Intro Two Queens men have been charged after police say they were recorded climbing out of a manhole on Park Avenue in the early hours of Wednesday, Sept. 23 a few steps from a hotel used by visiting dignitaries during the United Nations General Assembly. Kevin Rodriguez, 26, of Flushing, and Samuel Reveron, 25, of Elmhurst, were arrested Thursday. The...
September 29, 2026
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Introduction The Department of Homeland Security said on Sept. 25, 2026, that it is “reducing your rent,” crediting immigration enforcement for falling rents in states that cooperate most with ICE. In a post on X, the agency said Texas accounted for about a quarter of ICE arrests in July and posted the country’s sharpest rent drops: San Antonio down 4.8%,...
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On Chicago’s West Side, Frederick Douglass Academy High School sits in a building designed for about 1,000 students. According to a June 2025 ProPublica and Chalkbeat investigation, Douglass had 27 employees for 28 students. Douglass is the extreme case, but the gap between building space and students runs across Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the nation’s fourth-largest district. On Nov. 3,...
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Two Queens Men Charged After Park Avenue Manhole Exit Triggers UNGA-Week Security Sweep
Intro Two Queens men have been charged after police say they were recorded climbing out of a manhole on Park...
Falling Rents: Three Forces, One Trend
Introduction The Department of Homeland Security said on Sept. 25, 2026, that it is “reducing your rent,” crediting immigration enforcement...
Chicago’s First Elected School Board Will Inherit Underused Buildings and a Budget It Can’t Yet Pay For
On Chicago’s West Side, Frederick Douglass Academy High School sits in a building designed for about 1,000 students. According to...
New York’s Sports Betting Windfall: $5.1 Billion in Losses, and Who Paid Them
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The Navatek File: What’s Proven, What’s Alleged and What’s Unresolved in the Susan Collins Report
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A Third of the U.S. Surrogacy Market Is Foreign. Almost Nothing Above It Is Federal.
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