NYC Councilman to Propose Free Babysitting for Community Meetings
Release Date:
09/20/2017
New York City’s growing government may soon add one more service to the mix: free child care.
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Mark-Viverito Arrested During DACA Protest At Trump Tower
Release Date:
09/20/2017
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito was arrested as part of a protest at Trump Tower Tuesday in defense of undocumented immigrants whose families brought them to the United States as young children.
At the City Council, Better Gender Balance Among Chiefs of Staff
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Of the 50 sitting Council members, 24 have women serving as their chiefs of staff, the highest ranking aide.
New York Invests $69M in Upgrades for Local Water Systems
Release Date:
09/20/2017
New York state is making a $69 million investment in local water and sewer projects.
City Launches Coordinated Effort to Serve LGBTQ Youth
Release Date:
09/20/2017
New York City is creating a multi-agency project in hopes of better coordinating — and expanding — existing services for LGBTQ youth. The effort includes a focus on health programs, homeless services, suicide prevention and added supports in the...
Child-Welfare Agency Gets Props for New Approach to Helping Families Navigate Challenges
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Happy stories rarely land the city’s child-welfare system in the headlines, and the last few weeks have been no exception.
Former Success Academy Lawyer Hoping to Start Own Charter Network Wants to ‘Take It To The Next Level’
Release Date:
09/20/2017
As the former top lawyer for Success Academy, Emily Kim had a hand in almost every aspect of New York City’s largest and most controversial charter-school network — from negotiating lunch times for schools in shared buildings to defending Success in...
New School Year, New Complaints About Contaminated Food Given To NYC Students
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Just days into the new school year, there are already problems with the food served to New York City’s 1.1 million students.
Poverty Falls, Income Rises. Should De Blasio Get the Credit?
Release Date:
09/20/2017
The New Yorkers who live in that other city Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about so often—the one he wants to help—are doing much better these days. The question is how much credit he deserves for it.
New Study Finds 1 in 4 Teachers Chronically Absent from Classrooms; Problem Is Three Times Worse in Traditional Schools
Release Date:
09/20/2017
Teachers in traditional district schools are three times as likely to be chronically absent from the classroom as those in charter schools, meaning they are gone for more than 10 days in a typical 180-day school year, a new research paper has found.
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