By Carmen Fariña NYC Schools Chancellor
I grew up speaking Spanish with my parents, who fled their native Spain during its Civil War and settled in Brooklyn. I didn’t know any English when I started kindergarten and the teacher marked me absent for six weeks because I didn’t understand her mangled pronunciation of my last name. Continue reading
We just received an email from Ingrid Floyd, Executive Director at Iris house who will donate funds to by way our your purchases at Smile.Amazon.com partnership.Continue reading
New York City is getting a new medical school in Harlem with the goal of training more doctors to practice in underserved communities across the state.Continue reading
Demonstrating the significant upswing in the New York City residential sales market, all five boroughs saw increases in total consideration, sales volume, and average sales prices in the second quarter of 2015, according to the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) Second Quarter Residential Sales Report.Continue reading
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On June 29th, pre-K waitlists are opening today! The NYC Department of Education is trying to make it as easy as possible for every family from Harlem to Hollis to find a great program and register their child. Continue reading
New York City's Rent Guidelines Board took an unprecedented step Monday, voting for the first time to freeze rents on one-year leases for tenants in rent-stabilized apartments.Continue reading
