Updated: March 2, 2011

Silver Blocks Teacher Layoff Bill, Girls Prep Hearing, Tenement Museum Sneak Peak

March 2, 2011

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State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will block consideration of the Bloomberg-backed plan to end seniority-based teacher layoffs (WSJ).

Silver says the Assembly will push to renew the surcharge on high earners, a proposal the governor strongly opposes (NYT).

Public speaks out about the relocation of Girls Prep Middle School to East 12th Street (DNA Info).

The San Gennaro Festival will not be shortened (Daily News).

San Gennaro on the silver screen, circa 1960 (Jeremiah).

A peak inside the Tenement Museum’s new Visitor Center, scheduled to open in June (WSJ).

Rag & Bone exacts revenge on Lady Gaga (Racked).

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