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Turnaround Now Possible in the Bronx as Its President Comes Into His Own By ANDREW WOLF, This his has been a good month for the president of the Bronx, Ruben Diaz, Jr. When Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal for a shopping mall in the Kingsbridge Armory was defeated two years ago, largely due to Mr. Diaz’s opposition, he was widely demonized as a… Weak Results on National Tests Are a Wake-Up Call for Parents in New York By ANDREW WOLF, New York State parents, teachers and students have gotten during the past few weeks a couple of wake-up calls about the quality of education here in the Empire State . Weak results on two nationally administered tests confirmed the worst fears of…
By GARY SHAPIRO, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, and Emma Goldman are not on Wall Street, but they are there in spirit. Activists at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York have set up what they call “The People’s Library,” where books can be borrowed and read… Bloomberg’s Ambition To Be Treasury Secretary Seen Behind His Backing of Obama’s Jobs Plan By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Mayor Bloomberg, in a radio interview on Friday, warned that high unemployment could lead to widespread rioting. That’s right. He actually said that. At a time when European cities have suffered massively from hooliganism, and at a time when U.S… Religious New Yorkers at Risk of Government Action Under Same-Sex Marriage Law, Professors Warn By Special to the Sun NEW YORK — As the question of same-gender marriage in New York goes down to the wire at Albany, experts on the legal impact of the changes being sought are warning that religious exemptions in Governor Cuomo’s bill have fallen far short of what the… Fool’s Errand? Tax Cap Activists Due Today To Test the Legislators at Albany By DAVID PIETRUSZA, The battle to gain a cap on taxes on property will come to Albany this afternoon, when activists are due to meet with the chiefs-of staff of the state’s most prominent Democrats — and aspire to meet with Governor Cuomo and Speaker Sheldon Silver… Startling Study in Belgium Suggests Rate of Heart Disease Decreases With More Salt in Diet Should Mayor Bloomberg Move To Brussels? By ANDREW WOLF, Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should move to Belgium. A startling study was just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. It disputes the conventional wisdom that too much salt in the diet leads to all sorts of negative health… Formal Search Needed for New York Schools Chancellor By ANDREW WOLF, From all we’ve seen, Dennis Walcott, Mayor Bloomberg’s choice as the city’s new schools chancellor is a fine fellow, a loyal deputy to the mayor, and a knowledgeable public servant. Loyalty and knowledge are admirable qualities, but are they all that… The First Call Bloomberg’s New School’s Chief Needs to Make By HENRY STERN, We were surprised today to learn that Mayor Bloomberg dismissed his hand-picked Schools Chancellor, Cathie Black, after 97 infelicitous days as chief of New York City's school system. The mayor did not set a speed record, however, in dismissing a… Unsolved Problem of Labor Confronts New York a Century After Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy By DANIEL GREENFIELD Both national and local newspapers have made a great show of commemorating the Triangle Waist Company fire, a horrifying event in which women working in a sweatshop burned alive or fell to their deaths. The Triangle fire was not the only example of… New York Mayoral Race Has Already Begun By HENRY STERN, Politics is usually more about the next election than the last one. So it is not surprising that the Republican candidates for the presidency in 2012 are off and running. The candidates for the New York City mayoralty in 2013 are close behind… Bloomberg’s Opening Gambit on Need To Cut Teaching Headcount Opens a Four-Month Struggle — or More By HENRY STERN, The city budget proposed yesterday is $65.6 billion dollars. That is a $300 million reduction from the current year, almost 0.5% of the total budget, and represents a serious effort to control costs. The most striking part of this year’s budget… How About Raymond Kelly for Schools Chancellor . . . By HENRY STERN, Twenty years ago, crime was New York City's most serious problem. In the year 1990, the first year of the Dinkins mayoralty, the number of homicides recorded in the five boroughs was 2,245, an historic high. The murder total declined by about 10%… Bloomberg Skating on Thin Ice as He Casts Aside the Democratic Process By ANDREW WOLF, All over the city, local communities are rebelling over the government’s plans to place bicycle lanes in their streets. In a city where a diner owner can’t put a table in front of his or her establishment without a public hearing, it is amazing just… Cuomo Keeps His Word, and To Hell With Puxatawney Phil By HENRY STERN, Governor Cuomo kept his word and presented a state budget of $132.9 billion for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins April l. This figure, believe it or not, is a sharp brake on spending, the first reductions since the Pataki years. He also gave a fine… Bloomberg Is Said To Have Erred on Strategy of Reform for New York City Pensions By HENRY STERN, Mayor Bloomberg’s proposals to reduce the cost of pensions for city employees are coming under fire today not only from public employee unions, city government ’s perennial adversary in matters of wages and pensions, but from a conservative analyst as… By JAY AKASIE, Some of New York City’s most prominent religious leaders are making a public demand for answers as to why decades of social welfare programs aimed at making abortions a rarity have not only failed, but failed so dramatically. The leaders — spanning… Astounding Admission of Reality Is Cuomo’s Opening Demarche as Governor State of the State Message Offers Reason for Hope By HENRY STERN, Governor Cuomo delivered his first State of the State message yesterday. I watched the speech and found it credible and constructive. Mr. Cuomo seems to be making a conscious effort to get along with the legislature. At the same time, he outlined… A Chimera Emerges at the Helm of New York Schools Two-Headed Monster Is Apt Metaphor for New Arrangement By ANDREW WOLF, Whatever one can say about the state education commissioner, David M. Steiner, Solomon he’s not. He split the baby in half, and he has satisfied