State and city teachers unions are pushing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to allow parents to see the evaluations of teachers, it was reported on 11 June. The evaluations would be available by appointment made with the school principle and delivered verbally. The parents would also be barred from taking notes on the evaluations or ... read more »
In an attempt to combat obesity, New York City has plans to prohibit the sale of oversize sodas and other sugary beverages. The proposed ban would be the first in the nation to take such an extreme move. It would ban the sale of sweetened beverages over 16 ounces and would apply to bottled drinks ... read more »
A woman from State Island has sued New York City for $900 trillion. Fausat Ogunbayo claims that the Administration for Children’s Services has caused her and her children ” terror, horror, grievous harm, time lost, substantial economic hardship and injuries” in the three years since her children were taken away from her. The ACS had ... read more »
Could this 10-year-old with a six-pack from Georgia be the next Tony Horton? A fitness guru for half his life, C.J. Senter has a purpose; his purpose is to get other elementary students moving and motivated to get fit. Senter has his own workout DVDs; after seeing Horton’s P90X infomercial, he begged his father to ... read more »
A teenager has found himself in hot water after bringing a fake Uzi machine gun to class in response to being bullied. The 15-year-old student at Flushing High School in New York City brandished the “weapon” in English class, and said he was going to “start shooting” the kids that had been bullying him, according ... read more »
New York state legislators at the Health Department have created a new list of “risky activities” in order to broaden what facilities and programs would fall under the designation of a summer camp and be subjected to state regulation and fees. Currently, any program that participates in two or more organized recreational activities that include ... read more »
Karla DelGallo, the New Jersey mother of a baby killed by a tree branch while the pair walked through New York’s Central Park remains in the hospital in stable condition. Her 6-month-old baby Gianna Ricciutti was pronounced dead after the branch fell 40 feet and struck both the mother and baby in the head — ... read more »
Heath Ledger, star of numerous films and who just finished filming the highly anticipated role of the Joker in the new Batman movie, was found dead in his apartment this afternoon. The cause is unknown, but it’s being reported that he was found with numerous sleeping pills strewn about the bed. According to the NYPD ... read more »
New York’s Department of Education just recently started awarding schools a “letter grade” based on how well students do on standardized tests. This measure is largely influenced by No Child Left Behind’s accountability measures. Well some yuppie parents in Park Slope and elsewhere are getting their panties in a wad because their hoity-toity schools are ... read more »
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