Sparks Fly at City Hall Over Charter Schools
By MELISSA WALKER The New York City Council Education Committee met Tuesday to exhort colleagues to try to exert some of the council’s limited power …[read more]
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Cancer Society Pushing Free Colonoscopies
By CRAIG ROGERS Doctors and health professionals gathered on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday to announce a new program to offer free colon …[read more]
Carriage Drivers Try Talking Horse Sense
By MICHELLE MARUS Horse-drawn carriage rides through Central Park and the environs are emblematic of a romantic New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio, however, …[read more]
New Security Cameras for Rockaway Housing Project
By LYRIXS RICKETTS City Councilman Donovan Richards Jr. and State Senator James Sanders Jr. marked the installation of new security cameras at the Hammel Houses …[read more]
De Blasio Picks Four Members of His Team
By TIFFANY THOMAS Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday announced the appointment of three heads of department and the reappointment of a director from the …[read more]
Brooklyn Developers Depicted as ‘Greedy Schemers’ in Federal Bribery Trial
By CHARISSE HILL Opening arguments began Tuesday in the federal trial of a Brooklyn real-estate developer and two lawyers, charged with bribing a senior New …[read more]
Accused Computer Software Thief Slammed with $1 Million Bail
By KIRAN SURY Bail was raised to $1 million Tuesday in the criminal trial of a Chinese hedge fund analyst charged with using computer software …[read more]
Music Teacher Sent to Prison for Molesting 9-Year-Old Student
By REBECA IBARRA A 70-year-old music teacher was sentenced to two years in prison and five years post-release supervision in a Manhattan courtroom on Tuesday …[read more]
Epileptic Matricide Case Adjourned for a Month
By KATIE MILANI The case against the 20-year-old Fordham student charged with beating his mother to death during an epileptic fit in 2010 was adjourned …[read more]
Plan to Provide Lawyers to Immigrants Facing Deportation
By CHARISSE HILL Immigrant advocates on Tuesday voiced their support for the New York Immigration Family Unity Project, the nation’s first public defender program for …[read more]