b HOMETOWN HELPERS: Renowned Brooklyn clothier founded by Holocaust survivor now making masks to keep NYers safe from coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:00:00 +0000 Martin Greenfield Clothiers, creator of Joaquin Phoenix’s “Joker” suit and tailor to the well-dressed from President Obama to Mayor Bloomberg, is taking on coronavirus. The venerable custom suit maker teamed with its union workers to start producing protective face masks, with local community groups first on their list of beneficiaries. Full Article
b SEE IT: Deranged man on rampage stabs two men in Brooklyn, leaving both in critical condition By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 00:28:22 +0000 The mayhem began when the assailant went berzerk inside an apartment building on Dorchester Road and East 21 St. in Flatbush about 10:50 p.m. Saturday, punching and kicking two men before stabbing one multiple times, police said. Full Article
b She paid $15,000 for mom’s final arrangements — and now worries Brooklyn funeral home stored remains on unrefrigerated U-Haul truck By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 23:13:31 +0000 NYC Mayor de Blasio denounced storing bodies in unrefrigerated and unmanned U-Haul trucks outside of Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Home on Utica Ave. and Ave. M in Flatlands Full Article
b Teen arrested outside Hasidic funeral in Brooklyn as cops seek to enforce social distancing By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 02:50:59 +0000 The scene on 43rd St. between 13th Ave. and 14th Ave. unfolded at about 4 p.m. Thursday as mourners flouted social distancing norms to attend what was supposed to be a private funeral at the home of Rabbi Cheskel Wagshel, 95, said a family friend. Full Article
b SEE IT: NYPD roughly arrests men defying social distancing in Brooklyn By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 21:42:47 +0000 Antonio Rivera, accused of getting high in East New York amidst a group of people ignoring the city’s pandemic policies, was sent tumbling to the street when he came at one of the NYPD cops making arrests. The video shows police placing Rivera in handcuffs as he was lying on the ground behind their car. Full Article
b DEA investigator busted in sting for trying to arrange sex with 14-year-old: officials By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:11:27 +0000 Frederick Scheinin, 29, of Sunnyside, Queens, allegedly chatted for months with a federal agent posing as a minor, and now faces charges in Manhattan federal court of attempting to entice a minor and attempting to produce child pornography. Full Article
b New report finds work-based learning gap in city schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 05:01:15 +0000 The sophomore at H.E.R.O. High School in the Bronx, who dreams of being a pediatrician, spends her Saturdays learning from medical professionals and has been working closely with her school’s internships coordinator since the beginning of the school year to land a paid summer job working with kids. Full Article
b 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
b NYC schools chancellor slams critics over abrupt ending to Queens school town hall, calling it a ‘set up’ By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 18:31:06 +0000 Critics have slammed the chancellor for making an early exit from a town hall in Bayside last week after two furious parents stood up mid-meeting to demand answers from the schools chief about alleged assaults their middle school children suffered at M.S. 158 Full Article
b NYC Education Dept. due for shortage of more than 1,000 seats for preschoolers with disabilities: analysis By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:00:20 +0000 Advocates have long protested the lack of special education pre-K classes for 3- and 4-year-olds, which is federally mandated, even as the city invests millions in universal pre-K. Full Article
b CUNY names first Asian-American college president to lead Baruch College By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 23:53:55 +0000 Wu, a former Vice President at George Mason University in Virginia, was voted in unanimously, 17-0, by the city university system’s Board of Trustees Monday night and will take office on July 1. Full Article
b 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
b NYC Council bill seeks to make free summer camp available to all city students By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:10:50 +0000 Two city Council member proposed universal summer camp. Full Article
b 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
b NYC schools Chancellor Richard Carranza beefs up security after threats to his safety By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 19:04:21 +0000 Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, whose outspoken style and aggressive proposals on school diversity have made him a lightning rod in charged city schools debates, is traveling with two body guards after receiving menacing messages. Full Article
b 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
b Agencies urge Gov. Cuomo to boost funding for special education preschool amid shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 00:21:14 +0000 Advocates predict up to 2,000 city youngsters with disabilities may be unable to find an appropriate preschool this spring because of financial constraints that make it harder to hire and maintain teachers for special needs programs. Full Article
b Two NYC teens handcuffed and held by NYPD for 30 hours after scuffle with school safety officers By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:30:21 +0000 The teen and a pal stayed there for roughly 30 hours, most of which time they spent handcuffed to a bench in a Queens police precinct without food or water. “I still can’t sleep at home, because it’s always running through my mind,” 16-year-old Haily D’Souza told the Daily News. Full Article
b 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
b 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
b NYC students enjoy free performance of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ at Madison Square Garden By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:45:46 +0000 City middle and high school students streamed off buses and trains, buzzing with excitement for the afternoon’s entertainment. For some, it was the first chance to see a Broadway show. Full Article
b Staten Island politician urges NYC Education Dept. to sit out St. Patrick’s Day parade after LGBTQ exclusion By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 22:47:22 +0000 City Council Member Debi Rose (D - Staten Island) said city students shouldn’t feel obligated to march with their schools or bands in the parade while event organizers refuse to let the Staten Island Pride Center march. Full Article
b NY Board of Regents proposes letting non-lawyers be special ed judges By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:37:46 +0000 The New York Board of Regents said the move will allow the state to hire more judges and ease the growing backlog of cases. Full Article
