Data from the City’s Department of Education (DOE) indicates that there may be a correlation between the amount an elementary school spends on each student, and how many applications it receives for each available seat. A further connection may be observed between per-student spending and achievement, as measured by standardized test scores. These parallels can...
335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I. 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon’s Rebellion. 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget. 1796 – George Washington’s Farewell Address is printed across...
The season began to change slowly, and then fast; darkness falls early. Summer’s longest days, shortest nights have edged to equal daylight and darkness. The Autumnal Equinox occurs on Friday the 22nd at 4 p.m. Sunrise and sunset times are around 12 hours apart for the rest of the month. From September 1 through early...
A member of the State Assembly who sits on a legislative committee that oversees public agencies such as the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) is also a partner in a firm that earns millions of dollars per year giving financial advice to those same agencies. Robert Rodriguez, a Democratic member of the Assembly who represents...
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage. 1635 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France. 1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington. 1812 – The...
Shari Hyman, the president and chief operating officer of the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) since 2014, is resigning to take a senior post with the Westfield retail complex, at the World Trade Center. BPCA chair Dennis Mehiel recounted Ms. Hyman’s tenure at the Authority by citing, “record amounts of new, free, high-quality community programming;...