the backyard [...]

Byline: Eliza Shapiro and Victoria Will for The New York Times Here's Why a New York City Lobster Roll (With Fries!) Costs $32 New York City has not always been [...]

Although everyday life has become increasingly unaffordable for almost everyone, a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging. It's a great time to be rich in New [...]

Byline: Eliza Shapiro Although everyday life has become increasingly unaffordable for almost everyone, a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging. It's a great time to be [...]

New York City's public schools will step up oversight of funding for private tutoring and other services after a New York Times investigation revealed questionable billing. Over the last decade, [...]

New York City’s public schools will step up oversight of funding for private tutoring and other services after a New York Times investigation revealed questionable billing. Over the last decade, [...]

The measure was proposed in response to a New York Times investigation that revealed widespread use of such punishment in Hasidic Jewish private schools. New York has banned the use [...]

Raising a family in one of the most expensive cities in the world involves some advance planning. So when Monika Navarro and her husband had a child last year in [...]

Christine C. Quinn was impatient. The leader of New York City's largest provider of shelter for homeless families with children, she peered over her fuchsia reading glasses at her team, [...]

Not long after Crystal Springs started her new job at a large insurance company in Midtown Manhattan earlier this year, she realized that a much bigger chunk of her paycheck [...]

An eight-year investigation determined that the religious schools were breaking the law by not offering thousands of students adequate instruction in English and math. Eighteen private schools run by the [...]

An eight-year investigation determined that the religious schools were breaking the law by not offering thousands of students adequate instruction in English and math. Eighteen private schools run by the [...]

The New York Times is interested in exploring how New York City residents are navigating the costs and challenges of care. The New York Times is interested in exploring how [...]

Civil violations like littering or idling could be subject to sliding-scale fines under a City Council bill aimed at easing the affordability crisis. A few months ago, a rumor started [...]

The study is the latest piece of evidence to demonstrate the depth of New York City's affordability crisis, which is reshaping local demographics and culture. New York City is staring [...]

The proposals from state legislators come in response to a New York Times investigation that reported the use of slaps and kicks to keep order in some Hasidic Jewish schools. [...]

The proposals from state legislators come in response to a New York Times investigation that reported the use of slaps and kicks to keep order in some Hasidic Jewish schools. [...]

New York City education officials will block payments for some companies that have billed the government to provide special education, primarily for students in yeshivas. New York City education officials [...]

Beatrice Weber wakes up most mornings afraid that her son’s Hasidic Jewish school is setting him up to fail. Her 10-year-old, Aaron, brims with curiosity, and has told his mother [...]

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . Beatrice Weber wakes up most mornings afraid that her son's Hasidic [...]

The Central United Talmudical Academy, which operates the largest all-boys yeshiva in New York State, acknowledged illegally diverting money from federal food aid and other programs. For years, the largest [...]

Issued amid a lawsuit brought by a parent who left the community, the determination could signal challenges for scores of Hasidic Jewish schools. New York State officials have determined that [...]

Representative Lee Zeldin, a Republican candidate for governor, is hoping for a realignment of political loyalties in parts of the borough, including those of Hasidic Jews. A curious thing happened [...]

The State Board of Regents on Tuesday enacted regulations aimed at holding New York private schools to minimum academic standards. The New York State Board of Regents on Tuesday voted [...]

After a New York Times investigation found that many of the private religious schools denied students a basic education, top officials voiced serious concerns. Top New York officials voiced grave [...]

Amid calls for intervention, the state Board of Regents is set to vote this week on new rules for holding private schools to minimum academic standards. New York public officials [...]

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the statewide mask mandate in schools would end on Wednesday, and Mayor Eric Adams planned to lift pandemic measures in the city on March 7. Mayor [...]

Two dozen interviews with parents, educators and students revealed a range of opinions about whether schools should remain open. But most said the return to classrooms had been bumpy. The [...]

The nation's largest school district will eliminate its current policy of quarantining classrooms after Covid exposures, in hopes of keeping more children in school during the spring semester. New York [...]

New York City's school system experienced by far the most chaotic and disrupted days of the fall semester this week, as virus cases rose across the city. On Thursday morning, [...]

Mayor-elect Eric Adams introduced David Banks, his first cabinet-level appointment, with stern warnings about the state of the nation's largest school system. David C. Banks began his first morning as [...]

Mr. Banks, who founded the Eagle Academy, a network of public schools for boys, is the first commissioner named to Mayor-elect Eric Adams's administration. David C. Banks, a longtime New [...]

We spent six months with Genesis, one of one million New York City students who has lived through the most disrupted moment in the modern history of public education. PREVIEW [...]

When roughly one million public school students returned to classrooms in New York City last month amid the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, families and educators expressed profound [...]

Eric Adams, New York City's likely next mayor, rebuked Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to scrap the current system as he prepares to leave office. Eric Adams said on Friday [...]

The mayor unveiled a plan to replace the highly selective program, which has become a glaring symbol of segregation in New York City public schools, for incoming students. It will [...]

The mandate is the first full vaccine requirement for any group of city workers and affects roughly 150,000 people. Thousands were compelled to get a shot in the past week, [...]