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City Kids Head Back to School
by Elaine Rivera
September 02, 2008
Class is back in session for more than a million New York City public school students. Atara James is among the thousands of parents who dropped their children off at school for the first day today.....
Speech Seen as Closure for Clinton Supporters
by Elaine Rivera
August 27, 2008
New York delegates were among the Democrats who gave Hillary Clinton a rousing ovation on the second night of their national convention. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion says he saw the reacti....
Clinton Pushes Unity Message to N.Y. Delegation
by Elaine Rivera
August 25, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton received a rousing ovation from New York State Delegation as she told them that the Democratic Party is united and she will make every effort to help her former rival Barack Obam....
NYS Delegates: Novice Joins Expert at Conventions in Denver
by Elaine Rivera
August 21, 2008
The New York state Democratic delegation - with 289 members - will be sending the second-largest number of delegates to the Democratic National Convention later this month. WNYC Elaine Rivera spent t....
NY High Schools See Modest Graduation Rate Increase
by Elaine Rivera
August 12, 2008
New York City graduation rates made a modest increase in the past two years. In 2007 the rate rose by about 5.7 percent. WNYC's Elaine Rivera reports. REPORTER: Both education advocates and the Bl....
City High School Graduation Rates Up
by Elaine Rivera
August 11, 2008
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is lauding some new success in high school graduation rates which have reached a new 52.2 percent on average, that number goes up some if you count August graduates, too. Edu....
Economic Cabinet to Hold Town Hall Meeting
by Elaine Rivera
July 31, 2008
Heads of 20 top state agencies will hold a town hall meeting in Queens this evening to get input from the public on how the sagging economy is affecting their lives. The officials, part of state's E....
Report Recommends Vocational Schools Overhaul
by Elaine Rivera
July 31, 2008
The Bloomberg administration has released a report that recommends a major overhaul of the city's 21 vocational schools. It says technical schools haven't been meeting industry demands for highly sk....
Rangel Invites Ethics Probe of His Fundraising
by Elaine Rivera
July 18, 2008
Congressman Charles Rangel defended his fund-raising efforts for a new academic center at City College that will bear his name. And he urged the House Ethics Committee to investigate whether he's do....
Rangel Defends Himself From New Charges
by Elaine Rivera
July 17, 2008
Rep. Charles Rangel continues to make headlines as he defends himself twice in a week against critical stories questioning his ethics. A report in the Washington Post accuses Rangel of using congr....
Rape Kits Will Collect Evidence from Suspects, Too
by Elaine Rivera
July 14, 2008
Rape kits are typically used on sexual assault victims, to collect physical evidence for law enforcement officials to use to get convictions. Now, rape kits will also be used on rape suspects, to doc....
Rangel Deal Irks Harlem Residents
by Elaine Rivera
July 11, 2008
The disclosure that Congressman Charles Rangel has four rent-controlled apartments hit a sensitive nerve among New Yorkers. In Harlem, residents were divided about Rangel's living accommodations. At....
Rangel: Nothing Wrong with Rent Breaks
by Elaine Rivera
July 11, 2008
Congressman Charles Rangel says there's nothing wrong with paying about half the market rate for four rent-stabilized apartments at a prestigious Harlem address. RANGEL: I don't see anything unfair ....
David Paterson's First 100 Days As Governor
by Elaine Rivera
June 30, 2008
It's been 100 days since Gov. David Paterson took over the top job in New York State government, following Eliot Spitzer’s spectacular fall amidst a call-girl scandal. WNYC’s Elaine Rivera is he....
Paterson Seeks to Reform Excusionary Bond Sale Procedure
by Elaine Rivera
June 27, 2008
Gov. David Paterson says while strides have been made in connecting women and minority-owned businesses in construction and communications to state contracts, there has been a real lack of progress f....
Paterson Expresses Confidence in Skelos as GOP Leader
by Elaine Rivera
June 25, 2008
After giving the commencement speech for Harlem's Frederick Douglass Academy graduates, Governor David Paterson expressed his full confidence in the newly-selected Republican State Senate Majority Le....
Public Hearings On Education Funding
by Elaine Rivera
June 10, 2008
The Department of Education is holding public hearings across the boroughs this week on the city's controversial contracts for excellence school funding proposal. The public will get to chime in on S....
Students Protest City Education Cuts
by Elaine Rivera
June 05, 2008
More than 100 public school teenagers and members of student groups rallied in front of City Hall to protest Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed $450 million budget cuts. The students say the mayor's....
Gotbaum Calls for Pre-K Admissions Overhaul
by Elaine Rivera
June 04, 2008
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum is calling on the Department of Education to overhaul its centralized pre-kindergarten admissions process. She contends that her office has received numerous complaints ....
New Lawsuit in Steam Pipe Blast
by Elaine Rivera
May 30, 2008
Con Edison has filed a lawsuit against the city and a private company over last year's midtown steam pipe explosion. Con Ed says the city and Texas-based Team Industrial Services were negligent in m....
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