New York Times - N/Y Region

The Specialized High School Admissions Test is the sole admissions criterion for the city’s eight specialized high schools. Technical difficulties sent students home with promises of an opportunity to retake it.New York City students were unable to take a specialized high school admissions test at testing sites throughout the city because of technical issues.

At its biennial convention, the New York chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America set its list of legislative and political priorities through 2028.The New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America was instrumental in helping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez enter Congress in 2018.

What it felt like when the wall came down in Brooklyn.

Miguel Tigsilema, a construction worker, was looking for survivors in the horrific aftermath of a collapse in Brooklyn. He saw a small boy.

A former aide to James Comey at the F.B.I. said the government had engaged in a “harassment campaign” in its efforts to secure witness testimony.The Justice Department continues to pursue charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.