b Brooklyn pol proposes non-dairy milk pilot in NYC schools By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:43:56 +0000 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams wants to start serving non-dairy alternatives to city kids as part of a pilot program, he wrote in a January letter to schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. Full Article
b Harlem charter school principal arrested for assaulting 7-year-old boy By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:00:47 +0000 Jason Epting, 43, the principal of Harlem Hebrew Language Academy, left the boy gushing blood from his forehead and concussed during a January encounter Epting first tried to brush off as an accident, the boy’s horrified mother told the Daily News. Full Article
b NYC foster care groups plead for school bus guarantee for kids who can’t get to class By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 10:00:13 +0000 Nearly 20 groups representing New York City foster kids pleaded with officials to finally guarantee school buses to students in foster care so they no longer have to switch schools because they can’t get to class. Full Article
b Advocates, public health experts urge NYC officials to begin ‘social distancing’ measures in response to coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:32:32 +0000 In a letter, the group noted that past pandemics show large-scale social restrictions that keep people physically separated can make the most difference if done before the illness becomes widespread. Full Article
b Manhattan fifth-grader tops day one of Daily News spelling bee By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 23:00:27 +0000 Manhattan fifth-grader Vale Esposito took home top honors during the first day of the Daily News spelling bee Tuesday, despite being one of the youngest contestants on stage. Full Article
b Possible coronavirus closure prompts Queens charter school to buy bulk food for students By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 15:50:31 +0000 VOICE Charter School in Long Island City — where 80% of students are low-income — is distributing bags full of pasta, rice and beans, granola bars and other non-perishables to hundreds of families Wednesday afternoon in case the school is eventually forced to close and kids miss out on school meals. Full Article
b Manhattan eighth grader wins second day of Daily News Spelling Bee By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:17:40 +0000 Ashwin Ranjan, a 13-year-old student at The Dalton School, correctly spelled “bauxite,” a type of sedimentary rock, to win the day and go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Full Article
b 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
b Two Staten Island public schools close after student tests positive for coronavirus By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:41:24 +0000 New Dorp High School and the Richard H. Hungerford School were being shut down out of “an abundance of caution,” the DOE said on Twitter early Friday. Full Article
b 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
b 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
b 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
b NYC’s remote learning amid coronavirus shutdown brings smiles, a few tears, on first day By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:43:34 +0000 Students cracked open laptops or homework packets Monday morning, while parents wrangled restless kids and teachers reconnected with pupils longing for some structure after a week of aimlessness spent mostly indoors. Full Article
b Two NYC Education Dept. employees who shared building with principal who died of coronavirus also hospitalized: sources By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:01:37 +0000 Rona Phillips, the principal of KAPPA V High School in Brownsville, is in intensive care with pneumonia, officials said. “Our thoughts are with Principal Phillips and her family for a speedy recovery, and we’ll support the school community in every way we can,” said Education Department spokeswoman Miranda Barbot. Full Article
b ‘Like Uber Computer': How a Brooklyn middle school delivered hundreds of laptops amid the coronavirus school shutdown By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:00:00 +0000 A Brooklyn middle school took a novel approach to remote learning: A computer drop-off service to students. Full Article
b They can’t catch a break: NYC schools lose a week of spring break to continue remote learning By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:21:01 +0000 City teachers and students will lose most of the annual public school pause this year after state officials announced remote learning would press on during the first half of April, officials confirmed Tuesday. Full Article
b Sociologist and NYC’s most famous neighborhood explorer, William Helmreich, dies of COVID-19 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 02:17:31 +0000 The author of “The New York Nobody Knows: Walking 6,000 Miles in the City,” was 74. Full Article
b NYC officials eliminate the last remaining days of school spring break By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 02:24:06 +0000 City schools were originally supposed to be off April 9-17. Full Article
b '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
b 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
b 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
b Five kids, two iPads: how one Bronx family is navigating remote learning with a technology shortage By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 09:00:00 +0000 As a single parent of five young children with two iPads and no computers at home, she’s had to ration both her own attention, and her kids’ time with the devices. Full Article
b 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
b ‘Just brutal’: NYC Ed Department reveals 50 - from administrators and teachers to facilities and food workers - have died from COVID-19 By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:32:17 +0000 The COVID-19 deaths included 22 paraprofessionals, 21 teachers, two administrators, two central office staffers, a facilities employee, a guidance counselor and a school food worker. Full Article
b College Board cancels June SAT, promises at-home exam if school still out by fall By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:56:39 +0000 The next opportunity to take the test is Aug. 29, and the College Board will offer an additional chance to take the test in September if students are able to return to school. Full Article
b CUNY faces calls to freeze price hikes, reimburse tuition amid pandemic By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 22:35:44 +0000 CUNY students, whose median family income is $40,000 a year, say it’s the worst possible time to face additional expenses. Full Article
b Nearly 8,000 NYC elementary school students qualify for ‘gifted’ school programs, neighborhood disparities persist By www.nydailynews.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:27:22 +0000 The bulk of students taking the test do so before starting Kindergarten—an aspect of the process critics say privileges parents with the money and savvy to prepare their young kids for the high-stakes exams. Full Article