BRANDEIS PREPARES TO CLOSE

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With a low four-year graduation rate and slow academic progress, the Department of Education announced last week that it would phase out Brandeis High School, on West 84th Street, starting this September. Brandeis, which is open to students citywide and does not screen admissions based on academics, will not accept a new class of 9th
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BEDBUG BILLS

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Amidst increased reports of bedbug infestations, a City Council committee is slated to hold a Feb. 24 hearing to discuss Council Member Gale Brewer’s bills to curb the outbreak. Brewer sponsored three bills that would create a bedbug task force, outline safe disposal of infested mattresses and furniture, and institute a training program for pest
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NEW LOOK FOR OLD TAVERN

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The city’s parks department is accepting proposals for the renovation and operation of the iconic restaurant Tavern on the Green. The department is issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the 74-year-old restaurant near the West 67th Street entrance of Central Park. Successful proposals will show deference to the building’s original Victorian Gothic architecture and
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TORRE BOOK’S NOT THE ONLY TELL-ALL

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These days, even a pro athlete of completely modest standing is famous enough to warrant a Hail Mary by the publishing industry. And so the past two decades have witnessed autobiography after autobiography, almost all ghostwritten, by sporting stars both big and small. Most of them are formulaic and quickly forgotten, but every once in
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TIGHTENING THEIR BELTS

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“Doomsday,” “draconian” and “drastic” are a couple of words to describe New York State and City budget proposals. As legislative leaders tussle with executives over onerous cuts, local institutions, nonprofits and museums that rely on government assistance are feeling the hurt. “Most of these nonprofits get funding from all three levels of government in various
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ALBANY MOVES ON RENT LAW

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The Assembly passed the first broad package of bills revising the state’s rent regulation laws last week. Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal drafted a bill hat would lift the $2,000 cap on protecting rent regulated apartments. Currently, landlords can remove apartments from rent regulation if the rent is $2,000 or more a month, and then rent
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STIMULUS FUNDS TO MTA

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Once the U.S. Senate votes on the House-approved stimulus package, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could stand to receive $1.7 billion in federal aid. This money will go toward capital projects like the Second Avenue subway, which is threatened by the MTA’s budget problems. “We have proposed a long list of projects which will be pared
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COOKING CAMP FOR CHILDREN

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The Sylvia Center is offering weeklong cooking camps for 2009 winter and spring school holidays. Corinne Trang, a cookbook author and mother living in the city, crafted the curriculum. Students will learn how to cook a variety of dishes using organic food. The Sylvia Center focuses on nutritional education for school children. The fee per
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EMPTY SPACES LOOM ON BROADWAY

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Walking around Broadway’s bustling shops and restaurants, it’s easy to momentarily forget about the economic crisis. But the “going out of business” banners looming over the two liquidating Circuit City stores on the Upper West Side are, quite literally, signs of the times. Earlier this month, the company announced that it would be going out
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