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News Articles by Beth Fertig

Special Ed Enrollment Rising in Some Small High Schools

December 05, 2007

by Beth Fertig

New York City has opened about 200 small new schools since Mayor Bloomberg took office. The effort is part of a national movement to phase out large failing high schools. Many education advocates bel....

Trash on the Tracks: Recycling in NYC's Subways

November 29, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Recycling is the law of the state, and New Yorkers are used to seeing blue and green bins in their communities and at public agencies. But not in the subway system. New York City Transit has a comple....

Retirements Among Air Traffic Controllers Mean More Jobs

November 16, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Laguardia, Newark and Kennedy consistently have the most delays of any of the nation’s airports. Every hour, they each handle between 80 and 100 arriving and departing planes. All of that traffic i....

Concern over city plan to build schools in contaminated area

November 12, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Some Bronx residents want the city to conduct an extra review of its plans to build 4 new schools on a former manufacturing site in Mott Haven. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTER: The new schools....

Grand Central Shuttle Gets Riders Highest Ratings

November 09, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Subway riders have given the 42nd Street Shuttle a B-minus, the highest grade so far of the 11 lines that have gotten passenger reviews. Results for two other west side lines came in with the number....

Union Prevented from Automatically Collecting Member Dues

November 09, 2007

by Beth Fertig

A Brooklyn judge has ruled that the Transport Workers Union cannot resume automatically deducting membership dues from the paychecks of bus and subway workers. The so-called dues checkoff was taken ....

A Train Incident Injures Transit Worker

November 06, 2007

by Beth Fertig

A subway motorman was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital after a southbound M train leaving City Hall-Chambers Street struck a bumper block at the end of the station at around 11 o'clock this morning. N....

City Schools Get Graded

November 05, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Most of the city's 14-hundred public school principals got their grades today, as the city gave out its first ever progress reports. As WNYC's Beth Fertig reports, there were many surprises. REPORTE....

Transit Union Has to Promise Never to Strike Again

November 02, 2007

by Beth Fertig

The MTA is willing to let the transit union collect dues from its members again unless it threatens another strike. The union lost its right to automatically take dues from members' paychecks after t....

City Principals Get Graded

November 01, 2007

by Beth Fertig

City principals will get their grades next week. The Education Department is handing out it’s first-ever progress reports. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTER: The reports will have A through F ....

City Schools Change Admissions to Gifted Programs

October 30, 2007

by Beth Fertig

New York City is making the admissions process for gifted and talented programs in the public schools more uniform. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. The city is planning to guarantee admission to a loca....

MTA: Fare Hike A "Go"

October 24, 2007

by Beth Fertig

The MTA says it's still planning for a fare hike next year, despite the pleas of transit riders and politicians who showed up for today's monthly board meeting. REPORTER: Westchester Assemblyman Ric....

Washington Meeting Aims to Reduce Area Air Traffic

October 23, 2007

by Beth Fertig

The US Transportation Secretary has scheduled a meeting today in Washington, aimed at reducing delays at JFK airport. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. Traffic at JFK has grown by 40% in the past year an....

Number Seven Train Extension Faces Cost Overruns

October 22, 2007

by Beth Fertig

MTA officials say they won't be able to start construction on a new subway station at 41st Street and 10th avenue unless they come up with an extra $450 million dollars in the next nine months. REPO....

Cash Merits for Successful Teachers

October 18, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Teachers at 200 of the city's lowest performing public schools may be eligible for up to $3,000 each if their scores go up this year. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTER: The teachers union has be....

Transit Advocates Work to Prevent Fare Increase

October 17, 2007

by Beth Fertig

In a preview of the fight to come, a coalition of lawmakers and transit advocates has sent a letter to the MTA asking to postpone any fare hike until April 15th - after the state budget deadline. RE....

Teachers May Earn Cash for Improving Student Achievement Levels

October 17, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Teachers in 200 of the city's low-performing public schools will be eligible for cash rewards if they raise test scores this year. Mayor Bloomberg says the program will encourage teachers to work in ....

Students Could get Paid for High Test Scores

October 15, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Students at 25 city high schools and 6 parochial schools will make extra money if they do well on their Advanced Placement tests. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. REPORTER: The students can earn between....

NYU to Open Campus in Abu Dhabi

October 13, 2007

by Beth Fertig

New York University has made an agreement with the government of Abu Dhabi to build a campus in the Persian Gulf Emirate. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. FERTIG: The campus in Abu Dhabi, in the United ....

MTA Turns to GPS for Keeping Buses On Time

October 10, 2007

by Beth Fertig

Bus riders in Midtown Manhattan and the Upper East Side are seeing the wave of the future: new electronic displays telling them when they can expect the next bus. Fifteen signs have now been installe....