Photo by margory.june via flickr.
April 26, 2012 Weather: Afternoon Showers, High of 57 Degrees.
News:
Another Upper West Side teacher’s aide has been arrested on charges of sexual abuse. This time Hany Abdalla of PS 84 on 92nd Street was arrested on allegations he made a sexual comment to a female student. Update: It turns out police arrested Abdalla for allegedly groping an 8-year-old girl and making her touch him, the New York Times reported. He was charged with sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. A PS 87 aide was arrested a few months ago. (DNAinfo)
Julian Kurita is on trial for stabbing his father to death in their 87th Street apartment in 2010. He allegedly told ambulance workers that his father deserved it because he molested him. (NY Daily News)
Beloved NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan and neighborhood activist is absconding from the Upper West Side for…Williamsburg? Hipster! (Brownstoner)
Local parent and former CEC 3 leader Noah Gotbaum tells a frustrating story about trying to get information and a true public hearing about deals given to Success charter schools. (NYC Public School Parents)
Apple is trying to patent the structure of its Upper West Side store. (Patently Apple)
New Yorkers want new school policies from their next mayor, a poll finds. (NY Times)