no one. But skip that analogy. One would have to go to Greek mythology to look for what he has produced… Term Limits Petition Drive Will Need 30,000 Signatures in First Round By HENRY STERN, Effort Is Launched To Restore Two-Term Limit for Elected Officials in the City Aim Is a Referendum a Year Hence By HENRY STERN, An effort to restore the two-term limit for elected city officials this year was launched yesterday at a news conference on the steps of City Hall. Like some spacecraft, the mission began with seven pioneers: Anthony Perez Cassino, a member of the… Fix Appears To Be In at Secret Hearing on Next City Schools Chancellor By ANDREW WOLF, The growing movement to deny Cathie Black, Mayor Bloomberg’s friend and choice to become New York schools chancellor has, I suspect, ground to a halt. The New York State Education Commissioner, David Steiner, has appointed an advisory committee so… Disillusionment With New York State Government Keeps Voters From the Polls By HENRY STERN, Every now and then, a story appears on an inside page of a newspaper which deserves more attention than it receives. Tuesday's New York Times published an article by veteran reporter Sam Roberts. The headline on page A28: NEW YORK STATE'S VOTER… Public Deserves Full Hearing on Bloomberg’s Nominee for Chancellor of Schools How Far Has the City Come Under Mayoral Control? By ANDREW WOLF, Before Cathie Black gets a waiver to come in as Mayor Bloomberg’s schools chancellor, there should be a proper hearing in Albany. It would provide a moment not only to explore whether Ms. Black is the right person for the job but to assess how far the… Prospects Dim for a Waiver on Nominee as N.Y. Schools Chief By HENRY STERN, The prospect for the granting of a waiver to Cathie Black so she can serve as New York City's school chancellor may have dimmed a bit in the last two days. For one thing, the New York Times reported today, in an article by Winnie Hu, that the man who… How New York Rose Spontaneously To Honor John Lennon Event Is Recalled on 70th Anniversary of Musician's Birth By HENRY STERN, Saturday was the 70th anniversary of the birth of John Lennon, born and raised in Liverpool, England, but a New Yorker by choice for the last nine years of his life. His tragic death on December 8, 1980 in front of his home led to outpourings of… ‘Say It Ain’t So, Hevesi’ Echoes After Guilty Plea By Former Comptroller There was little surprise in Alan Hevesi's confession that he was a corrupt Comptroller. News of the Attorney General's investigation had leaked over the years, and the guilty pleas of his co-conspirators made it clear that his office was a cesspool… Both Parties Are Weakening, Though Incumbents Had a Good Night in New York By HENRY STERN, In an initial take on yesterday's primary, we offer some nuggets of fact, surmise and opinion. 1. The Democratic and Republican party organizations continue to weaken. They are most influential in races where no one knows who the candidates are… A Principal Is Cleared in Test-Tampering Probe By ELIZABETH GREEN, Clearing the name of a principal who had come under scrutiny for possible test-tampering, the city has closed an investigation into the Ross Global Academy charter school. A group of teachers accused Stephanie Clagnaz, the school's former principal… City Is Shamed by Commission On the Revision of Its Charter By HENRY STERN, Once again, we take pen in hand to criticize the actions and inactions of the Charter Revision Commission. We do that not because there is overwhelming public interest in the subject at this time, but because there is an issue of trust and credibility… Tale of the Bronx Fires Perfect for Mayor Bloomberg’s Kindle By ANDREW WOLF, How did we get to a point where the academic performance of our children hasn’t improved despite the fact that expenditures for our schools have soared to $21 billion a year from $13 billion? The answer can be found in a new book, written by Joe… Charter Commission Weighs Extra Term For Incumbents, Ignoring Public Referenda By HENRY STERN, The Charter Revision Commission will meet Monday evening to decide what amendments to the City Charter will be placed on the ballot in November. The Commission's recommendations are generally beneficial and should not arouse much public controversy… ‘Inexpicable Blunder’ Marks Report on Term Limits in City By HENRY STERN, The Charter Revision Commission, appointed by Mayor Bloomberg on March 3 to recommend changes in the City Charter, has brought forth its recommendations. In order to appear on the November ballot, the changes must be submitted to the City Clerk sixty… By HENRY STERN, The "Pelham Parkway 87" are mature trees, primarily lindens, with some elms and oaks, who have the misfortune of living too close to a "road improvement", as the $36 million reconstruction of the two-mile long roadway is euphemistically called. Not… Albany's Dangerous Limitation on Stop-and-Frisk By HENRY STERN, In most places, state legislatures enact laws which assist local authorities to prevent crime or catch criminals. New York State is an exception. The New York State Senate and Assembly, with the signature of Governor Paterson, have enacted a law to… Albany Awaits The Day When Money Runs Out By HENRY STERN, The state budget - or the lack of it - is as unpleasant a subject as the heat wave, and we had hoped that by now both issues would have been resolved. Unfortunately, the parties in Albany remain far apart. Today we are 98 days behind the legal… New York Now Lagging California In Race for Non-Partisan Elections By HENRY STERN, While paralysis prevails in the highly partisan scene in Albany, we cross the continent to California to report good news for independent and moderate voters. By a convincing margin of 54% to 46 per cent, Californians approved Proposition 14, which… The New York Sun Crosswords Are Back By Special to the Sun The New York Sun daily crossword puzzle, edited by the master puzzle maker Peter Gordon and acclaimed as one of the best in America, is back — at www.nysun.com. Readers of the New York Sun are now able to join the New York Sun Crossword Club for only $1 a week. It will give access to fill out online or download and print out each day’s puzzle. The New York Sun Crossword Puzzle won raves from around the country when it was issued daily in the print edition of The New York Sun, which startled the puzzle world with the ingenuity and verve of Mr. Gordon’s work.
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