Illegal subdivisions, undocumented immigration and resistance to Census workers are possible reasons for the apparent undercount in New York. Another, according to one councilwoman, is hipsters, who might have thought the Census uncool.
2nd place winner Chasity Tuck from Fordham High School for the Arts.Last month, three Fordham High School for the Arts students won the first level of the Annual NYC August Wilson Monologue Competition. Chasity Tuck, John Reyes, and Shantal Melendez were named the winners on March 22 for their outstanding performance of a monologue by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson to perform. The winning trio advanced to the next level of the competition on Tuesday April 12th where they competed against students from Curtis High School (Staten Island), Hillcrest High School (Queens), Repertory High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) and Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School (Brooklyn).Cheyene Van Dyke from Curtis High School in Staten Island won first place. But it was our Chasity Tuck from Fordham High School in the Bronx who took second place. Cheyene, Chasity, and third place winner Tyronickah Buckmire from Brooklyn, will compete at the National Competition on May 9, at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, against students from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Atlanta.
A new city plan addressing competing claims on New York’s coastline draws praise. But there’s still plenty of debate over the details, especially over the risks that come with waterfront industry.
Weather: Sunny, but still, sadly, cold. That goes for the whole weekend. Story of the Day: The Holy Grail – A High-Class Bronx HotelDuring his February state of the borough speech at Clinton High School, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. dared mention the Holy Grail of Bronx BPs – the creation of a high-class hotel in our fair borough. Adolfo Carrion and Freddy Ferrer both tried to prioritize a new hotel to no avail. But Diaz believes he’s recognized a simple solution this time: use one of the failing new Yankee Stadium parking garages that are “going belly up,” Diaz says in an article in the Daily News.
The decennial Census finds that the Bronx grew twice as much as Brooklyn, that blacks fled Manhattan but arrived in Staten Island, and that New York City is smaller than we thought a year ago. But city officials are questioning the figures’ accuracy.
On Tuesday, Fordham High School for the Arts students gathered for the start of the 3rd Annual NYC August Wilson Monologue Competition hosted by Learning through an Expanded Arts Program (LeAp).Participating students chose a two to three-minute monologue from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson to perform. Wilson is best known for his 10-play depiction of the African-American experience, called the “Pittsburgh Cycle.”The winners!Three winners were Chasity Tuck, John Reyes, and Shantal Melendez. Vianca Peguero was selected as an alternate.The winning trio will compete in the NYC Competition against students from Curtis High School (Staten Island), Hillcrest High School (Queens), Repertory High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) and Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School (Brooklyn) on April 12.Winners from the citywide competition will then advance to the National Competition on May 9, at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, where they will compete against students from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Atlanta.In a press release, LeAp said its goal is to not only introduce hundreds of students to one of America’s greatest playwrights, but also to see “that August Wilson will live through our education system in the same manner and reverence as the works of William Shakespeare.”
The interactive map below, provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, charts the population change in New York. According to Census data collected last year, the Bronx gained 52,458 people over the last 10 years to bring the borough’s population total up to 1,385,108, an increase of 3.9 percent. The Bronx’s growth outpaced that of Queens (+0.1%), Brooklyn (+2.1%) and Manhattan (+3.2%). (Totals for Staten Island weren’t readily available.) New York City as a whole saw an increase of 2.1 percent to put the total number of Big Apple residents at 8,175,133.In reaction to the report, Bronx Congressman Jose E. Serrano said he thinks – no, he’s “certain” – the Bronx population wasn’t completely accounted for due to the fears and non-participation of the borough’s many undocumented residents. In a press release, Serrano said: “I am pleased to see that New York City is growing including a healthy increase in the numbers of people in the Bronx.
At a local museum, a community bears witness to the black experience on Staten Island, as some of its last remaining historic structures are landmarked.
Advocates for the homeless have long criticized the Bloomberg administration’s approach to getting people out of shelters. But with the state threatening to end funding for the program, most advocates have joined the city to oppose the cuts.
Heroes? Villains? A new book argues that Brooklyn’s “Brownstoners” were a more complex social force than you think, reflecting a post-WWII New York whose changes defied a simple narrative.
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