ac Brooklyn gynecologist accused of sex with a second underage boy By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:55:46 +0000 Aaron Weinreb, a 48-year-old OB-GYN, has been in home detention on $1.5 million bail since his arrest in October on charges he used the gay dating app Grindr to connect with an underage boy for sex.Because they’ve found a second victim, prosecutors wantED Weinreb jailed while he awaits trial. Full Article
ac Knife-wielding straphanger slashes face of woman whose child vomited on Brooklyn bus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:08:25 +0000 A Brooklyn woman was slashed in the face with a knife by an enraged passenger after her child threw up on a city bus. Full Article
ac Staten Island man, 72, files Child Victims Act suit over alleged 1960s abuse by Poly Prep teachers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:00:56 +0000 Rubin, now a genteel 72-year-old Staten Island resident, alleges in a newly-filed Child Victims Act lawsuit that he was sexually abused on a weekly basis between 1960-65 by a cabal of five predatory teachers at the prestigious school. Full Article
ac Woman attacked with hammer during Brooklyn mugging By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 13:39:26 +0000 Police said the crook crept up behind the 38-year-old victim on Wilson Ave. near Dekalb Ave. in Bushwick about 7 a.m. Tuesday and shoved her to the ground. Full Article
ac After legendary 53-year career, Brooklyn Federal Judge Jack Weinstein hangs up his robe at age 98 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 20:36:02 +0000 Judge Jack Weinstein on Monday moved to inactive status, closing out a 53-year career. A highlight of his law career was working with Thurgood Marshall on the legal arguments that led the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in Brown v. Board of Education that school segregation was illegal. He was named a federal judge in 1967, and on his retirement was the last appointee of President Lyndon Johnson still on the bench. Full Article
ac ‘I’m still building, still paving the way’: Brooklyn entrepreneur launches black-owned champagne brand By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 16:51:36 +0000 Marvina Robinson was inspired to create Stuyvesant Champagne, named after Bedford-Stuyvesant where she grew up, while drawing up plans for a champagne bar set to launch in the neighborhood later this year. Full Article
ac Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
ac Mom wants justice for Mexican son shot by ICE on vacation visit to Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 00:59:19 +0000 “Those people shot him to kill him. It’s a miracle that my son is alive,” Carmen Cruz said of the Feb. 6 incident in which her son, 26-year-old Erick Diaz-Cruz, was wounded in a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Gravesend. Full Article
ac Brooklyn teen, 16, revealed sexual abuse at family dinner, mom recounts at teacher’s trial By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:21:55 +0000 Mervyn Affoon, who taught at the Academy of Hospitality and Tourism at hospitality at Erasmus Hall High School in Flatbush, is accused of sexually abusing the teen about 15 times between March 2017 and June 2017. Full Article
ac Tony-winning actress who lost unborn child in Brooklyn crash pregnant again By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:12:31 +0000 Ruthie Ann Miles, a Tony winner who is now a regular on the CBS series “All Rise,” shared the happy news on Instagram. Full Article
ac Patients denied take-home doses at packed Brooklyn methadone clinic, sparking fears of coronavirus transmission By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:18:07 +0000 Patient Jessica Ellision recalled how she broke down and sobbed Monday when she finally received her medication after a three-hour wait — much of it in the crowded hallway where she feared the other patients might be infected. “It was so intense and so stressful, and you feel like you worked so hard not to be sick, but this is it now — this is how it happens,” said Ellison, 39, of the Bronx. Full Article
ac Streets will open to pedestrians around the city to give coronavirus-cooped New Yorkers more open space By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 03:12:06 +0000 City officials called the street closings planned starting Friday are an “initial pilot,” and that more sites may be added to the program in the coming days. De Blasio said on Tuesday he’d like to open “up to two streets per borough.” Full Article
ac No coronavirus release for former Mexican top cop Garcia Luna, accused of taking millions in bribes from cartels By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:21:49 +0000 A Brooklyn federal magistrate denied Genaro Garcia Luna release from prison due to coronavirus, saying he was a flight risk. Full Article
ac Manslaughter arrest for woman accused of fatally striking NYC hospital patient for violating coronavirus social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:11:00 +0000 Hospital police initially issued Lundy a disorderly conduct summons after the attack and released her. On Thursday NYPD cops arrested her for manslaughter and assault. Full Article
ac SEE IT: Crook wears N95 face mask to rob deli of cash and 36 Red Bulls By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:39:44 +0000 A pair of crooks smashed their way into a grocery store in Brooklyn and stole the deli’s cash register along with three dozen Red Bulls, cops said. Full Article
ac Coronavirus pandemic rages at NYC’s federal jails — and numbers back lawyers’ and staffers’ claims that management has a poor grip on the problem By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 Staff at New York City’s two federal jails, defense attorneys and inmates interviewed by the Daily News say the official numbers of COVID-19 cases obscure the magnitude of the crisis behind bars. Full Article
ac Beloved Brooklyn activist/rapper battles coronavirus in month-long fight for life as friends and family send prayers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:50:03 +0000 Roberto Correa, born and raised in Brooklyn, looms in his Sunset Park neighborhood as a prominent and popular figure: He owns The Booth NYC, a local clothing store/recording studio, and is a well-known local activist. Full Article
