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700 public school workers gone, victims of budget cuts and the blame game
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has cut nearly 700 of the city's public school workers. They are already gone.
A few thoughts on this Sunday
A City Mourns. Our hearts are with the family of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood and was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions. Leiby’s remains were found stuffed in a trash bin and the man's refrigerator, police said last week. The suspect, Levi Aron has been charged with murder.
Are NYPD "Perp Walks" on the way out
 It may have taken some time, but Mayor Bloomberg brought up a very interesti
Don't TSA Me, Bro!
I'm giving a THUMBS UP to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. You heard it right. In the aftermath of Operation: Geronimo, there was some information obtained that indicated that there were further events to plague New Yorkers; in short, our transportation system would be under attack. Cathie Black out, Dennis Walcott in. Right Choice Mr. Mayor
Cathie Black can hint at Sexism all she wants. She can declare she’s a warrior, but what she really needs to do is fess up and admit she was tone deaf with public school parents, and that she blew the opportunity of a lifetime.
I'd rather fight than have to pray: NYC cuts 50% of homeless youth servicesIt has been about a month since the Bloomberg administration has announced it will make a 50% cut of $1.5 million to youth shelter bed programs in New York City. Funny thing is that this month it was also announced that New York City will see a budget surplus of $1.7 billion. Oh and you know that CityTime scandal that lost the city $80 million? Yeah, Bloomberg insists there is no turning back and the c
One of my past schools has an alleged hooker. Another is on H.S. list to close. Why Cathie Black has to have a chance
Education is a topic that I’m extremely passionate about.
Education is the great equalizer in society. Education is something no one can take from you. With an Education, one can go from the ghetto to the top of the world. I’ve lived firsthand what education can do.
Maybe, just maybe we should give Cathie Black a chance
I Concede the way Cathie Black was rolled out as Schools Chancellor will make her job all that much harder. Granted! No one can argue that.
Black comes in with some elected officials and parents screaming bloody murder that she does not meet the qualifications for the job. That she is not an educator. How could the mayor just do this?
City Dept of Health E-mail Reveals Dispute Over Anti-soda Ad - NY TimesThis NY Times report reveals that the city DoH put "marketing" ahead of science. My critique of the food stamp waiver demonstration project focused on the request's unscientific approach. One study has found that the fructose-to-glucose ratio in soda is much higher than thought.
E-Mail Reveals Dispute Over City’s Antisoda Ad
Will A Soda Ban Resolve The Bronx Paradox?
Earlier this year, the New York Times reported on the “Bronx Paradox” which describes the odd, simultaneous occurrence of both hunger and obesity afflicting low-income residents of the South Bronx. Nutritionists assert that poor children are consuming too much soda, chips and fast food. City pediatricians report that childhood obesity is increasing along with Type II diabetes. But many of these same children qualify for nutritious free or reduced priced school breakfast and lunch, summer breakfast and afterschool meals, where offered. Federal data reveal that these feeding programs are beneficial in reducing hunger and improving nutrition. This appears equally paradoxical.
Countdown Clocks. Score one for Good Government
In a City of 8 million people, score one for common sense, and Good Government. Do you ever think about the image of the Big Apple? You know, NYC is “the best,” but the truth is, at times other cities outshine us. 
With our schools, it's not time for business as usual
The logic has escaped me for for several days now, and I still just don’t get it. Maybe you can help me. What good can possibly come out of keeping open 19 failing NYC schools?
The court found that the city failed to provide statements fully showing the impact for closing the 19 schools. (In other words, not fully accounting for how the closures would affect the communities the schools are located in)
Let the games begin
It's official. Political consultant Basil Smikle is off and running against Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins. You might as well call this the race over choice. That is charter school choice. Perkins does not support charters, but the problem that could cost Perkins his job is his position does not sit well with many parents in the district. Smikle came out on the attack Thursday afternoon in Harlem:
Saving the Endangered City Worker
Saving the Endangered City Worker By Michael Boyajian There is an old saying that goes what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. If you’re the billionaire mayor of New York though, this axiom does not apply. You see it was alright for the mayor to bend the rules and abolish term limits so he could run for a third term yet if you are a city worker who has left the city bounds you automatically lose your job because of Mayor Bloomberg’s strict residency rules for city jobs. You must live in the city to work for the city with few exceptions.
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The State Appeals court recently ruled against the City of N.Y that wanted to close the schools for low performing results, in favor of the United Federation of Teachers and the NAACP.
