New York’s 12th Congressional District is a mammoth of a locality. Spanning 9.6 square miles and encompassing some 752,000 residents, the district—which stretches from Riverside Drive to FDR Drive, Union Square to Manhattan Valley—is the state’s wealthiest and one of its most blue, too.

The District 3 Community Education Council unanimously passed a statement Thursday condemning viral racist remarks made by a Hunter College professor during a public meeting earlier that month.

After over three decades in Congress, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), CC ’69, is stepping down to heed his own call for “generational change.” But while a large crop of Democratic candidates vie for his seat, none of them are Generation Z—a demographic that experts say has been roadblocked by gatekeepers and institutions that have long fueled New York City’s political machine.

After two months of taking cold showers during the winter to avoid potential Legionella exposure, tenants at one of New York City’s largest residential complexes in Harlem learned Sunday that the building’s management had confirmed the bacteria’s presence in the building’s water supply.

Eight of nine contenders in Manhattan’s congressional District 12 primary race attended a candidate forum at the American Youth Hostel Wednesday evening, hosted by Three Parks Independent Democrats.

Nurses at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital and the NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center have hit their third week in a historic citywide strike involving nearly 15,000 workers as bargaining continues between the New York State Nurses Association and hospital management.

Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, community members and religious leaders convened at Riverside Church to commemorate the legacy of the famed civil rights activist Jan. 18. The event featured a visit from Gov. Kathy Hochul, who joined the church briefly during its Soul Food Lunch.

After the city’s leading hospital systems rejected the demands of the New York State Nurses Association, a union representing over 20,000 nurses in the city, during contract negotiations, the nurses went on strike Monday.

One of New York City’s largest residential building complexes is currently under evaluation for Legionella bacteria in its plumbing system after two residents were diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease within the past year.