ac Resilient New Yorkers share messages of hope and support across the city as the war against coronavirus stretches on By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 02:00:00 +0000 New Yorkers leave messages of hope through the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
ac NYC educators push for teacher diversity in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:10:30 +0000 Hall became a middle school science teacher in the Bronx in part so his students would never have that same experience. But for years, he was the only black male teacher on staff — which came with challenges of its own. Full Article
ac Teacher pushes for resolution in long-standing lawsuit on school racism By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:38:27 +0000 Former principal Minerva Zanca of Pan American High School in Queens allegedly targeted black staffers from 2012-13, calling one a “gorilla” and “nappy-haired," according to a lawsuit filed in 2016 by the federal Justice Department. Full Article
ac Drivers, attendants of NYC’s biggest school bus contractor vote to authorize strike amid contract impasse By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:43:27 +0000 Two thousand workers from the Amalgamated Transit Union’s Local 1181 voted overwhelmingly to authorize the strike against their employer, which operates about 900 of the city’s more than 8,000 school bus routes. Full Article
ac Teachers unions protest state education funding shortfalls at NYC schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:08:04 +0000 For years, state officials have declined to fully fund the Foundation Aid Formula designed to dole out money to New York school districts based on need. Full Article
ac NYC pays out more than $1 million in settlements to employees who accused Queens high school principal of racism By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:15:16 +0000 The hefty payout comes after the federal Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the city Education Department in 2016 for allowing a “pattern and practice of discrimination” to flourish at Pan American High School during the 2012-13 school year. Full Article
ac Ballooning state aid for private schools subsidized teacher salaries at some of NYC’s most expensive private schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 04:00:55 +0000 A fast-growing New York state program that funds math and science teacher salaries at private schools paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to some of the city’s priciest private schools that can charge over $50,000 a year for tuition, the Daily News has learned. Full Article
ac NYC parents of special needs students file class action suit over special education court delays By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 23:08:57 +0000 The special education courts are designed to protect the legal rights of those children, but the city’s system is so overburdened that vulnerable students wait months or years for help getting critical support, according to the legal complaint. Full Article
ac New Jersey teacher under investigation after inappropriate slavery lesson By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:10 +0000 Lawrence Cuneo, an eighth-grade social studies teacher in the coastal town of Toms River, is under investigation by school officials. Full Article
ac NYC principals union reaches contract agreement By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:37:05 +0000 The Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, which represents principals and assistant principals, won a 7.5% raise over four years, paid parental leave, and a commitment to hire more assistant principals, officials said Thursday. Full Article
ac NYC lawyers push back on state proposal to lower qualifications for special education judges amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:23:19 +0000 New York City currently has fewer than 70 special education judges — called impartial hearing officers — to handle the thousands of complaints that special education students lodge every year against the city school system, resulting in more than 10,000 still-open cases. Full Article
ac Progressive South Bronx charter school facing closure fights for survival By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:00:37 +0000 Teachers, parents, and supporters of Heketi Community Charter School in Mott Haven are fighting back, arguing that the school met its goals for academic growth. Full Article
ac Poly Prep tennis coach accused of sexual abuse by second former student in new Brooklyn court filing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:38:29 +0000 The plaintiff, a former high school cheerleader identified only by the pseudonym “Mary Coe,” was in her first year at the school when defendant William Martire allegedly initially forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1980s, according to a horrifying 18-page Brooklyn Supreme Court filing. Full Article
ac NYC Education Dept. announces six-month delay on Queens school diversity plan after parent pushback By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 23:40:12 +0000 Officials explained Wednesday that pushing the deadline from June to December for drafting a plan to diversify school enrollment in Queens’s District 28, which stretches from Forest Hills to Jamaica, would allow more people to give their input. Full Article
ac NYC schoolteacher self-quarantined with coronavirus symptoms, as city examines virus response By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:54:42 +0000 The teacher recently traveled to Italy and came back to class before noticing the symptoms, according to a source familiar with the situation. Full Article
ac Three NYC teachers tested for coronavirus after returning from Italy By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Mar 2020 20:10:44 +0000 One of the educators, who works at James Madison High School in Brooklyn, tested negative despite showing symptoms, and the other two are awaiting test results, the mayor said Full Article
ac NYC teacher arrested for collecting $29,000 from fraudulent medical leave By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:25:29 +0000 Jeffrey Gooding collected a city salary for five months during a medical leave — while simultaneously working for a Harlem charter school, according to investigators. Full Article
