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Sweeping Changes Proposed For Common Core, Could Mean Shifting Of Gears For State Tests

Source: Old Shoe Woman/FlickrThe State Education Department released new drafts of the English Language Arts [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-english-language-arts] and Mathematics Learning Standards [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-mathematics] — together composing the Common Core academic standards [/common-core-cuomo-proposal/#.V_VCWpMrKT8] — last Wednesday. If approved, over half of the state’s

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Deadline To Register For New York State & Local Primary Is This Week

Voting sign. (Photo: Fort Greene Focus)The New York State Board of Elections [http://www.elections.ny.gov/] wants to remind all New Yorkers that the registration deadline to vote in the primary election on September 13, is this week. You’ve heard from some of the candidates we talked

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Deadline To Register For New York State & Local Primary Is This Week

Voting sign. (Photo: Fort Greene Focus)The New York State Board of Elections [http://www.elections.ny.gov/] wants to remind all New Yorkers that the registration deadline to vote in the primary election on September 13, is this week. You’ve heard from some of the candidates we talked

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Five New York Medical Marijuana Manufacturers Approved, But None Will Serve Brooklyn Or Staten Island

Medical marijuana (Photo by dankdepot [https://www.flickr.com/photos/dankdepot/5457588074/]/Flickr)New York just took a huge step towards making medical marijuana accessible to patients across the state — just not in Brooklyn or Staten Island. Five organizations licensed by the State Department of Health to manufacture and dispense

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Register to Vote!

There are only two days left until the October 12 voter registration deadline, so if you’re planning on voting in the upcoming presidential election, but haven’t registered, the time is now! You don’t even have to leave your cozy place on the couch because New York State

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Colton’s Countdown To Sales Tax Relief

Source: 401K via FlickrIn just a few short days, Bensonhurst shoppers will begin paying less on small purchases at local clothing stores. And in order to commemorate this countdown to compulsory consumer savings, Assemblyman William Colton has sent out a press release with some front-page news for the frugal. It

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VIDEO: Domenic Recchia Reacts To Governor’s Proposed Budget

The above video features our own prodigious publisher, Ned Berke, speaking with Councilman Domenic Recchia about Governor Cuomo’s budget proposals for 2012-13. Thoughts?

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State Senator Savino Looks To Stop Auto Insurance Evasion

photo credit: swanksalot via flickrHave you ever been annoyed at seeing people, often with out-of-state plates, using a vacation home or another person’s address in order to pay less for car insurance? The practice, known as auto rate evasion, has become increasingly common as transplanted New Yorkers offer friends