This summer, six students enrolled in Professor Jeffrey Insko’s Literature and Social Engagement course wrote a series of essays examining the social, cultural and theoretical aspects of Line 5. These essays, which are published on the Line 6B Citizens’ Blog, seek to address how we know Line 5, rather than considering the ways we have.
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arrow A four-year-old, Pedro Garcia, attending school at the Mosaic Pre-K Center in Queens on Sept. 21. Mark Lennihan/AP/Shutterstock
The contract with the educational company that administers the Gifted & Talented test for public school preschoolers narrowly failed to win approval from the city’s education board Thursday, jeopardizing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to hold the test in April for the last time.
The vote on renewing the $1.7 million contract with NCS Pearson came in the early morning hours Thursday after a marathon session of the Panel for Educational Policy, the committee made up of 15 appointed members and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza.
New York City Pension Trustees Voted to Divest Estimated $4 Billion in Fossil Fuel Securities
Posted on 01/25/2021
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer, along with trustees of two of the City’s pension funds, announced these funds have voted to divest their portfolios of an estimated US$ 4 billion from securities related to fossil fuel companies. The divestment, expected to be one of the largest in the world, will address the significant financial and environmental risks that these fossil fuel holdings pose to the funds. In 2018, New York City became the first major city in the nation to commit to divesting major public pension funds from fossil fuel reserve companies. Since the initial announcement hundreds of other institutions, governments, and entities have joined this commitment.