From Urban Jungle to Jungle Gym
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A Long Island City elementary school is celebrating the transformation of a barren lot into a state-of-the-art playground that students played a big role in designing.
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Rally for Ousted Principal
A group of elected officials called on the city’s mayor and schools chancellor to reinstate the former principal of the embattled Khalil Gibran International Academy, a Brooklyn school that emphasizes Arab studies, culture and language.
The demand, made Sept. 19 outside Department of Education headquarters in lower Manhattan, marked the first time local elected officials have publicly backed ousted educator Debbie Almontaser.
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Nature Calls in Jamaica Bay
Volunteers raced against the clock to collect, identify and count as many living things as they could find in 24 hours at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge recently.
WILD LIFE: John-Kaarli Rentof, 12, makes a friend at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
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The 250 nature enthusiasts — ages 2 to 81 — hiked the 9,000-acre grounds armed with butterfly nets and binoculars as part of the park’s first BioBlitz, organized by Queens College and the Jamaica Bay Institute.
The tally: 665 species, including birds, mammals, insects and fish.
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Home Wreck Displaces Tenants
Like many of her neighbors, Ethel Thaim grabbed the bare essentials from her apartment before the Fire Department evacuated her unsafe West Harlem building. Now the displaced resident of 305 W. 150th St., is living in an uptown shelter, trying to piece her life back together. More »
Protesters Can’t Rain on Parade
City Hall was bombarded with phone calls, letters and e-mails generated by an Internet campaign aimed at stopping the 22nd annual United American Muslim Day Parade along Madison Avenue, city officials said. More »
Strike Drives Away Cabbies
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 RADIO REPORT: While the city and union bickered over how many cabbies participated in the recent two-day taxi strike, the Punjabi Deli, a popular drivers’ hangout in the East Village, was feeling the effects of the walkout. Manager Gurjinder Singh (left) said his business was down 50 percent, Brigid Bergin reports in this piece featured on WNYC Radio. |
Arabic School Opens to Debate
The reporters and cameras swarming the new Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn yesterday and the controversy surrounding the school in recent months didn’t bother Najat Handou. What mattered to her is that her son is to learn Arabic.
