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Chancellor Dennis Walcott said again Wednesday that over 6,000 teaching jobs are on the chopping block.
The mayor's executive budget for the coming year includes the elimination of more than 6,000 teachers.
The self-financed ad is intended to counter-balance attack ads by the teachers' union and other critics.
Comptroller John Liu said the city shouldn't be spending money to recruit teachers as it's preparing to lay off thousands.
Parents say their voices have been lost in the battle between the teacher's union and the mayor.
Officials and parents lashed out at Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal to lay off 4,700 teachers.
The Spruce Street School would be the most hard-hit by city layoffs, losing three of its six teachers.
The Education Department's list of teacher layoffs would cut as much as 70 percent of teaching staff at some schools.
The United Federation of Teachers has launched a new ad accusing Bloomberg of putting millionaires ahead of students.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio said terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov should be spared the death penalty.
The actress spotted the suspect outside her third-floor balcony, sources said.
A shortage of bilingual therapists has made the problem especially difficult in some districts.
The victim suffered a fractured skull base, multiple spinal fractures, bruised lungs and other injuries.
The break happened just after 4 a.m. on Pacific Street near Albany Avenue.
Officer Ryan Nash shot Sayfullo Saipov who killed eight people with a rented truck, officials said.
The new owners have no plans to change the properties, according to a realtor who brokered the deal.
The deadly attack left eight people dead and a dozen injured, officials said.
Five men from Argentina, a woman from Belgium, a West Village resident and a man from N.J. were killed.
The vote paves the way for developers to build a complex with retail space and 1,146 apartments.
The Queens County Bird Club is hoping to install two bird feeders in the park by the end of November.
Sayfullo Saipov was charged by federal prosecutors on Wednesday with aiding ISIS in a terror attack.
A new art gallery features the work of recovering addicts in East Harlem.
Catwalks, balconies, a secret staircase and elaborate ceiling panels were uncovered at the theater.
Preservation groups are writing letters — in crayon — to the library, which owns the home.