Students, Teachers at Risk of New COVID Surge as NYC Adopts Lax Approach to Classroom Safety
“We must fight to keep us safe,” write two rank-and-file educators who say the teacher’s union leadership is too cozy with Mayor de Blasio.
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Cancel Rent Demonstrators Arrested After Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Eviction Moratorium
Two newly elected New York City Councilmembers and a pair of socialist state legislators were among 17 people arrested…
Vox Pop: New Yorkers Respond to Cuomo Resignation
Looking Back on The Indy’s Coverage of Andrew Cuomo Governor Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation Tuesday, one week after…
Residents Speak Out as Mayor Moves Forward with Plan to Bulldoze East River Park
The plan is not the only way to protect the flood zone. In 2018, Mayor de Blasio overruled a plan that would save the park while still providing flood protection.
No publication covered Cuomo like The Indypendent did. We plan to cover post-Cuomo New York with the same energy and insight.
Vox Pop: New Yorkers Offer Divided Reactions to Cuomo Sexual Harassment Scandal
Critics of the scandal-plagued governor say he should step down or be impeached while others urge for more time to prove his innocence.
Back in the Stacks: NYC’s Public Libraries are Fully Open Again After 16 Months
“Libraries are one of the last places on earth — not to be overly dramatic— that you come and…
It’s a strange time to be stepping outside in New York City. There’s the still-looming pandemic, the string of…
At ICE’s Whim: Detained Immigrants Speak Out on Brutal Transfers
Jersey detainees were recently scattered across the country, as far away as Louisiana and Nevada.
