Aug. 28 — Hate crimes have surged in New York state — up 69 percent since 2019. That’s the startling finding of a new report by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. The Democrat says there were nearly 1,100 instances in 2023, the highest number since data collection and annual reporting were mandated in 2000. DiNapoli warns…
ITHACA, N.Y. (APN) — Pro-Palestinian activists vandalized Cornell University’s main administrative building, Day Hall, on the first day of the fall semester, marking the entrance with graffiti and shattering a glass door, according to university officials. The spray-painted messages, “Israel bombs, Cornell pays” and “Blood is on your hands,” were found on the building’s front…
Police found two victims who said they had been attacked physically by four people, who also “made derogatory comments about the victim’s ethnicity” during the assault.
The City University of New York board of trustees last Monday authorized a contract worth approximately $4.4 million for three years with Kansas-based Mammoth Sports Construction to manage and operate athletics at its eight senior colleges. “Will this make us bowl eligible?” one trustee jokingly asked. “The CUNY Bowl,” replied trustee Bill Thompson Jr., chairperson…
Rick Derenburger has been coming to Tucson’s downtown library for the past 30 years, but it wasn’t until he became homeless two years ago that the library became an essential place. He cools off from the heat, charges his phone, and drinks his fill of cool water. If it closes, as a new report from…
On Friday, Alicia Velasquez and Julieta Rodriguez stood in line with hundreds of other parents at Fordham Plaza in the Bronx for an event sponsored by Fordham University and borough elected leaders so local children could pick up free backpacks and school supplies. Like so many in New York, these two mothers are caught in…
In early August, farmworkers gathered under a pavilion at a park here for a picnic to celebrate Farmworker Appreciation Day. One sign that this year was different from the others was the menu: Beef fajitas, tortillas, pico de gallo, chips, beans — but …
A private 2014 decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services faces new scrutiny in a multibillion-dollar Justice Department fraud case against UnitedHealth Group.
A Colorado picnic celebrated Farmworker Appreciation Day. But some dairy workers there said they aren’t feeling appreciated: They don’t have basic protective gear, even as bird flu spreads through area farms.
Michigan clerks who took advantage of new laws that allow them to prepare absentee ballots for counting ahead of election day found during the August primary that they were able to get results out faster, but not without some hiccups. Under expanded pre-processing laws in Michigan, election officials can take in returned absentee ballots, verify…