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News Articles by Beth Fertig

Final Voyage of Broadway Local No. 9

May 31, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Subway riders in Harlem and the Bronx can say goodbye to the number 9 train. Yesterday, it made its final voyage. From now, the 1 line will make all local stops. The 9 train started running in 198....

AIDS Group Settles for Millions Against City

May 27, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The City has agreed to pay almost $5 million to the AIDS service group Housing Works to settle an eight year old lawsuit. The suit was filed in 1997 against then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani and various c....

Flushing School Serves Immigrant Students

May 23, 2005

by Beth Fertig

There are more immigrants living in New York City than at any time since the 1920s. Thirty six percent of all New Yorkers were born outside the United States, according to the 2000 Census. The ....

4th Grade English Scores Rise 10%

May 19, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Fourth grade English scores in New York City went up 10 percentage points, the largest one-year gain to date. WNYC's Beth Fertig has more. Almost 60 percent of city fourth graders met state standard....

It's Back to Class for Safety Agents

May 09, 2005

by Beth Fertig

School safety agents are going back to class; they're taking a brief course on tolerance and diversity. The one-day classes will be given by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Its Tolerance program is alr....

Token Booth Clerks Lose Their Booths

May 03, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The first phase of the Transit Authority's plan to move clerks out of their token booths starts in 3 weeks, when agents at seven stations in Manhattan and one in Brooklyn will move to other side of t....

School Safety Agents Cause Tensions

May 03, 2005

by Beth Fertig

It was just over a year ago that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration sent hundreds of extra safety agents and police officers to the city’s most troubled schools, following an outbreak of vi....

MTA Puts Off Renovations

April 29, 2005

by Beth Fertig

MTA board members reluctantly voted to postpone renovating 12 subway stations because Albany's budget fell short of what they requested. As WNYC's Beth Fertig reports, the Second Avenue Subway and a....

Subway Thieves Focus on Cell Phones, Ipods

April 28, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The Transit Authority says extra police added to buses and subways ended an uptick in crime, but that thefts of portable MP3 players and cell phones are still sharply on the rise. There was an 18 pe....

Chancellor Thinks Assist. Principal Will be Removed

April 26, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein says he anticipates that an Assistant Principal in Queens will be removed from her job now that an investigation has confirmed that she called a class of Haitian student....

City Removes Teacher Guilty of Sexual Misconduct

April 22, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The city has won its fight to remove a teacher who was found guilty of sexual misconduct in 1998. The victory comes as Mayor Bloomberg says the recent cases involving teachers charged with sexual mi....

TA Tries to Improve Service

April 14, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The President of the New York City Transit Authority said his agency is trying to improve service delays, which went up by 12 percent last year. TA President Lawrence Reuter said the agency is doing....

Parents Call for Principal's Ouster

April 13, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Haitian parents and community members are demanding that Chancellor Joel Klein fire the principal and assistant principal of an elementary school in Queens Village, over allegations of racist behavio....

DA Dismisses Charges on Bronx Principal

April 12, 2005

by Beth Fertig

The Bronx district attorney has agreed to dismiss the charges against a principal accused of assaulting a police officer. Michael Soguero was arrested in February for allegedly trying to prevent an ....

Columbia Starts Formal Complaint Procedure

April 12, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Columbia University will implement a more formal procedure for students to complain about their professors. The move follows the controversy over a Middle East studies professor accused of creating ....

Report Released on Trade Center Collapse

April 06, 2005

by Beth Fertig

It’s been three and a half years since the World Trade Center was destroyed by terrorists. Yesterday, federal investigators released their most comprehensive report yet on how the Twin Towers colla....

Federal Report on WTC Collapse Released

April 05, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Federal investigators today, will release their most-detailed analysis of why the World Trade Center collapsed. Federal investigators have already hypothesized that the towers didn't fall because of....

Keeping Building Security Secure

April 02, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Government agencies like the FBI and police departments aren’t the only ones dealing with a security clampdown in the years after the September 11th terrorist attacks. Those involved in designing ....

CUNY Programs Helps Small Law Firms

March 30, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Not all New York lawyers make six figure salaries and get to work in offices with expensive art and views of the Manhattan skyline. The New York State Bar Association says about a quarter of its memb....

Shocking Street Light Will Get Fixed

March 25, 2005

by Beth Fertig

Con Ed says it didn't know about a partially open street light in Chelsea, near where a dog was shocked by stray voltage. Last year a woman was killed by stray voltage, and at least three dogs have b....