Photo by Douglas Kiddie.
May 30, 2012 Weather: Morning Showers, High of 80 Degrees.
Notices:
We have a hearty list of events up for the rest of the week, including Twelfth Night in Central Park (not the official Shakespeare in the Park), a spring fair, readings, music, The Seven-Year Itch, a climate change talk, and more.
News:
Julie Warning, a 26-year-old global studies teacher at the Manhattan Theater Lab High School near Lincoln Center, was allegedly seen kissing an 18-year-old student in a park in Greenwich Village. One of her students caught them on camera. The Department of Education reassigned her to an administrative role and is investigating. (NY Post)
The Upper West Side won’t get to participate in the city’s bike share program until June 2013, said Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn at a hearing yesterday. After initial plans indicated the UWS would get to participate in the bike-share this summer, the delays continue to stretch. (WNYC)
A new bill could make it easier to fire teachers accused of sexual misconduct. (DNAinfo)
Old ice cream signs on Columbus Avenue hearken back to a sweet era on the Upper West Side. (Ephemeral New York)
The arguments and math supporting NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policies don’t hold up, says Michael Powell. (NY Times)
When developers promise to add “affordable” apartments to their developments, those units are often delayed. (WSJ)
