Beth Fertig

Beth Fertig appears in the following:

Highlights of Pataki's 12 Years in Albany

Friday, December 29, 2006

Three-term New York governor George Pataki will be stepping out of the Empire State arena on Monday.

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City Bids on GPS to Track School Buses

Friday, December 22, 2006

Today is the deadline for New York City parents to register their kids for yellow bus service.

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Former Congressman Says Hispanics Don't Put Priority on Education

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

An Hispanic former New York Congressman is setting off a firestorm for saying Latino parents don't place enough priority on their children's education.

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TWU President Roger Toussaint Re-elected

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Transport Workers Union President Roger Toussaint has been re-elected.

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Votes Are Being Counted for TWU Top Post

Friday, December 15, 2006

 Roger Toussaint was challenged by 4 opponents in his race for re-election.

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TWU Presidential Elections Decided Today

Friday, December 15, 2006

New York City transit workers should know today whether their controversial union president will hang onto his job.

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NYC 2030: Planning for 1 Million New New Yorkers

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

By the year 2030, there may be 9 million people in New York City.

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Trae in School : Making Special Education Work

Monday, December 11, 2006

Labels say little about the daily struggle to meet their often extraordinary needs.

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High School Reacts to Union Square Fight

Friday, December 08, 2006

Extra security was sent to Washington Irving High School yesterday after the fatal stabbing of a Brooklyn high school student at nearby Union Square.

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Toussaint Fights to Keep His Job as Union President

Monday, December 04, 2006

Toussaint is in a fiercely-contested and often nasty battle to hold on to his job as union President.

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TWU Elections This December

Monday, December 04, 2006

Toussaint is in a fiercely-contested and often nasty battle to hold on to his job as union President.

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MTA Has Bigger Surplus But Enormous Deficit

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

The MTA says fare and toll hikes can be avoided for next year and 2009 thanks to a bigger surplus.

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ESL Students Shut Out of New Schools

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Students who are still learning English are being shut out of many of New York City's small, new high schools, according to a new report.

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State To Pay City Schools $1.9 Billion

Monday, November 20, 2006

New York's highest court has found that the state owes New York City 1 point 9 billion dollars in additional school aid, annually.

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Reaching Out of Poverty: The Impact on Schools

Friday, November 17, 2006

Officially there are 1.5 million poor New Yorkers. 

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Transit Union Presidential Candidates Debate

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The head of the city's transit union is in a tough race for re-election and he appeared in a debate last night with his opponents.

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States Not Meeting National Math Standards

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Getting all elementary and high school students proficient in math and reading simply isn't possible yet.

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Underwater Windmills in East River Will Generate Electricity

Monday, November 13, 2006

Workers are installing two underwater turbines in the East River near Roosevelt Island to generate electricity. 

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NY Democrats Control All Statewide Offices

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

For the first time in more than 60 years, Democrats hold all of the statewide offices in New York.

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Spitzer Stumps for Working Families Party Line

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

New York Gubernatorial hopeful Elliot Spitzer isn't just running as a Democrat.

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