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New York Post
Opinion
Dems' AIPAC boycott is another sign of their turn to extremism
New York Post - By Post Editorial Board
It was long a can’t-miss stop for presidential candidates: The annual convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the main …
New York City
Fallen FDNY Lt. Michael R. Davidson Honored With Plaque At Firehouse
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Mental Disorders
Let sex offenders ride the trains: Our society is already too cruel in its ostracism
nydailynews.com - Judith Levin
This week, Brooklyn City Council Member Chaim Deutsch, who calls himself a conservative Democrat, introduced a bill to bar repeat sex offenders from …
Patch
New York City
New NYC Jails Will Be Shorter Than First Planned, City Says
Patch - Noah Manskar
NEW YORK — The four high-rise jails meant to replace Rikers Island will be slightly shorter than originally expected, city officials said Friday. The …
Salon
Culture
The entrenched segregation of New York City's public high schools
Salon - Rachel Leah
Students arrive for the first day of school at Stuyvesant High School, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 in New York. (AP/Mark Lennihan) Shares x March 23, 2019 3:00PM (UTC) Admissions were extended earlier this
Brooklyn, NY
A Toddler Was Hit By A Car in Bensonhurst. At First, The NYPD Said It Didn’t Happen.
bklyner.com - Zainab Iqbal
BENSONHURST – A three-year-old child and a 42-year-old woman were crossing the street when a car making a left turn struck them both in a school …
Muslim Brotherhood
Not all Democrats are caving to MoveOn's AIPAC boycott
hotair.com - Karen TownsendPosted at 8:41 pm on March 22, 2019
Back in the day, all presidential candidates made an appearance at the annual AIPAC conference. By “back in the day”, I mean as recently as 2016. …
New York Post
High School
De Blasio says specialized high schools practice 'massive segregation'
New York Post - By Selim Algar
Mayor de Blasio charged Friday that the city’s specialized high schools practice “massive segregation,” as the controversy grows over admissions …
Abandoned Buildings
Injection zones must be part of our anti-drug strategy. Here’s why | Editorial
nj.com - Star-Ledger Editorial
More than 3,000 New Jerseyans will die this year from a drug overdose. That’s more than eight per day, or about five times the rate of automotive …
New York City
De Blasio's Rikers Replacement Plan Calls for a Women-Only Jail
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The jail buildings will be shorter and have fewer beds. And female detainees will be housed in one facility. Those are the most recent changes to …
New York Post
New York City
Animal lovers rip proposed ban on feeding pigeons and squirrels
New York Post - By Julia Marsh
The city wants to outlaw feeding some classic New Yorkers — pigeons and squirrels — and animal lovers say it’s totally nuts. The city Parks Department …
New York City
Jails brass who alleged discrimination, manipulation of violence stats get $275,000 settlement from NYC
nydailynews.com - By Stephen Rex Brown
Three former high-ranking members of the Department of Correction will receive a $275,000 settlement after alleging discrimination and manipulation …
New York Post
Staten Island, NY
HUD's Lynne Patton calls public housing in Staten Island 'inhumane'
New York Post - By Alex Taylor and Julia Marsh
Federal housing bigwig Lynne Patton hit Staten Island on Friday to continue her five-borough tour of the city’s decrepit public-housing stock — and …
New York Post
News Industry
Troubled Daily News flubs Ichiro headline and caption
New York Post - By Keith J. Kelly
The Daily News went down swinging on Thursday when its latest headline blooper concerned baseball superstar Ichiro Suzuki, who played his final two …
New York Post
Opinion
With ThriveNYC, Chirlane McCray has clearly flunked her management test
New York Post - By Post Editorial Board
If ThriveNYC was meant to showcase Chirlane McCray’s managerial skills in advance of a future run for office, then New York’s first lady had better …
Staten Island, NY
HUD Head Patton, Malliotakis Blast Mayor De Blasio For Further NYCHA Neglect
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New York City
Rikers inmate population expected to surge before closing
New York Post - By Julia Marsh
The number of inmates at Rikers Island is expected to surge before the problem-plagued lockup can be closed by 2027, officials said Friday. Mayor de …
Fox News
AIPAC
Top 2020 Democrats snub AIPAC conference with little or no explanation, marking far-left shift on Israel
Fox News - Lukas Mikelionis
Continue Reading Below Several Democratic presidential candidates are declining invitations to a key pro-Israel policy group's conference next week, an annual meeting that has usually been a must-attend
Esquire
High School
New York's Stuyvesant High School and the American Myth of Meritocracy
Esquire - By Gabrielle Bruney
The prestigious Stuyvesant High School admitted only seven black children to its incoming freshman class. The recent college admissions scandal has helped resurface a gratifying bit of trivia—the fact
Vox
U.S. Politics
New York City public schools like Stuyvesant show why standardized testing is broken
Vox - Jose Vilson
New York City’s Specialized High School Admission Test is a tool of structural racism. When news broke this week that only seven black students were accepted into New York City’s Stuyvesant High School,
Architecture
New York City to Combat Rising Sea Levels by Extending the Manhattan Coastline
archdaily.com - by Niall Patrick Walsh
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans for a $10 billion coastal resilience project, designed to protect Lower Manhattan from …
Bloomberg
Manhattan, NY
New York to Developers: Stop Using Empty Space to Make Your Buildings Taller
Bloomberg - Sydney Maki
At the heart of many of New York’s tallest residential skyscrapers lie “mechanical voids.” They are growing in size and number and the city council …
Inside the Battle to Close Rikers | The Marshall Project
themarshallproject.org - Maurice Chammah
News | Filed 10:00 a.m. 03.22.2018 One evening last fall, Dana Kaplan, a deputy director at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, in New York City, …
New York Post
New York City
De Blasio 'concerned' about new rule against feeding squirrels, birds in city parks
New York Post - By Julia Marsh
He’s no friend of Staten Island Chuck — but squirrels and birds may find an ally in Mayor de Blasio. Hizzoner said Friday that he is “concerned” about …
Liberal View
2020 Democrats Are Skipping AIPAC's Big Conference
splinternews.com - Paul Blest
At the beginning of this year, AIPAC and the pro-Israel lobby were riding high, coming off a 2018 which saw the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel …
Mental Health
De Blasio Has Deemed His $1 Billion Plan To Address Mental Illness ‘Revolutionary.’ A Closer Look Shows How It’s Floundered
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NYC Mayor and potential 2020 presidential hopeful Bill de Blasio is talking up his plan to tackle mental health issues in the city, but there is …
Health Care
Health care tenant Centene Corp. steps into huge vacancy at 1 Court Square left by Amazon
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The landlord of One Court Square suffered a huge letdown when Amazon decided to pull out of its blockbuster deal to build a $4 billion second …
The Wall Street Journal.
New York City
Lawmakers Plan Forums on Diversity Fix at New York City’s Specialized Schools
The Wall Street Journal. - Leslie Brody
Push follows release of data underscoring chronic racial imbalances at the eight high schools Saying Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to diversify New York City’s specialized high schools was going nowhere,
Conservative View
Why Joe May Be Courting Stacey
townhall.com - Pat Buchanan
Of 895 slots in the freshman class of Stuyvesant High in New York City, seven were offered this year to black students, down from 10 last year and 13 …
New York City
The Call for Chief Diversity Officers in Govt Business
newsmax.com - Juliette Fairley
When Annette Runcie started the process of becoming an official minority and woman owned caterer in early 2018, she thought contracts with the City …