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NY attorney general's office orders NYU Langone to resume services for trans kids
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (456+ words) Published Mar 3, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. ET The New York attorney general's office has ordered NYU Langone Health to immediately resume offering services such as puberty blockers and hormones to trans and nonbinary children after shutting down its Transgender Youth Health Program last…...
Future of trans health care in NY uncertain with renewed federal funding threats
1+ week, 4+ day ago (991+ words) Published Feb 20, 2026 at 6:31 a.m. ET At a Manhattan drop-in center operated by the LGBTQ+ advocacy group New Pride Agenda, it's common for staff to assist trans people coming from across the country with figuring out how to get on hormones or…...
Trans teens across New York City scramble after NYU Langone shutters care
1+ week, 6+ day ago (540+ words) Published Feb 18, 2026 Transgender teens who have been receiving gender-affirming care at NYU Langone Health are scrambling to find care elsewhere, after the hospital system announced it will shutter its trans youth health program. Rachel, a Brooklyn mother whose 16-year-old son…...
NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (630+ words) Published Dec 26, 2025 at 10:01 a.m. ET Some New York City teachers say it's high time for a refresher on old-fashioned clocks. Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, said this year's ban on smartphones revealed that many teens…...
New York school phone ban has made lunch loud again
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (922+ words) Published Nov 5, 2025 Modified Nov 5, 2025 These days, lunchtime at Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Queens is a boisterous affair, a far cry from before the smartphone ban went into effect, when most students spent their spare time scrolling and teachers said…...
NYC officials lay out plans to get kids to school if bus contract negotiations stall
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (558+ words) Published Oct 27, 2025 The city is pushing for bus companies to agree to extend their contracts temporarily, but the companies are hoping for a five-year deal. Education department officials are laying out plans to get students to school as a standoff…...
NYC parents, struggling to pay for child care, get ready to vote for mayor
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1390+ words) Published Oct 23, 2025 New York City parents are pissed. Parents with children under 6 are more than twice as likely to leave New York City than those without children, according to research released last year. Child care is second only to housing…...
NYC school bus companies threaten disruption to pickups within weeks
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (644+ words) Published Oct 21, 2025 The fight over new school bus contracts has escalated in New York City, with a coalition of companies threatening they will have to halt service and lay off workers as soon as Nov. 1 amid negotiations with the city....
Low-income pregnant women in NJ can get no-strings-attached cash payments for 3 years
5+ mon, 8+ hour ago (422+ words) Published Oct 3, 2025 An organization trying to end child poverty will give 250 New Jersey moms-to-be cash payments with no strings attached to help them through the first three years of their child's life. "New Jersey consistently ranks among the most inequitable…...
NYC cyclists protect kids headed to school in Brooklyn’s ‘Bergen bike bus’
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (703+ words) Published Sep 14, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ET Call it Critical Mass for kids going to school. Every Wednesday for the last three school years, a caravan of about a dozen cyclists in green vests helps kids ride in the bike lane on Bergen…...