Your Weekly Public Services News Roundup

EDUCATION

Daily News: NYC Education Department central office hired 70% more employees since 2003 amid school budget cuts

PUBLIC SAFETY

Brooklyn Papers: Columburgia

TRANSPORTATION

Brooklyn Paper (Gene Russianoff op-ed): With the MTA, there’s plenty of blame to go around

Brooklyn Paper (Jay Walder op-ed): The MTA is doing better

New York: Subway on the Street

WNYC: NYPD: No Tickets for Parking in Poorly Marked Former Bus Stops

UTILITIES

NYT: At Con Ed Nerve Center, Keeping the Lights On