Peter Stehlik
For a long time, the city and the fire union have disagreed over how many people should staff a fire engine. The union would prefer five people, the city four.
Critiques of the ill-effects of “concentrated poverty” and the location of subsidized housing are decades old. But they’ve been rejuvenated by recent research, court decisions and regulations.
There were 500 applicants for the 162 spots in a program that gives kids a chance to fly a flight simulator, staff Mission Control and program a robot—reflective of the larger challenges facing STEM education in New York.
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