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Charter schools use new online system to screen applicants

April 29th, 2011 | by Rachel Ohm | published in News | Leave A Comment »

The Broome Street Charter School, which will open its doors at 121 Avenue of the Americas in September 2011, was one of 20 schools to use a pilot online application developed by the New York City Charter Center. Photo by Rachel Ohm.

Nearly 3,000 charter school applicants applied online this year.

Spring thaw reveals new obstacle for drivers

April 29th, 2011 | by Nick DeSantis | published in Audio, Features, Multimedia | Leave A Comment »

Papo Chinea holds a broken rim up for inspection at his repair shop in Queens Village, Queens. Chinea's business has grown steadily since the winter's heavy snow left potholes in the streets across New York. Photo by Nick DeSantis.

Bedbugs received plenty of attention last year, but this spring, a different menace is terrorizing New York. Pavement’s Nick DeSantis hit the streets to witness the damage it’s causing – up close and personal. Altarv1.mp3 Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

For Easter on Fifth Avenue, faith is optional

April 25th, 2011 | by Chelsia Rose Marcius | published in Features, Multimedia, Slideshows | Leave A Comment »

Hundreds made their way along Fifth Avenue Easter Sunday in the Bonnet Festival at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

New cab law could mean cleaner air for NYC

April 18th, 2011 | by Viviana Gonzalez | published in Multimedia, Video | Leave A Comment »

Mayor Bloomberg proposed the Green Taxis Act last month, which could mean cleaner air for New Yorkers.

City relies on residents to carry out smoking ban

April 6th, 2011 | by Frank Riolo | published in News | Leave A Comment »

A in Union Square in lower Manhattan savors the last bit of his cigar. New York City will call on residents to enforce the new smoking ban in parks and public plazas. Photo by Frank Riolo.

Mayor Bloomberg recently announced that the New York Police Department will rely on citizens to keep tabs on wayward smokers.

Feds say slaughter geese in city parks

March 10th, 2011 | by Chelsia Rose Marcius | published in Multimedia, News, Video | Leave A Comment »

New York City and USDA officials have called for another round of geese killings this year, and some residents are planning to push back.

NYC Cold: Parents struggle with strollers in the snow

January 26th, 2011 | by Elizabeth Vulaj | published in Features, Special Reports | Leave A Comment »

Marianne Bolhuis, 34, holding onto a warm cup of coffee, stands with her 9-month-old daughter Noelle in front of Zabar's in the Upper West Side section of New York on Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011. Many moms like Bolhuis have a tough time keeping their kids warm and making it through the snow with their strollers. Pavement Pieces / Elizabeth Vulaj

Pushing bundled up babies through snow, slush and ice is not easy.

NYC Cold: Bad Weather brings big business to plumbing store

January 26th, 2011 | by Meredith Hoffman | published in Features, Special Reports | Leave A Comment »

Bad weather is a boom for business at 200 Supplies Corp. in Little Italy. (photo by Meredith Hoffman)

The brutal winter is this shop’s good fortune.

Activists: ‘Save your plastic bottles’

October 3rd, 2010 | by Kwanwoo Jun | published in News | Leave A Comment »

Layman Lee, of GrowNYC, a non-profit enviromental organization, strings plastic bottles together to make a sculpture at Union Square Park. The sculpture was designed to draw public attention to recycling. Photo by Kwanwoo Jun

Every year, New Yorkers throw away 25,059 tons of recyclable plastic bottles in their household garbage, environmental activists say.

Retirement home residents protest wars

October 3rd, 2010 | by Kathryn Kattalia | published in News | Comments Off

Senior citizens rally Saturday outside their Hallmark Battery Park retirement home, demanding that troops in Iraq and Afghanistan be brought home. The group was joined by members of other anti-war organizations. Photo by Kathryn Kattalia

Residents of a Manhattan retirement home protested the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on Saturday.

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