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The program will open accounts with $100 for every kindergarten student in Queens District 30 this fall.
Advocates say the plan is "progress," but also say the five-year timetable is too long.
All city hospitals and Maimonides Medical Center have agreed to universal screening within two years.
Officials expect 70,000 children to enroll and plan to give parents more program choices.
The first lady was part of a citywide tour to discuss the importance of reading to children.
The South Bronx's High Bridge saw a big increase in pre-K seats, while Downtown had few new spots.
The annex at the Garden School on Northern Boulevard is still being built out.
The city has begun accepting proposals to serve 55,000 new students.
Richard Buery, of the Children's Aid Society, will oversee the city's UPK efforts as a deputy mayor.
Preservation groups hope to protect the Children's Aid Society building through landmarking the structure.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.