- Brooklyn Bridge sandblasting debris wreaks havoc, at least two hospitalized. BHB- Joshua Rubin, who ran the Whisk Bakery Cafe in Ditmas Park, missing for weeks, was discovered murdered and burned in Pennsylvania. NY Times and Ditmas Park Blog - Artis... »
Joyce Szuflita, of NYC School Help is our School Expert and always has the scoop on what’s going on with schools. Joyce sent me an email early this morning with the just-announced deadlines from the DOE. She also breaks any school news on her blog her... »
- Brooklyn student stabbed in head with scissors. NY Times- Someone shot cellphone video of the firefighter -- engulfed in flames -- who was pulled to safety out of the third floor of a Brooklyn brownstone. LiveLeak- Imagine that: Now the city has to ... »
Wednesday night's meeting of the Mayor's Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) was a riot in slow motion.Hundreds of Brooklyn parents and supporters made the long journey (more than an hour for most) to Newtown High School in Corona, Queens. They came to ... »
Last night, a 13 member panel that oversees education policy, voted “yes” to co-locating the Brooklyn Success Academy in a building that already houses 3 existing public schools in District 15. The site of the co-location, located at 284 Baltic Street ... »
After Brooklyn parents loudly protested (here and here) about the "co-location" of a charter school owned by ex-Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz into a Cobble Hill building already housing three public schools, DOE changed the location of the December 14 PE... »
Guess it was no surprise that Success Academy charter school chain founder Eva Moskowitz was nowhere to be seen at the rowdy hearing held in the School of Global Studies auditorium Wednesday night.Hundreds of seething District 15 parents hissed and ch... »
Elected officials and community members, along with NYLPI, Planned Parenthood New York and NARAL Pro-Choice New York, gathered at the steps of City Hall yesterday morning to call for the immediate disposal of lighting fixtures leaking PCB in New York S... »
