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President Biden, under sustained pressure from powerful Democrats to erase mountains of student debt incurred by American college graduates, suggested this week that he would reach a decision on the matter this spring, but ruled out a $50,000 dollar reduction per borrower.

For 29 nail-biting hours after the subway shootings, the mayor responded remotely by FaceTiming cops at the scene, getting live updates from NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell, and taking some 30 interviews as he worked from a makeshift media center his communications staff set up in the den of Grace Mansion.

The snatching of the snazzy vessel, called the Tango and owned by Viktor Vekselberg, represented the first yacht seizure initiated by America’s so-called KleptoCapture force.

An isolated President Vladimir Putin, rattled by the Russian Army’s failures in the brutal invasion of Ukraine, may have fired some of his Kremlin cronies and placed others under house arrest, President Biden said Thursday.

Adams, who hopes to significantly reduce the huge racial gaps in fatal pregnancy-related complications, moved to fulfill a campaign promise with the announcement, and said the city will start by offering free doula access in 33 neighborhoods.

A report from the city’s comptroller’s office published Tuesday found that New York State’s controversial 2019 bail law has not driven a surge in rearrest rates, and that there is “no evidence” that a rollback of the reform will curb the crime wave menacing New York City.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said the fate of his country "is being decided right now."

Rice’s decision to exit from New York’s Fourth Congressional District seat after four terms came as a surprise, and followed a redistricting process this winter that left her blue-leaning suburban district largely untouched.

New York hit a welcome checkpoint on Monday as school break approached and the omicron coronavirus storm continued to recede: For the first time in more than two brutal months, the state reported a daily COVID fatality count under 50.

The Kremlin suggested Monday that it is open to continued diplomatic talks with the West, but the situation remained murky. Estimates have put the number of Russian troops deployed near Ukraine’s borders above 130,000.