Food Banks? Sandra Lee Enthuses. Budget? No Comment.
By ASHLEY PARKER and THOMAS KAPLAN
The Food Network star held what she called “the world’s largest bake sale” to benefit a New York food bank but had nothing to say about a freeze in financing.
In City Schools, Tech Spending to Rise Despite Cuts
By SHARON OTTERMAN
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The city is making an effort to move toward computer-based learning and testing programs.
Some local officials are questioning a spending increase as New York City is planning to cut 6,100 teaching positions.
Promoting Bicycle Lanes as if They Were on the Ballot
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
A campaign-savvy deputy mayor is leading an effort to convince residents that bike lanes are a good thing.
Former PTA Treasurer at Brooklyn School Is Indicted in Theft of $100,000
By ANDY NEWMAN
Providence Hogan, 43, a spa owner, is accused of embezzling about $100,000 from Public School 29 in Cobble Hill.
Planners of Mosque Considering New Project
By PAUL VITELLO
Founders of the plan to build a Muslim community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan are exploring a new interfaith cultural center on the site.
After Fire Kills 3, Returning to Salvage Urn With Another Daughter’s Ashes
By LIZ ROBBINS
Theresa Wilson returned to the site of the blaze to recover the urn containing the ashes of another daughter.
State Agency Puts Off Vote on Cable for Power
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
The trustees of the New York Power Authority did not discuss a proposed power cable between Manhattan and New Jersey, after complaints that the terms of the contract had not been disclosed.
Cuomo to Tighten Requirements for Workers in Homes for Disabled
By DANNY HAKIM
The first steps are unlikely to mollify advocates and aggrieved parents, long frustrated by widespread problems of brutality and neglect.
Mexican Immigrants Face Darkest Housing Picture
By KIRK SEMPLE
For this immigrant group, overcrowding is the worst and costs are the highest, according to a new report to be released Wednesday.
High School Graduation Rate in the City Is Lower Than Reported
By SHARON OTTERMAN
New audit shows the city’s graduation rate for 2008 was actually 62.9 percent, not 65.5 percent, for non-special-education students.
March 30, 2011
Morning Buzz | More Technology in the Classroom
By JASON TOMASSINI
Also in the news: a new plan for the Islamic community center site, President Obama in Manhattan, an arrest in a string of bank robberies, and the latest on the missing cobra.
March 29, 2011
3 of 14 Pit Bulls Hurt in Bronx Fire Were Euthanized
By COREY KILGANNON
Of the 14 pit bulls brought to safety three weeks ago, three have been euthanized, rescue officials say. Three others could be too, if they are not adopted.
March 29, 2011
For a Hot-and-Cold March, 1921 Has 2011 Beat
By ANDY NEWMAN
The temperature stood at 78 degrees that March 28 afternoon, the Times reported, then the gale swept in, and by the next morning the mercury stood at 25.
March 29, 2011
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N.Y. See: Sandra Lee, Food Network star and girlfriend of the governor, hosted the "World's Largest Bake Sale."
About New York
A Victim, Her Picture and Facebook
By JIM DWYER
The family of a murder victim whose body was the subject of a photo posted on Facebook says it is suing to prevent other families from experiencing the same thing.
Calculating Luck
By ALAN FEUER
For many regular lottery players, how they choose their numbers is important — whether it’s picking digits with personal meaning or asking a stranger on the street.
A Place to Connect
A look inside a senior center in Rockaway Beach, one of 105 threatened with closing due to state budget cuts.
Interactive Feature: A Frontier in Photojournalism
The media’s coverage of the Triangle Waist Factory fire helped to embed the blaze, and its aftermath, in the public’s conscience.
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The 1911 Triangle Fire
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LENS
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A weekly photo series by Béatrice de Géa portraying New Yorkers who have been deprived of one sense or another.
End in Sight for 'The Divine Sister'
March 21, 2011
Curtain Down, Heads Up: Readers Review 'Arcadia'
March 21, 2011
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