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As Strike Looms, N.J. Transit Riders Are Warned to Prepare for ‘Chaos’
Tens of thousands of New Jersey commuters are being told that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike.
More Babies, but Little Support for Them?
Readers discuss the Trump administration’s urging a baby boom while also cutting support for children.
Harvey Weinstein Pushed, Grabbed and Then Attacked, Witness Testifies
Miriam Haley is the first to testify of the three women whose accusations are at the center of the disgraced producer’s retrial on sex abuse charges.
Columbia Student Who Was Arrested at Citizenship Interview Is Freed
Mohsen Mahdawi had been an organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at the university. Federal officials tried and failed to deport him for it.
A Diver Visited a Fallen Whale. When He Returned, It Had Vanished.
How does an 18-foot-long, 2,000-pound carcass just disappear? That question has puzzled some divers and photographers who regularly plunge into the waters off San Diego. It started earlier this spring when Doug Bonhaus took advantage of some calm …
5th Straight Rent Increase Is Likely for a Million N.Y.C. Apartments
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board appears likely to vote in favor of rent increases for nearly one million rent-stabilized apartments as landlords say they face rising costs.
This State University Has a Plan to Take on Trump
Two professors from Rutgers University in New Jersey went out on a limb to write a “mutual defense compact” for Big Ten schools. Their effort is gaining steam.
N.Y.C. Panel Eyes Ways to Ease Housing Crisis and Improve Voter Turnout
The panel, known as the Charter Revision Commission, may introduce ballot initiatives to limit lawmakers’ power to block housing development, among other changes.
What Lies Ahead for an Abandoned Rail Line in Queens?
The former Rockaway Beach line could be a park, or trains could conceivably run there again. Some local residents would prefer for the corridor to stay overgrown.
Donald Trump, You’re No Franklin Roosevelt
There is no question that Donald Trump’s ambition in the first 100 days of his return to the Oval Office was to set a new standard for presidential accomplishment. To rival, even surpass, the scope of Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts nearly a century ago …