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700 public school workers gone, victims of budget cuts and the blame game

Dominic Carter | October 8, 2011

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has cut nearly 700 of the city's public school workers. They are already gone.

A City Mourns.
Our hearts are with the family of Leiby Kletzky, the 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood and was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for directions. Leiby’s remains were found stuffed in a trash bin and the man's refrigerator, police said last week. The suspect, Levi Aron has been charged with murder.

Are NYPD “Perp Walks” on the way out

Dominic Carter | July 8, 2011

It may have taken some time, but Mayor Bloomberg brought up a very interesti

Cathie Black out, Dennis Walcott in. Right Choice Mr. Mayor

Dominic Carter | April 9, 2011

Cathie Black can hint at Sexism all she wants. She can declare she’s a warrior, but what she really needs to do is fess up and admit she was tone deaf with public school parents, and that she blew the opportunity of a lifetime.

One of my past schools has an alleged hooker. Another is on H.S. list to close. Why Cathie Black has to have a chance

Dominic Carter | December 8, 2010

Education is a topic that I’m extremely passionate about.

Education is the great equalizer in society. Education is something no one can take from you. With an Education, one can go from the ghetto to the top of the world. I’ve lived firsthand what education can do.

Maybe, just maybe we should give Cathie Black a chance

Dominic Carter | November 30, 2010

I Concede the way Cathie Black was rolled out as Schools Chancellor will make her job all that much harder. Granted! No one can argue that.

Black comes in with some elected officials and parents screaming bloody murder that she does not meet the qualifications for the job. That she is not an educator. How could the mayor just do this?

Countdown Clocks. Score one for Good Government

Dominic Carter | August 17, 2010

In a City of 8 million people, score one for common sense, and Good Government.

Do you ever think about the image of the Big Apple?

You know, NYC is “the best,” but the truth is, at times other cities outshine us.

With our schools, it’s not time for business as usual

Dominic Carter | July 6, 2010

The logic has escaped me for for several days now, and I still just don’t get it.

Maybe you can help me.

What good can possibly come out of keeping open 19 failing NYC schools?

The State Appeals court recently ruled against the City of N.Y that wanted to close the schools for low performing results, in favor of the United Federation of Teachers and the NAACP.

The court found that the city failed to provide statements fully showing the impact for closing the 19 schools. (In other words, not fully accounting for how the closures would affect the communities the schools are located in)

Let the games begin

Dominic Carter | May 20, 2010

It's official.

Political consultant Basil Smikle is off and running against Harlem State Senator Bill Perkins.

You might as well call this the race over choice. That is charter school choice.

Perkins does not support charters, but the problem that could cost Perkins his job is his position does not sit well with many parents in the district.

Smikle came out on the attack Thursday afternoon in Harlem:

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My Aunt, and the Mayor