The Bloomberg Administration prides itself on basing its policies on hard data. But in the case of welfare policy, an analysis of new city documents (and conversations with city staffers) shows that it’s been picking and choosing which data to … Continue reading
The Washington Post, transcribing a quote about the surveillance camera footage of the Tucson shooting: Another law enforcement source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record, said the footage shows the … Continue reading
Today’s PR email subject line of the day: Many Teens Ignoring Parents’ Facebook Friend Requests And as if having a press release headline that looks like it should be a fake Onion story teaser weren’t bad enough, it turns out … Continue reading
You may have noticed the recent spate of articles on the Census Bureau’s decision to replace the old “poverty line” with a spate of different alternative measures of poverty, in hopes of eventually settling on one that makes sense. I’ve … Continue reading
We already used “Snowmageddon” last winter, and “Nor’Beaster” doesn’t seem to be catching on. Anyway, here are some photos of snowlocked Ditmas Park, circa 11 am the morning after. Cars on Rugby Road near the corner of Newkirk: See more … Continue reading
A multi-year campaign to require that all employees in New York City receive paid sick time (which I first wrote about last fall) was quashed in October by city council speaker Christine Quinn. What happened, and what does it mean … Continue reading
If you can’t be bothered to read Atlantic Yards Report’s crazy-long FAQ on its even crazier-long series on Bruce Ratner’s still crazier green-cards-for-financing schemes, you can now read my Cliff Notes version instead. (Not nearly so crazy, but with more … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the owners of Coney Island’s Luna Park announced they’d be booting out eight boardwalk businesses because they didn’t fit their image of a “year-round” Coney. That’s been the stated dream of city planners for years now — … Continue reading
With Shael Polakow-Suransky looking set to become Cathie Black’s lieutenant atop the New York City schools system (as a condition of Black getting the top job), I dig up my notes from an interview with Polakow-Suransky I conducted back in … Continue reading
From yesterday’s New York Times, on New York City’s proposed new top education officer: When it comes to education credentials, Shael Polakow-Suransky fills a lot of the holes in Cathleen P. Black’s résumé. He is a byproduct of a public … Continue reading