1. Why does Sandel assert that "A 700 SAT score from a student who attended poor public schools in the South Bronx means more than the same score from for a graduate of an elite private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan"? a. Studies show that Blacks and Hispanics students as a whole score lower than whites students on standardized testing. Sandel mentions that for whatever reason there is a testing gap. To utilize standardized testing to predict academic success would require the
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New York City has a capital budget. The budget includes funds required for city construction, repair projects, and purchases of land buildings, or equipment. Even though the size and the cost of the capital budget is important, the projects funded by this budget will determine how New York will grow in the future. It is important that New Yorkers learn more about our city budget. The planning and the disbursement of funds for capital projects occur over a period of years. In order the capital budge
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”A Ride on the New York Subway” By Vivian Gornick New York has countless names which describe its greatness; what we do not hear about in everyday life is its underworld. Vivian Gornick introduces us to a new underworld and new ways of looking upon the Subway in New York. The subway system which she very much dislikes is being described as a “gloomy world of darkness” and with impressive imagery, she manages to make you feel like standing in the middle of hell. As an example the train is described
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Village neighborhood of Manhattan (New York City).) Read more quotations about / on: life 3 ... city areas with flourishing diversity sprout strange and unpredictable uses and peculiar scenes. But this is not a drawback of diversity. This is the point ... of it. (Jane Jacobs (b. 1916), U.S. urban analyst. The Death and Life of Great American Cities, ch. 10 (1961). Jacobs lived in the lively, diverse Greenwich Village neighborhood in Manhattan (New York City).) Read
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This story is about Gina Greenlee being bullied in her childhood and sexually harassed by a boy named Frankie. First, Gina Greenlee discussed where she is from and where Frankie lived back in 1970. Gina Greenlee and her family moved from lower Manhattan to an apartment in Coop Village. Next, Ms. Greenlee explained how Frankie was 12 years old and she was only 10 years old at the time. Also saying how Frankie tormented all the girls, but would always pick on her. After that, Frankie would cause trouble
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Fresh Direct Case 19 Rest of the Story • In 2011, Fresh direct gets a 50 million dollar investment to kick start growth and expansion of the company from WM Morrison Supermarket, a food retailer based West Yorkshire in Northern England. With this investment a team of top managers from Morrison are “embedded in Fresh Direct” at the company’s headquarters. • Morrison has a 10% stake in Fresh Direct with this investment. • August 2013 Mayor Bloomberg of NYC approved over 100 million dollars in subsidies
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March 3, 2014, the Committee on Governmental Operations of the New York City Council held a hearing on “Best Practices for Recruitment and Appointments to Community Boards,” which included testimony from New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo, as well as community board chairs and district managers from all five boroughs, good government groups and youth advocacy organizations
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The American dream is turning into a nightmare, with disheartening levels of inequality, unemployment and homelessness. In this eyewitness report, CommonWealth Magazine visits the US, in what may be its final days at the top. Capitalism is facing unprecedented challenges. Nowhere is this truer than in the United States, where unemployment has reached huge proportions, and across the country some 3 million people — the equivalent of 90 percent of Taipei City residents — are without a home. Support
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that has an enormous effect on our society and on the lives of New Yorkers. By working in your agency, I hope to contribute to that process. I have interned with the music department in Manhattan Comprehensive High School, and have held other positions. During the course of my year-long internship at Manhattan Comprehensive, I provided administrative support for teachers, parents, and students. I demonstrated my ability to deal with the challenge of juggling several tasks at once and also demonstrated
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Br on x Br on x h So ut Pk rd ha m -B ro nx Fo Pe lh a m -T h ro gs Ne c k ge sb rid Ki ng NE Br on x 0 NYC Smoking Reduction 2002-2004 6.2% 10.0% 5.0% -5.1% -15.0% -20.0% -25.0% -18.7% -18.9% -23.1% Staten Island Queens Manhattan -10.0% Brooklyn -5.0% Bronx 0.0% 2002-2004 decline Cancer Screening in the Bronx vs. NYC, 2002 Bronx 100 NYC Healthy People 2010 Goal: 90% 80 85 78 80 77 60 50 49 40 20 0 Colon Screening Mammogram PAP Smear HIV & AIDS Cases
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