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The NYC Department of Sanitation is finally replacing the iconic green wire bins with stackable, molded plastic cans in response to Mayor Adams’ “war on rats.” WNSR reported on this monumental change and how community members perceived it. 

Produced By: M Shimek, Lillian Heckler, Emily Wampold, Gabriella Bottomley, and Jordan Jainlett.

At the start of the fall semester of 2023, The New School informed students about its updated university policy, which prohibits students from using artificial intelligence. Although this policy was implemented to ensure that students aren't solely relying on AI to complete assignments, it has dismissed the many ways that AI is helping students submit their best work.

Produced By: Michael McDonald, Caroline Capuano, Mackenzie Peluso, Alisha Mess, Paola Trinh 

On November 16th, 2022, the New School’s part-time faculty, represented by ACT-UAW 7902, voted to strike after contract negotiations with the administration broke down. Roar & Recovery, a six-part series, explores this historic event. This is Part 1: Labor & the Legacy of Change.

Sounds from the picket line where New School part-time faculty staged a strike action beginning on November 16th, 2022.

The collective bargaining agreement sets an expectation between part-time faculty and The New

School administration. Discussions for a new collective bargaining agreement are beginning to

ramp up, and the result will have a lasting impact on The New School community for the next

four years. Find out how this agreement happens with interviews from union representatives and

New School administrators.

Production by: Maria Jose Canon, Ryan Minter, Ellie Paloma-Bursby, Grant Parsons, and

Victoria Reyes

As The New School College students and faculty return to the New York City streets, they also return to the new guidelines set in place in order to keep the community safe.