Tag: ps 87

Since we reported on the teacher's assistant who was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a young boy at PS 87 at 160 West 78th Street, more details have emerged about the case. Gregory Atkins, the 56-year-old teacher's assistant, was arraigned over the weekend, and is being held on $250,000 ...

A scary story crossed the wires late on Friday: a teacher's aide at PS 87, one of the most highly regarded schools in the neighborhood, has been arrested for sexually abusing a student, the New York Times reported first. The aide, Gregory Atkins, 56, has been at the school since ...

June 3, 2011 Weather: Sunny, High of 77 Degrees. Notices: The JCC is holding a donor registration drive for Ayelet Galena, a little girl from the Upper West Side with a rare life-threatening disease who needs a bone marrow transplant. It's at 334 Amsterdam Avenue from 10 a.m. to 6 ...

June 1, 2011 Weather: Scattered thunderstorms, High of 87 degrees. Notices: Apply today (and only today!) to camp out overnight in Central Park on June 10. Thirty families will be chosen by lottery. There will be other similar lotteries later in the summer. (NYC Parks via My Upper West) The ...