Dr. Richard Daines, Former Health Commissioner, Dies At 60

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Dr. Richard F. Daines, the former state health commissioner who presided over hospital downsizing, the fight against swine flu and an unsuccessful attempt to enact a soda tax, died Saturday at his family farm in

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Education

Mar 1, 2011

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Too Bad The Mayor Doesn’t Know It, Too

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To paraphrase Ronald Reagan: There he goes again. He is Mayor Michael Bloomberg and he is blaming New York City's public school teachers for the colossal failure of the city's schools yet again. Specifically, he

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Local

Mar 1, 2011

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BCC Cafeteria Workers To Rally

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The cafeteria workers of Bronx Community College found themselves without a job last Friday, February 25, 2011, when food service management company CulinArt, the workers’ employer, lost the contract to run the BCC cafeteria.

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Politics

Feb 27, 2011

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Espada Selling His “Home” In Bronx

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Since he is no longer a state senator, Pedro Espada Jr. no longer has to keep up the pretense that he actually lived in his old stomping grounds—Espada is selling his Bronx co-op apartment, which