Advocates and City Council Speaker Julie Menin want to bump up NYC’s kindergarten college‑savings seed to $1,000–$3,000, saying early accounts boost college odds and narrow wealth gaps.

A Connecticut man says he owes his $3.4 million Lotto! windfall to the New York Knicks after a ticket he bought in Old Greenwich matched all six numbers.

A video shows fifth-graders at P.S. 75 miming being shot during a multicultural program; parents say they were not told ahead of time.