By Gregg McQueen Essential care for essential workers. Nearly 3,000 new child care slots are slated to open in underserved neighborhoods across New York City, most of which aims to serve essential and frontline workers and those whose work…
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By Gregg McQueen Approximately 500,000 children under the age of 5 reside in New York City. But there is only one available child care slot for every five infants in the city, according to the Mayor’s Office. More than…
By Gregg McQueen The New York City public school system is expanding access to Gifted and Talented programs, making them available in every school district for the first time. At a press conference on April 14, Mayor Eric Adams…
Get ready to ride. Bicycle enthusiasts living uptown have new reason to celebrate, as Citi Bike has expanded its bike share service into Inwood and Washington Heights for the first time. The expansion will bring 36 new Citi Bike…
By Gregg McQueen View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manhattan Times (@manhattantimes) There’s still time. Public school students who want to choose in-person learning now have another opportunity to opt in. The city is opening a…
Story by Gregg McQueen When classes start at Harvard University this fall, among the new men on campus will be one of Washington Heights’ own. Christian McArthur, an area resident and high school senior who graduates in late June,…
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer The WHEELS were turning – and they would not be deterred. This past Fri., Dec. 13th, the students of the Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) marched out on the street, yelling…
Elected Officials Join Outraged Community Members In Supporting Unjustly Terminated Domino’s Workers
On Monday, December 9th, 2013, Northern Manhattan elected officials stood side by side at a candlelight vigil with community leaders, activists and more to support 24 workers fired from Domino’s Pizza for speaking out against unfair labor practices. NYS…
The College Academy Dream Team over the last two weeks went through a two week bootcamp in preparation for the first ever Dream Convention. The convention took place on October 26th at NYU. The Dream Team is a group…
Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) On September 13th and 20th, Led Black from the Uptown Collective came to address the 5th period Future Project class at The College Academy, which is housed in the George Washington High…