Tag: New York

New York car dealerships to pay $14M for allegedly ‘jamming’ consumers

LocalLabs News Service · June 25, 2015 3:18 pm

Dental management company to pay New York $450K to settle lawsuit

LocalLabs News Service · June 25, 2015 3:14 pm

Lyft to pay New York $300K for allegedly violating state law

LocalLabs News Service · June 25, 2015 3:07 pm

School districts in which more students opted out had widely varying characteristics, but leaned toward serving wealthier students. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Who’s opting out of Common Core tests?

Jason Russell · June 18, 2015 8:43 pm

N.Y. AG suing The College Network

LocalLabs News Service · June 16, 2015 11:37 am

Rep. John Katko, R-N.Y., led the task force to incarcerate Quante Wright ten years ago. (AP file)

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You’ll never guess who spoke at this ex-prisoner’s graduation

Emily Leayman · June 15, 2015 6:39 pm

Supporters of public schools turn their backs on the East Ramapo school board during a meeting on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Spring Valley, N.Y. Allegations of racism and anti-Semitism are afflicting the district, where the board is dominated by ultra-Orthodox Jews and the public school children are mostly black and Hispanic. (AP Photo/Jim Fitzgerald)

Public schooling hurts when you’re not the majority

Neal McCluskey · June 15, 2015 9:00 am

Andrew Cuomo screened "The Hunting Ground" for a private audience at the Lincoln Center last week, and promoted his "Enough is Enough" strategy for combating campus sexual assault. (AP Photo)Â

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacts policy based on propaganda film

Ashe Schow · June 12, 2015 4:35 pm

Nearly every state has horror stories of bad teachers who just can't be fired because their laws make it so there's no legal grounds for dismissal. (AP Photo)Â

Beltway Confidential

Public schools profit from failure

Jason Russell · June 10, 2015 9:15 pm

NYCAL plaintiffs say no need to stay cases to create new case management practices

John O'brien · June 10, 2015 3:22 pm

Walmart settles pollution allegations with N.Y. AG

LocalLabs News Service · June 9, 2015 2:27 pm

Just over one-quarter of greater New York fast-food joints would close if they had to pay their workers a $15-an-hour minimum wage, a survey of restaurant owners found. (AP Photo)

Quarter of NYC fast-food joints would close under $15 minimum: Survey

Sean Higgins · June 4, 2015 5:22 pm