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DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City’s Hart Island — the burial site of more than 1 million people who were unclaimed, unidentified or unable to be buried elsewhere — is opening to visitors after decades of being shrouded in mystery and stigma. For Elsie Soto, whose father died of AIDS […]

Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As a new school year begins in New York City, advocates are calling on the city to boost its services for the thousands of migrant children enrolling in classes. New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks told reporters last week that over 19,000 […]

David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As New York City was bombarded with dangerous air and smoke conditions that turned the skyline orange, some residents and environmental experts questioned if the city’s leader acted quickly enough to warn people about the dangers of the “smoke wave.” The city’s Office of Emergency Management issued warnings […]

Luiz C. Ribeiro for N.Y. Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel reopened its doors over the weekend after nearly three years — but this time, to a slightly different clientele. The historic hotel, which was built in the 1920s and named in honor of President […]