Articles Tagged “Bloomberg”
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Goldstein H.S. students walk out against budget cuts
Originally reported on News12 (06/02/11) BROOKLYN – Students at Leon M. Goldstein High School walked out of their classes this morning in protest of proposed budget cuts to education. Students chanted slogans and carried signs against proposed cuts to foreign language, art and music programs. Many say they are also against diverting education funding to [...]
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Sound Off | Should Bloomberg Apologize to Public School Parents?
On his weekly radio show last Friday, as reported by Gothamist, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said: Unfortunately there are some parents who just come from—they never had a formal education, and they don’t understand the value of education…the old Norman Rockwell family is gone. Did Bloomberg go too far with his comment? Is it insulting to [...]
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Bloomberg target of rage as residents fume over unplowed streets, piles of trash
BY Jake Pearson, Kathleen Lucadamo and Larry Mcshane- It’s not just the snow cleanup that’s rotten in the city: A week’s worth of last year’s garbage is stinking things up for the start of 2011. The good news is that citywide trash pickup, absent since Sunday’s 20-inch blizzard, will resume Monday in areas scheduled for collection [...]
