#Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — March 20, 2022” Diners’ woesI used to dine at Manhattan restaurants about two evenings a week, but I no longer do, primarily because parking has become too difficult as bicycle lanes and racks have taken the spaces (“NYC’s Devastated Eateries,” Editorial, March 15). In nice weather, I would sometimes walk,…

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#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID

#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID

“#Students return from break to find teachers out over COVID” Many Big Apple school kids returned to their classrooms Monday from the Christmas-New Year’s break to find something missing — their teachers. The latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left city schools struggling to operate amid mass staff shortages following the holiday — as parents…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 1, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 1, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 1, 2021” The Issue: Incoming city Comptroller Brad Lander taking an NYPD security detail. As of Dec. 26, The Bronx has endured a 35 percent increase in murder, an 11 percent increase in rape, a 14 percent increase in robberies, a 6 percent increase in felony assaults, 13 percent…

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#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools

#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools

“#UFT finally gets something right, standing up for safe schools” For all our criticism of the United Federation of Teachers and its leader Michael Mulgrew, we appreciate the union’s strong stand against the transfer of school safety duties from the NYPD to the Department of Education. The UFT’s Delegate Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a…

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#Bill de Blasio announces new weekly COVID-19 school testing

#Bill de Blasio announces new weekly COVID-19 school testing

“#Bill de Blasio announces new weekly COVID-19 school testing” Students and staff at New York City public schools will be tested every week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday — a day after the city’s teachers union demand ramped up testing frequency.  “We will now go to weekly testing. We’ll be testing in elementary, middle and high…

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