NYCHA officials this week acknowledged for the first time that there are 9,000 apartments — not 3,000 apartments as they had asserted — that likely contain lead paint where youngsters live.
No Public Attendance Data, Schools Say Many Kids Aren’t Showing Upp
New York City has yet to release attendance figures, making it hard to know whether students are learning.
More than half of NYC’s public school families have opted for online-only learning
It remains unknown how many children are showing up to school or how often the virtual-only students are logging on.
NYC Mulls Cuts To High School Programs For Students At Risk Of Dropping Out
The city is planning to slash the program’s budget by 72%.
Elected Officials Demand Refund from the Brooklyn Absentee Ballot Bungle Firm
One elected official wants the company fired, while a second is demanding that the city Board of Elections — which awarded Phoenix Graphics a $4.6 million no-bid contract — retrieve the money paid to the vendor. Others just want New Yorkers to know their votes will count come November 3.
These 169 NYC School Sites Closed Today For At Least 2 Weeks
By Christina Veiga, Alex Zimmerman, and Sam Park, Chalkbeat New York An additional 33 New York City public schools are...
‘It’s Really Unfair:’ Sunset Park Salons React to Cuomo COVID Cluster Closures
By Claudia Irizarry Aponte, originally published by THE CITY They don’t know if they made the cut. Brooklyn barber shop and...
Beating in Borough Park Backlash Against New COVID Restrictions Sends Hasidic Man to Hospital
By Reuven Blau, originally published by THE CITY A 34-year-old Hasidic man was beaten unconscious by a crowd in Brooklyn angry...
Brooklyn Rabbi’s Family Losses Fuel Personal Quest to Enforce COVID-19 Safety Measures
“I’ve never in my life thrown somebody out of shul,” he said. “I told him he’s not welcome to come.”
Voters Across Brooklyn Get Absentee Ballot Return Envelopes with Wrong Name and Address
So if a voter did as instructed — filled out the ballot, signed it, placed it in the internal envelope and sent it to the Board of Elections — they would be effectively voting on behalf of someone else. These votes would ultimately be voided because the signature is matched to whatever is on file.
NYC Principals Union: Mayor de Blasio, Chancellor Should Cede Control of Schools
The principals union is not seen as particularly vocal or politically antagonizing, making Sunday’s statement even more striking.
Brooklyn Yeshivas Blow NYC-Set Deadlines on Bolstering Secular Studies
New York City school officials wound up slow-walking the investigation of the parents’ complaint, in part because Mayor Bill de Blasio delayed release of the findings to help him win support in Albany for mayoral control of schools, city probers found.
NYC scales back the amount of live instruction students are guaranteed this fall
“This will be a disaster,” said the principal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak with the press. “The sad part is, my school is as prepared as we can be.”
With a week left to reopen, can Mayor de Blasio convince NYC that school buildings are safe?
“It’s unfortunate that it takes events like parents and teachers picketing to draw attention to something that we’ve been talking about for the last few weeks,” a principal said.
Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council
With the Industry City project, the Council will choose between two very different views of where the city is and where it needs to go.
