While their peers attend universal pre-K programs across the city, many children with special needs are still waiting for seats. New York City is in need of more than 400 special education preschool seats as of May 29, according to a recently re-released New York State Education Department memo. While the city’s newest budget agreement allots […]
Brooklyn Democrats will head to the polls tomorrow to vote on three judicial seats, including two countywide races: the Surrogate’s Court and the Civil Court. It’s the first June primary after lawmakers decided to bump up the dates for state races, and without any headline-grabbing contests it risks a record-low turnout. But these seats are […]
Real estate and floor space, infrastructure, diversity and creative “collisions” are some of the reasons Brooklyn is so attractive to start-ups — but if the city doesn’t fix some nagging problems, that growth could slow, according to experts at a symposium on Friday sponsored by the Center for an Urban Future. Two panels packed with […]