New York City’s specialized high schools represent perhaps the highest-profile symbol of segregation in the nation’s largest school system.
Tag: New York City
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Little Spain Is All but Gone. Will Our Lady of Guadalupe Be Next?
The church on West 14th Street, the first in Manhattan created for a Spanish-speaking congregation a century ago, has been deconsecrated. Its future is uncertain.
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Eric Adams Loves to Tell a Good Story. It Might Even Be True.
The New York City mayor has made an art form of telling stories about himself that are nearly impossible to verify, adding fresh details to often-told anecdotes.
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Why So Many Low-Income Tenants Face Eviction Cases in New York City
Some of the biggest providers of housing for mentally ill and formerly homeless New Yorkers have sued tenants for unpaid rent. While few have been evicted, critics call the process cruel and unnecessary.
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A Veteran Business Journalist (and Wine Lover) Learns an Age-Old Lesson
Sherry-Lehmann Wines & Spirits failed to deliver more than $1 million of wine to customers who paid in advance, he wrote. One of those customers was the reporter himself.