Community Organizers 'Appalled' by Their Portrayal
Leave your thoughtsA number of New York-based community organizers are furious with the way their profession is being depicted by Governor Palin…
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'Harassment' Weighed as Battle of Tenants, Landlords Heats Up
Leave your thoughtsThe battle between landlord and tenant groups is heating up in New York City. An organization that represents landlords, the…
New York Soon Will Be Found in Translation
Leave your thoughtsIn addition to English, city agencies will be required to communicate with New Yorkers in the six foreign languages most…
Education Panel Extends Ban on School Social Promotion
Leave your thoughtsMiddle-school students will have to pass two tests and four core subjects next year before they can move on to…
Hold Back This Plan
Leave your thoughtsTonight, the school system’s Panel on Education Policy, PEP, will vote on whether to add an eighth-grade holdover policy to…
Eighth-Grader Social Promotion Proposal Is Facing Opposition
Leave your thoughtsA coalition including the city teachers union, the principals union, and parent activists** is lining up to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s…
Parents to Demand Middle School Overhaul
Leave your thoughtsIn what is likely to be the area’s largest education-related rally in months, about 600 parents are expected to gather…
Bills Favoring Tenants, Landlords Spark Debate Over Rights of Each
Leave your thoughtsTwo competing bills pertaining to tenant and landowner harassment are dividing the City Council and sparking debate about how to…
Report: HRA Centers Lack Translation Services
Leave your thoughtsA new report released yesterday accuses the agency that distributes food stamps and Medicaid of breaking the law and its…
Council Speaker Strives for Balance on Tenants’ Rights Bill
Leave your thoughtsCasting herself as a tenant rights advocate at the risk of alienating political kingmakers in the real estate community is…