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The United Teachers Federation was threatening to strike  this week if the city did not delay the reopening of school buildings, it worked. Read more...

On Women's Equality Day NYC adds a new monument to the Central Park’s Landscape!  

New York City schools are planning to reopen with a mix of in-class and remote learning, find out more! 

There has been an increase in animal adoptions in NYC since the outbreak of COVID-19 and New York shelters are seeing animals being adopted in huge numbers.  Read more if you are thinking of fostering or adopting pet. Or if you are going back to work, learn how to deal with your pet's separation...

Now that the $600 weekly Federal Assistance is gone, find out what resources are available for unemployed and financially strapped New Yorkers. 

The deadline for the State's Emergency Rental Assistance Program has been extended.  The program provides up to four months of rental assistance for eligible households who have lost income due to the pandemic.  Find out more!

We are living through extraordinary times – as a state, as a City, and as individuals.  A pandemic is raging that has no parallel in the past century.  Read the latest fiscal scorecard for our city and a message from NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer.  

NY State and City work to save small businesses.