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New FDA-approved Covid vaccines: Your guide to getting vaccinated
On Thursday, the FDA approved updated Covid vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer. Shots should be available within days. Both drug companies are preparing to ship the doses, which focus on the KP.2 strain. The updated vaccines are designed to better protect against the latest variants and severe outcomes like hospitalizations and death. The FDA is…
Affordable housing lottery less than a block from Central Park: $173K co-ops
If you’re looking for an affordable place to live, you only have a few days to apply to a housing lottery for co-op purchases on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The lottery can be found on the city’s Housing Connect website. It offers hopeful buyers a chance to purchase studios or one-bedroom apartments for prices between…
AI in politics reveals the dark side of technology
Voters looking for information on next year’s city comptroller race may have been confused to stumble upon websites named for two of the candidates — Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar and Councilmember Justin Brannan — that on the surface appeared to be campaign sites, but were actually fake sites assailing the two candidates. As Gothamist reported, the…
Is your child ready to ride the subway alone? How to decide
Growing up in New York City is a very unique experience. We’ve got amazing cultural institutions, cuisines from all over the world, and it also happens to have the largest transportation system in North America. Many students rely on these buses and trains to get to school. This begs the age-old question: at what age…
Immigrant children find belonging through basketball
In one corner of the packed Corona Golf Playground, young kids performed dribbling drills and crossover moves with their coaches. The 6- to 12-year-olds are members of a basketball academy catered towards Spanish-speaking immigrant children in Queens. The academy was started by Lorena Valero and her partner David Valencia last year. It helps recently arrived…
Buy a $17K oceanside apartment in affordable housing lottery
There is a new affordable housing lottery you should know about. It would help New Yorkers become homeowners at a cost significantly cheaper than most co-op buildings: just $17,941. And as an added bonus: this lottery also offers oceanside living. A lottery for the waitlist at Dayton Beach Park, which is a Mitchell-Lama co-op, opened…
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