Some NYC K-12 Schools Cross $50,000-a-Year Mark
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09/19/2017
Five years ago, parents gulped when the price for attending some private K-12 schools in New York City hit $40,000 a year.
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City Council Examines Effectiveness of Domestic Violence Courts
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09/19/2017
The City Council’s Courts and Legal Services Committee held an oversight hearing on Monday dedicated to New York’s Integrated Domestic Violence Courts, a program designed to increase accountability and responsiveness to domestic violence victims in...
Macquarie Group and Its Employees Donate $100,000 To Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
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09/19/2017
Macquarie Group Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Macquarie Group, announced a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross to aid in immediate relief efforts for Hurricane Harvey.
Xanax Or Zoloft For Moms-To-Be: A New Study Assesses Safety
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09/19/2017
Studies completed decades ago suggested a risk of birth defects from these drugs, but data from more recent studies have shown no clear evidence of an increase. There are remaining questions, researchers say, about whether prenatal exposure to the...
Opinion: Libraries Can Be More Than Just Books
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09/19/2017
For all of Sunset Park’s celebrated taquerias, dim sum parlors and picturesque piers, the most popular destination in that neighborhood might just be the local branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Despite its squat concrete frame and fluorescent...
As U.N. Gathers, De Blasio Urges Fellow Mayors to Fight Trump on Climate, Immigration
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09/19/2017
As the United Nations General Assembly got underway in New York City on Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio crisscrossed Manhattan speaking at two events highlighting the issues of climate change and immigration, taking both opportunities to criticize...
New Pre-K Center Slated to Open on Upper East Side in 2019, Officials Say
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09/19/2017
A universal pre-kindergarten center with 180 seats is coming to East 76th Street, providing spots in a neighborhood clamoring for more pre-K options, DNAinfo New York has learned.
Experts Recommend Baseline Concussion Tests for Student Athletes
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09/19/2017
Concussions among young people are seen as a silent epidemic. As student athletes begin the next season of activities, experts say parents should get their children tested for brain injury before they even step on the field. Health reporter Erin...
The War Against ‘Lunch Shaming’: NYC Joins Growing List of Cities and Districts That Are Rethinking Mealtime
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09/19/2017
New York City officials have announced that all 1.1 million public school students would be provided with a free daily lunch. This came a few months after state Senator Liz Krueger and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon introduced a bill to address...
As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder
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09/19/2017
NYTimes examines how the processed food, soda and fast food industries’ increasing focus on markets in the developing world — and the accompanying rise in obesity rates and weight-related illnesses — is playing out around the globe.
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