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Students, parents and teachers in Newark waiting for in-person instruction will have to wait a bit longer — until late January, at the earliest. Newark Schools initially said students will undergo remote learning until at least the end of the first marking period — which would have been around early November. That will no longer be the case. Christopher Davis…

In New Jersey the number of positive cases exceeded 1,000 for the third day in a row bringing the positivity rate to 1.13%. The growing numbers come as the state’s largest school district announced it will not bring students back to class in person and will keep remote learning through at least late January. New Jersey reporter Brian Thompson reports...

Marc Santia, Brian Thompson and Ida Siegal have team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

The cake boss was hurt in an unusual bowling accident. Ray Villeda reports.

A new program is hoping to open up access to private capital in Newark, New Jersey. Chris Glorioso reports.

A new bill would protect the families of federal judges. Sarah Wallace reports.

The Krueger-Scott Mansion, a massive building rich in history sits atop a small hill on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Newark’s busy downtown area, will finally get a makeover after sitting vacant for decades. Thursday marked the groundbreaking of the redevelopment of the historic landmark that will turn the mansion into an innovative vehicle toward economic and...

When Newark, N.J.-based filmmaker Ayana Stafford-Morris decided to start a pop-up drive-in movie theater, she realized that only a tiny number of the movies available for drive-in venues featured Black directors or casts. So she decided to change that.

It resembled the scene of a big-budget Hollywood movie. But, there was nothing enjoyable about the flash mob of people and vehicles that gathered in New Jersey’s largest city over the weekend, that according to city officials created “a public safety hazard.” Over 50 summonses were issued Saturday after a flash mob of people and vehicles converged in Newark’s...

Less than three weeks before New York City is scheduled to reopen its schools, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is adding fuel to the already heated debate over whether students should start the year in person — even if only on a partial basis. Asked on “TODAY” Friday whether, if his children were still school-aged, he would send them to class in…

Less than three weeks before New York City is scheduled to reopen its schools, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is adding fuel to the already heated debate over whether students should start the year in person — even if only on a partial basis.

NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio unveiled his Back-to-School pledge in an attempt to placate the concerns of teachers, students, and parents when it comes to returning to in-person learning in the fall, but many are still opposed to the mayor’s plan, even advocating for outdoor learning this year, Andrew Siff reports

New York’s fourth-largest public school district, Yonkers, announced Thursday it would start the 2020-21 academic year all-remote, putting more pressure on New York City officials already facing controversy over a planned hybrid start. Yonkers, which has nearly 30,000 students in 39 school buildings, voted Thursday to open school virtually on Sept. 8 and move to a blended approach on Oct….

Andrew Siff and Bruce Beck have team coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the city has seen its lowest coronavirus positivity rate ever, but as the new school year approaches, teachers are concerned about that number rising back up if the department of education fails to implement strict safety guidelines. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan reports.

Facing mounting backlash from teachers and principals over safety standards for schools’ in-person reopening to students, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled a “back-to-school pledge” Thursday that he says should ease concerns. The pledge, the city’s latest effort to assuage safety concerns from educators and parents alike, includes a detailed list of what’s being done in each school across the...

No New York City public school should open for in-person learning unless it meets a bevy of safety criteria, including requiring “every single person, adult and child” who enters one of the nearly 1,800 facilities to be tested for COVID or the antibodies, the president of the city’s teachers’ union said Wednesday. Mike Mulgrew, head of the United Federation of…

The decision from the state Supreme Court found that municipalities in New Jersey may create police oversight boards, but that those boards may not have subpoena power and that their investigations may not happen at the same time as the police department’s own internal investigation of misconduct

NYC Teachers Union threaten to strike if health protocols aren’t met before schools re-open, Andrew Siff reports.

The teachers’ union in Manhattan is sharing its plan for reopening schools this year. Tracie Strahan reports.