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Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade. If that continues, we are in serious trouble.
Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting at a rapidly increasing rate, now pouring more than 200 billion tons of ice into the ocean annually and raising sea levels a half-millimeter every year, a team of 80 scientists reported Wednesday.<p>The melt rate has tripled in the past decade, the study concluded. If …
Global WarmingFederal Judge Stumps Trial Lawyers Handling NYC’s Climate Lawsuit With One Question
9:02 PM 06/13/2018<p>A federal judge posed a question to lawyers representing New York City in its global warming lawsuit against five major oil …
Conservative ViewNew York City Liberals Give the Shaft to Children of Legal Immigrants
“I also have a dream.”<p>This rallying cry, handwritten on a simple white placard held up by an Asian-American mom at a protest this week against …
Conservative ViewDe Blasio’s Plan for NYC Schools Isn’t Anti-Asian. It’s Anti-Racist.
Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York has introduced a plan to change the way students will be chosen for eight of the city’s elite specialized high schools. Under his proposal, 20 percent of seats at the schools would be reserved for students from under-resourced middle schools who score just below the …
EducationCouncil fights ticket blitz with bill to reimburse business owners for awning fines
Espinal says stores deserve some kind of sign before having to pay<p>Call it a sign of the times.<p>The City Council is weighing a proposal that would wipe …
City PoliticsMaino Made A ‘Hey Big Head’ Text Come To Life At Lil Kim’s Proclamation Ceremony
Rapper <b>Maino</b> was trying to shoot his shot with <b>Lil Kim</b> (again) at the worst of time, and chick was mad annoyed. More inside... It was a big day for Lil …
Rap & Hip-HopOil Companies Seek to Dismiss New York City’s Climate-Change Lawsuit
Oil firms argue that questions raised are for Congress and regulators, not court in New York<p>Lawyers for five major oil companies asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit filed by New York City, arguing they shouldn’t be held responsible for damages the city says are caused by climate …
Oil & Gas IndustryEight firefighters suspended over FDNY Medal Day brawl
The FDNY has suspended eight firefighters involved in a bare-knuckled brawl hours after the department’s Medal Day ceremony, officials said Wednesday.<p>…
Fire FightingThe drive to jail NYCHA’s fraudsters
In his comments on Monday’s settlement concerning the city Housing Authority, US Attorney Geoffrey Berman pointedly did not rule out criminal charges …
City PoliticsTim Snyder: The Road to Unfreedom
The gist of Tim Snyder’s new book is this: Vladimir Putin is running us. One wishes that Tim Snyder’s new <i>The Road to Unfreedom</i> were shorter, or at …
BuffaloKey developments in case of 2 slain NYPD officers
Two New York Police Department officers were ambushed last weekend by Ismaaiyl Brinsley after he had made threatening posts online, including references to high-profile cases of white police officers killing unarmed black men and a vow to put "wings on pigs." After shooting the officers, Brinsley …
Law EnforcementLower Standards Endanger Nation's Safety, Security
Liberal policies systematically dumb down the U.S., even at the expense of public safety, in order to achieve their perception of an ideal racial …
Conservative ViewNo Ethnic Group Owns Stuyvesant. All New Yorkers Do.
Like many alumni of Stuyvesant, the city’s premier public specialized high school, I believe that admission to the school was one of the seminal events of my life. I came from a public middle school; my father was an insurance broker on Coney Island Avenue and my mother was an immigrant who worked …
EducationNew York City’s Elite High School Problem Isn’t a High School Problem
Here’s a bit of statistical reckoning for you to ponder today. New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio wants to get more black kids into his city’s …
EducationNYPD Faces Scrutiny Over How It Determines Who Is a Gang Member
The NYPD is facing increasing backlash over a lack of transparency about the process by which it determines who is included in its gang database, as …
New York City PoliticsA Minneapolis Cannabis Sting That Targeted Minorities Has Been Reversed
by Josh JardineHennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, where a sting targeting low-level cannabis sales was started and quickly ended. JOECHRISTENSEN …
JusticeHave You Taken the Specialized High Schools Exam?
There are eight specialized high schools in New York City that admit students based on their performance on a single, one-day test. While the number of students they serve is relatively small, they take on outsize importance because they are among the most prestigious schools in the city — like …
New York CityUber’s goodwill campaign arrives in New York City
With momentum building in New York City to curb the growth of companies like Uber, the corporation’s CEO spent Monday recasting the Silicon Valley unicorn with the bad-boy reputation as Mr. Nice Guy.<p>Dara Khosrowshahi, the former Expedia CEO who's been trying to reshape Uber since replacing Travis …
New York CityRats Love Bed-Stuy In The Summer, Study Finds
There were more than 1,000 unique rat complaints in Bed-Stuy last year. The complaints were not about rats with interesting …
ManhattanCritics, Community Leaders Question Use Of NYPD's Gang Database
<b>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)</b> — The NYPD’s gang database is a list designed to fight gangs in the city, but some argue it’s being used to brand the …
City PoliticsBrooklyn Navy Yard to build 230K square feet above parking garage
Deal to build 230,000 square feet above garage<p>The Brooklyn Navy Yard is exercising an option to build ground-up office and light-manufacturing space …
Real EstateMan loses bid to sue over ‘pink undies’ arrest
A New York City street performer failed to convince a Manhattan federal jury that the cop who now heads Mayor de Blasio’s security detail wrongfully …
DemonstrationIn a politically charged town hall, Carranza tackles segregation, testing, and charter schools
In his more than two months in office, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza has already found himself at the center of several explosive education …
New York StateBest way to aid underrepresented students not so clear cut
The alumni association at the high school I graduated from, let’s just say a few years ago, is urging alumni to oppose legislation it considers …
College & UniversityNew York City seeks to dismiss property-tax lawsuit by civil rights and real estate groups
Nothing's certain but court and taxes.<p>The city and an unlikely alliance of civil rights advocacy groups and real estate power players will face off …
Real EstateDe Blasio’s ‘desegregation’ plan is an insult to Asian-Americans
Mayor Bill de Blasio has had four and a half years to improve our segregated public-school system — to fix its systemic failures from kindergarten …
Social JusticeProposal to change admissions process for NYC specialized public high schools
A plan to diversify New York City’s most elite public high schools is drawing fire from the minority group that has come to dominate the schools in …
Civil RightsSouthern Baptists' #Metoo Moment, Speak to Speaker, The Eights: 2008 and Obama, & Leadership beyond Diversity
• <b>Corey Johnson</b>, Speaker of the New York City Council -- representing District 3 covering Hell’s Kitchen, Chelsea, the West Village, and parts of Flatiron, SoHo and the Upper West Sidetalks about the City Council's, responsds to Mayor de Blasio's executive budget and other city news.<p><b>Donna Brazile</b>, …
New York City CouncilTHE $19 BILLION SUBWAY FIX
A decade of transit delays looms for New Yorkers as the subway system is repaired. But, will Governor Cuomo approve the $19 billion price tag that …
Bill de BlasioWhat's wrong with the NYPD's gang database: It's overbroad and stigmatizing
For months, President Trump's White House has relied, in large part, on fears of transnational gangs in order to justify questionable immigration …
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