ac CUNY faces mounting calls for closure over coronavirus concerns By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 22:39:07 +0000 The sprawling CUNY system, which serves over 250,000 students — many of whom are low-income — across 25 campuses, remained open Tuesday, and has no confirmed cases of the virus among students or faculty. Full Article
ac NYC schools move parent-teacher conferences to phone, videoconference By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:38:29 +0000 School officials tweeted the meetings can take place by phone or videochat, but no longer in-person. If parents can’t reach their kids’ teachers during their scheduled conference times, schools will try to accommodate them later this month, officials said. Full Article
ac NYC Council member proposes a ‘summer school’ approach to coronavirus school closures By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 21:56:03 +0000 Closing most public schools and using the rest to serve at-risk students and families who rely on them to meet basic health needs would be a good way for the Education Department to handle the coronavirus crisis, the chair of the city council’s Education Committee said Thursday. City Council Member Mark Treyger suggested that adopting a “summer school” approach "could work in terms of a limited system shutdown while servicing the most vulnerable.” Full Article
ac Success Academy shuts down all NYC charter schools amid coronavirus spread By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:41:58 +0000 Success Academy Charter Schools, which teaches 18,000 students across 45 schools in the city, will move to online learning starting Mar. 19, though officials didn’t specify how long the shutdown will last. Full Article
ac NYC teachers, principals unions call on city to shut down schools for coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:40:56 +0000 UFT head Michael Mulgrew pointed out that many city private and charter schools have already shut their doors plus multiple other states. Full Article
ac NYC teachers union threatens lawsuit if schools still open Monday amid coronavirus spread By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 19:26:00 +0000 Mulgrew accused city officials of not complying with state protocol on school closures - which mandates 24-hour shutdowns if a student or staff member tests positive - and creating unsafe labor conditions. Full Article
ac The biggest questions facing NYC’s new remote learning system By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 23:26:20 +0000 A look at some of the challenges the city school system will be tackling in the days ahead. Full Article
ac Black and Latino students admitted to NYC’s specialized high schools stays flat at 11% By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 19:48:44 +0000 At Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, the city’s most selective public high school, only 10 black students and 20 Latino students got admissions offers, out of nearly 800 students accepted, data shows. Full Article
ac NYC lawmakers push to expand specialized high school exam to combat low black, Latino enrollment By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:10:35 +0000 The proposal comes as city officials announced that only 11% of students admitted to specialized schools this year were black or Latino, compared to 70% of all city students, a figure virtually unchanged from years past. Full Article
ac Advocacy groups urge NYC Education Dept. to include homeless students in childcare at ‘resource centers’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:44:26 +0000 But the centers, slated to open Monday, are currently limited to children of healthcare and transit workers and first-responders - and advocates worry homeless students will be left behind. Full Article
ac Racial justice groups criticize city teachers union’s use of controversial face recognition technology By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 20:43:42 +0000 The United Federation of Teachers tested security camera technology from a company affiliated with Clearview AI Full Article
ac NYC Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza tells teachers to stop using Zoom for remote learning due to security concerns By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 14:34:58 +0000 Many teachers have been relying on the videoconferencing platform to chat with students during remote learning. Full Article
ac 'Back to square one’: Coronavirus dorm closures at CUNY sends some students back to their foster homes By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0000 Many of the city's foster youth were thrust into uncertainty last week when CUNY ordered them out of their dorms due to coronavirus. Unlike their peers, these students have no childhood bedrooms to return to, and often no families who can help them through the shutdown of the economy or the closing of their colleges. Full Article
ac NYC students will be assigned enrichment activities during canceled spring break By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:25:00 +0000 The goal for remote learning during the break “is to maintain the exciting and enriching aspects that Spring Recess provides,” Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza told teachers in a Monday night email. Full Article
ac Regents are cancelled, but students still have to pass the courses attached to them By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:01:58 +0000 Students normally must pass five of the end-of-course exams to graduate from state high schools, but officials scrapped the exams Monday amid statewide school closures triggered by the coronavirus outbreak. Full Article
ac Late-life literary success makes Brooklyn College teacher one of three CUNY profs to win Guggenheim Fellowships By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 21:30:32 +0000 Sigrid Nunez, 69, authored the National Book Award-winning novel “The Friend," which depicts a woman’s grief over the death of a close friend as she cares for his dog. She’s among 175 recipients of this year’s grants, which aim to give awardees the financial freedom to pursue their creative work. Full Article