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A mother is demanding answers after her 6-year-old daughter was found crying and alone while wandering the streets about a mile from her Staten Island school, after she was supposed to be dropped off by the school bus.

A six-year-old girl was stranded after she fell asleep on her school bus ride home. News 4’s Checkey Beckford is on the scene.

Officials say several dozen New York City teachers and other school employees have been placed on unpaid leave for submitting fraudulent proof of COVID-19 vaccination

The teachers union is planning to sue the NYC Department of Education after dozens of staffers were placed on unpaid leave for allegedly submitting fake vaccination cards. The United Federation of Teachers said in a statement Friday it was told about 82 of its members had received unpaid leave notices from the DOE. “Fraudulent vaccination cards are not only illegal,…

The United Federation of Teachers said in a statement Friday it was told about 70 of its members had been contacted by DOE about the investigation but it wasn’t clear how many were suspended as a result of it. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

News 4 New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.

Multiple NYC Department of Education employees have been placed on leave as of Monday for allegedly submitting fake vaccination cards — but the teachers union is threatening to sue to get its members back on the payroll. The DOE confirmed the suspensions Friday, saying that fewer than 100 employees had been put on unpaid leave. “Fraudulent vaccination cards are not…

This article was originally published on Mar 23 at 9:48pm EDT by THE CITY Reported COVID cases in New York City public schools rose rapidly in the last seven days, registering their biggest weekly gain since the peak of the Omicron wave in January. The rise in school cases exceeded a general uptick in positive tests seen in some parts…

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reassuring New Yorkers that there is no need to yet be worried about a new COVID variant that is spreading, and is now responsible for 42 percent of COVID cases in the state. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

Imagine being told your child’s school will only be open some of the time. And then being told that it’s going to close completely. And then a few hours later, being told it’ll be open after all because a line on a map didn’t go quite where the school thought it went. For parents at P.S. 101Q in the...

Merchants on the borders of “red zones” say their location may result in customers staying away. News 4’s Gilma Avalos reports.