Goldfeder Urges Administration to Install A/C Units in PS 207
PHOTO: Assemblyman Goldfeder this week asked the city to consider installing air-conditioning units in PS 207 in Howard Beach. File Photo Citing complaints from…
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Needy Families Thrive Thanks to School Supplies Drive
PHOTO: Photo Courtesy of the Borough President’s Office Borough President Melinda Katz last week thanked Queens residents for donating backpacks and school supplies to “Project: Back…
Katz’s Office Accepting School Supply Donations
PHOTO: Photo Courtesy of Wasted Time R/English Wikipedia The office of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz is now accepting backpack and school supply donations…
Fariña Forms Task Force to Probe Cheating Allegations; Richmond Hill HS ensnared in academic integrity investigation
PHOTO: City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. Photo Courtesy of Manhattan Borough President’s Office With the city public school system—including Richmond Hill High School—mired in a…
DOE Investigating Claims of Abuse at JHS 226: Report
PHOTO: The city Department of Education is probing whistleblower claims that educators at JHS 226 in South Ozone Park have verbally and physically abused special…
Area Schools on Commissioner’s List of Struggling
Two area institutions last week found themselves on the state Education Department’s list of 144 Struggling or Persistently Struggling Schools, according to Education Commissioner MaryEllen…
After Schumer Push, Fed Education Funding Amendment Defeated
Crisis averted. That was the word last week out of U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) office after a public push, sparked by the senior Empire…
Katz’s Office Allocates $5M for CUNY in Queens
PHOTO: Queens Borough President Melinda Katz’s office has allocated $5 million for the borough’s CUNY institutions. The educational experiences of students at five City University…
Proposed Amendment Would Deprive NYC Schools of $170M: Schumer
PHOTO: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer this week alerted constituents to an amendment, currently being debated on the Senate floor, that he said will shift major…
At PS 207 Students’ Urging, Pol Calls on DOT to Install Yield Signs
After receiving a traffic safety-concern petition organized by 3rd-grade students, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Howard Beach) this week sent a letter to the city Department of…
Katz Allocates More Than $5M for Tech Upgrades at Schools
Queens Borough President Melinda Katz last Friday announced an allocation of over $5 million of her Fiscal Year 2016 discretionary capital funds to provide tech…
Library Celebrates Inaugural Pre-K Graduates
Photo: The pre-K grads celebrated their early achievement at the Woodhaven branch of the Queens Library. Courtesy of Queens Library Parents, teachers, staff, and elected officials…
Pops Partners with Forest Hills Stadium; Kids to get free tickets this summer
Photo: Roland Meier, president of The West Side Tennis Club, which owns Forest Hills Stadium, poses with Steven Reineke, musical director of The New York Pops….
Albany Addressing Youth Suicide ‘Epidemic’
Photo: Suicide is the third leading cause of death in the country among people aged 15 to 24. Photo Courtesy of Empathy Educates. Suicide is “a…
Library President Makes Case for Restoration of Funding
Photo: Interim Queens Library President and CEO Bridget Quinn-Carey. Photo Courtesy of Queens Library The Big Apple budget dance is a familiar yet fickle foxtrot, defined…