Weekly Public Services News Roundup

EDUCATION

NY Times: Despite Push, Success at Charter Schools is Mixed

NY Times: More Pre-K Pupils Qualify for Gifted Programs

NY Times: State Senate Approves Bill to Increase Charter Schools

NY Daily News: Environmental Protection Agency ripped over foot-dragging on PCB tests at schools

Gotham Gazette: Budget Cuts Threaten Dozens of After-School Programs

NY Daily News: Principals feeling pressure to get A’s putting pressure on parents, teachers to give them

NY Times: Bloomberg Budget Would Cut Number of Teachers

PUBLIC SAFETY

Brooklyn Paper: Burglary at Sweet Melissa’s

NY Post: Security $$ taking a hit

Reuters: NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack

SANITATION

Gotham Gazette: City Garbage Plan Falls Short of Goals

TRANSPORTATION

NY Post: Gravy train: Strapped MTA’s payroll up by $70M

NY Daily News: Don’t add 7 line without station to city’s list of transportation goofups

NY Daily News: More pain for MTA employees: Job cuts won’t stop at 475, says bigs

NY Daily News: Judge hits MTA with restraining order barring layoffs of 475 token booth clerks

Brooklyn Eagle: Fixing the BQE ‘Ditch’: Cobble Hill Residents Weigh Options

OTHER

NY Daily News: Up to 75 senior centers on the chopping block