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Bill Cosby Stars in Brooklyn High School Teacher’s Panned Comedy Lesson
Brooklyn Technical High School on Monday offered a “social and emotional learning day,” an opportunity for students and teachers alike to share offbeat lessons. One chemistry teacher offered a “classic comedy” Zoom class. The focus? Bill Cosby. Some parents of teens who signed up for the 45-minute remote session offered by Daniel Harkavy at the […]
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Two Brooklyn Schools Set to ‘Merge’ for Integration, Space
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A citywide educational panel on Wednesday night unanimously approved a proposal to move the Academy of Arts & Letters, a disproportionately white school in Fort Greene, into PS 305, a majority-black elementary school in […]
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Two Brooklyn Schools Prepare for Merger That Would Further Student Integration
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. District 13’s Community Education Council held a public meeting Monday night on its proposal to merge Fort Greene’s disproportionately white Academy of Arts and Letters with PS 305, an under-enrolled and majority-black elementary school […]
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Game Clock Ticking on Affordable Housing at Brooklyn’s Pacific Park
The vast real estate development Pacific Park is sprouting apartment towers in the thick of Brooklyn’s building boom — but not fast enough to deliver promised affordable housing on time, local leaders warn. Developer Forest City Ratner (now Greenland Forest City Partners) made a deal with the state five years ago to create 2,250 units […]
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Brooklyn Pedestrians Say Broken Traffic Signal Has Been Ignored for Months
In February, a taxi knocked over a pedestrian signal at a busy Brooklyn intersection and residents say their calls for repairs went unheeded for weeks — until the THE CITY started asking questions. An orange cone now stands at the northwest corner of Fulton and Adelphi Streets in Fort Greene, hiding the broken mound of […]