ARTS and CULTURE
How To Teach 9-11?
Jonathan Camhi |
As the 10th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, a look at how one WTC widow has tried to teach children about the attacks.
As the 10th anniversary of the tragedy approaches, a look at how one WTC widow has tried to teach children about the attacks.
A new report finds that the 421-a tax exemption cost the city nearly $755 million last year and has produced a mere 5,700 units of affordable housing over its quarter-century of existence.
As a supplement to what we reported earlier, below is the letter Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. sent to the powers that be in the city and state talking about how he would create a “framework” to ratify the mayor’s so-called “Five Borough Taxi Plan.”Five Borough Taxi Plan Letter by Bp Diaz(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
Acting as a mediator between the city and an irate livery cab industry, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. attempted today to provide some middle ground for negotiations on a plan to bring legal street hails to New York City’s outer boroughs.
Welcome back to the program ladies and gentleman of the Bronx and beyond. Lots of great stories and information on tap for this week, so let’s get to it. To the news!Weather: In a word: Perfect. Sunny, 80 degrees with a lovely cooling breeze from the northeast. Could be looking at some rain tomorrow afternoon.
In the debate over budget cuts, teacher layoffs and improving schools, much has been said about teachers who get “unsatisfactory” ratings. But little has been heard from those instructors.