February 13th, 2010

At the Shuang Wen School on Cherry Street yesterday, students entertained parents, teachers and invited guests — in a special performance celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year. Among those observing: Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Councilmember Alan Gerson.


February 13th, 2010
From the NYPD:
in observance of Chinese New Year, the following streets are subject to closure between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.:
Mulberry Street between Canal Street and Worth Street
Mott Street between Hester Street and Chatham Square
Elizabeth Street between Canal Street and Bayard Street
Pell Street between Mott Street and Bowery
Bayard Street between Baxter Street and Bowery
South side of East Broadway from Catherine Street to Allen Street

February 13th, 2010

Parents and students on opposite sides of a fierce fight for scarce classroom space faced off on East Houston Street Thursday afternoon. On one side, supporters of P.S. 188 and P.S. 94, carrying handmade signs and chanting, “save out schools.” On the other side, a smaller group from the Girls Prep Charter School, responding with their own slogan, “we want choice.” The theatrics on a blustery sidewalk near Avenue D served as a prelude to a public hearing on the Department of Education’s plan to allow Girls Prep to expand its middle school in the P.S. 188 building (which all three schools share).
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February 13th, 2010
From the in-box, Senator Daniel Squadron’s statement on the signing into law of the “Bruno Gap Bill.”
In Albany, the struggle for reform is slow, and true steps forward are rare. That’s why I am pleased that today Governor Paterson signed into law the bill I wrote with Speaker Sheldon Silver to close the “Bruno Gap” in state ethics law, making it illegal for a public officer to use government resources for outside, for-profit business.
Continue reading Squadron’s Statement on the Signing of “Bruno Gap” Legislation

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