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School Faces Unwanted Company
Parents with children at Brooklyn's Seth Low Intermediate School are fighting a proposal that would make their kids share space with charter school students.
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Picturing Girl Power Via School
As part of United Nations campaign to promote education for young women, girls from Egypt, Nepal, Burkina Faso and the U.S. erased a billboard-sized image of girls in factories – and revealed a more positive image of girls in school.
A Welcome Mat for Homeowners
SWEET HOME: The CityLift program helped 133 families become first time homeowners in the Bronx, where less than one out of every five families owns a home.
No Hailing ‘Taxi of Tomorrow’
Advocates for wheelchair-accessible cabs flocked to Manhattan Federal Court to support a lawsuit against the city’s “Taxi of Tomorrow.”
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Free Food for the Furloughed
Cochinita Tacos in Clinton Hill is helping out federal employees during the government shutdown by offering free burritos.
AudioFiles: A Place Called Home
Our podcast looks at what home means to people – and includes a visit to the African Day Parade in Harlem.
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Colorful ‘Reverend’ Goes Green
Performance artist and provocateur Billy Talen went to the Bronx to preach about the perils of climate change.
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Store’s a Stage for a ‘Soprano’
Dominic Chianese of "The Sopranos" leads a band that's taking its act from a Yorkville grocery to a bigger stage.