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Although that legislation itself made no specific reference to a "Department of Education of the City of New York," the bylaws subsequently adopted by the Board provide that this 13-member body "shall be known as the Panel for Educational Policy," which together with the Chancellor and other school employees is designated as the "Department of ...
Parties without automatic ballot access: Communist Party; Constitution Party; New York Federalist Party (2011) Federalist Party (1791-1824) Freedom Party (1994-1998) Freedom Party (2010-present) Marijuana Reform Party (1998–2002) Natural Law Party (1992–2004) New Party (1992–1998) New York Pirate Party; Reform Party of New York State ...
This article provides a list of political parties that were or are currently banned by the countries in which they were or are based. Party bans can be democratic or authoritarian. [1] "Altering the character of the nation" has been referenced as an argument for banning parties. [2] Ethnic party bans are prevalent in parts of Africa. [3]
In the 21st century in the United States, Republican lawmakers have proposed or enacted legislation to censor school curricula that taught about comprehensive sex education, [20] LGBTQ people, [21] higher-order thinking skills, [22] social justice, [23] sexism and racism, [24] and various left-wing political philosophies.
The New York City government's budget is the largest municipal budget in the United States, [2] totaling about $112.4 billion in 2024. It employs 250,000 people, spends $23.5 billion to educate more than 1.1 million children, levies $27 billion in taxes, and receives $14 billion from federal and state governments.
The Upper East Side, sometimes abbreviated UES, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, bounded approximately by 96th Street to the north, the East River to the east, 59th Street to the south, and Central Park and Fifth Avenue to the west. [4]
After the 2016 United States presidential election, the Manhattan Republican Party focused its efforts on the Upper East Side, where it sees the most support. Painting themselves as still moderates in line with the policies of Mayor Bloomberg, the party hoped to win a seat on the city council during the 2017 New York City Council election.
The great school wars: A history of the New York City public schools (1975), a standard scholarly history online; Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti, eds. City Schools: Lessons from New York (2000) Ravitch, Diane, ed. NYC schools under Bloomberg and Klein what parents, teachers and policymakers need to know (2009) essays by experts online