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New York City Students Are Getting Younger

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10/05/2017

New York City's preschool expansion is not happening in quite the same blitz as its massive scale-up of classes for 4-year-olds, when the city added nearly 50,000 full-day pre-k seats to the school system over the course of two years.

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Documents Show NYC’s Education Department Failed to Answer 526 Public Records Requests Over Past 3 Years

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10/05/2017

At the start of December 2014, New York Post reporter Susan Edelman sent an intriguing public records request to the city’s Department of Education. “Under the Freedom of Information [sic], I request all e-mail communications since Dec. 30, 2013...

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City to Build 1,000-Seat High School in Long Island City

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10/04/2017

The city will construct a new high school with room for nearly 1,000 students in Dutch Kills, according to the Department of Education.

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Lincoln Center Scraps a $500 Million Geffen Hall Renovation

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10/04/2017

The new leaders of Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic announced they were scuttling a half-billion-dollar plan for a gut renovation of David Geffen Hall and seeking simpler ways to improve the lackluster theater.

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Arts

NYers Face Harsher ATM Fees Than Nearly Anyone in Nation, Study Finds

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10/04/2017

If it feels like you're constantly paying more to withdraw your own money from an ATM not affiliated with your bank, it's not just your imagination.

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Economic Security

Republicans Are Reconsidering Full Repeal of State and Local Tax Deduction

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10/04/2017

Republican leaders are backing away from a proposal to fully repeal an expensive tax break used by more than 40 million tax filers to deduct state and local taxes amid pushback from fellow lawmakers whose residents rely on the popular provision.

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Inspired or Frustrated, Women Go to Work for Themselves

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10/04/2017

An increasing number of women are starting businesses as a way to take control of their careers.

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Gender Justice

Student Absences Are About to Have Higher Stakes In Most States. Will Cheating Follow?

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10/04/2017

Schools across the country are about to be held accountable for student attendance — attaching stakes to a measure that previously had much less significance and increasing the risk that schools will try to manipulate that data.

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FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment

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10/04/2017

The recent approval of a less expensive drug that generally cures hepatitis C in just eight weeks may make it easier for more insurers and correctional facilities to expand treatment.