New York Desk
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CITYWIDE
CITY TO HELP FOOT BILL FOR TRAINING ASPIRING PRINCIPALS
Starting next year, New York City will take on part of the bill for training aspiring principals, the board of New York’s principal training group, the Leadership Academy, decided yesterday. Since its founding three years ago, the Leadership Academy has been financed privately through large grants and private donations. Starting next year, the city will pay the salaries of the aspiring principals in the program, while the academy will continue seeking private donations to pay for its other functions. It will retain its non-profit 501(c)3 status. The academy, which was established under the schools chancellor, Joel Klein, to prepare new principals for the public schools, has met some criticism from the teachers and principals unions for turning out few principals at a high cost, but the Department of Education, the city’s business community, and the academy say the program has already proved successful. It’s unclear if the academy will be as expensive in the future as it has been to date. The board will consider enrolling fewer trainees in the program because the school system has less demand for new principals now than it did when the program began. In a statement yesterday after the board voted on the future of the academy, Mr. Klein called the academy’s accomplishments “impressive,” and said: “In a very short time, the academy has been able to develop a new generation of highly motivated and effective school leaders who exemplify an unwavering commitment to improving educational opportunities for all students.” The president of the Partnership for New York City, Kathryn Wylde, said the businesses of New York would continue to support to the academy.
— Staff Reporter of the Sun
COMPROMISE MAY BE REACHED ON NOISE CODE
The City Council, the Bloomberg administration, and the New York Nightlife Association may have reached a compromise deal on revamping the city’s noise code. The parties were in down-to-the-wire negotiations because the council is scheduled to hold its final meeting of the year today. A lobbyist for the Nightlife Association, Robert Bookman, told The New York Sun yesterday that the administration agreed to drop its “plainly audible” provision for clubs, restaurants, and bars. That measure would have allowed the city to ticket establishments if their music could be heard from 15 feet outside the club.The industry argued that the standard was subjective and that because many of the venues are in manufacturing districts that a fixed decibel standard was the fairest measure. “I think we were able to reach a fair compromise,” Mr. Bookman said. If passed by the council today, the new code will change noise standards on everything from construction to garbage pick up. The code has been a hotly contested, partly because of its potential economic affects, for more than a year.
— Staff Reporter of the Sun
ALVIN AILEY SLASHES TICKET PRICES
In an effort to minimize the transit strike’s damage to the size of its audience, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater slashed its ticket prices by half for yesterday’s performance at the New York City Center. “This engagement must close on January 1, so grab your family and friends and get some great seats at unprecedented savings,” an e-mail the company sent to its mailing list said. The show normally costs between $25 and $75. The transit strike may have cost the city $400 million in revenues yesterday,according to estimates from the city comptroller’s office. Much of that estimate reflects lost customers for the city’s shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions.
— Staff Reporter of the Sun
POLICE BLOTTER
CABINET FALLS AND KILLS CHILD
A china cabinet crashed down and killed a 2-year-old Brooklyn girl during a dispute between her parents, police said. On Monday at close to 9:30 p.m., Camellia Tanas’s parents were allegedly fighting inside their Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, home on 73rd Street, when the glass wall unit fell, striking the girl in the head. Camellia was brought to Maimonides Medical Center and was later transported to Kings County Hospital Center where she was pronounced dead at 1:38 a.m. Although the investigation is continuing, the death appears to be accidental, police said. The medical examiner’s office is scheduled to conduct an autopsy today.
— Staff Reporter of the Sun