Category Archives: Schools

Turf goes down on West Thames rubber pellet field

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Editor

January 16, 2016- The turf and rubber pellets are being installed. (more…)

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A plea for a crossing guard by PS 89 and Stuyvesant High School

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Editor

January 21, 2016- A parent sent this email out: (more…)

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Feckless CB1 and Sheldon Silver fail to bring new schools Downtown, again

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Editor

Update February 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The new City DOE Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced revisions to the old Bloomberg plan for new schools, and Downtown “aint gettin nothin”, so to speak. Despite Downtown Manhattan being one of the … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: BPC Parks Conservancy electric vehicle runs over 5th grader by PS 276

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Editor

Update December 18, 2015- At the December 16th Town Hall, the new head of parks addressed (more…)

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BPCA proceeds with opaque West Thames turf project

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Editor

October 29, 2015- by Steven E. Greer At the October 27th BPCA meeting, the board voted to approved $1.59 Million of your tax dollars (more…)

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Retraction of “BPC teen assaulted in attempted iPhone robbery”

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Editor

Update October 29, 2015- Not only did the Broadsheet publish this story without giving us credit (more…)

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Washington lawmakers are asking the EPA to weigh in on whether artificial turf fields cause cancer

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Editor

October 26, 2015- NBC reports, “Washington lawmakers are asking the Environmental Protection (more…)

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Letter from viewer to the mayor about dangerous golf carts on our sidewalks

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Editor

October 15, 2015- Letter from Viewer Dear Mr. Mayor: I am writing to make you aware of a dangerous situation being created by the Battery Park City (more…)

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Artificial turf fields are such a bad idea

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Editor

September 9, 2015- by Steven E. Greer The local news is reporting a case of a local high school football team that suffered burn injuries (more…)

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The new Peck Slip public school in the Seaport

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Editor

September 8, 2015- I coincidentally was by the new Peck Slip school and snapped this. (more…)

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Enjoy it while you can because the BPCA is going to pave it over

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Editor

April 15, 2015- The tarp came off the newly seeded West Thames grass field. Enjoy it while you (more…)

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Teacher at private Lehman prep arrested for having sex with 16-yo student

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Editor

July 30, 2015- Daily News reports, “David Azurmendi, who had been working at the exclusive (more…)

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Two local softball teams win city championships, again

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Editor

July 17, 2015- Downtown Express reports that the junior and senior fast-pitch softball teams (more…)

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No activity in the new “sailing school”

Posted on July 12, 2015 by Editor

July 1, 2015- By Steven E. Greer The new “sailing school” that has supposedly replaced Mike Fortenbaugh’s is getting (more…)

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CB1’s Tammy Meltzer wants to restrict Citi Bikes

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Editor

July 8, 2015- By Steven E. Greer At the July 7th meeting of the BPC subcommittee of CB1, Tammy Meltzer was being her long-winded self, (more…)

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Dean of Pace college discusses importance of face to face teaching

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Editor

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The Third Street Music School Settlement

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Editor

April 19, 2015- The Third Street Music School Settlement performed in the Winter (more…)

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The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Editor

April 5, 2015- By Steven E. Greer, MD The NYT has a nice essay explaining why college tuition is out of control. They first detail the (more…)

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Federal bills aiding charter schools move forward

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Editor

March 28, 2015- This will not please the pro-teacher’s-union members of CB1, such as Jeff (more…)

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Man who stole from Downtown Little League in prison for beating up girlfriend

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Editor

(4,500 Downtowners have read this as of March 21. We inform.) Update March 2, 2015- The man who stole from Downtown Little League is now in prison at Rikers (more…)

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