Union Head Calls Change 'Demoralizing'; DOE to Get More Oversight
The State Senate approved continued mayoral control of city public schools in an Aug 6 session, ending months of political wrangling in a deal that imposed added oversight for the Department of Education. The Senate passed four separate amendments and created a select committee on school governance.
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Improves Accountability
By ARI PAUL
The group of subway lines Gricelda Cespedes oversees, the West Side IRT and 7 lines, carries more passengers per day than the entire Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway system. It is the enormity of New York City Transit's Department of Subways that has led to the imposition of the line general manager system, which the agency unveiled Aug. 7. More...
Would Revise Arbitration Rules
By ARI PAUL
It might not have been intentional, but a few frames in a NY1 piece last week about possible post office closings in the city spoke more profoundly about the state of the U.S. Postal Service than the on-air reporter's words ever could. More...
By ARI PAUL
Mayor Bloomberg will be deposed regarding his involvement in the city's use of two Firefighter written exams that a Federal judge found to have an unlawful disparate impact on minority candidates. Mr. Bloomberg was allowed to avoid deposition in the U.S. More...
145 Court Employees Accept $20,000 Buyout To Leave the System