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Bloods gang member knocks out Rikers Island guard's front teeth
A Rikers Island guard had several of his front teeth knocked out by a Bloods gang member during a struggle Saturday night, union officials said. The violence began around 11:30...
De Blasio should cut 'fat' from budget before laying off city workers, critics say
Mayor Bill de Blasio has plenty of ways to trim his $87 billion budget proposal without resorting to municipal layoffs, critics said Wednesday. “There is lots of fat in the...
NYC's high school equivalency program is a complete boondoggle
For adults seeking a high-school equivalency diploma through the city Department of Education, your odds are slim to none. Despite a $52 million budget last fiscal year, the DOE’s Office...
Lawmakers debate if schools should give grades to cafeterias
The state senator who promised legislation that would force city schools to post letter grades for cafeteria cleanliness backed off the plan following talks the Blasio administration, The Post has...
Councilman weeps as St. Patrick’s Day Parade officially welcomes gays
A gay member of the City Council wept at the Irish Consulate Thursday during an announcement that gay and lesbian groups would be allowed to march under their own banner...
City Council committee blasts charter schools
One day before thousands of parents, students and teachers head to Albany in support of more charter schools, a City Council committee held a hearing that portrayed charters as the...
Marching to the union's Dromm
Talk about lazy pols. Apparently, it’s not enough that City Councilman Daniel Dromm does the bidding of the teachers union. When it comes to actually carrying out the agenda, he...
Lawmaker sets out to ban typewriters in the NYPD
The clackety clack of cops banging out reports behind station-house desks could be gone for good if a lawmaker can get enough votes to ban typewriters in the NYPD. Councilman...
Junior ROTC kids fire back at councilman who trashed program
Students are firing back at a Queens legislator’s claim that Junior ROTC programs are just ways for the military to recruit teens. “JROTC has nothing to do with the war,”...
Councilman wants to remove junior ROTC program from high schools
The head of the City Council’s Education Committee wants to shoot down the school system’s Junior ROTC programs — charging they’re training high-school students for a “war machine.” Councilman Daniel...
Opponents blast charter schools at testy hearing
Charter-school opponents bludgeoned the schools’ leaders during an eight-hour City Council Education Committee hearing Tuesday — in sharp contrast to Mayor de Blasio’s recent bid to mend ties with charter...
Beating the Dromm
At Tuesday’s City Council hearing, Education Committee Chairman Daniel Dromm put on a bright orange T-shirt. He did so to underscore his complaint that Coney Island Prep charter students are...
Council's education head: Ask charter network boss about corruption
The head of the City Council’s Education Committee said Tuesday he intends to call charter chief Eva Moskowitz to a hearing just in case “corruption were to exist” in the...