Less than a year after the resignation of long-time principal Lee McCaskill, Brooklyn Technical High School has not lost the traits that make it the sorriest of the NYC Specialized High Schools. New principal Randy Asher has overseen a new science lab and, in a display of unusual courage, the installation of vending machines to feed students who, held prisoner by the school’s no-one-leaves-the-building-ever policy, cannot eat lunch.
But negatives remain: staircase explosions and police state conditions give the school a [...]
Posted in The City on January 3rd, 2007 | 
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SOMEWHERE UP IN THE SKY WHERE LATE HUSBANDS BITTERLY WATCH EX WIVES WHOOPING IT UP, Dr. Nicholas Bartha must be wishing he were even deader. We remember him blowing up his brownstone last summer (killing himself in the process) in a desperate attempt to stop the ex Mrs. Bartha from getting the property. Now we learn the bidding deadline for the house passed Tuesday September 26th at three pm. Top bids will be selected by Thursday September 28th; the contract [...]
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I feel bad that a building fell on Jennifer Panicali’s head, but no way would she be the star of this story if she weren’t a) very young and pretty and b) white.
Here’s the NY Post on her attire: “She’s strolling along, casually dressed in a crisp white shirt, short khaki skirt and white shoes, heading west toward her summer job at Parks Department headquarters in Central Park.”
Can’t the Post writers come out and tell us what they’re really [...]
Posted in The City on July 13th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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