overcrowding

2,406 students are currently on waitlists for zoned kindergartens across the city.

Daniel McCormick, assistant principal at E. Harlem's G&T school, will lead the UES's new P.S. 527.

Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said the city schools are not as overcrowded as critics fear.

Education officials re-opened the door, Monday night, to a plan that could ease overcrowding at P.S. 116.

The Department of Education declined a request to ease overcrowding at Kips Bay's P.S. 116, but parents vowed to keep fighting.

The decision to downsize a new public school near Union Square was driven by fears that angry residents would sue the city.

Community Board 5's education committee unanimously rejected the city's proposed school rezoning plan, arguing it fails to solve overcrowding.

Residents and community board members are locked in a battle over a new school on East 15th Street.

When the Department of Education recently announced a new round of proposed changes to the neighborhood's school zones, brokers have been bracing for the changes.

Parents who waited months to be in P.S. 11's school zone are furious they may soon have to send their children to P.S. 33 instead.

CB12 recommended against renewing the Lighthouse Cafe's liquor license after repeated problems at the location.

Parents at the Spruce Street School say the Education Department admitted too many kindergarten classes for next year.

Restored state funding will allow the city to build nearly 12,000 new school seats, Walcott said.

Neighbors can sound off Wednesday on the potential move of one of the city's most popular schools to Hell's Kitchen.

East Village Community School wants to be considered for available school space due to overcrowding and renovations.