After seven years of legal wrangling, hundreds of millions of dollars in city expense, and the eviction of many of Coney Island’s historic amusement operators, the island is still seasonal.
In this op-ed, the head of the City Council’s education committee lists the qualifications of a New York City schools chancellor—and argues that Cathleen Black does not meet them.
In the age of the Internet and an era of shrinking government budgets, are public libraries worth taxpayers’ dollars. A conservative policy analyst—and former library worker—says “yes.”
Officially, the city and national economies are out of recession. But in New York’s bodegas, the evidence—in lottery tickets, food stamps and reduced sales—suggests otherwise.
As a businesswoman prepares to take over the city’s schools, New York’s teacher rating system—itself borrowed from the business world—stirs controversy.
Even as speculation mounts that Democrats will retrench in the face of historic Republican gains in the House, some immigrant youth plan to continue demanding greater rights.
Election night confirmed what polls had predicted for weeks: Andrew Cuomo will be New York’s next governor. Here’s a look at what that means for the state’s economy, schools, power…
The economic crisis that dominates campaign 2010 began in the housing market. So what are the gubernatorial candidates—especially frontrunner Andrew Cuomo—saying to owners, tenants and landlords?
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