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New York City has launched its new 2-K program as the first major step toward universal childcare. But some providers started the school year without city funding they were counting on, leaving some to borrow money or dip into their own savings to cover payroll, rent and supplies. WNYC’s Karen Yi explains why payment and contracting delays keep happening and what they could mean for the city’s plans to expand free childcare.
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Photo: Kara McCurdy / Mayoral Photography Office
COVID hospitalizations are on the rise in NYC. Here's how to protect yourself.
Gov. Hochul expected to send rebate checks to New Yorkers shortly before Election Day
As NYC's free 2-K begins, childcare providers say they're still waiting to get paid

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Twenty five years ago, WNYC reporters fanned out across the city recording New Yorkers in the hours and days after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Today, we revisit two of those New Yorkers: a scared, pregnant 21 year old wondering if her baby would grow up to enjoy the city she loves, and a 15 year old Muslim girl bracing for the Islamophobia that followed. WNYC's Samantha Max found both women 25 years later to find out what became of those fears and joins us to discuss what both of their lives look like now.
Photo: Courtesy Janelle Lewis and Nahima Ahmed
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Families gather at ground zero to remember 9/11 — 25 years later
South Bronx Legionnaires’ cluster kills 1, sickens 5, NYC says
Autonomous Tesla Cybercabs hit the streets of New York City
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Keeping chickens in city backyards is becoming more popular. WNYC’s Morning Edition producer Verónica Del Valle visits a Jersey City backyard farm to see what urban chicken keeping actually looks like and the rules to know before starting a flock of your own.
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Photo cred: Verónica Del Valle/WNYC
Mayor Mamdani releases 170K documents related to post-9/11 air quality
New renderings of the MTA's IBX project serving Brooklyn, Queens are out

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New York City is restricting AI across public schools, including a one year ban for students through eighth grade and new limits on screen time for younger students. WNYC and Gothamist education reporter Jessica Gould explains why the city reversed its earlier approach, where AI will still be allowed for high school students and teachers, and the challenges schools face enforcing the rules once students leave the classroom. The episode also hears from New Yorkers about whether the city is getting the balance right.
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Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

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NYC public schools to ban AI for teaching students below 9th grade

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As WQXR morning host Jeff Spurgeon retires after a 50-year radio career, we sit down with him to reflect on his path from a Nebraska farm to three decades on New York's airwaves, and talk about classical music's surprising resurgence among Gen Z and Millennial listeners.

Photo: WQXR

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NYPD data shows decline in summer crime, as perceptions of safety shift
’I want to die': NYPD says it shot, killed knife-wielding man on Brooklyn Bridge cables
Bask in the sunshine of NYC’s mild and sunny Labor Day weekend weather


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