Traffic from Car-Driving Charter School Parents Vexes Upper Manhattan; City Provides No Oversight
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And it is about to get worse as two new charters are planning to open in the area.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Education
Department of Education Kicks Streetsblog out of Media Event Instead of Answering Question on School Street Safety
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The agency's months of silence on the dangers children face walking to and from school continued on Thursday, with the department actually kicking a Streetsblog reporter out of a media event after the reporter tried to ask the schools chancellor a question — a move that one parent said was "deplorable."
UH, THANKS: City Will Turn a Dead-End Block into a Plaza … But Only When Placarded Teachers Go on Recess
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School's out for summer — but will a play street remain when teachers come back?
Friday’s Headlines: What is School Safety Edition
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Schools Chancellor David Banks didn't talk about street safety in a forum on school safety. Plus other news.
Tuesday’s Headlines: School Zones Don’t Have to be Danger Zones Edition
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Our big story today is investigative reporter Jesse Coburn's six-month investigation into roadways around city school buildings (hint: kids are uniquely endangered). Check it out, plus all the other news.
INVESTIGATION: City School Streets are Uniquely Dangerous
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A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.