Opponents of the Obama administration's plan to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists in New York City will hold a Dec. 5 rally in front of the federal courthouse to demand that the trials take place elsewhere, according to the [...]
Come one, come all, to a party celebrating GothamSchools’ first year bringing our readers up-to-date news and analysis about the New York City public schools.
At the party, on Dec. 9, we’ll also officially kick off our first-ever fundraising drive, which you can read more about here. [...]
As you may have read in our newsletter, on this day in 1966 New York City experienced the smoggiest day in the city's history... and the details read like a horror movie. After 9/11, the NY Times touched upon three [...]
Judy Enck, one of Albany’s environmentalist stalwarts, made a goodbye visit to the Capitol press rooms a few minutes ago. It’s the last day for Enck as the governor’s deputy secretary for the environment, as she departs for New York City where she will serve as President [...]
I can’t figure out Governor David Paterson. First, he works to help liberal democrats take a majority in the state Senate.
Then he sounds the alarm that the state is in dire fiscal straights, then he sides with New York City Democrats in approving a budget that increases state spending by [...]
Contrary to popular belief, the mayor isn't the only elected official with a say in New York City transportation policy. So in this installment of Streetsblog's series on Michael Bloomberg's third term, we're switching things up a bit. We asked New York's most experienced transit advocate, Gene Russianoff of [...]
An off-duty New York City cop shot a knife-wielding man Thursday night after a bar brawl that started in the Strong Island watering-hole Napper Tandy's and spilled out into the street. John Gomez, 27, was one of the many witnesses in the crowded bar at [...]
In a post on this page earlier this week, “Comparing Small Apples to Large Apples,” Teachers College Professor Aaron Pallas raised several important issues with respect to New York City’s high school progress reports. A frank dialogue about the strengths and weaknesses of our accountability system is important as [...]
Via Andrew Sullivan, Spencer Ackerman on a Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial in New York City, and the possibility that KSM will grandstand or make idiotic pronouncements somehow.
My hope for the KSM trial is that it does more than all this. It should forever shatter the [...]
Have a look at the DNC video outlining Rudy’s flip flops. Both he and Governor Paterson are against a terrorist trial in New York City. I’m not sure about Governor Paterson, but it turns out that Rudy was for the rule of law before he was against it.
Enjoy…
Please, run [...]
Residents of largely non-white neighborhoods in New York City were far more likely to receive a subprime loan than those in largely white neighborhoods, regardless of the borrower's race, according to a new study from NYU's Furman Center.
The study, which controlled for differences in income and loan amounts, found that [...]
We continue our series on the next four years of New York City transportation and planning policy with today's essay by Ron Shiffman. Co-founder of the Pratt Center for Community Development and a professor at the Pratt Institute's Graduate Center for Planning, Shiffman served on the City Planning Commission from [...]
Just one more reason for Upstate residents to be ticked off at our New York City Democrat controlled state government. Governor David Paterson finally admitted that the only reason he and the Democrats in state government mandated new license plates and raised the fee to purchase them was to [...]
At this point in the Mayor’s remaking of our school system, claims of dramatic academic gains seem built on sand.
Analyses prepared for Assemblyman James Brennan by legislative aide Shawn Campbell demonstrate that the Bloomberg administration grossly overstates the impact that the reforms have had on New York City’s student [...]
While the majority of Americans aren't happy with the plan to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists in New York City, more New Yorkers support the plan than oppose it, according to two new studies. Based on findings from a nationwide' [...]
Dana Farrington filed this report on the City Council hearings Tuesday on paid sick leave.
Advocates for paid sick leave in New York City may have viewed the law in San Francisco as an example before, but they probably had not done so literally — until today. The City Council [...]
