The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning, secretary devos. Welcome this morning. Welcome to the subcommittee. This is our second budget hear ing of the year. Today as i was reviewing the budget materials, madam secretary, this much was clear to me. I believe and ive had this conversation before with you, i believe for our student and our country. Instead we need to expand things like childhood education that we know helps students to succeed. We see this in other countries around the globe. They are not shrinking public support but, in fact, are expanding it. Ill get more into the consequences of the cuts you are proposing. But i want to start by examining your privatization philosophy. The full premise on which it is built and the research that it ignores. Contrary to your claims, the nations Public Education system which 90 of our children attend has witnessed significant progress for all groups of students over the last 30 years. Average mathematic scores have improved for
Apartment complex. Now were outside the 108th precinct. Police are questioning the parents. What we have learned is what the parents have told police is a little different than what they told the neighbors, which is also different from what the medical examiner is saying. Jorge baque and his wife called 911 saturday morning. Their 5monthold daughter alaia baque wasnt breathing. Police said they didnt think this was a murder case until homicide. No one was home tuesday because Police Brought the parents here for questioning. The medical examiner says alaia died of head trauma, eight separate skull fractures. Good person. Reporter neighbors say the parents seemed great, but admit they heard a lot of crying. The kid used to cry a lot and they would be out in the hallway with it. I think it is one of those situations where some baies reporter the familys explanation of the death, the baby went to sleep, but didnt wake up. However they told Police Something different. Police sources tell ne
East 198th street. Tracie strahan is there right now. Tracie, i know police are trying to sort this out and get ready to present more information. Reporter thats right, michael. We received a briefing off camera. That 30yearold suspect was able to let off 15 rounds after grabbing that Police Officers gun in one fell swoop out of his holster. One of those bullets struck that 49yearold bodega clerk. I want to show all of this that happened. About 1 08 this morning, according to police, there was a 30yearold suspect that went into one bodega to beg for money or an item. He was kicked out by the store owner or clerk. He then went into a bodega across the street and continued to do the same. That 49yearold store clerk from the previous store tried to alert the people inside about the suspect. But then he just lost control. A struggle that was caught on videotape. They tried to get control of him. That is when two officers from the 52nd precinct came inside and that suspect, 30yearold man gr
In shirley sunday morning and lost control of his car, crossed the median and went airborne. The impact killed the driver, his 27yearold sister and his 10yearold son, christopher. Patricias 3yearold daughter was injured but survived. Their car landed on top of 29 yearold Scott Martella and his fiancie. The crash killing martella. According to their wedding web site, they were set to be Suffolk County executive released a statement honoring martella, his Communications Director. The hundreds of people scott has worked with over the years. Governor cuomo said he was up for any challenge, deeply respected for a strong work eitheric, candor and fighting spirit. Long island is a better place overnight, an 81yearold died of his injuries. He was one of four people inside think blue car crushed during the crash. His wife is in Critical Condition. Magdalena doris, cbs 2 news. All three cars have been impounded by the county police to determine what condition they were in before the crash. Its n
The news is next. Its something from, like, a horror story and i was screaming at the cab driver. Right now, a road rage attack in manhattan. A man crashes his car after being repeatedly stabbed. Good evening. Im dick brennan in for cindy hsu. The suspect is still on the huntoon after the violent confrontation on the Upper East Side. Valerie castro spoke with a woman who saw the whole thing. Reporter dick, the witness says she was screaming and terrified. She watched this all play out from the back of a taxi cab, right here on the Upper East Side. He was in front of the hood of the car, bleeding out. Reporter this witness to a bloody fit of road rage says she cant believe the violence she saw on 61st on the Upper East Side saturday night. It was something from a horror story. Reporter the woman says her cab pulled up behind a gray middle of the street around 11 00. She and the cab driver watched. She says the driver of a blue ford got out and started stabbing the other man. The guy tha